A heightmap of The World that depicts the difference in height with 10 different vibrant colors.
The map consists of 2071 pieces. The world itself is only done in a pixelated mosaic style with just Plates and Bricks. The base are 40 of those 16x16 Technick bricks and can be hung from the wall.
The map can be build fully with the current assortment of part colors, but to bring down the part count I merged parts into bigger ones that do not exist in that color.
I used various source maps images. But if you google for those maps, each one is quite different and shows the height in different colors. And each of those maps handle height-ranges different also.
When I finally had the final source image, I could not get my own created mosaic creator tool to generate a good Lego mosaic, something which was not an issue when I created my 3D Netherlands map.
Other tools like Studio gave the same undesired result. So the only option was to color each pixel by hand, which was quite time consuming.
But this also created the opportunity to highlight specific geological features that would otherwise be lost due to the averaging of colors and alpha (transparency) values.
I was considering to color the water with blue tints like the Topographical Map V3, but I think just using black looks nicer when using this color palette.
The map consists of 2071 pieces. The world itself is only done in a pixelated mosaic style with just Plates and Bricks. The base are 40 of those 16x16 Technick bricks and can be hung from the wall.
The map can be build fully with the current assortment of part colors, but to bring down the part count I merged parts into bigger ones that do not exist in that color.
I used various source maps images. But if you google for those maps, each one is quite different and shows the height in different colors. And each of those maps handle height-ranges different also.
When I finally had the final source image, I could not get my own created mosaic creator tool to generate a good Lego mosaic, something which was not an issue when I created my 3D Netherlands map.
Other tools like Studio gave the same undesired result. So the only option was to color each pixel by hand, which was quite time consuming.
But this also created the opportunity to highlight specific geological features that would otherwise be lost due to the averaging of colors and alpha (transparency) values.
I was considering to color the water with blue tints like the Topographical Map V3, but I think just using black looks nicer when using this color palette.
| Parts: | 2.071 | |
| Colors: | 12 | |
| Dimensions: | 80,0 x 80,0 x 5,0 64,0 x 64,0 x 4,0 25,2 x 25,2 x 1,6 | (studs) (cm) (inch) |
| Weight: | 3.083 108,8 | (gram) (ounce) |
| Costs: | € 400 ~ 450 $ 400 ~ 450 | (euro) (dollar) |
