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i just picked up an Imperial Knight and since its got such a large base i wanna do something cool with it. the plan is to have some sort of water feature with a crashed vehicle submerged in it. my options right now are a chaos bike or a space marine land speeder

since i haven't started building the knight yet i'm wondering what would work best, would the speeder would be too big???

I would suggest a crater of some sort painted up to be quick sand of swamp, stick the top tip of whatever vehicle on it, mix water effect with some food coloring for muddy water and pour in.

The idea sounds great, but there are some real challenges. How "deep" do you make the water (and therefore how much of the submerged model do you need to see below the surface). How thick will this make the base for the knight? The idea of parts sticking out of murky water sounds great, but you need enough visible to see what it is. Murky water is easy as stated above, simply swirl color into a water effect. The problem is, you need to do it in very thin stages (1/8 thick at most or the water effect may crack, dry in a bowl shape, etc. This will also let you make the murk graduated (more pigment in the bottom layers working to clearer at the top). I had some success with this for an ice feature (frozen pond with things in it). Mine was on a terrain board and I had more than an inch of depth to fill. It took a week of one pour each day.
As noted above, a quicksand/bog is much easier. cut whatever you want to be sticking out, place it inside a shape you want with a lip maybe 1/16 to 1/8" deep (ok, I'm an American, that's 2mm to maybe 5mm at most) then fill it with white glue mixed with whatever color you want. White glue dries mostly clear, but rarely perfectly smooth when in depth, and gives a great muddy/boggy result. For safety you could do it in layers as well. Be warned, it takes days to dry depending on where you are.

If you are after some inspiration for scenic bases, check this thread out

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/761655.page

Thoughts on this rough mock up of the knight stepping on the speeder???