Future challenge ideas/suggestions

[Charguizard]

Had a weird idea. You know how the Thaiphone challenge was super interesting but SPG-59 was too complicated for us mere mortals to understand so like nobody managed to finish an entry?

What if we flip it on it's head so we pick an easy system that was used by just about anything and you draw a ship using that, so:

5"/38 challenge

main gun only

Long Beach qualifies

Final destination

[Deskjetser]

I'd like to suggest a first dreadnought challenge, as it appears the last time there was such a challenge was in 2015, right around when I stopped lurking.

[Miklania]

What about "what you think the next generation Large Surface Combatant ought to look like?" It wouldn't necessarily have to be limited to the USN, but it could be if we want to do one with tighter rules.

[Themax]

Well, we have a gunboat challenge now but what about a challenge based around a ship such as the Monge in the french navy ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Monge

[Themax]

Otherwise, i would love to see the next challenge being a FD UCAV/UAV or FD Spyplane challenge .

[The_Sprinklez]

Suggestion Retracted

[Cardinal]

Shipbucket:
-River monitor/gunboat for either modern or World Wars
-Cruiser Carrier
-Your nation’s first missile frigate/corvette/destroyer

FD:
-First gen jet fighter
-First monoplane fighter for your respective country
-First supersonic fighter or bomber
-Third gen jet fighter (Interceptor or air superiority)
-Heavy attack plane, late 30s/early 40s
-Super heavy tank from the 30s
-Pretend you’re a German aircraft company and you have to design something for either the Ural Bomber or Emergency Fighter programs
-1950s-60s MBT

[thegrumpykestrel]

I reckon an FD 1960s-1980s reconnaissance plane could be interesting

[Ultraking101]

Shipbucket:
Seaplane carriers
Nations first Battlecruiser

FD:
Nation’s first carrier capable jet fighter
WW1 heavy bombers
VTOL aircraft
First supersonic aircraft

[acelanceloet]

I had an idea just now

Common hull challenge:
- 2 ship drawings, any era, any nation.
- both ship drawings must be different (in role, age, nation, weapons, whatever)
- Both ship drawings must have the hull in common.

judging criteria:
- the normal stuff we judge on
- How workable is the 'commonality' (so are both hulls used to their full potential)
- How different are the 'differences' (in role, age, nation, weapons, whatever)

The winner would be the best drawing of the most workable ships which are the most different and I suspect that could be interesting as hell