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cephalo

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Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma.
« on: July 15, 2011, 06:17:53 pm »
I finally finished my latest fort. I've been working on it since the day 31.25 came out, so I wanted to show it off.

Here is the link to Praisegems in the DF Map Archive. Be sure to check out the points of interest and stuff, there's a whole dwarf city down there. I'm hoping that this fort can out fav' Walledwar, my first fort. Walledwar was cool for its time, but I think this is a better fort.

Here is an overview from overseer. It's a shame that overseer can't show magma, you have to imagine the area below the lowest bridge filled with magma.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2011, 11:35:41 am by cephalo »
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Re: Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma.
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2011, 09:24:12 am »
Cephalo has created Praisegems, an artifact fortress! It's encrusted with awesome, it menaces with spikes of magma! On the fort is an image of forum users. The forum users are amazed. This relates to the posting of the thread  "Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma." In the year 2011 by Cephalo.
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Re: Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma.
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2011, 10:36:18 am »
Looks very nice! Congrats
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Re: Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma.
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2011, 02:42:02 pm »
Aw hell yeah, this fort is encircled with bands of awesome.
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Re: Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma.
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2011, 04:54:05 pm »
Congratulations.
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Re: Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma.
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2011, 05:49:39 pm »
Are those giant pillars I see?! :D
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Re: Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma.
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2011, 08:32:14 pm »
The craftsmanship on this fort is indeed masterful. The upper levels are things of beauty to behold, and the underground town is something I would love to adventure in someday.

How many fps do you currently get?
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2011, 01:03:24 am »
Quote from: darkflagrance on July 16, 2011, 08:32:14 pm

How many fps do you currently get?

I think about 12.  :-X It's alot of dwarves though, 343 I believe. Lot's and lots of goblin junk too.
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Re: Praisegems - Natural rock fort suspended in magma.
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2011, 10:32:14 am »
Great story (queen) and what a sight. Gratz. :-)
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« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2011, 11:18:47 am »
You managed to get a queen, you didn't seal up the caverns, and your front entrance is trap free.  Most impressive.
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« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2011, 11:27:04 am »
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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2011, 11:42:07 pm »
Marvelously made, but I would want to see what would happen if you removed supports.
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« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2011, 02:25:33 pm »
That looks great!

I'm curious, how did you manage to get the concentric circles looking so clean? Were they built freehand, or did you somehow calculate the outlines?
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2011, 07:24:04 am »
Quote from: k96spy on July 17, 2011, 11:42:07 pm
Marvelously made, but I would want to see what would happen if you removed supports.

I have a link to the save in the 'Overview' PoI. I was going to do another map series of after such a disaster, with the queen dead and her artifacts like the axe, shield and blue diamond crown(with an image predicting her death.. muhahaha) placed in her tomb for my adventurer to explore. However... I need my life back after this! And in any case, the next version of DF will soon make adventuring less desireable in a 31.25 world.

Quote from: DS on July 18, 2011, 02:25:33 pm
That looks great!

I'm curious, how did you manage to get the concentric circles looking so clean? Were they built freehand, or did you somehow calculate the outlines?

I started by using Windows Paint, zoomed all the way in with the grid turned on. After a while though, you get a feel for making circles by freehand. If you look closely, you can see that some of them are actually less than perfect circles.
« Last Edit: July 19, 2011, 07:26:00 am by cephalo »
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« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2011, 07:36:38 pm »
Looks awesome, love the circular design those are allot of work though =)
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