This came down to three for me:
Davo's SPAR7AN- Really, really professional looking to the point of being too much so. Nothing really sets it off too much, but non-the-less I really love it. Its simple, minimalistic but powerful.
ScottyD's Time Flys- Really nice look of contrasting woods, but you still keep it simple; not at all gaudy looking like some guitars using 20,000 laminations of over the top wood look. Only thing about it that I don't really dig is the backplate. Seems to bulky for me, going all the way to the edge like that.
WezV's VOCIFERATOR!!! (I believe the exclamations are definitely necessary here )- Really clean and once again simple but powerful. Its so chocolaty dark and smooth, the carving job is fantastic. I'm also a big fan of the multi-scale concept and would love to try one out, and the pickup choice with that black enamel cover really goes great with the guitar.
This is tough... I think I'm going to have to go with Davo's because I really like the professionalism of it, specially for a first build. And I'm quite a sucker for 7-strings.