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[loser]

Glass can definitely be made into statues - my last fortress had a pair of clear glass statues just outside the front gates, serving to restrict caravans from entering via any other path.

You're right about that.  I must have overlooked it when looking for it, once.  And since then I've just assumed I was right.  Time to make some statues.

Also, I seem to recall that statues and windows effectively count double toward created wealth if you (b)uild them - once for the item itself, and again for Architectural value.

I had no idea.  That's outstanding.  That definitely puts Statues and Windows ahead of the Goblets for Fortress wealth.  Also, it means I need to start plocking my inventory down, all over the damn place.  No reason to have it sitting around in a stockpile, is there?

For per-tile value, though, the Translucent Lime Cuisinart still rocks your socks (though it takes a stone).  Just don't fall asleep on it.

[Count Dorku]

In my current fort, I have a masterwork crystal glass statue. It's worth 3000 dwarfbucks.

Just putting that out there.

[hitto]

Gold and Steel masterwork statues are worth a whopping 9000.
If you want OVER 9000, the best value statue would be Platinum (IIRC, 12000) before you-know-what.

I once outfitted my entire communist (rent : off) fort with clear glass cabinets, coffers, tables and chairs, dfcompanion showed everyone hovering around 350-500 happiness, so if you have magma, go for it, but if I had to do it again, I'd just wait for sieges, melt iron into steel, etc, as this comes by in much larger quantities, is meltable if you get "only exceptional" items and you don't like it, and is much more valuable considering its lack of rarity. Magma makes it even more in favor of steel as green glass's value is purely esthetic compared to the work required to get metal.

But the clear glass color is worth it

[100killer9]

But I don't have sieges on an island. Just wolves and sparring injuries.

[Count Dorku]

Gold and Steel masterwork statues are worth a whopping 9000.
If you want OVER 9000, the best value statue would be Platinum (IIRC, 12000) before you-know-what.

Unfortunately, try as they might dwarven furnace operators have yet to successfully extract platinum from a bag of sand.

[Blargityblarg]

Gold and Steel masterwork statues are worth a whopping 9000.
If you want OVER 9000, the best value statue would be Platinum (IIRC, 12000) before you-know-what.

Unfortunately, try as they might dwarven furnace operators have yet to successfully extract platinum from a bag of sand.

This sounds like a job for Science!

[Firnagzen]

Y' know, there probably are trace amounts of platinum in sand.