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That's a beautiful piece of artwork, DG. Well done.

Thank you everyone for the replies. I have updated all drawings and post them all in the first post. For Königsberg, I have chosen the middle scheme, as this seemed to look best for me and there seemed to be the most votes for it. With this, I would consider this project finished, unless someone can find any mistakes or criticism.

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Superb drawings DG.

So, I thought of modify Stettin and Stuttgart to show them in the Battle of Jutland, but then all the good things came together...

-Oh hey, here's a high-res picture I haven't seen before...
-I might as well change the hull color...
-Hmm, these details don't look right, what was I thinking?
-And now my drawing program decided to suddenly not work anymore...

So, after a family-sized dose of insanity pills and a lot of fiddling around, here are the new versions:

Königsberg after comissioning in 1907:


In the fleet's Scouting Forces in 1908. This version is new with white funnel stripes.


And at the beginning of the ar in 1914:


Second ship Stettin in 1908 sd psrt of the Scouting forces:


In 1912 she and SMS Moltke and SMS Bremen visited the United States, so we have a lot of canvas for crew comfort.


And in 1916 during the Battle of Jutland, flagship of the IV. Scouting group:


Third ship Nürnberg... This one had been a pain mostly for the Coat of Arms. So the city of Nürnberg has not one, but two Coat of Arms (historical reasons, go figure...). One is the golden eagle/angel on blue, the other one is the black eagle with the stripes. So when I first drew the cruiser back then it had been a really pain to find any photographic reference which showed which of the two Coat of Arms had been used. So naturally I was relieved when I found a clear photo showing the eagle and stripes combination clearly on the port side if the bow.
Naturally, when I was done and the picture had been uploaded, I found another photograph showing the starboard side of the bow with the golden angel. This has been nagging me for a while and since I was updating the ships anyways, here's Nürnberg with her two Coat of Arms:


Fourth ship is Stuttgart, here in 1912:


And in 1916 during the battle of Jutland:


And the 1918 version as seaplane carrier:

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Incredible work!

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Amazing works of art DG_Alpha.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Excellent work, always had a soft spot for the Konigsberg Class

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Damn good work DG

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Work in progress:
DD County Class PNS Babur (1982)(PAK)
FF Type 21 Class D182 PNS Babur (2000)(PAK)
All relevant Coat of Arms

So awesome!

As usual - simply outstanding work!

I like the updates and the badges are more than stunning!