Thank you very much on both counts, Sailor Steve.
It's not exactly worthy of hanging in a museum but it is supposed to be a u-boat emblem, after all, and I'm assuming those were usually painted on by ordinary sailors instead of professional artists. I went for simplicity to make the image easily discernable with the stock SH3 resolution settings.
I've already applied it to my u-boat and it does look quite nice sporting my very own custom emblem on my conning tower. I'd like to think me and the U-47's crew got together and made it while on shore leave. Picture a couple of the crew sitting on a board lashed over the side with brushes and paint buckets in hand while provisions and torps are being loaded below...
The ship getting smashed is supposed to be a destroyer to commemorate the consecutive sinkings of two destroyers that were hunting me after I hit a large convoy in my first patrol commanding U-47. I sank the first with a tail shot as I was trying to slip away and then got the second escort with tube #3 when they came running to get revenge for the first escort. I used electric eels both times at less than 500 meters range. Those Limey bucket sloshers didn't know what hit 'em!
I earned a Knight's Cross 1st Class and German Cross In Gold for that bit of daring.
And, yes, I know my nickname is a terrible pun but I've always been fond of cheese. :P