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shadowform

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Re: Statues!
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2010, 02:55:43 pm »

I usually do fun stuff with the fun statues and toss the rest into mined-out ore veins and such.  For instance, the statue garden has (currently) 14 masterwork gold statues encrusted with ruby, each depicting the foundation of the settlement, and 2 masterwork gold statues of forgotten beasts, encrusted with onyx, black pyrope, and the like.  I figured it was appropriate.

I'm also stockpiling statues of the gods to make a really nice cathedral to the Dwarven pantheon.
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« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2010, 02:59:30 pm »

Just had a thought  does anyone else feel the need to build loads of statues and place them everywhere!

My forts do not feel complete without least a grand hall with rows of them!

My forts are usually filled with marble and/or obsidian statues.  Any non-masterwork statues get atom smashed or tossed into the magma sea.  The rest get encrusted with gems and strategically placed around the fort.
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« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2010, 04:12:10 pm »

Every tile in my bedrooms are either beds, or statues. (And I give every single dwarf a 3X3 bedroom.) The great part is that Masterwork statues are great for appeasing nobles room demands.
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« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2010, 04:27:21 pm »

I always put statues on the road to my depot, but since I've decided that I can't be much bothered with invaders, I'll also be putting the scary looking ones on the winding, trap-filled path I've designed.

Pre-EDIT: Damnit, I can't. I chose to spell out a giant FUCK YOU in different types of trap along the path. no statue-lining for me :(
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« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2010, 04:32:21 pm »

Noduk the god of fortresses, war, and statues.  Noduk is angry because he is only found on engraved walls.
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« Reply #20 on: December 06, 2010, 04:42:20 pm »

I always put statues on the road to my depot, but since I've decided that I can't be much bothered with invaders, I'll also be putting the scary looking ones on the winding, trap-filled path I've designed.

Pre-EDIT: Damnit, I can't. I chose to spell out a giant FUCK YOU in different types of trap along the path. no statue-lining for me :(

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« Reply #21 on: December 06, 2010, 06:26:42 pm »

my terracotta dwarf statue army shall best your pitiful clay army!
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« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2010, 11:20:24 pm »

I always put statues on the road to my depot, but since I've decided that I can't be much bothered with invaders, I'll also be putting the scary looking ones on the winding, trap-filled path I've designed.

Pre-EDIT: Damnit, I can't. I chose to spell out a giant FUCK YOU in different types of trap along the path. no statue-lining for me :(

*Wins the game*
GGHHHHHH. AAAAAG. DAMMIT. YOU BASTARD.

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« Reply #23 on: December 06, 2010, 11:37:50 pm »

lol
« Last Edit: December 06, 2010, 11:39:29 pm by Harbinger »
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« Reply #24 on: December 06, 2010, 11:48:09 pm »

In 40d I had a walled statue garden built atop a plateau with statues forged from various precious and not-so-precious metals. It kept a lot of dwarves happy until it became a magnet for the giant cave swallows breeding uncontrollably in the chasm.
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« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2010, 12:35:42 am »

I love that statues have random descriptions now and I love sticking them places. What's funny is when you use your only platinum for a statue for the duchess' room and you get a statue of... flies.
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« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2010, 01:50:23 am »

I have a statue of some bronze colossus next to the cage i keep him in.
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« Reply #27 on: December 07, 2010, 02:38:33 am »


edit: in one of my forts i used statues as crosses. i built them over graves like so:

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i love this idea.  If you get a statue you want to give to a particular dwarf, you can then mark the coffin beneath as a tomb.  This would work well for an above ground fort.  For an undeground fort I imagine digging out a large room that opens into and underground cave and then doing the same thing.
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« Reply #28 on: December 07, 2010, 04:41:55 am »

I give my dwarves a statue in every room. 3x4 with a statue, bed, table, chair, cabinet and coffer, smoothed results in Decent quarters, which I guess leads to happier dwarves.
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MarineMorton

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« Reply #29 on: December 07, 2010, 06:02:15 am »

Well I am glad eveyone likes statues ;D


quick question which skill is used for making metal statues  metalcrafting or blacksmith?
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