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
Oh man, that looks awesome Alan. I love the extra detail you put into it (crew, reflections in the windows, wake, etc) I definitely have to pick one of these up for Cruel Seas.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! That looks brilliant!
ReplyDeleteOh that’s cool. I wondered if we would see a decent size ship for this
ReplyDeleteFantastic, Alan :)
ReplyDeleteThat's superb, and a damn big boat for Cruel Seas, should scare off any unwanted opponents !
ReplyDeleteAs a side point, as a dedicated Naval Gamer, I think Naval stuff is quite under pointed in the challenge.
I agree Ken. Would you like to send me a proposed matrix for scoring them?
DeleteHi Curt, only just seen this, will have a think about it, just doing some Naval Stuff this week so will put some thoughts together.
DeleteAbsolutely fabulous post Alan! Well done, and superbly detailed.
ReplyDeleteWow, congrats on getting that sucker done Alan.
ReplyDeleteFantastic looking destroyer!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
That looks fabulous mate. Now put some tracks on it and make it a proper model.
ReplyDeleteImpressive. And a lovely model.
ReplyDeleteAmazing work Alan! That's gonna be quite a massive target! I've been thinking about building some 1/350 waterline models for Cruel Seas as well as I've got a few at home. This definitely works as an inspiration for that!
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