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Daniel · Member Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 16

Hello,

Owkey I was sitting in my room last night and all of a sudden it hit me, a few years ago I saw a movie about "the Christmas truce". It was so beautifull to see what christmas does to people, it really struck me.

Now I've decided to make my Christmas contest entry about that verry day, dedicated to the day that friends and foes came together on the grounds where thousands of their friends had fallen.

Here is a litle background on the "Christmas truce":

The truce began on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1914, when German troops began decorating the area around their trenches in the region of Ypres, Belgium, for Christmas. They began by placing candles on trees, then continued the celebration by singing Christmas carols, most notably Stille Nacht (Silent Night). The British troops in the trenches across from them responded by singing English carols.

The two sides continued by shouting Christmas greetings to each other. Soon thereafter, there were calls for visits across the "No Man's Land" where small gifts were exchanged — whisky, jam, cigars, chocolate, and the like. The artillery in the region fell silent that night. The truce also allowed a breathing spell where recently-fallen soldiers could be brought back behind their lines by burial parties. Proper burials took place as soldiers from both sides mourned the dead together and paid their respects. At one funeral in No Man's Land, soldiers from both sides gathered and read a passage from the 23rd Psalm: The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

The truce spread to other areas of the lines, and there are many stories of football matches between the opposing forces. The film Joyeux Noël suggests that letters sent home from both British and German soldiers related that the score was 3-2 in favour of the Germans.

Thanks for reading, its a special piece of history and
I hope you like it.

Update:

Just spend some time on getting a base mesh for the trenches, still verry much WiP:

(note: the tree logs used as support for the trench are still verry generic and will be adjusted/resized/deformed in order to be more realistic).
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stressless · Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:20 pm Post subject:

a very good concept.
i remember their is a movie about something like this.

Daniel · Member Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 16

Btw stressles you are wrschramm are you not Razz

I'm redfury.
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stressless · Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:01 pm Post subject:

yeah, i saw your post on the realmcrafter forums.
im indeed wmschram, and i know your redfury.
i also know you know deled pro very well, with your sci-fi game.

Daniel · Member Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 16

Hey, thx for the compliment (atleast I consider that a compliment) tho my knowledge of Deled has been degrading a bit since its been a while that I've done anything big in it. (mostly use Blender nowadays)
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