Star Fort
- Thread starter Wyrmshadow
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Ares de Borg
Norman Knight
Wow. That was unexpected.
Goldfool
Alchemist
I love these kind of units. I will definitely add to my game.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Lovely! It's the gunpowder version of those city units! And it looks great! 
imperator1961
Last of the Mohicans
Great idea, excellent unit, great fantasy. I like it very much! Only one thing: the building in the middle of the fort seem to be "modern"; it's possible to put a more ancient building? (1700/1800)
general-jcl
King
Superb unit, thanks
Wow, thank you, thank you, thank you! YEARS ago, I was agitating for someone to make just such a unit. Wonderful 
Best As Ever,
Oz
Best As Ever,
Oz
That's a very nice idea, and very well done, congrats.
General 666
Culturebringer
That leaves nothing more to say ...
timerover51
Deity
Accidental Double Post
timerover51
Deity
Actually, the building located inside is similar to the multi-level barrack blocks espoused by Vauban in the late 1600s, except that it is octagon rather than square. In that, it resembles the multi-level Swedish towers built by Dahlberg around 1700 or the multi-level coastal fortress design that was espoused by the Frenchman Montalembert in the late 1700s, which was adopted by the US for its masonry coastal fortification building during the 1800s. The US coastal fortifications tended to be pentagon in shape however.
Wyrmshadow, have you seen or do you own the book on Castles by Sidney Toy, reprinted by Dover Books, or any or the series of books on fortresses written by Chris Duffy, the book Strongholds of the Realm which covers English fortress building, or one of the books on fortresses written by Ian Hogg? Those would have many very good drawings and pictures to supply inspiration to you and other graphics creators.
Have you ever seen some pictures of Fort Drum, located at the entrance to Manila Bay and part of the Manila harbor defenses? That would be a very interesting one to do as well. Another would be the Gota Lejon Tower at Goteborg in Sweden.
Overall, an exceedingly well done unit. Definitely a Three Thumbs up production.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
No. I found this model a while ago and last night I was sorting a bunch of my models and I rediscovered this.
You mean this?
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=5377
timerover51
Deity
Yes, that is Fort Drum, aka The Concrete Battleship, the most unique coast defense fortification ever built. In some respects, it could be used as a Small Wonder, putting say a coastal fortress in every coastal city. It is unfortunate that the coastal fortress does not work the way that it should.
General 666
Culturebringer
Hmmm ,what about making it an immobile ship ?
I think that's the general idea, if you strictly wanted it to be a coastal installation
The main problem I see is that we cannot force to have only one, except as preplaced unit.
True, but if you look at Vauban's designs, there are any number of outlying fortifications; indeed, I'm not yet certain whether to make these immobile or immobile with that "cheat" paradrop ability.
Best,
Oz
General 666
Culturebringer
Am I the only one who hates to paradrop a building/fortress ?
btw ,is it possible to paradrop in the water ? Never tried it out !
btw ,is it possible to paradrop in the water ? Never tried it out !
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