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[AWellTrainedFerret]

Ok, so I have this idea for a fort that would look badass. I'll embark on a site that has a magma spire. I'll open up the spire at the bottom to drain it out. Then I'll make a mold inside the empty spire in the shape of my ideal fort; widening the spire where necessary. Then I'll slowly allow the spire to re-fill one z-level at a time, and mixing water to turn everything in the mold into obsidian. Once the spire is completely full, I'll then drain it again to remove the mold and carve out the fort from the mold. Once that done refill the spire again and you'll have a fort encased in magma made out of natural obsidian with only one ridiculously well guarded entrance.

[Assassinfox]

Spire?  Is that where the game glitches out and makes things like magma pipes and adamantine veins pop out of the ground?

[Gatleos]

Ok, so I have this idea for a fort that would look badass. I'll embark on a site that has a magma spire. I'll open up the spire at the bottom to drain it out. Then I'll make a mold inside the empty spire in the shape of my ideal fort; widening the spire where necessary. Then I'll slowly allow the spire to re-fill one z-level at a time, and mixing water to turn everything in the mold into obsidian. Once the spire is completely full, I'll then drain it again to remove the mold and carve out the fort from the mold. Once that done refill the spire again and you'll have a fort encased in magma made out of natural obsidian with only one ridiculously well guarded entrance.

See you in three years. 11 Dorfs out of ten.

[NFossil]

Done it in the old version, but I didn't remove the mold. It was lots of fun, go for it!
http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-5925-mysterylances

[Grimlocke]

I suggest skipping the mold and just casting a giant block of obsidian, then carving out the fortress from that. Much time saved with the same result.

[jappipi]

Try this on a 1*1 embark

[atomfullerene]

My suggestion: Find yourself a nice volcano and build your fort in the magma pipe.  I've done this, though I made everything out of constructed metal and glass instead of using the cast obsidian method, and the whole fort wasn't in the pipe (I was lazy). While the pipe is drained, dig vents sideways to the outside of your volcano and floodgates to control them.  That way you can flood the world with magma from your pipe whenever you like as well as having a well defended fort.

Here's a link to my setup  http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=58221.msg1293272#msg1293272