[WIP] Narva (4/6)

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Hi all!

Like I promised, I'll show you my new map, called "Narva". For these of you who don't know where and what Narva is/was, I'll give a short explanation:
In early 1944, following the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive, the Red Army broke the siege of Leningrad and progressed towards the West.
On January 15th, 1944, they reached the River Narva. Heavy fightins continued, and in the second half of February, the Red Army was able to build up a bridgehead on the other side. However, the German resistance was so heavy, that the Red Army had to try breaking through further to the South.
In July 1944, the Operation Narva was introduced by the Soviet forces, which led to the liberation of Narva on June 26th with heavy losses on Soviet side. Nearly all historical buildings in Narva have been destroyed and were never rebuild after WW2.

The river will be crossable everywhere, the bridge to the South and the ford to the North are only there to ensure a faster way of crossing.

Here some pictures, featuring the designated Atmosphere setting:

Progress (X marks VP locations)


A house in the South, belonging to the outskirts of the town named Narva


View up from the river


Bridge, ditch and waterwheel


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Remember that everything is WIP and stay tuned for future updates!

[pariah]

Another map already, Maxi!?

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Yep, I'm on a roll and on holidays

[Alexander 'ApeMen' J.]

hey the first look is realy good
i like the positions of the vp´s

the bridge cant be destroyed right? i dont like destroyable bridges^^

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

No, the bridge can't be destroyed. Well, at least not like normal bridges, though you can drop a shitload of arty on it and it may become impassible after a certain time . But it's more of a high ford than of an usual bridge.

[cephalos]

LOL, I'm playing Hearts of Iron 3 now, and as Soviet Union I'm making my stand in Narva  and it's year 1941

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Time for a little Rendezvous then

[Cranialwizard]

Dude you are a god-like mapper! Teach me oh master!

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Haha thanks
I will, if you pay me well.. just kidding, I will help you whenever it's possible.

The level of detail on those first screens may seem a little low, that's because I just added some clothlines and that wheel barrow, grass/crates/barrels will be added later on.

[BurroDiablo]

Looks good! I was planning on making a Narva map, but I'll leave this one up to you

[pariah]

Or you could both make a Narva map, and the community can vote on which is best!

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

@Burro: Thanks!

[BurroDiablo]

I only really make maps when I want to take a break from modelling/skinning. Only reason I'd planned on Narva is I'd been reading about the German Allied Estonian forces at Narva who battled against the Soviets and found it quite interesting.

I've only just finished Railroad Station One and have much skinning to do, so its good Maxi has taken up the burden

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Hmm that's weak,  gained a victory without even a second of fighting..

I discovered Narva when I had some ideas for a new map, night, maybe even a summer night, dark green groves, oaks, a river, small islands of civilisation. Then I looked through Wikipedia and found an article about the Narva Operation. The name sounded quite good for a map and I took out Google Earth to compare my ideas with the reality of Narva and it fitted. Born was the map.

[pariah]

Google Earth? As in, modern day Google Earth? How similar would that location be to the world war 2 era as modern times?