German Sea Raider Research and Development

To add a level of authenticity, I decided to look at a few sources to get an idea of the type of uniforms worn by German naval officers and sea men.

http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/by-country.asp?Country=Germany

http://www.militaryfactory.com/imageviewer/sa/pic-detail.asp?smallarms_id=455&sCurrentPic=pic1

http://www.ww1medals.net/WW1%20IMPERIAL%20GERMAN%20NAVAL%20BADGES%202.html

http://german-navy.tripod.com/sms_paint-overview.htm

I was wanting the German soldiers to be wielding weapons that they would be using during that time period. Based on some images of German colonial uniforms, they were a contrast to the American navy blue uniform. Therefore I thought it would be ideal to use the light uniform which with the dark blue uniforms of the protagonist's affiliated faction.
The big problem in the short story is that the character has no name, no nationality, no definite character description. However, since this was H.P. Lovecraft's earliest work, it could be argued that it was aimed at the inhabitants of America.  Fortunately these details can actually help make him more identifiable to allow readers to project themselves onto him.

German Sea Raiders Mood Board

Here are a series of drawings I made to visualize the German raiders and their equipment.

German Sea Raiders Iterations

German Ship Iterations

German Weapons

The following images are screenshots of a boat I created in Maya.These will be used a s reference material when drawing teh boat in a particular perspective.