xccj Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) LEGO Lenticular Mt. St. Helens Mosaic by Xccj, on Flickr So this is a 48x96 lenticular mosaic of the volcano Mt. St. Helens. It’s made of cheese slopes, so if you look at it from different angles, you only see certain rows, and this allows me to capture two images in one mosaic. When viewed from the left, you have the BEFORE image of the mountain (presumably from Spirit Lake, I dunno, I wasn’t alive at the time to visit, so this was taken from a photo archive). When viewed from the right, you have the AFTER image of the remains of the volcano (take from roughly the same angle where the Observatory is now). A couple of years ago, I got inspired by some other really cool cheese slope mosaics I saw at Brick Fair, including the Anakin / Darth Vader one and the Batman / Joker one. (Although I realized today they’re called lenticular mosaics, not just slopey, angley mosaics.) With some help from Swert, I was able to design a little 32x32 one for BrickCon, which then totally got overlooked. Still, I started designing a few more, including this Before-After Mt. St. Helens one. But gosh it requires a ton of cheese slopes so I had to put it off. I’ve been slowly collecting cheese slopes ever since, such as going out of my way to get sets that have lots of them in the colors I need. (Helms Deep was a good one.) But then when I secured employment with a steady paycheck, I decided to go forward with this and made some online orders. Now, roughly $300 later, I can finally put this together. I would estimate that it took about 12 hours or so to put together. And that’s not counting all the time it took working on the original design, determining what pieces I would need and in what colors in what amounts, doing an inventory of the cheese slopes I currently had, and searching and ordering the rest off Bricklink. It’s not quite as big as some of the famous lenticular mosaics that have made their rounds on the internet, but hopefully it’s big enough to capture interest at conventions. It’s for sure going to be at BrickCon this year, and will probably make it to a few more conventions, just because I don’t see myself taking this apart anytime soon (or ever) even if it does contain the bulk of my cheese slope collection. But anyway, here it is. I’m been rambling about the creation process a lot in my blog lately, so I guess you could go there is you want to read more incoherent thoughts on this! Thanks for checking this out, and comments appreciated. (Yeah, there are still some things that could be improved. Most of all the photography of this, which did not turn out as well as I could’ve hoped for.) Edited August 12, 2014 by Black Six 14 Quote My BZPower Stories Dark Core--Kulagi's Kanoka--A Shadow's Contrivance--Mystery on Keli-Nui--BZ-Koro: To Bring Back Bionicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Six Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 That is awesome! It's great to see this finally come together. It's really interesting to see the shift in color palette between the before and after sides. I hope I get to see it in person at some point. Quote Bio of a BZP Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiki Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I LOVE these kinds of mosaics. It's awesome how you were able to really capture the eruption in LEGO. The touches of purple and pink really make the MOC for me, I think. 2 Quote avatar by Lady Kopaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHTrilogy Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Oh, so you look at the mosaic from different angles to see two sides of the image? Pretty innovative! Quote ~ CHTrilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 This is really cool. I like the different colors that it has from both viewpoints of it. I definitely would like to this in person. Quote Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerMiner Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 This is just amazing. The size and details (and amount of cheeseslopes) really make the MoC. The angled thing is just plain awesome, it looks so complex to build something like that. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1st Shadow Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Incredible! I don't think I've seen that kind of effect done in LEGO yet. As it happens, I'm heading out the door now to go and hike up that very mountain! Good work! Quote ~Your friendly, neighborhood Shadow ~Credit for Avatar and Banner goes to NickonAquaMagna~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuta-Nui Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I suppose the way I feel about your accomplishment here is the same as how others feel when I tell them about how many hours I've logged into a single Pokemon game. I think it takes a certain technical way of thinking that I've just never been able to achieve. You should be very proud of it, and I hope it does get a lot of attention! You did pick a good subject that's well-known and has two easily recognizable images, so that may help. Quote Part One of the Chrysalis SagaBy Takuta-Nui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liopleurodon Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 That's the first time I've heard of a lenticular mosaic. The things you learn from being a Lego fan... On topic: Love the way the effect lets you see two sides of the same scenery. It would be cool to see the effect in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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