Since I posted with pictures with the buildings in them, I have received over 300 E-mails about this project and where I am going with it. So, I will try to explain in more detail about the overall goals. First, I am creating an interactive tourist and classroom presentation in Russian, German, and English for the Panoramic Museum in Volgograd. It will be a computer based presentation covering both Russian and German forces from the battle including leader and individuals, weapons and tactics, Lightly touching on the German advance to Stalingrad, Heavily covering the day-by-day street and factory fighting period of the battle and again lightly touching on the Russian counter-attack and the reduction of the Stalingrad pocket. Other items will include famous and surviving landmarks and buildings, the history of the city and Stalingrad in the news, magazines, games, and other types of media. Secondly, it is been created for the next great Stalingrad documentary to be made. I have been showing off parts of my models and presentation over the last three years at museums, gaming conventions and military shows. At last years SOS (Show of Shows international military show), it was such a success that I had a presentation on my laptop at 11:00 night for 20 people. Last year the History Channel and a private video production company contacted me about my project and animations but sadly, I had to tell them it is not complete and I could not give them a firm time frame. Here is where my project stands right now! The following picture shows in an orange line outer most boundary of the German frontline on September 13, 1942. The 3D topography for all the areas shown in overlaid photos has been created. The green and purple frames are photos that I have but I have not inserted into my current model, also this will be the full extend of the model at completion. The dark blue frame area is being update with better (lower altitude) photos I have just recently located. The red area is what I have release so far and the light blue area is what I am current working on and I hope to have done by the end of February. I hope you enjoy and everyone is welcome to voice any comments.
Thirdly and finally, and this is the one I am most enthusiastic about, is the possibly of a computer based military simulation game. Something like an updated to Avalon Hill/Atomic Games computer game World at War: STALINGRAD game or maybe a PC version of the monster board game Streets of Stalingrad. Over the last few years, I have been working with some gaming friends on ideals for a simulation like this. No engine or program yet, just working on the graphics, interface, and playing concept. Last year I had two different gaming software companies contact along these lines but many sticking points.
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