From JohnE - 1/350 U-boat - [World Cinema] - (25 Points)

As a fan of foreign film - I'm middle-aged so subtitles are my friend - I surprisingly had very little that came to mind when contemplating the World Cinema theme. Then I remembered I had this nice little waterline U-boat model I picked up for coastal warfare actions, AND one of my favorite movies is Das Boot. It's a win-win, except that both the U-boat war and the film don't end well. But in my little sphere of the AHPC, it's a win-win!

 

 

 

 

 

Points Summary:

1 x 6mm vehicle @ 2 points = 2 points

Minion Phil course correction = 3 points

World Cinema (Green Pass) bonus = 20 points

Total = 25 points

Minion Phil: Who among us doesn't love both Das Boot and shoehorning impractical waterline U-Boat models onto the tabletop? Better in 28mm though. This models looks super, with excellent detailing, its menacing silhouette prowling above the waterline. 

Two points as a 6mm vehicle seems a bit stingy for a whole U-boat, though shades of grey is a fairly quick paint scheme. I've applied a small correction to account for the size compared to a land vehicle. 

From ByronM: Landing on the Reidy's Reef in a sub? (45 Points)

Well, it has taken a while, but I am finally ready to land on Challenge Island.  With holiday season and family events it has taken longer to arrive on the island than I had originally planned, but at least I am here now!

To be fair, a lot of the delay was about not really being sure where to land and what path to take.  In the end I figured I had to take the path of the new and shiny since a) I have a space on that path bearing my name, and b) as anyone who knows me will attest..... SQUIRREL!!!  I kind of get distracted and jump onto new projects pretty damn fast.  So, overall it makes sense to follow this path, at least for a while until I get distracted again.

To make landfall, I went digging through my pile-o-shame looking for something that would fit the Reidy's Reef nautical theme requirement.  While I had a bunch that I could use, I had not planned ahead for the island challenges and therefore didn't have anything assembled or primed for the spaces.  I had lots of ships kicking around but nothing ready to go.  Then I happened across my box of Games-Workshops Dreadfleet, which I had bought, assembled, primed, played a few games, found out how bad it was (despite having some really cool looking figures) and then sat in the box for years.  At least I had everything there assembled and primed though!

So I pulled out something simple to paint and away I went....

May I present to you my Dwarf submarine war machine.  It is basically a mechanical kraken and is a great example of the cool models in the Dreatfleet box.

While I painted it up in a super simple steel and brass colour scheme, I think it works.  After all it's underwater most of the time so any real life paint details would very quickly corrode away and be gone anyway.

Hope you all like it.  Not sure I will get to any other Dreadfleet models this challenge, but I may simply because they are all ready to paint, so any time I hit a nautical theme space, they may become my go to choice.  Also, it would me nice to have them all done at some point.

Oh, and size wise the game has no real set scale, but the base is 32mm x 75mm.

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Oooh, how very cool! I've always wanted to pick up a copy of this game as the minis looked so groovy. Great work on this 'sub', Byron. as you say the craft itself is fairly straightforward, but I have to say I really like what you did with the water and wave effects - very nice. 

As to points, we'll count it as a 28mm cavalry figure with a few points added in.

Welcome back to the Challenge Byron!

-Curt