r/ImaginaryArchitecture • u/Luke5353 • 14d ago

Original Content [OC] Hive City of New Londinium

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u/Prize_Definition_486 14d ago

Is this a frostpunk settlement converted into a warhammer 40k hive city...?

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u/Brief-Luck-6254 14d ago

Is this using geothermal energy? I've always wondered if that would be the true energy source of the future, using the heat of planet's core to provide energy to a globe-spanning civilization.

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u/matthewsaaan 14d ago

"Train To New Manchester"

Turns out it was quicker and cheaper to mover Manchester than it was to finish HS2.

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u/mystery_trams 14d ago

“And the worst part about New Manchester?’ He said dystopianly, “It’s just as rainy.”

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u/AccomplishedSize 14d ago

I really like the generator being uninhabitable to the hive's occupants but larger than the megastructure itself. The idea makes me think that something just as ancient as the archeotech generator could be nesting down there like sea life that lives around thermal vents.

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u/Furled_Leaf 14d ago

Fantastic! Loved looking at the detail, gives a real post-apocalyptic vibe while retaining the large infrastructure etc of sci-fi

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u/mrniceguy777 14d ago

Hell ya I love this shit

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u/Organic_Ability84 14d ago

very cool but who and how do they mantain the holy generator if its too hot to go there?

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u/Luke5353 14d ago

that's the neat part, you don't

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u/Organic_Ability84 14d ago

how does it work? that kind of machinery needs constant maintenance and frostpunk is not rooted in a fantasy world, sacred automatons or something like that would be a solution, they cant be recreated with current tech but they auto-repair themselves and go down to do the work

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u/Luke5353 14d ago

the lava leaking and the heat isn't there by design...

also this isn't frostpunk, but a Hive City in WH40k inspired by Frosptunk

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u/NoGoats_NoGlory 14d ago

Love the labels! I had to laugh at "The Holy Plume" though - a plume of soot that's holy. 😂

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u/gmiezis 13d ago

Love it! I'd like to see even more explainer texts all over the parts of the city. Perhaps even more forgotten and semi-caved in underground chambers?

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u/zs512 10d ago

I can see this in dwarf fortress. We must dig deeper

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u/Ok-Adeptness9779 14d ago

Hell. Yeah. Maybe add little vignettes of technical areas? I love that kind of artwork.