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Did you kill all of them? Leaving one alive to report home might help.

The fountain pool filled no problem but I've abandoned plans to fill the moat.
Flow is painfully slow and water in the lakes isn't replenishing fast enough.
Plus a tree somehow knocked a hole in part of the moat floor and flooded my exotic war animal room. Thank goodness the animals had the sense to walk out the doors.

After a year of tedious construction it's finally ready.
The pump stack to bring water to the surface, the aqueduct to guide it and the reactor to power it.
The new pool that will be the centrepiece of my luxury surface apartments is ready to be filled, with space set aside for the fountain.
I'm open to suggestions on what shape the fountain should be.

Next up, filling the barracks/prison tower moat!

Update: Reactor fueled. Priming now.

Update 2: It works! I finally built a functioning pumpstack!

Depends a little on tileset and picked wood. Most woods have black as secondary color, but black-cap will grab gray, which can give quite the different - and sometimes beautiful - effect, especially with partial transparency effects.

Aesthetic value may vary but functionally they're perfect.
Block movement while still being destructible and allowing line of sight. They'll keep your cows fenced in but an invader can still kick/burn them down. 

My current fort is an evil goo covered desert I'm slowly building all over the surface of.
Previously I built a peaceful little surface village though, and I still have some pics, though I've lost the save I'm afraid.

I challenged myself to build it human style, so all stone came from the quarry, and most buildings were wood.

Wooden wall grates make great fences for your crop/livestock fields. Also balcony railings.
In these you can see the farms, kitchens, and the main workshop buildings.
The big fenced area full of trees is the orchard, where all of our fruit gathering was done. Foraging, fishing, livestock and surface farming provided all food.

I built small private houses for the mayor and the broker who beat up a giantess.
They featured private statue gardens on a balcony and fenced in yards.

Crown jewel was the Duchess' mansion. Double height ceilings in the grand dining hall, with overlooking balcony. A library as well as a chapel to her preferred god. Upstairs is lots and lots of her favored green glass, as well as a private workshop to produce her famous shell crafts.

I find the biggest challenge with large scale projects is motivation. Picking a theme or challenge is how I tackle this. Previously I challenged myself to put everything except cellars and crypts above ground, and limited my militia to 10 dwarves wielding spears for that drafted peasant flavour.

Now my theme is conquer the desert. I set up everything we need to live underground first, and now I'm planning a city of grand surface buildings in defiance of the horrifying goo that rains near constantly.

Almost immediately after vanquishing our second goblin siege a Hill Titan appears!
My first ever! 
It's a giant mite with a poisonous sting, surely this will be a battle for the..... oh.

That's the entire combat log. They chipped and bruised it for a bit and then a wrestler bit its brain in half. Wow.

Dear fallen Axe Lord,

You will be missed. Your legendary battle with the multiple dwarf slaying axegoblin will be recounted in our legends for years to come.
A memorial shrine is being erected in your honor on the site of your sacrifice. On behalf of everyone in Rumoredmerchants, we thank you.

Deepest respects,
Management.

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@Thisfox
There wasn't even a door. It was way up top of fort, the whole areas a construction zone. Nothing but staircases and and half finished pillars that will eventually support the noble quarters.

The fort's entered an unfortunate cycle:

1. Urist enters strange mood.
2. Urist claims workshop, starts gathering materials. I see that all is well and move onto other things.
3. Urist can't find a material he wants and sulks. I don't notice.
4. Urist goes berserk.
5. Urist takes a steel mace to the face.

It's happened three times in a row...

I've had 4 out of 6 moods this fort end this way.

But that last one succeeded! I now have my second artifact and a CMD who is a legendary clothier.
The artifact in question is rope reed... underpants. Wtf Urist? Those aren't even dwarven clothing. How did you know how to make those!?

In other news the main fort battlements are finished and the foundation is being laid for my new barracks. The local trees are also finally growing. Just in time too, I'm almost out of glumprong D: