Category:Fast battleship challenge
The Challenge
The Fast battleship challenge was a Shipbucket challenge held in 2018. It was set up by Deskjetser. It can be found (as of July 2018) here: [1]
It was an ambitious challenge with an extensive ruleset which dared Shipbucket artists to design and draw a post first world war gun-armed capital ship. In order to create fair conditions for ships of various sizes and covering an extensive timeline, numerous categories existed, based on real life restrictions imposed by the Washington, London and Second London Naval Treaties.
The full ruleset can be seen below:
Design a ship that meets the following requirements;
Must reasonably meet the definition of a battleship or battlecruiser (i.e. BB caliber weaponry) Must be capable of no less than 28 knots (Trials speed counts) Date of design must be no later than the end of 1945 (Tech whether from an AU or not must reflect your design date) Date of design must be no sooner than the start of 1920 (Tech whether from an AU or not must reflect your design date)
Ships of the appropriate nation must follow the treaties of the era;
Ships of American origin Ships of British origin Ships of French origin Ships of Italian origin Ships of Japanese origin Ships of German origin Of the previous the following restrictions apply to the following ships; http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-089.php All treaties end effectively 1st September 1939
The following exceptions apply to the following; Ships of German origin: Design date no earlier than 1928 Ships of Japanese origin: Exempt from all restrictions from 29th December 1934 onwards Ships of Italian origin: Exempt from displacement restrictions from 26th March 1937 onwards Ships of all other national origin: Exempt from all restrictions
Displacement is counted at standard displacement!
Your submission must be a brand new drawing and will judged on the following categories; (Still subject to change) Combat capability: Surface defence Surface offence Air defence Manoeuvrability Equipment Feasibility: Technologically feasible (Time period correct tech) Economically feasible (Cost and time to produce) Infrastructure feasibility (Docks and slipways) Structurally feasible (Weight for hull etc.) Drawing quality: SB Style guidelines Artistic flare General feel Originality
One entry per person!
A SpringSharp report is not required! However, the following stats are required, please lay them out in a block separate from any text paragraphs for easy reading; (Still subject to change) Displacement Dimensions Armour Armament Speed Equipment (Radars, planes, ect.)
The Judges Verdict
The challenge was judged by Rodondo and Charguizard.
The designs were graded on a scale of 0-3 (Zero being the lowest) on the following categories:
Combat capability: Surface defence Surface offence Air defence Manueverability Equipment Drawing quality: SB Style guidelines Artistic flare General feel Originality
Additionally, they were graded on a scale of -1-3 (meaning points could be substracted) on the following categories:
Feasibility: Technologically feasible (Time period correct tech) Economically feasible (Cost and time to produce) Infrastructure feasibility (Docks and slipways) Structurally feasible (Weight for hull ect.)
These scores were then tallied up meaning there was a maximum of 78 points up for grabs.
The winner was BB1987 with his Kamiyama-class, earning 75.5 points.
The following are the final rankings:
http://shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=8477&p=180363&hilit=challenge#p180363
Media in category "Fast battleship challenge"
The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total.
- Albert Welkin class 1920 Aiseus.png 1,747 × 469; 37 KB
- BB 1945 Gascogne FRLL Krakatoa.PNG 1,997 × 578; 74 KB
- BB Azura Junko 1940.png 1,928 × 1,097; 112 KB
- BB Suruga 1942.png 1,878 × 505; 55 KB
- BB Suruga 1943.png 1,878 × 505; 56 KB
- BB Suruga 1944.png 1,878 × 505; 56 KB
- BB Suruga 1945.png 1,878 × 505; 57 KB
- BB Suruga 1946.png 1,878 × 505; 57 KB
- BB-48 Maine 1944 RaspingLeech.png 1,490 × 505; 20 KB
- Conquer class Heuhen.png 1,840 × 872; 99 KB
- Design M I ABetterName.png 1,900 × 505; 30 KB
- Duke of Tavington class Keisser.png 2,048 × 505; 66 KB
- Fast Battleship Normandie 1944 Latuch.png 2,052 × 900; 119 KB
- Iron Duke class 1938 Hood.png 1,924 × 575; 41 KB
- Kn Musashi 1930 Armoured Man.png 1,850 × 444; 36 KB
- KnK Kamiyama BB1987.png 1,745 × 513; 53 KB
- Mackensen class 1942 TigerHunter1945.png 2,220 × 534; 53 KB
- Scharnhorst class 1939 Maomatic.png 1,906 × 789; 122 KB
- Sentinel 1942.png 1,653 × 899; 113 KB
- Tamandare 1935 Pepembr mb.png 1,653 × 511; 39 KB