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JDF117

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« on: October 06, 2011, 06:55:50 pm »
  For some reason I have gained an unearthly fascination with microcline, and have designated microcline stockpiles as well as additional masons to paint my fort a shiny magmaproof blue.

 Do you have any materials that you cherish above all others?
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khearn

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« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2011, 07:20:10 pm »
FYI: Microcline isn't magma safe. Its melting point is 11500.
« Last Edit: October 06, 2011, 07:22:32 pm by khearn »
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« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2011, 07:24:55 pm »
I personally like kimberlite.... Most people would probably agree with me on its superiority to microcline :P

If not kimberlite, I like olivine, or realgar is a "real" treat (get it? real as in realgar?) Harharhar!
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Re: Favorite material
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2011, 07:25:30 pm »
Obsidian. Imagine a whole fort built out of stone looking like black glass.

I love you, obsidian.
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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2011, 07:26:20 pm »
Brass! Glorious wonderful brass! All over the place.
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Re: Favorite material
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2011, 07:30:06 pm »
Bauxite because of its pleasant colouration and if my fortress is ever electrified it will turn into aluminum.
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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2011, 07:33:33 pm »
Billon because with tetrahedrite as the only ore, it's both economic AND is easy on the eyes. Plus it... uh... I like the name?
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2011, 07:34:13 pm »
Obsidian (smooth, shiny, weaponisable) and nether-cap (fun property that I haven't been able to exploit properly)
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JDF117

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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2011, 07:35:58 pm »
Quote from: khearn on October 06, 2011, 07:20:10 pm
FYI: Microcline isn't magma safe. Its melting point is 11500.

  Thank god you told me that before I decided to build a magma monument of some sort...  :o

  It's still pretty... <3 adamantine blue

... In regards to nether cap, how useful is it's ability? Just being a magma-safe wood is very nice, but the more esoteric applications are what make it fun. Do cold foods stay unspoiled longer? Can you integrate it into a pump stack without degradation? What reaction would a dwarf have to having to sleep in a freezing-cold bed, eat on a freezing cold table, ect.? Can it snuff fire?
« Last Edit: October 06, 2011, 07:41:59 pm by JDF117 »
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Re: Favorite material
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2011, 07:40:28 pm »
Nethercap.

It's lovely... just... lovely.

Nethercap barrels are basically dwarven refrigerators.
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2011, 07:49:32 pm »
If I actually gave thought to it, marble. I imagine my fortress made of marble as something similar to ancient Greece, with amazing statues and pillars and the likes.  :P
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Re: Favorite material
« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2011, 07:51:32 pm »
Cobaltite. Gotta love that dark blue; makes shit look royal.
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« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2011, 07:57:11 pm »
Quote from: Mitchewawa on October 06, 2011, 07:51:32 pm
Cobaltite. Gotta love that dark blue; makes shit look royal.
I thought cobaltite was regular blue, not quite candy-colored, but lighter than kimberlite and the like.
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« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2011, 08:00:28 pm »
Gabbro.  Plentiful, magma-safe and a little fun to say.
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« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2011, 09:05:23 pm »
Hmmmm, tough to say. Microcline does look kind of nice, looks like ice to me. Bauxite is nice for the blood-look. Obsidian too is really nice... and marble... really anything but like, siltstone or something.

Or any stone that comes out brown, like wood. I once thought of making my castle out of gold but that fortress got killed by goblins...
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