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[sadron]

I was thinking I could perhaps do more to make my halls a true home for dwarves, but other than lining the halls with masterfully crafted statues and of course engraving the halls, I can't think of too much to truly make the halls of my fortress a home to be proud of. You guys are creative, any ideas of what I could do to further improve the lavish legacy of my fortress?

[Bloodyharbinger]

I really liked the idea of creating custom stockpiles for totems and lining the roads or what not.

Also small channels filled with magma. looks pretty.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

I once tried to build a massive, obsidian statue of a dwarf with a beard made out of magma. A pump stack was planned to go up each leg into his head, where the magma would drain out of grates in his nose. He would also have had glass eyes so you could see the glow of the magma through them.

[Drazinononda]

I like to start making everything out of glass when that industry gets running. A hallway of glass doors and windows is one of my favorite things to see.

Also, digging things "in poche," i.e. out of the walls. Aside from regular rooms, I mean: for example, dig out 2x1 indentations along a main hallway and fill them with engraved slabs or glazed statues. I usually build an arena for dispensing with captured goblins, with a square floor and a square or octagonal viewing level above it. (Ignoring the fact that civilians would just run away when the goblin was released, of course. It's the thought that counts.) In the edges of the viewing level (which is usually at least 22x22) I dig out 4x4 or 5x5 spaces and use them for as tombs for my fallen soldiers. I don't consider them separate rooms since they aren't doored off, but they give the arena some character.

I also once designed an entire fort around 'circles,' as much as such a thing exists in DF. That was interesting.

[sadron]

While I am hardly adverse to big mega projects, I'm looking for more simple things; like for decorating the halls.

[Seraphim342]

Armor stands and statues are very dwarfy.  My favorite I've made is a big 7-wide entry hall with pillars, engraved walls, armor stands, statues, and a big red 3-wide Kaolinite "red carpet" running down the center.  For added dwarfiness, make it protrude out from the side of a mountain and put stained-glass windows and skylights in it, which can also fight cave adaptation.  Magma fountains are also a plus, but can go from fun to !!Fun!! in an instant if not done carefully. 

[Berossus]

Stockpiles for skulls, 1x10 long, lining the main hallways.
Just need to get a couple of skulls.

[megahelmet]

I like the skulls idea...cept most of the skulls in my forts are puppy and kitten skulls....

[Bloodyharbinger]

Artifacts are another good one. I don't know if they will get admired, but in a high traffic area they just might.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

I like the skulls idea...cept most of the skulls in my forts are puppy and kitten skulls....

Whats wrong with that?

[Oaktree]

If you're looking for color rather then value necessarily there are some other options:

1. Flooring with different colored stone (Paving if you won't want to build anything on it and want to use fewer blocks.)  I usually build a "road" from my fort to one of the edges even though the caravans don't use it.  And if you want to pave with metal you can use bars directly or forge them into blocks first.

2. Gem windows.  - If you use different types of cut gems they blink different colors.

3. Cages.  This might depend on tilesets though.  In Phoebus a cage with small animals in it will have a blinking dot effect.  I noticed this when the elves traded me a cage that had a cardinal in it as a bonus.  I put in a lightning bug and a frog as well and got a cage that blinked green, yellow, red.  That was placed in a niche beside a major cross-hall intersection to act as a traffic light.   

4. For the statues and other furniture experiment with various materials and see if any of the colors there fit the decor you want.  I'm fond of doing some of my noble's furniture in rose gold for the purple color.  Kaolinite or bauxite lets you build in a nice red, and green glass often contrasts well with the various grey and white stones.

[Patchy]

I like lining my halls with little dug out alcoves and tossing statues in them, or occasionally coffins. Magma channels along the side of the hallway with steel grates over them also has a very dwarfy and industrial feel to it.

Raise the ceiling if possible, and continue sticking little alcoves and ledges in the walls as you go up. Gives you more space to stick statues, and/or coffins. If its a major hallway, maybe even turn some of those ledges into balconies and put small dining rooms on them. Verticle bars make excellent rails too.

I'll echo green glass goes wonderfully with many of the darker stones, especially if you've ever done any obsidian casting. Rose gold and black bronze also make wonderful purple furniture and are still reasonably valueable.

[Mr S]

I'm still in the "Shabby Chic" stage of fortress designs, I guess.  My main hallways are done simply in vomit and gobbo ichor.

[Gentlefish]

I want to find a way to have my dwarves throw the barrels of blood at the walls in certain areas. Mostly my Depot area. Followed by the rest of the entrance. This may be do-able with the upcoming update, at least the gathering.

Guys. We'll be able to sell blood next update.

[GoombaGeek]

I know a fun decoration!

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