U-Boat Commander preorder

[Pathos Miniatures]

Hello Planeteers,
preordering the U-Boat bust gets you the full pack.
Bust + wooden display base + submarine badge decorative).
Preorder price is 35 euros .
offer expires in 14 days
You can contact us at [email protected] for more info

 

[Martin Antonenko]

The badge at the cap (a red devil) is the one of U-552, Commander Kapitänleutnant Erich Topp. U-552 survived the war und was sunk by the own Crew at Wilhelmshaven, 5. May 1945.







Cheers

 

[taff edwards]

Hi
What a cracking figure , beautiful sculpting love the detail on the face and uniform wonderful effect on the binoculars , also the addition of the submariners badge is a lovely touch I think this will be very popular indeed great work
Cheers Chris Edwards

 

[swralph]

Hi
What a cracking figure , beautiful sculpting love the detail on the face and uniform wonderful effect on the binoculars , also the addition of the submariners badge is a lovely touch I think this will be very popular indeed great work
Cheers Chris Edwards

Couldn't agree more

 

[engeee]

What scale is it and is it safe to assume it'll be resin (not metal)?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Pathos Miniatures]

1/10 scale (6 cm height).
material resin

 

[caramba]

Looks great gray wolf!
M.

 

[Govorof]

Very beautiful iam happy that i have seen it live

 

[Jaybo]

Is that Herr Topp's actual cap?

 

[Jaybo]

I meant HEER Topp.

 

[Pathos Miniatures]

just to clarify more,
this bust is not depecting Erich Topp.
its a generic U-Boat commander using the exact insignia of U-552 (red devil).

 

[legend69]

Great stuff!!!
Anthony

 

[Martin Antonenko]

@Jay:
After the regulations even u-boat commanders had to wear the blue "Schirm-Mütze" for officers or the so called "Schiffchen".
Here is a picture of Erich Topp wearing such a "Schiffchen"....:

The white cap for Commanders was not regular but mode!

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@Andreas:
A "U-Boat-Commander" with the badge of U-552 can not generic or "fictive", for this boat had only two commanders...:

Erich Topp (December 1940 up to 31. August 1942) and Kapitänleutnant Klaus Popp (9. September 1943 up to 10. July 1944)

I can see a little likeness of the bust to Erich Topp, but absolutely no likeness to Klaus Popp...:

Sorry - to sculpt a "generic commander" you should have left off the badge. It was worn only by this two commanders.

Cheers

 

[Pathos Miniatures]

Martin all the historical data you mention is well -known
i still wanted to produce a "fiction" u-boat commander using the red devil insignia.

 

[colonnello kurz]

Nice Bust,look like Erich Topp,but if you want to produce a "Fiction" u-boat commander, why choose a so well known insigna?.....but is still a nece piece

 

[Pathos Miniatures]

Nice Bust,look like Erich Topp,but if you want to produce a "Fiction" u-boat commander, why choose a so well known insigna?.....but is still a nece piece

So you mean that if i use not so "well known insignia" it woul be allright to do a "fiction" commander???
that does not make any sense cause every different insignia coresponds to actual persons and u-boat crews.
so either you depict them as they were exactly or you can keep their insignia /uniform/equipment and do a "fictional" character based on their history.
After all its a matter of minutes to remove the insignia if you dont like them .

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Pathos Miniatures said:
"So you mean that if i use not so "well known insignia" it woul be allright to do a "fiction" commander???
that does not make any sense cause every different insignia coresponds to actual persons and u-boat Crews."


Sorry - a bit of research could have helped!

The famous "sawfish-badge" for example, that at first - in green - only from U-96 (Kapitänleutnant Hinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, the template for the movie "The Boat") was worn, was from 1942 to 1944 the insignia of the 9th Submarine flotilla (in Brest, France), as Lehmann-Willenbrock was appointed commander of this flotilla.

There it was in several different colors (black, green, red, white) from a number of different submarines worn - and also as a badge on the caps of their Crews and commanders.

This badge would have been far better suited, because it would have just given a number of alternatives for a "fictional" commander.

Cheers

 

[Pathos Miniatures]

Young Miniatures has already produced this Martin..
Sorry - a bit of research could have helped you also on this...

 

[JasonB]

Hey, if they can make a well know left handed movie character right handed "because it looked better", I guess a little badge is no biggie.

 

[Dimmu Borgir]

Dear sirs i have to inform you -since i have done the historical research- that all the above information was found and beleive me i research from the smallest detail so the sculptor has a clear image of what to sculpt(Martin i respect very much your opinion since you are one of the few who does his research and provides documentations).Mr Motsios wanted a more generic figure and not a specific u-boat commander and as so this is the bust you see with all the details of the unifom correct apart the whole 100% likeness to Topp.The options are simple
a.Paint it as ir is (there is some likeness with Topp)
b.Scrape off the insignia(matter of seconds) and paint one u-boat commander(real character or reenactor)with any insignia you like.
c.Do not purchase it at all if you do not like it.

JasonB as for the left/right hand photographic evidence was provided but i guess it was fiction too.And nobody forced you to bye from as.Take care and thank you for your kind remarks and opinion.