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Dwarf Fortress => DF Gameplay Questions => Topic started by: NTJedi on October 01, 2022, 06:59:42 pm

Title: If you have lots of Iron than what is done with Bronze ?
Post by: NTJedi on October 01, 2022, 06:59:42 pm: Wondering what to do with my bronze since my fort location ended up with lots of iron.

How do you use Bronze when you have lots of iron?
Title: Re: If you have lots of Iron than what is done with Bronze ?
Post by: delphonso on October 01, 2022, 07:25:13 pm: If you have the ingredients, Bismuth Bronze is a beautiful and expensive material for furniture. Otherwise, I would queue up a lot of both iron and bronze equipment. Why not go with bronze warriors with iron helms, shields and weapons. The differences between the two are so slight, you can get artistic with your choices.
Title: Re: If you have lots of Iron than what is done with Bronze ?
Post by: Salmeuk on October 02, 2022, 01:00:08 am: https://bronzeman.com/blog-post/bronze-statues/the-top-10-most-famous-bronze-statues-in-the-world

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The Statue of Unity is the largest statue built in the world made out of anything, period. However, it also happens to be built out of bronze – nearly 8 million pounds of it.

Just to put its size into perspective, the pedestal on which the Statue of Unity stands is much taller than the Christ The Redeemer, the famous statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro.

The statue itself is nearly twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

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David is a bronze statue made by famous Italian sculptor Donatello depicting the even more famous character of David from the story of David and Goliath.

The bronze statue is completely nude except for a hat and boot. He is also brandishing Goliath’s sword with which he cuts the giant’s head off. The head itself lies at David’s feet.

I like to create large series of statues all on a theme, such as gods of the pantheon or heroes of the fortress.

Bronze is fine for equipment, too. A bit heavy.

making metal furniture is a great way to spend excess materials, since most (all?) pieces take three bars.
Title: Re: If you have lots of Iron than what is done with Bronze ?
Post by: NTJedi on October 10, 2022, 11:01:07 pm: Just using the extra bronze as bolts since I ended up with lots of gold and iron at this location.
Title: Re: If you have lots of Iron than what is done with Bronze ?
Post by: Juxtapoisson on October 12, 2022, 09:56:08 am: I too like to use bronze for bolts. Specifically in that period where I am fairly certain I have enough iron for everything, but I haven't yet actually made all the iron/steel things I need so I definitely don't want to use iron for bolts.