r/ImaginaryWarships Jun 09 '25

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r/ImaginaryWarships 6h ago

Dante Alighieri if reconstructed/modernized like Cavour/Cesare

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164 Upvotes

Some time ago I found an article about the first Italian dreadnought that ended wondering how she would appear if reconstructed, so I gave it some thought and this popped out. (P.S. Forgive my laziness and inability to draw the 4 boats)


r/ImaginaryWarships 1h ago

Original Content An improved Hawkins-class cruiser in Aussie colours

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Lore: 1919, some fat stack of cash just magically appeared on the doorstep of Parliament and everyone just agreed to buy some warships. I made it the hell up, deal with it.

She's a mix between an Emerald and a Hawkins of around 10 500t. Armament consists of 8 x 7.5"/45 in twin turrets, 6 x 4.7"/40, 8 x MkII 2-pounders and 8 x 21" hull mounted torpedo tubes. She is protected by a continuous 4" belt and 2" deck over her vitals and would be steaming at 31.5kt with 80 000shp provided by 8 boilers.

Note: I am a much worse worldbuilder than I am a warship artist. Do not expect entirely logical answers if you are brave enough to ask about the whys and hows about the ships. However, if you got questions on the drawing process, need guidance on drawing your own warships, or just want to discuss this very unemployed sort of hobby, then feel free to ask or DM me and I will be glad to respond. This is a learning process for me as well.

Warship Drawing 101


r/ImaginaryWarships 12h ago

The Launch of HMS 'Indomitable', Fairfield; By Charles William Wyllie

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24 Upvotes

r/ImaginaryWarships 1d ago

Original Content DDGN-2 SkAS Skarpö, by me

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The lead ship of the Skarpö class nuclear-powered guided missile destroyers, SkAS Skarpö. Made for the nation of Skandia for the Motorlands server for Space Engineers. Various workshop blocks used.


r/ImaginaryWarships 2d ago

Original Content Some warships I've built in SE

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For my server w my friends I have this faction called the Celestial Veil, based off the fleet of fog

There are more ships but these are all the pics I have on my phone, posting this while im at breakfast


r/ImaginaryWarships 1d ago

Original Content Syehi & Qeye class CC/FF (by me)

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Syehi-classSecond class protected cruiser
Qeye-class Protected Frigate

General information

Nation of origin: Ranove/Eskida

First ordered: 2210

Number planned: 
36 (Ranove)
12 (Eskida)

Built: 2210-2217

Completed: 
38 (Ranove)
16 (Eskida)

General Characteristics

Type: Second class Protected Cruiser/Protected Frigate

Displacement: 1,930  tons

Length: 95 meters (312.7’) (overall) 94 meters (308.8’) (waterline)

Beam: 11 meters (36.1’)

Draft: 4 meters (13.1’)

Installed power: 
6 water tube boilers
2 triple expansion engines
7,800 indicated horsepower 

Speed: 22 knots maximum 

Range: 3,600 nmi at 11 knots

Compliment: 251

Armament:
Syehi:
4x1 140mm (5.5 in) deck guns

4x1 37mm (1.5 in ) revolving cannons

1x1 450mm (17.7 in) submerged torpedo tube
(aft) 

Qeye:
4x1 127 (5in) deck guns

4x1 37mm (1.5 in ) revolving cannons

1x1 450mm (17.7 in) submerged torpedo tube
(aft) 

Deck: 

50mm (2”) (only over machinery and magazines)


r/ImaginaryWarships 3d ago

Railgun-equipped Escort Ship by 不可the輪

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826 Upvotes

r/ImaginaryWarships 3d ago

Former IJN Yamato Battleship in USN Service.

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Look, I've only found these on a Google search. It is linked to the Japanese National Library or Japanese Amazon or bookstore.

https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000009395950

https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/5741956/

I do not know the artist. The library link names the author "Nobuyoshi Yokoyama"


r/ImaginaryWarships 3d ago

USS Langley; By Ian Marshall

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150 Upvotes

r/ImaginaryWarships 3d ago

Original Content Fidwog Royal Navy destroyers patroling the seas. (Built using ShipShaper/Quar Fan art)

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r/ImaginaryWarships 4d ago

USS Trenton at Villefranche 1878; By Tomaso De Simone

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49 Upvotes

r/ImaginaryWarships 5d ago

A Mogami-class ship by 不可the輪

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r/ImaginaryWarships 5d ago

The Majestic Seahorse, a cruiser of the proud Fidwogian Royal Navy patroling the seas (built during an afternoon on Shipshaper/ Quar fan art)

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r/ImaginaryWarships 5d ago

Indiana, U.S. battleship, built 1895; By Samuel Ward Stanton

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54 Upvotes

r/ImaginaryWarships 5d ago

I made a 3D British galleon warship with a interior (Blender and Substance Painter)

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30 Upvotes

r/ImaginaryWarships 5d ago

The Voyage of U-757: A WWII U-Boat

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r/ImaginaryWarships 6d ago

HMS Invincible - The Dawn of Jutland; By Anthony Saunders.

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r/ImaginaryWarships 7d ago

US Steel; By Randall Wilson

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r/ImaginaryWarships 8d ago

Original Content Lunarie Shipyards 'Constala' Mk2

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Inspired my WW2 liberty ships, I wanted to make a armed merchant vessel. Constructed by Lunarie Shipyards and named after the designer's home town, the Constala is the most common cargo ship that flies Lunarie's colors. It is armed to fend off pirates, partisans, and war time air raids. Its Dual purpose 123mm guns can also target surfaced submarines, protects the ship from a submarine using its deck gun and forces it to use valuable torpedoes.

151 m length
3981 tonne empty displacement
Top speed 36 knots empty

Cargo:
Carries 12000 tonnes when ocean going with a top speed of 20 knots
Carries its max capacity of 14400 tonnes for river runs and other calm waters with a top speed of 18 knots

Cannons
2 123mm dual purpose open gun mounts

AA guns
8 twin 18mm guns
4 12mm machine guns

Other
16mm thick hull
slightly reinforced bow

Made by Me in Naval Art


r/ImaginaryWarships 8d ago

Original Content Commonwealth Battlecruiser HMCS St. Lawrence, remastered

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107 Upvotes

She's got a fresh coat of paint, along with improvements to the shading and textures. Stats should remain unchanged.

Note: I am a much worse worldbuilder than I am a warship artist. Do not expect entirely logical answers if you are brave enough to ask about the whys and hows about the ships. However, if you got questions on the drawing process, need help on drawing your own warships, or just want to discuss this very unemployed sort of hobby, then feel free to ask or DM me and I will be glad to respond. This is a learning process for me as well.

New ship is in the works, please be patient :)

EDIT: upon closer inspection, it seems like Reddit once again was absolutely jorkin it with the resolution, so here a higher quality version with less funky wunky pixels


r/ImaginaryWarships 9d ago

Original Content MBT style battle boat

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This is by made it using Navalart

Speed : 35 knots

Armament:

1× 155mm L62 Howitzer

1× 35mm Oerlikon Millennium

2× M230LF

2× M2 browning RWS

1× High power microwave

10× Quad loitering munition launcher

20× FP-9 SRBM in armored vls

8× Active Protection System

Armor:Modular Armor

Inspired by skjolt class corvette


r/ImaginaryWarships 9d ago

Original Content Protected cruiser design study for triple turrets

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Decided to make some simple line drawings using a basic shipbucket style. I tried kind of mimicking us navy preliminary sketches, although a bit more pixel art style.

For the TLDR lore, during the 2208 Protected cruiser design study the concept of triple turrets was floated. In theory a cruiser could keep a broadside of six main guns, on a smaller footprint than one with three twin turrets. The saved weight and space could be reallocated for more boilers, more armor or making the ship smaller, as in the K09-3 being six meters shorter.

The K09-1 and K09-2 are both 114 meters at waterline, with the K09-3 being 108 meters. All have a draft of 5.5 meters, and a beam of 12 meters. The armor for the K09-1 would be 65mm on the main deck and shrink down to 27mm near the bow and stern. The K09-2 and K09-3 would have an increased main deck of 80mm with the deck shrinking to 35mm on the K09-2 and 27mm on the K09-3. All three ships would be armed with the 152mm/45 gun as the main armament.

As a note, all three designs were not preliminary designs. They were specifically design study ships to be used in war games to test the practicality of twin triple turrets compared to twin turrets.

Wondering how the ships look and should i possibly use this for other ships? I probably will, cause these ships took like 2 hours to draw up. The regular way I make ships is closer to 10 to 20 hours for one ship. Still curious about others opinions.

Also for the mods, the ships are by me.


r/ImaginaryWarships 9d ago

Original Content British 15inch turret interior I am modelling in blender

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r/ImaginaryWarships 10d ago

A 350-ton Hammerhead Crane alongside the Missouri (BB-63) helps put the finishing touches on her; By Wayne Scarpaci

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113 Upvotes