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 AlanD: The Diether von Roeder (35 points)

 The Diether von Roeder (Z17) was a Type 1936 destroyer of the Kriegsmarine that fought at Narvik in 1940, mauling HMS Cossack and eventually being scuttled by its crew after running out of ammunition.

A few of the chaps from our club have become quite excited about Warlord Games' new Cruel Seas game, and I had my first game on Wednesday, which was quite fun. Paul O'G challenged me to the naval side duel this year, so this is my shot across his bows - a 1/350 destroyer to act as a big target in Cruel Seas.





I probably haven't made a model of a WWII ship since I made the Airfix Tirpitz about a hundred years ago, and I really enjoyed the excercise. This is the Zvezda kit of the Diether von Roeder, which I populated with a bunch of figures from Fujimi. I made the wake from epoxy putty.

 



I have no idea how many points this is worth, but hopefully lots because it took forever! The ship is about 35cm long and there are 24 x 1/350 figures.



All these Cruel Seas entries are causing your minion a lot of complex thinking. I reckon that is about the same volume as a 28mm vehicle, plus 12 points for the crew, plus some bonus points for the dynamic smoke (steam?) and wake effects, and to make PaulOG nervous. So that's 35 points, or 1/cm.

Barks