The Iron-Clad Menace (Challenge)

[TigerHunter1945]

Ottoman Ironclad Abdülmecîd, The Pride of the Ottomans

[Rodondo]

UNFINISHED



HMS Drake
Length OA 594ft
Beam 53.5ft
Draft 30ft
Displacement 10120t standard

Steam power- 8150HP Trunk engine 16.2knts
Sail power- ~68780ft of sail, up to 18knots in good conditions

Armament- 18x 40pounder's, 14x 9" RML guns

[Kiwi Imperialist]

The submission period has concluded and the community poll for the Iron-Clad Menace challenge is now available at this link. Responses will be accepted until 23:59 UTC-12, 4 February 2021. Responses which grant maximum scores to a select group of entries, and minimum scores to all other entries, will be deleted. Further action may be taken by the moderating team.

[Colosseum]

Fantastic entries as usual - I think this was one of the most successful challenges yet, if just to see a ton of people who would normally not draw sailing ships try their hands at sailing rigs and succeed. Great work all!

[Kiwi Imperialist]

The community poll for the iron-clad menace challenge is now closed. 22 responses were received before the deadline. I wish to thank everyone who participated, including the artists who made the challenge possible.



Congratulations to Charguizard who achieved first place with the corvette Reuzenpissebed. They went above and beyond with their excellent sails and were rewarded with the highest drawing quality score. Charguizard also received the largest number of points in the design realism category. Second place goes to TigerHunter1945 with the Ottoman ironclad Abdülmecîd. I was amazed by the rivets depicted on this entry. Skibud1998 came third with the three-decker Hawe vir d'Avalostad. It was great seeing a steam-powered ship of the line. Rdfox76 deserves special mention for achieving the highest score for originality.

The fifth generation fighter challenge is now open for those interested.