I have started a small project of making a WW2 themed fortress. I haven’t constructed most of the actual fortress, but I have a good start on the outside trenches and stuff. Right now I’d like feedback on what to work on and what to fix. I already know that I should work on the fortress before the outside of it, but I just got carried away when I made the trenches.
In terms of historical accuracy its not very good but I cant really give feedback unless I have an idea of the era this build takes place (1939 - 1945) and the location, for example was this built along the eastern front, by the Russians, or is it a french built fort in the west to defend from German aggression. I would just suggest to look at historical reference photos and other WW2 themed games.
I’ve already read some of the replies above, and I’m not trying to be mean, but I study the WW2 era in depth, and can confirm this is not historically accurate in the slightest, especially if you’re going for a German Wehrmacht position.
Throughout the majority of the war, the Germans had very tough concrete fortifications which created hard, almost impenetrable lines of defense (I.E The Siegfried line)
If you really want my opinion on this, it would be wiping the slate clean and completely restarting. The only other option I suggest is making this more of a temporary fighting position in a town.
Non-Historically Accurate
This bunker has RPG rounds and more modern-day lockers. They also had electricity in most of the wooden-dugout type bunkers.
I cannot see any trenches here, trenches always had structured sides for support, otherwise it would be a sloppy mess (AKA, add duckboards, etc.)
They would have most likely just left the bridge broken, especially if in combat, once again, this photo does not really make sense as they wouldn’t have created structures like this specifically for fighting. The Germans normally had working plumbing in the majority of their structures, so the outhouse isn’t really needed
Small Suggestions:
Use meshes for the weapons, as they do not look like any kind of WW2 era weapons, especially not German as theirs were curvier.
Sandbags look like 2010 kind of style for Roblox sandbags, use meshes
There needs to be a LOT more trench lines, add dragon’s teeth, barbed wire, foxholes, etc.
If you want to go for a field type of look, get rid of the main build fully, and construct several smaller concrete pillboxes, anti-aircraft, and artillery positions, along with a command bunker.
Lots more decoration on the field, feels way too empty.
Add AT guns, or even tanks. Almost every fortification had some sort of anti-tank measure whether it be a panzerfaust or a Pak 43 75cm.
If you want more detail on this kind of stuff you can DM me here or on Discord (Bloximus#3177).
I think I’m going to keep the work I already have as a side project because I enjoyed working on the less realistic fortress. I’ll make a new place and begin working on a new (and better) fort with your advice.
