'Water Feature' from KenR: Bayern and Baden

I think this was probably the bonus round which we all went "what ?" for and it took me a while to think of anything vaguely suitable and ended up with these ships with the bases being the water feature.

If I was a chef Naval ships would probably be my signature dish, some of you may have seen Project Jutland a couple of years back where I painted all 250 ships of that famous Battle. There were a few ships not present at the action which are still worth having in any WW1 collection and these two are a must in a German Fleet.

The ships are 1/2400 scale meaning they are just over three inches long (the bases are 120mm x 40mm), made by GHQ they are incredibly detailed as you can see from the deck close ups. The bases are MDF and I build the model on the base (usually 8 to 10 parts) and then create a "seascape" or water feature on the flat base using DIY filler and  then paint from there.

The two ships were classed as Super Dreadnoughts and the German answer to the 15" gunned Queen Elizabeth ships of the British Navy. Commissioned too late for the Battle of Jutland they did see some action in the later stages of the 1st World War before ending up being interned at Scape Flow at the end of the conflict.

The pair were very powerful ships, armed with 8 x 15 inch guns and protected by nearly 14 inches of Armour they would have been a real match for anything the British could throw at them. These will take pride of place at the head of my German Fleets.

Points wise I am not sure what these would bring and I have mentioned before that in terms of challenge points Naval Models are a bit on the low side, in terms of time these probably each take about the same as a 28mm vehicle but I will of course defer to the Judge.

I certainly enjoyed getting back into my Naval comfort zone and even managed to knock off a small 1/2400 Italian Pre Dreadnought fleet on the back of these.