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[Jackrabbit]

please, i am starting to build a castle could everybody with one give ideas or pictures on the subject. we would all enjoy it!

[Tnx]

Check out this lovely creation.. It should give you lots of hope (not mine btw, geez i WISH i made that)

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-2912-seabreakerthetownoffortune

[Reasonableman]

Motte and bailey style castles are kewl.

[Jackrabbit]

ooooo! and that castle is beyond awesome. i just wish goblins could scale walls.

getting some good ideas here! keep it up!

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

Here is a castle that I am building.
http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-3142-playpapers-harracoth

It is quite an efficient design as everything underground is aligned along 9 staircases. The workshops, dinning rooms, stockpiles and bedrooms are all close to each other yet far enough away to stop noise pollution.

[Kogan Loloklam]

Unfortunatly, I erased my castle design. Let me tell you that I know a bit about this subject. You can do it really nicely if you create a small "mine entrance" and mine a series of winding corridors. You get a nice "dungeon" effect over there and get plenty of material for the castle construction. You can later connect the mines to the castle to make an "escape" hatch. It also makes a good place to set wicked traps and place your best artifacts.

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Check out this lovely creation.. It should give you lots of hope (not mine btw, geez i WISH i made that)

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-2912-seabreakerthetownoffortune

This is an impressive one, but I see some problems. Look at the towers, appearing to "hover" in the air. Annoying.
Another thing would be the tower setup.

I prefer 2 wide walls in my castle walls, with the outer ones ending in fortifications. Also, towers should have fortifications in them so to provide places to fire out of.

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Here is a castle that I am building.
http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-3142-playpapers-harracoth

It is quite an efficient design as everything underground is aligned along 9 staircases. The workshops, dinning rooms, stockpiles and bedrooms are all close to each other yet far enough away to stop noise pollution.

Only 1 Z-level. It's not an impressive castle. I feel walls should be at least 2 Z-levels, towers should extend at least 2 beyond the hight of the walls. Really the best tactic is to buckle down and make one.

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

I hadn't actually finished building that one yet. The reason I posted it was because the foundations are down and you can see what direction I am heading in.

[Tnx]

Nice castle you got there fey, do you turn off invaders when you build the walls and stuff? I plan to build a huge castle too but really don't want my main seven to get killed by ambushers :\

@Kogan, the sea castle I linked to is still in the building process, the guy didn't add in fortifications yet.

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

Nup, invaders are on. I haven't yet had any ambushes, I have been lucky so far. Ambushers don't usually appear until the third year for me.

[Andir]

This was my third or fourth attempt at a Dwarf Fortress... Never finished it because the goblins wiped me out using a hole I had made to increase efficiency, clients were updated and I never kept the files to reclaim.

I used a common area size (10x10 areas, 3 wide halls, pillared and stair-cased hallway intersections) and divided each area up into sub rooms depending on the usage.  It was never completed, lay in ruins in a virtual world and will never be revived.  (Mainly because DF lacked a mass build feature.)

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-2212-oiledsqueezed  (level 15, zoom 2.5 seems to be a good overview...) I wish I had known about 3Dwarf when I started.  I would have loved to see that.

That was eventually put aside for a very elaborate layout (inspired by a Star Wars scene in the Death Star) that suffered a similar fate:  http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3226/moistpaged18region11055hk5.png

[Dadamh]

Please to show higher resolution of the starwars inspired one.  Looks awesome.

[Andir]

Please to show higher resolution of the starwars inspired one.  Looks awesome.

Unfortunately, I don't have one... as that fortress and it's plans are long lost.  That was the last image I had still online because I haven't taken it down.

[Hishan]

Please to show higher resolution of the starwars inspired one.  Looks awesome.

Unfortunately, I don't have one... as that fortress and it's plans are long lost.  That was the last image I had still online because I haven't taken it down.

I opened it up in paint and did a bit of rebiulding. I know its not perfectly right, but the basic plan is there. (I presume thats what you wanted it for) Its a very intricate design, i may build a tower with each level having that design 

[Andir]

I just realized, the region files were still in my recycle bin.  Man I need to clear that out:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5454/moistpaged18region21055qx1.png

As you can see, it's still in construction.  Quite unfinished, and still has some stairs where they shouldn't be (namely the center of the rings.)  The interface makes designating all that very cumbersome.  It's probably why I stopped working with that dungeon.  If/when I get around to making my live map editor for DF with better designation controls, I may go back to the design.  Below the front circle are the storage areas for the stone, furniture, etc.  It uses a layout just like the last ring (which was planned to be my noble's quarters/offices.)  You could pretty easily build a tower using the design.  You would have to plan it out though in order to keep the living quarters away from the workshops by using warehouse space as a filler.

[Hishan]

Much better than my attempt!