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[Cypress]

This thread is pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. I want to see what people are building!

For my part, I offer CraftedAbbey, the shine to Saint Urist. Not very mega, as far as mega constructions go, but it kept me busy for two in game years

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-7847-craftedabbey

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I've been stuck working on Towerscrape for a while now.

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Not much progress has been made since this shot.  Green glass takes forever to build a tower out of, even with 30 to 40 glassmakers.

And here's why it takes forever: every floor is fully constructed.  This is not a hollow tower by any stretch of the imagination.

[Cypress]

I've been stuck working on Towerscrape for a while now.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Not much progress has been made since this shot.  Green glass takes forever to build a tower out of, even with 30 to 40 glassmakers.

And here's why it takes forever: every floor is fully constructed.  This is not a hollow tower by any stretch of the imagination.

Jesus balls that's amazing. There really isn't that much to say beside 'wow'.
My question though, is what software are you using for the 3D? I've only got 3Dwarf, which doesn't render materials as visually distinct.

[Untelligent]

Hard to say, as I tend to work on two or three at a time and exactly when I finish is kinda blurry.

I guess it would have to be the Hanging Jails of Dwarvylon, I can't remember doing anything in between them and my current project, the Tower of Nine Perils.

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Nothing like trapping your criminals in tiny cages 70 stories above the ground to scare the **** out of them.

[Dorfus]

On the right is the very beginning of my grandest dining hall. It may be hard to make out but the central column is completely hollow and the gold tipped towers are 2 of 6 to be build. The wall just behind them is as high as it will be. Towards the back on the left, the spikey tower is my living quarters.

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[garfield751]

Hard to say, as I tend to work on two or three at a time and exactly when I finish is kinda blurry.

I guess it would have to be the Hanging Jails of Dwarvylon, I can't remember doing anything in between them and my current project, the Tower of Nine Perils.

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Nothing like trapping your criminals in tiny cages 70 stories above the ground to scare the **** out of them.

Holy crap how high is that mountain?

[NecroRebel]

I've started many megaprojects, but usually ended up abandoning them long before they really started looking like anything. I do have on finished, however:

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The whole tower is smoothed and engraved cast obsidian, including that big bowl up top. The four little towers coming off the rim of the bowl have pump stacks arranged to draw lava from the bowl and spit it out towards the middle; they're powered by a big system that has to be run from ground level that also happens to go through the lava in the bowl itself. Outside the lava bowl and tower, there is no sign of the power system whatsoever.

The tower itself actually consists entirely of housing for my people. Workshops and storehouses are belowground. It's not particularly fancy, but I'm still proud of it... Even though I always imagine it as being much taller and less squat than the picture makes it look 

[garfield751]

This is a screen cap of the begining of my megaproject to build a dwarven town above ground and a lake with a underwater dome.

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currently im on the town phase going into the river phase that will go into the lake phase for the dome phase of the project.

[SkyRender]

I've been stuck working on Towerscrape for a while now.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Not much progress has been made since this shot.  Green glass takes forever to build a tower out of, even with 30 to 40 glassmakers.

And here's why it takes forever: every floor is fully constructed.  This is not a hollow tower by any stretch of the imagination.

Jesus balls that's amazing. There really isn't that much to say beside 'wow'.
My question though, is what software are you using for the 3D? I've only got 3Dwarf, which doesn't render materials as visually distinct.

 I use Visual Fortress.  A quick browsing of that topic will show you that, while Towerscrape is impressive for the fact that I've built a 35x35 base tower that's not hollow, it's anything but impressive compared to some of the amazing stuff out there like Boatveiled.

[Quietust]

My latest one was a 47x47x16 cast obsidian tower. No 3D screenshots on that one, though it looks fairly plain from the outside so you're not missing much.

Before that was a 45x45x23 hollow clear glass pyramid filled with magma (pumped in from below).

I'm taking a break from DF until the next version is released.

[Itnetlolor]

You already know what I'll post.

Here's my current progress on the Bloodfist (AKA- Armok's Gauntlet) as it stands right now.

Spoiler: Ship Progress (click to show/hide)

Front

Back

Side (worksite doorway)

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Front

Back

EDIT:
Hell of a lot more progress than I expected passed in a season than I thought. Just finished Deck II, 3rd is in progress along with the emblem on top.

Woohoohoohoo. I might post new pics soon enough (IE- Tomorrow when I continue).

[Grendus]

Working on a constructed tower of obsidian. I'm building the spa right now. First, I have an entire floor that will eventually be filled with magma. Above it, I'm building a spa (room full of 2/7 water), a sauna (a room with grates with a pond designation over them, ponding water one z-level just makes steam), a tanning booth (glass window walls), and a magma bather for those irritating in laws nobles.

[Tallefred]

Working on the Magmaworks. If it uses magma, we've got it.

Although all we've got so far is an aquifer to defrost the river and a side corridor for the metal industry, so it takes a little imagination to envision the orbital magma bombardier and all-z-level magmafall.

[xdarkcodex]

Hard to say, as I tend to work on two or three at a time and exactly when I finish is kinda blurry.

I guess it would have to be the Hanging Jails of Dwarvylon, I can't remember doing anything in between them and my current project, the Tower of Nine Perils.

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Nothing like trapping your criminals in tiny cages 70 stories above the ground to scare the **** out of them.

Thats cool.

I've been working on a giant dragon head but can't be bothered to finish it.

[Retro]

Undergrotto, my still WIP giant open-air underground grotto. Currently about 25z high (though it'll be up to 50z high when done), and entirely carved from natural rock (nothing is actually built except seperate buildings within the cavern). Haven't had a chance to touch it since early December, but I've put about two months of work into it thus far and will probably need another one or two to realize all the projects I'd originally envisioned. Hopefully I'll be able to take some time off in February to get this done before the new release. Screenies are big, fyi.

In Visual Fortress:

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A shot from within the grotto, before the lake was filled.


The eagle-eye shot, also from before the lake was filled.


A view from 'outside' the walls, which includes the fun little tunnel down. Still from before the lake was filled.


Bird's eye with a full lake!


Shot from within the cavern, post-lake.


The hollow mountain I've named 'Mountaingate' that houses the bridge leading to the fort's entrance. It's one of those mini-spire mountains. Once I'm done with the project, there'll be a giant arch gate in front of the semi-circle opening there.

In Stonesense (yeah, I've posted these ones before, kinda old):

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The park (muddy plateau), the beach by the lake, a pool, and the trade depot post.


The social sector: The lighthouse, mayor's manor (unfinished), tavern, and glass 'food pyramid' leading down to the glass dining pod over the lake.


Engineering, including the head engineer's aquarium office.


A nice slope leading up to the plateau where the jail will eventually be. Also an overhang.


The magma caldera. The cave there goes down to the DM's dungeon (seen in the last screenshot).


Part of the industrial plaza.


The very plain shrine to Armok out in the middle of the lake.


The graveyard + undertaker's shack. Every dwarf gets a mound, and a statue for a headstone if it's occupied.


Mountaingate again.


The DM's dungeon under the magma caldera.

Also, Untelligent, every time you post screenies of that fort I am impressed anew. Jesus, man.