The Lego Barad-dûr: 50,000 pieces, 2 months to build, pure awesome

“I can’t exactly tell you how many parts are in the model, but I ordered about 25,000, and the same amount of parts came from my own stock,” Kevin Walter told Ars. “My final guess is more than 50,000.” I first saw the images of his Lego model of Barad-dûr when another member of the staff posted images while we talked about stories we were working on. It’s a huge construction, and without detailed source material to build from, the creator had to go by eye as well as trial and error.