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[Nonsapient]

By darokgoodnes at 2009-05-05

[ArkDelgato]

THAT SURE IS WACKY

[Nonsapient]

Am I wrong in seeing this as abnormal behavior?  I must confess, I've never made an idol before.  Do all dwarves do this?

[LegoLord]

Your first post is blank.

[ArkDelgato]

An idol is a basic trade good.

You told them too.
(unless it was a mood, in which it made the dwarf awesome at that job and it is worth a fleet of dwarfbucks.)

[Scarpa]

The first post would say:

Sigun Aranadil, Metalcrafter has created Sigun Aranadil, a Rose gold idol!

If you could see it...

I haven't seen anything like that before, that is pretty funny.

[Aspgren]

The first post would say:

Sigun Aranadil, Metalcrafter has created Sigun Aranadil, a Rose gold idol!

If you could see it...

I haven't seen anything like that before, that is pretty funny.

A self portrait. I had one like that, I posted it on the wiki under stories.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The turtle shell Idol
There was a dwarf known as "Treehugger Bristlewhipped." He was called "Treehugger" for he was such a gentle and kind dwarf. Very generous and immodest.
One day Treehugger was caught by a peculiar mood. He went into a craftdwarvshop and began bringing in various materials.. he worked like a mad man for several days and emerged with a turtleshell idol! It was called... "Treehugger Bristlewhipped."
None of the dwarves knew what to say. The ones before Treehugger had produced ornate shields, high quality weapon racks and perfect jewels.
Treehugger had made a self portrait.
As if things weren't bad enough Treehugger explained the idol. He had encrusted it with Lace agate, decorated it with goblin bone and encircled it with bands of Lace agate. The idol menaced with spikes of turtle shell and carried the images of diamonds and many-pointed stars in iron.

Even to this day when a dwarf is asked WHERE the spikes and decorations were located they simply change the subject. Only in our dreams shall we know what this piece really looks like ... if you can remember it when you wake up screaming.

[Itnetlolor]

Imagine if he crafted it as an artifact. It would have an image of his idol etched on it, plated with gold with an image of himself on it.

The value would be staggering... The sentimental value, that is.

EDIT:
Unless... that was an artifact. Any details of it?

EDIT 2:

A self portrait. I had one like that, I posted it on the wiki under stories.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The turtle shell Idol
There was a dwarf known as "Treehugger Bristlewhipped." He was called "Treehugger" for he was such a gentle and kind dwarf. Very generous and immodest.
One day Treehugger was caught by a peculiar mood. He went into a craftdwarvshop and began bringing in various materials.. he worked like a mad man for several days and emerged with a turtleshell idol! It was called... "Treehugger Bristlewhipped."
None of the dwarves knew what to say. The ones before Treehugger had produced ornate shields, high quality weapon racks and perfect jewels.
Treehugger had made a self portrait.
As if things weren't bad enough Treehugger explained the idol. He had encrusted it with Lace agate, decorated it with goblin bone and encircled it with bands of Lace agate. The idol menaced with spikes of turtle shell and carried the images of diamonds and many-pointed stars in iron.

Even to this day when a dwarf is asked WHERE the spikes and decorations were located they simply change the subject. Only in our dreams shall we know what this piece really looks like ... if you can remember it when you wake up screaming.

That, and this must be drawn, someone has got to do it. But of course, we would require descriptions of our fellow artisans.

[Nonsapient]

Moved Image host from google sites to imageshack.



Yes, it was an artifact, but unfortunately the result of a possessed mood.

Edit: value of 61200   He apparently isn't good enough to be TOO proud of himself.

Edit 2: "This is a Rose gold idol.  All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality.  It is studded with Zinc and encircled with bands of Rose gold.  This object menaces with spikes of Nickel silver."

[Aspgren]

Imagine if he crafted it as an artifact. It would have an image of his idol etched on it, plated with gold with an image of himself on it.

The value would be staggering... The sentimental value, that is.

EDIT:
Unless... that was an artifact. Any details of it?

EDIT 2:

A self portrait. I had one like that, I posted it on the wiki under stories.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The turtle shell Idol
There was a dwarf known as "Treehugger Bristlewhipped." He was called "Treehugger" for he was such a gentle and kind dwarf. Very generous and immodest.
One day Treehugger was caught by a peculiar mood. He went into a craftdwarvshop and began bringing in various materials.. he worked like a mad man for several days and emerged with a turtleshell idol! It was called... "Treehugger Bristlewhipped."
None of the dwarves knew what to say. The ones before Treehugger had produced ornate shields, high quality weapon racks and perfect jewels.
Treehugger had made a self portrait.
As if things weren't bad enough Treehugger explained the idol. He had encrusted it with Lace agate, decorated it with goblin bone and encircled it with bands of Lace agate. The idol menaced with spikes of turtle shell and carried the images of diamonds and many-pointed stars in iron.

Even to this day when a dwarf is asked WHERE the spikes and decorations were located they simply change the subject. Only in our dreams shall we know what this piece really looks like ... if you can remember it when you wake up screaming.

That, and this must be drawn, someone has got to do it. But of course, we would require descriptions of our fellow artisans.

Sorry but there isn't any. The save file has been lost, I remember him though. He was single, had a few friends and worked as a woodcutter .. everything else is in the story. Kind and gentle, very immodest and appreciative of new ideas.

Edit: Oh and he was told to hunt and wear leather armor. Just remembered that one. He didn't actually do any hunting, I had long since killed off all the animals so I just told everyone to hunt and they'd carry armor. Figured it'd be safe... since he worked outside of the fortress he also had a wardog for protection but that's really it.

[Jim Groovester]

What's the guy's personality like? It might have something to do with why he created a miniature version of himself, especially if he's exceptionally vain.

[Nonsapient]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Nothing too out of the ordinary.

Can everyone see the images now? 

[LegoLord]

Aye, aye, captain!  Images are almost clearly visible, with only a spoiler obscuring them!

They are easily dealt with!  *boom*  No sir we did not just fire a missile at the spoiler!  Honest!

Seriously (more or less), those are funny stories.