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Two eras, one map style.

Exploring Historical Campaigns: 3D Maps

A man in a tan jacket next to a soldier in a Napoleonic shako, beside a 3D relief map of Europe with territory highlighted in red under drifting clouds.
Map references: a dark political map with "Fallen state" labels, an orange relief map and a white relief map of Japan.
Workflow diagram: Google Maps, a height map and Photoshop feed into Figma, then After Effects, Blender with Octane, and DaVinci Resolve for grading.
Title card for the two documentaries, "La brigade SS Dirlewanger" and "Les soldats de Napoléon", with stills of a man in a beanie and of the same man among soldiers in Napoleonic uniforms.
Still from the documentary: a man in a beanie and tan jacket walking between tall grey concrete blocks.
Historical maps of Europe in grey tones used as references, including a map of Europe in 1941 with Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union marked by their symbols.
Still from the documentary: close-up of a man in a tan jacket next to a soldier wearing a Napoleonic shako.
Sources for the Napoleon maps: an atlas page showing Europe in 1811, and an old map of the Battle of Wagram.

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