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[yobbo]

It would be neat if in addition to smoothing and engraving walls, it was possible to sculpt them.

I searched but didn't find any similar suggestion.

The difference from engraving is that it would be just generic decoration, not a visual representation of history. And the difference with smoothing – well smoothing walls makes climbing them harder, but sculpted walls should be much easier to climb.

The motivation is that i saw this and wanted to be able to pretend that was what my fortress entrance looked like. But with the only facade options being rough, smooth, and engraved, there's not really any way to make something representing that in the game currently.

All it would need is a separate wall modifier "sculpted". The artistic details could be provided by the player's imagination.

[StagnantSoul]

That's exactly what an engraving is: a depiction of art or history.

[yobbo]

Which is just what i don't want in this case?

[StagnantSoul]

A generic piece of art is just what they are. Half are history, half are what you're asking for.

[yobbo]

Did you look at the picture i linked in the OP? It's quite clearly not an engraving.

[StagnantSoul]

I did. What you're asking for is basically mounting statues on walls.

[yobbo]

It's also quite clearly not a statue on a wall… are you pulling my chain? Well whatever.

[GavJ]

Why do you think they should sculpt the walls rather than engrave them? There could be many reasons they specifically engrave (as in 2D flat image style).

1) Mainly, sculpting removes more material and structurally weakens the wall by comparison. The image you linked is a good foot deep in its sculpting... do that on all 4 sides of a 3'x3' pillar, and your roof might very likely fall down on top of you...

2) In addition to very sound structural reasons not to sculpt walls, dwarves might quite simply not like friezes, as a cultural aesthetic. Hell, *I* don't like friezes. They are awkward -- a 3d sculpture begs to be perceived 3-dimensionally. A freestanding one like dwarves make allows this, but a wall prevents you from doing that. They also limit your depth in the image, because they imply that depth should be actual depth, whereas a 2D image can have any depth, since it's pictorial and unconstrained. *shrug* perhaps they choose not to make them as a matter of preference.

(as for historical descriptions, the game already includes many images with no historical significance, just images of cheese, etc. for their own sake. This is already implemented.)

[Jebediah`]

When I saw the title, I thought you meant "carve down a pre-existing 1x1 natural stone wall into a statue".

Which I personally prefer.

[StagnantSoul]

I like the above idea, a lot.

[Bumber]

And other stuff. Floodgates, cages, beds, other furniture, doors and hatches, supports, screw pumps (provided other components), statues, possibly some workshops, etc.