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Dwarven Fortress

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  1. PatrickTheDM
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    Very nice, you hid the alchemy table well!
    1. Excellentium
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      I sure did!

      Wanted to keep the full out "dwarven feeling" without Calcelmo strutting about...
  2. Queenieangel
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    Great lighting and for sure a epic music...i like the movie The Hobbit and the others..
    1. Excellentium
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      Dwarves are epic so they need the right music to go with them!

      Thank you kindly!
  3. BlackMaid
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    Fantastic quite black shadows in the darkness and the lightening....masterly
    1. Excellentium
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      That's a grand word indeed - masterly!

      I'm not sure if I agree on the level of my own splendor, but I thank you warmly for your wonderful praise, Heike...
  4. lesjones
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    Fabulous light and shadows, Rick!
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      Thank you, Les!

      The mix of light and dark was really the main reason for this shot, although I do like those ornamented stone towers and marbled floors too...
  5. RatherWindy
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    It does look epic, is it Mzulft ??? , i seem to remember that waterway,...
    1. Excellentium
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      I'm very fond of the Dwarven architecture and the ruins of the lost Dwemer folk. I did struggle a bit with this whole steam-knowledge and the mechanical guardians though, because it didn't fit at all with my vision of dwarves. Today I'm more settled with it and have a better understanding for the Dwemer technology, even if any steps towards a more advanced understanding like machinery and gunpowder, etc is a big no go in my own fantasy world. I like to keep it more toned down.

      That said, I really like the architecture though and this shot is from Understone Keep in Markarth, just next to the entrance to Hall of the Dead. The bridge you see across the water leads to the excavation site Nchuand-Zel...