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King's Landing from Game of Thrones recreated in Minecraft, took over 4 months
Posted: 30.01.2013 15:04 by Simon Priest Comments: 4
Around 100 extremely dedicated fans of both George RR Martin's fictional Westeros from A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) and Minecraft have combined the two, in a four month long project.

They have amazingly recreated iconic landmarks from the immensely popular fantasy world, including the main city of King's Landing. It's part of a larger project known as 'WesterosCraft: A Game of Blocks'.

Their ultimate goal is recreate all of Westeros in Minecraft. The construction of King's Landing apparently took over 4 months with around 100 people chiselling away.

I don't envy the guys on Creeper patrol. There are said to be around 3,000 buildings in this recreated King's Landing, with fully decorated interiors. Take that you lazy LEGO city builders. Many of those areas already put together have been extensively captured and uploaded to YouTube.

Check out more videos of 'WesterosCraft: A Game of Blocks' from their official project website.

Comments

By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 30, 2013
herodotus
Impressive and ugly at the same time. Impressive in that people actually have the time, patience and dedication to realise a world that only fans will indulge in, and ugly in that it's pixel-based rubbish.
Me, I'd rather get back to reading the books and looking at painted works of maps and locales.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jan 30, 2013
JonahFalcon
It's 100 people working at once, tho.
By Kres (SI Elite) on Jan 30, 2013
Kres
What the hell is minecraft. No go there. But why are so many people playing it, I still don't understand. Cause I wont try it.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 30, 2013
herodotus
100 people that would be put to better use helping the homeless and hungry.