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Author Topic: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.  (Read 2391 times)

Jurph

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I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« on: April 22, 2009, 06:42:29 pm »
I wanted a site with an underground river and a magma pipe where I could practice some of the basics of building up a military.  When I finally found it, I saw a very (very!) tall cliff face across which most of my goodies were scattered.  Twenty Z-levels of digging, ramping, and striking MICROCLINE! later, my dwarves have moved out of the temporary housing inside the mid-level bridge (which will soon be the spillway for a misty waterfall).

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Dwarven apartments will each have at least one window looking in on the causeway.  You can see the single z-level doorway for trade wagons.  Above it -- and possibly off to the sides -- will be fortifications allowing us to rain death down on the invaders from three sides at once.  Haven't decided whether to make the spillway switchable for water/magma purposes, but I suppose that would be a deterrent as well. 

Anyway, I thought you might enjoy looking at my megaproject.  So, er... enjoy!
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Dreambrother has my original hammer-shaped Great Hall.  Towerweak has taken the idea to the next level.

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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2009, 06:50:20 pm »
Nice!

What app are you using to get that visual?
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2009, 06:51:46 pm »
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2009, 06:52:54 pm »
I love it.
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2009, 06:58:03 pm »
Pure dwarfiness, truly epic!
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2009, 06:58:37 pm »
That.  Is.  Epic!

That must have taken patience.
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2009, 07:30:06 pm »
Quote from: mithra on April 22, 2009, 06:50:20 pm
What app are you using to get that visual?

Indeed, it was 3Dwarf.  Bonus: I turned on hidden tiles and was able to see the underground river position as well as the location of the magma pipe. 
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Dreambrother has my original hammer-shaped Great Hall.  Towerweak has taken the idea to the next level.

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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2009, 07:56:33 pm »
*jawdrop*

that. is. epic.

you planning on having some giant statue or something inside? :P perhaps something similar to Nist Akath's famous hammer tower?
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2009, 07:59:44 pm »
 Invert the hill on the inside except the walkway for wagons.
 Fill resulting pit with magma, complete with windows into it.

 Cackle. Cackle, for you have created something epic from which to cause death and misery to those who would dare assault your majesty!
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2009, 10:35:00 pm »
Ooh! Nice work! Looks very cool and I love the idea of windowed apartments!
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2009, 01:01:53 am »
make it into a gigantic airlock gate. or build a statue there.

can we even build a gigantic gate?
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That last gobbo would stand there, missing an arm, punctured in a kidney, liver, and spleen, fading in and out of consciousness at the far end of where the drawbridge would go, and his last sight would be the drawbridge dropping down and smashing him like a bug.

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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2009, 10:10:33 am »
Properly epic. I salute you.
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2009, 10:18:02 am »
I imagine the goblins sieging you arriving over the top of the mountain, hearing the hollow echos of their footsteps, thinking 'There's supposed to be a dwarf fort here, isn'- WOHOLYSHIT.'
Actually, that's not bad for a last though.
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2009, 11:51:49 am »
That is amazing.

And I can imagine goblins just giving up when they see that.  Or spontaneously transforming into Merchants.
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Re: I carved a giant archway into a mountain, and I wanted to show it to you.
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2009, 01:57:40 pm »
Quote from: Wild Goose on April 23, 2009, 11:51:49 am
And I can imagine goblins just giving up when they see that.  Or spontaneously transforming into Merchants.

Hehe, I can just imagine:

"Siege? What siege? No no no... we're just here to trade you all these fine goblin iron goods! It's all just a giant misunderstanding..."
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