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[eerr]

for value, a single masterpiece aluminum statue is worth 12,000
it can even form part of the wall...

[Techhead]

Nah, instead there should be the option to decorate blocks, and then build the walls out of said blocks.
Maximum 1 decoration per block.

[Grand_Marquis]

Nah, instead there should be the option to decorate blocks, and then build the walls out of said blocks.
Maximum 1 decoration per block.

That raises a point - walls built out of regular stone probably look like the sides of rough-face stone churches, which would not make them very useful for engraving.  But blocks are basically pre-smoothed.  So engraving them should be fine.

And this brings up a question: if this should be the case, then what about smoothing rough walls?  Yes or no?  It would make it hard to tell the difference between the two - and I don't think smoothed walls would have the same strength...

[Hyndis]

Humans engrave structures constructed out of blocks all the time. Just look at any ancient Egyptian or Greek ruins, or even more modern pseudo-Greek government buildings. Structures made out of metal blocks are also engraved on a routine basis, though as metal is more expensive than stone, usually metal engravings are only a small part of the structure.

If humans can do this on a regular basis, I'm sure dwarves could manage to also engrave structures build with blocks of stone or metal.

[Andeerz]

NECRO THREAD FOR NECRO-RELATED POST!

Putting bones on walls would be awesome a-la-Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_della_Concezione_dei_Cappuccini

Czech it out.  It would be awesome.  Srsly.

[Footkerchief]

NECRO THREAD FOR NECRO-RELATED POST!

Putting bones on walls would be awesome a-la-Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_della_Concezione_dei_Cappuccini

Czech it out.  It would be awesome.  Srsly.

Points for searching first, but there's a thread that covers that much more directly: Bones as a building material

[Andeerz]

Eeeewps.  Sorry Footkerchief!  :3