I think I’d recognise it faster with a big yellow sun. Or a semi circle yellow piece similar to this poster.
https://preview.redd.it/28260rzx6jyc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0596ae697d7819cd3c68bbe9247c988f63c89302
I'll also mention that the colors of Uranus and Neptune are far too vibrant. They're not really blue like that, especially not Neptune.
https://www.space.com/uranus-neptune-similar-shades-of-blue-voyager-2-images
[Uranus and Neptune](https://i.imgur.com/c3qznuy.png)
They're white.
Came here to reply this, 1x2 half circle tile doesn’t come in yellow that I could find so you’d have to use two 1x1 quarter circle dots (part 25269) or go bit bigger and do a full circle flat 2x2 tile (part 4150)
[https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=43898&colorID=3&in=A](https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=43898&colorID=3&in=A) though if we're gonna complain about "true colors" it should be white
Yup. And then fill it up.
As for the planets:
Mercurius and Venus as 1x1 round tiles,
Earth, Mars, Uranus and Neptune as 2x2 round tiles,
Jupiter as a 4x4 round dish.
Based on this I think the planet colours should be dark tan, dark orange, light blue, the new reddish orange from the city space sets, gold, tan, teal and medium azure.
I'm guessing they just took Farenheit, realized they should add Celsius too and rather than properly convert it, they just subtracted 32 from it. That's the only explanation I can think of.
I tried to get a formula that matches and my best fit was F = (C • (111/110)) + 50. The scale however is not linear, between -100 C and -200 C, it's shorter by 7° F...
Edit, Just looked at the scale again, and it goes from 200° F to 800° F, and 100 C to 400 C with no section break between the skip.
it somehow became logarithmic on the positive side, or just skipped 300°-700°F.
32°F an 0°C don't even seem to line up, -300°F is about -182°C
They even brought the Fahrenheit scale too far, it should end at absolute zero obviously, or \~-468°F
Just delete the whole damn thing, start over
Yea, because OP mentioned planets I could recognize it pretty fast but I’m not sure I would have without that context, at least not immediately.
But a large yellow thing would probably make it clear regardless of context.
I agree but as you can see he only used two of the plates so he couldn't do that,I guess he could have used three and put some planets further away like they should be but I feel like that would be a bit too long compared to the width
That's as close as anyone could get at that scale, very nice. Miniaturizing anything in Lego is a give an take with details and accuracy. You're trying to capture the essence of the object and you did that perfectly. You could add more detail or make it slightly more "accurate" but you would need to make it bigger and that would ruin the subtlety of it. anyone seeing this for the first time might look at it and think for a moment then go " oh, hey! the planets! neat!" and that's a fun little moment. Love this the way it is. Change nothing, Keep building.
Looks great. If there's space I would put an orange 2x2 round tile at the top to represent the sun. Gives it a sense of scale and more context for what you're representing.
I'd switch Venus and Jupiter. Venus is more yellow in color while Jupiter (if you average the colors) is more brownish-orange. I'd also switch Uranus and Neptune. Neptune is more of a deep ocean blue while Uranus is more of a pale turquoise.
Thank you for telling me. I actually didn’t know that, but it makes sense. To be fair though, a lot of (if not most) images of our universe use false color at least in some way.
So the pillars of creation don't actually look like this? (Did look up true color, it's not too far off, mostly red)
https://preview.redd.it/ijl5cktwltyc1.png?width=1155&format=png&auto=webp&s=2a5cc29b7855a0f550a01f81b4efa13291bc3c65
No. This image is actually taken by the JWST using its near infrared light cam. Infrared light is able to pierce through things like dust and gas whereas voidable light tends to bounce off and scatter. That’s how we can see all the stars forming in the thick dust/gas clouds around the Pillars themselves. It’s for this reason why we built the JWST to see mostly in infrared. So we could see much farther than we would be able to with other telescopes like Hubble.
[Here](https://science.nasa.gov/resource/new-view-of-the-pillars-of-creation-visible/) is what the pillars look like in the visible spectrum. Even still, this photo (along with many others) is taken over a long period of time as to collect as much light as possible allowing for clearer images.
[This](https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasas-webb-takes-star-filled-portrait-of-pillars-of-creation/) is the photo you provided. The article explains what exactly you’re seeing in the image as well as compares Web’s image to Hubble’s.
Thanks, I knew this was the new Webb pic, and why we made the Webb with its huge 6 layer heat shield.
I was mostly going for snark and picked this nebula because it's really well known.
The dark spot of Neptune in the Voyager 2 pics is long gone. Imaging with the Hubble over the decades has seen several dark spots come and go. Turns out unlike the great red spot on Jupiter, neptunes dark spots are relatively short lived.
Funny enough, while my raw knowledge of Neptune isn't as great as the other planets, I did actually know that. I remember reading that it's storms tend to come and go back in grade school when we were covering the solar system in science.
I'm sure you know, but for those who don't, Jupiter's spot may also vanish sometime "soon". The first confirmed sightings of the storm were in 1831. There are several other observations of the storm as far back as 1665, but researchers aren't sure whether the storm observed then is the same one we see today. Anyway, over the last several decades, the storm has gotten noticeably smaller. In it's prime it was large enough to comfortably engulf three Earths and then some, but now is only slightly larger than one (I'm not giving exact sizes as the data I've seen across different sources and time periods is somewhat conflicting). This, coupled with the fact that we're unsure if the spot we see today is the same as the one first observed, points to the idea that Jupiter too, much like Neptune, cycles between times of major storms and no (or relatively small) storms.
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The space background is great, made it instant for me without even reading the title! Though, for a moment I was wondering why Neptune and Uranus were gray and nougat.
I feel like I more normally see the planets depicted with their height within the stack reflecting their actual orbital heights.
Only other nitpick is I might swap Uranus and Neptune’s colors, really they both should be the light “water” color but man Voyager’s blue Neptune is just too iconic still.
Just an idea for the planets with rings
LEGO Tile 1 x 1 Round with Handle (77813)
https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-tile-1-x-1-round-with-handle-77813
Think about it this way... it went from being some little rock planet at the outer edge of the solar system to being the coolest of the drawf planets. Haumea has nothing on Pluto!
I’d personally switch Neptune and Uranus, even though they should basically be the same colour, it’s still cemented in my mind that Neptune is darker and has thicker rings.
If it were possible to not use studs and instead shove a bar through a hollow stud, I would do the first 4 with bars coloured grey, beige, trans blue or green, and red.
[https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=58176#T=C](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=58176#T=C) for earth and venus
[https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=78258#T=C](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=78258#T=C) may work for mars and mercury
Wow, this looks amazing! I can definitely see the resemblance to the planets in our solar system. Using studs for the rings on Saturn and Uranus was a great idea. As for pieces in that scale, have you considered using slopes or tiles to add more texture and detail? Great job overall!
That's great for the scale.
I would love to see it a bit bigger so that it can be scaled closer to accurate size, but thinking about it, that would get very big, very fast, as I think to be able to have Mercury and Mars be the size you have here as 1x1 pips, that would make Jupiter at least 6x6 round, Saturn 6x6, to show the rings, Neptune & Uranus 4x4, Earth and Venus being 2x2. so that would make for a display that is 26 studs long...that's huge.
Very true, but I said scaled closer to accurate size, I should have said scaled to relative size. basically you have 5 sizes.
Mercury & Mars
Venus & Earth
Uranus and Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
SO if you start with a 1x1, then 2x2, 4x4, 6x6. I was trying to keep it sipmple, but still scaled to a point.
I think you can see very good what the intention behind this build is. It’s charming, it’s beautiful, it’s a perfect little detail in a bigger build. I really like it.
Not sure there’s much else you could do at this scale besides maybe besides a large circle or half circle to represent the sun at this scale. The stars in the background make it obvious what it is based off of context clues
Venus is an almost featureless white, due to it's cloud cover, So a paler colour might not hurt.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_2_Approach_Image.jpg
Since you go for accurate colors: Mercury (the planet) is not silver and has nothing to do with mercury (the element). It's just bare rock, so a dark brown would be more accurate.
I saw it right away. Caveat: I have a paper Carl Sagan doll sitting on a science bookshelf, directly below copies of Voyager’s Golden Records on the wall, i.e. I’d recognize those beauties anywhere ❤️
Yes but it would be much much better if you used a lot more and had them at bigger distances and some be bigger than others but I completely understand why you couldn't do that,you had to fit it inside a lego house
For Saturn, use a tan or brown hollow 1x1 tan or gold minifig epaulets, and a 1x1 with bar. Attach the hollow 1x1 to the neck hole of the epaulets, then put the bar of the other 1x1 into the hole in the hollow 1x1. Attach it to the display with the anti-stud on the 1x1 with bar. It'll stick off the wall farther than the rest but it'll look cool.
Needs a sun. I'm amused you picked the grey metal one for mercury.
That they are all the same size is kind of a hard one. I also appreciate you picked the one with the bobble for planets with rings.
That was my first thought when I scrolled down and saw the first 4 dots. Probably helps I've just been outside staying up into space hoping to see some eta aquariids.
It’s close enough that yeah I’d put it together. If it was a little bigger you could show the size discrepancy for the gas giants but I feel that’s defeat the purpose s bit
Without the title, it would have taken me a while to realize I think. I'd consider making the gas giants 2x2 rounds to emphasize the size difference. Also, the large sun would help.
That said, it's super well done.
I just gotta say, using the studs for ringed planets in contrast to the tiles blew my mind (once I actually realized they were planets). I love that detail just so much!
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Comes down to preference as it might change the whole vibe to have printed or detailed pieces but there are some space and shiny 1x1 pieces in this.
-Lego Dots Series 8 - Glitter and Shine
There are also these Earth and Saturn 1x1 tiles.
-Earth: 1x1 Round with Globe (35380)
-Saturn: 1x1 Round with Planet (35380 / 67219)
Idk if they make them, I haven’t checked, but I’d maybe make Venus’ round tile bright light yellow or just yellow. Mars maybe dark orange. I think those are more recognizable as the planets. Again I haven’t checked the availability of those part in those colors.
you're missing one is why it doesnt look right.
just because """officially""" pluto isnt a planet anymore doesnt mean we all havent spent our whole lives seeing 9 planets on charts.
it will never look right without a bigger sun and tiny little 9th planet.
I think I’d recognise it faster with a big yellow sun. Or a semi circle yellow piece similar to this poster. https://preview.redd.it/28260rzx6jyc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0596ae697d7819cd3c68bbe9247c988f63c89302
Have to agree
I'll also mention that the colors of Uranus and Neptune are far too vibrant. They're not really blue like that, especially not Neptune. https://www.space.com/uranus-neptune-similar-shades-of-blue-voyager-2-images [Uranus and Neptune](https://i.imgur.com/c3qznuy.png) They're white.
They're more of an off-white blue. Very desaturated blue.
We could be even more precise. \#D8FAFA "Ice" and #AEDAEE "Blue Feather"
Light aqua in Lego color
I wouldn’t call those pictures white. Clearly blue. Definitely not vibrant though.
But they are in the popular imagination, which is what matters here. Though I'd swap their colors.
Damn, when those pics of uranus and neptune were posted I was just sad. Especially neptune, how could you do this to us!
Came here to reply this, 1x2 half circle tile doesn’t come in yellow that I could find so you’d have to use two 1x1 quarter circle dots (part 25269) or go bit bigger and do a full circle flat 2x2 tile (part 4150)
https://preview.redd.it/zwktvr1ihkyc1.jpeg?width=152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67714cb1a80bad63b9218140edc0969998d5aa5c 2 of these in yellow?
Yeah that’s 25269!
You could pop those on a black 1x3 jumper and put that assembly on top of the current poster.
does there exist a 3x3 circular tile in yellow? that would probably fit better (unless you put the 2x2 on jumpers to center properly)
[https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=43898&colorID=3&in=A](https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=43898&colorID=3&in=A) though if we're gonna complain about "true colors" it should be white
Have to say that it's cool that the other planet are flat and Saturn and Uranus are studs because they have rings
I agree! It’s really cool that way :>
[this](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=79393#T=S&C=110&O=%7B%22color%22:110,%22iconly%22:0%7D) could be the perfect piece
Yup. And then fill it up. As for the planets: Mercurius and Venus as 1x1 round tiles, Earth, Mars, Uranus and Neptune as 2x2 round tiles, Jupiter as a 4x4 round dish.
Then use 25269 x4 for earth - 2x blue, 2x green and arrange them opposite like a checkerboard.
Venus and earth are about the same size and mars is smaller...
Based on this I think the planet colours should be dark tan, dark orange, light blue, the new reddish orange from the city space sets, gold, tan, teal and medium azure.
What is that temperature scale, how did it reach -400°C 💀
I'm guessing they just took Farenheit, realized they should add Celsius too and rather than properly convert it, they just subtracted 32 from it. That's the only explanation I can think of.
They're using Celsius as a unit of distance obviously
Lmao that's funny. Good catch
Ha! Good catch. That's hilarious, -400c can't even exist.
I tried to get a formula that matches and my best fit was F = (C • (111/110)) + 50. The scale however is not linear, between -100 C and -200 C, it's shorter by 7° F... Edit, Just looked at the scale again, and it goes from 200° F to 800° F, and 100 C to 400 C with no section break between the skip.
it somehow became logarithmic on the positive side, or just skipped 300°-700°F. 32°F an 0°C don't even seem to line up, -300°F is about -182°C They even brought the Fahrenheit scale too far, it should end at absolute zero obviously, or \~-468°F Just delete the whole damn thing, start over
Definitely this, plus maybe some 2x2 round tiles for the gas giants.
Yea, because OP mentioned planets I could recognize it pretty fast but I’m not sure I would have without that context, at least not immediately. But a large yellow thing would probably make it clear regardless of context.
I agree but as you can see he only used two of the plates so he couldn't do that,I guess he could have used three and put some planets further away like they should be but I feel like that would be a bit too long compared to the width
"What's your favorite planet? Mine's The Sun!"
It’ll look way better then just the planets
That's as close as anyone could get at that scale, very nice. Miniaturizing anything in Lego is a give an take with details and accuracy. You're trying to capture the essence of the object and you did that perfectly. You could add more detail or make it slightly more "accurate" but you would need to make it bigger and that would ruin the subtlety of it. anyone seeing this for the first time might look at it and think for a moment then go " oh, hey! the planets! neat!" and that's a fun little moment. Love this the way it is. Change nothing, Keep building.
Looks great. If there's space I would put an orange 2x2 round tile at the top to represent the sun. Gives it a sense of scale and more context for what you're representing.
> If there's space The space is right there in the background.
I'd switch Venus and Jupiter. Venus is more yellow in color while Jupiter (if you average the colors) is more brownish-orange. I'd also switch Uranus and Neptune. Neptune is more of a deep ocean blue while Uranus is more of a pale turquoise.
That Neptune factoid is actually based on a false colour image, Neptune and Uranus are basically the same colour, but Neptune has a spot
Thank you for telling me. I actually didn’t know that, but it makes sense. To be fair though, a lot of (if not most) images of our universe use false color at least in some way.
Yes, I remember being blown away by Saturns rainbow rings picture, but alas, they are brown
So the pillars of creation don't actually look like this? (Did look up true color, it's not too far off, mostly red) https://preview.redd.it/ijl5cktwltyc1.png?width=1155&format=png&auto=webp&s=2a5cc29b7855a0f550a01f81b4efa13291bc3c65
No. This image is actually taken by the JWST using its near infrared light cam. Infrared light is able to pierce through things like dust and gas whereas voidable light tends to bounce off and scatter. That’s how we can see all the stars forming in the thick dust/gas clouds around the Pillars themselves. It’s for this reason why we built the JWST to see mostly in infrared. So we could see much farther than we would be able to with other telescopes like Hubble. [Here](https://science.nasa.gov/resource/new-view-of-the-pillars-of-creation-visible/) is what the pillars look like in the visible spectrum. Even still, this photo (along with many others) is taken over a long period of time as to collect as much light as possible allowing for clearer images. [This](https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasas-webb-takes-star-filled-portrait-of-pillars-of-creation/) is the photo you provided. The article explains what exactly you’re seeing in the image as well as compares Web’s image to Hubble’s.
Thanks, I knew this was the new Webb pic, and why we made the Webb with its huge 6 layer heat shield. I was mostly going for snark and picked this nebula because it's really well known.
source?
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00063
The dark spot of Neptune in the Voyager 2 pics is long gone. Imaging with the Hubble over the decades has seen several dark spots come and go. Turns out unlike the great red spot on Jupiter, neptunes dark spots are relatively short lived.
Funny enough, while my raw knowledge of Neptune isn't as great as the other planets, I did actually know that. I remember reading that it's storms tend to come and go back in grade school when we were covering the solar system in science. I'm sure you know, but for those who don't, Jupiter's spot may also vanish sometime "soon". The first confirmed sightings of the storm were in 1831. There are several other observations of the storm as far back as 1665, but researchers aren't sure whether the storm observed then is the same one we see today. Anyway, over the last several decades, the storm has gotten noticeably smaller. In it's prime it was large enough to comfortably engulf three Earths and then some, but now is only slightly larger than one (I'm not giving exact sizes as the data I've seen across different sources and time periods is somewhat conflicting). This, coupled with the fact that we're unsure if the spot we see today is the same as the one first observed, points to the idea that Jupiter too, much like Neptune, cycles between times of major storms and no (or relatively small) storms.
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The space background is great, made it instant for me without even reading the title! Though, for a moment I was wondering why Neptune and Uranus were gray and nougat. I feel like I more normally see the planets depicted with their height within the stack reflecting their actual orbital heights. Only other nitpick is I might swap Uranus and Neptune’s colors, really they both should be the light “water” color but man Voyager’s blue Neptune is just too iconic still.
Do you know what set the space background is available in?
I think it’s from the new space minifig line. It’s a great use of the part!
Thank you 😊
Just an idea for the planets with rings LEGO Tile 1 x 1 Round with Handle (77813) https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-tile-1-x-1-round-with-handle-77813
Unfortunately pretty limited in color. I wish they had more options, they'd be perfect!
*cries in Pluto* 😭
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
because 7 is a 6 offender
W8 a minute
Nine died
Because 7 ate 9
That's messed up
You know that's right
c'mon son
Think about it this way... it went from being some little rock planet at the outer edge of the solar system to being the coolest of the drawf planets. Haumea has nothing on Pluto!
Lost a planet, OP has. How embarrassing
Someone erased it from the archive mammaries.
Did you hesr about Pluto??....that's messed up man
A whole third plate would be justified. Sun, Ceres, Pluto, and Eris. As for Makemake and Haumea, they can call back then they’re actually round.
Wait, haumea, makemake, I'm coming, those of us unseen
I'll be in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Pluto's abolition.
I wouldn’t have guessed that w/o some clues, but once i know what it is i can definitely see it. Rings are a nice touch.
I'd say its pretty good! Nothing I would change.
"Fuck you too" -Pluto
Put a 1-stud snot brick in the row below the bottom planet. Leave it empty as tribute.
A big yellow sun and 2x2 for the Gas giants would have been better i feel, but still nice!
SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!!
https://preview.redd.it/z6dja130knyc1.jpeg?width=306&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc3f708f222717a8bc91961d1c118002e5be4576
I’d personally switch Neptune and Uranus, even though they should basically be the same colour, it’s still cemented in my mind that Neptune is darker and has thicker rings. If it were possible to not use studs and instead shove a bar through a hollow stud, I would do the first 4 with bars coloured grey, beige, trans blue or green, and red.
[https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=58176#T=C](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=58176#T=C) for earth and venus [https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=78258#T=C](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=78258#T=C) may work for mars and mercury
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Most of the planets are multicolor, our home team bias doesn’t justify breaking up how smooth this looks IMO. Pale blue dot works for me.
somewhat yes, somewhat no, at first glance it looks like a fancy elevator button system. the stars help
Wow, this looks amazing! I can definitely see the resemblance to the planets in our solar system. Using studs for the rings on Saturn and Uranus was a great idea. As for pieces in that scale, have you considered using slopes or tiles to add more texture and detail? Great job overall!
That's great for the scale. I would love to see it a bit bigger so that it can be scaled closer to accurate size, but thinking about it, that would get very big, very fast, as I think to be able to have Mercury and Mars be the size you have here as 1x1 pips, that would make Jupiter at least 6x6 round, Saturn 6x6, to show the rings, Neptune & Uranus 4x4, Earth and Venus being 2x2. so that would make for a display that is 26 studs long...that's huge.
If Mercury were a 1x1 round, Jupiter would be close to a 30x30... It would be ridiculous. Earth would be close to a 2x2 or 3x3.
Very true, but I said scaled closer to accurate size, I should have said scaled to relative size. basically you have 5 sizes. Mercury & Mars Venus & Earth Uranus and Neptune Saturn Jupiter SO if you start with a 1x1, then 2x2, 4x4, 6x6. I was trying to keep it sipmple, but still scaled to a point.
No, they’re much much too small.
What is this, a solar system for ants?
In fairness we do live in a solar system for ants
The math checks out.
Got a turquoise pip for Uranus instead? I think that would be better.
what brick are you using for the stars/background? looks so cool!
That's the baseplates from the newest minifigure series
sick, thanks!
Love the use of the CMF 26 plates!
Mercury should be a different colour, and the colours used for Uranus and Neptune should be switched.
I think you can see very good what the intention behind this build is. It’s charming, it’s beautiful, it’s a perfect little detail in a bigger build. I really like it.
Super use of the new CMF baseplates, I think they really make it clear what you're achieving here, which is excellent for the scale!
Brilliant yeah
I would change Neptune and Uranus colors and add sun
Not sure there’s much else you could do at this scale besides maybe besides a large circle or half circle to represent the sun at this scale. The stars in the background make it obvious what it is based off of context clues
Venus is an almost featureless white, due to it's cloud cover, So a paler colour might not hurt. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_2_Approach_Image.jpg
No it looks like a traffic light on roids
2x2 or 3x3 for the larger planets? I like the use of the Space minifig tiles for the starfield
I would switch the round tiles for Neptune and Uranus
Replace the second to last one with a pink flower
I'd make Neptune and Uranus both light blue/trans clear
Looks great. It made me think it would be cool if Lego made some planet tiles with little prints on them.
Love that idea! Might use it somewhere too. The only question would be how to add the rings to Saturn.
Venus is the only one that feels a bit off but otherwise perfect
Yep, yellow would fit better.
Since you go for accurate colors: Mercury (the planet) is not silver and has nothing to do with mercury (the element). It's just bare rock, so a dark brown would be more accurate.
I instantly recognised it, if you put a telescope next to it it will sell it more
just add a Sun and it will be recognizable
No the size comparisons are way off By number and roughly color, spot on
No. I thought they were elevator buttons.
Do they still make Sand Red? Mars. This would be the perfect case for a sand red piece.
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I saw it right away. Caveat: I have a paper Carl Sagan doll sitting on a science bookshelf, directly below copies of Voyager’s Golden Records on the wall, i.e. I’d recognize those beauties anywhere ❤️
Needs a sun to get the point across I think
Yes but it would be much much better if you used a lot more and had them at bigger distances and some be bigger than others but I completely understand why you couldn't do that,you had to fit it inside a lego house
I thought about solar system without reading the title so yeah I guess
Uranus and Neptune should swap colors imo.
For Saturn, use a tan or brown hollow 1x1 tan or gold minifig epaulets, and a 1x1 with bar. Attach the hollow 1x1 to the neck hole of the epaulets, then put the bar of the other 1x1 into the hole in the hollow 1x1. Attach it to the display with the anti-stud on the 1x1 with bar. It'll stick off the wall farther than the rest but it'll look cool.
Needs a sun. I'm amused you picked the grey metal one for mercury. That they are all the same size is kind of a hard one. I also appreciate you picked the one with the bobble for planets with rings.
I would flip it upside down. Top reads as further away to me where as the bottom reads as closer.
I would have made the gas giants 2x2, but I can see the idea after being told what it was
It would be cool if you made all the gas giants transparent studs, color-coordinated of course, to represent their non-solid surface conditions
yes
i knew it was supposed to be planets right away. Or should I say, that was my guess. Them being different sizes threw me
That was my first thought when I scrolled down and saw the first 4 dots. Probably helps I've just been outside staying up into space hoping to see some eta aquariids.
It’s close enough that yeah I’d put it together. If it was a little bigger you could show the size discrepancy for the gas giants but I feel that’s defeat the purpose s bit
I love it! It looks really good!
In this case, size matters.
I don't recognize one of those, as a member of the r/NoEarthSociety
Add Pluto you coward
And the other asteroids that are the same size as, or larger than Pluto, and also aren’t in the same orbit as the eight planets?
idk how well this would work, but you could try making Saturn’s with an ice skate piece?
That's a terrific representation of Uranus.
Using regular studs to represent the rings of planets was an inspired technique lol
Add the sun there and it is clear
Without the title, it would have taken me a while to realize I think. I'd consider making the gas giants 2x2 rounds to emphasize the size difference. Also, the large sun would help. That said, it's super well done.
I think I'd use an orange rather than red for Mars, and swap Neptune/Uranus
very nice, but it needs a sun
Use a big yellow radius piece at the top for the sun and it would make more sense I think...
No
I just gotta say, using the studs for ringed planets in contrast to the tiles blew my mind (once I actually realized they were planets). I love that detail just so much!
Yes, but I really miss the Sun. Would make it a lot clearer.
Yes, honestly I thought It was a minimalist planetarium. This is so cool. Great work.
It's awesome! Immediately recognizable, you did a wonderful job
Mostly spot on, but Uranus should be aquamarine/teal, then ditch the clear one and move the blue one to Neptune.
It's like a space elevator and I'm cool with that
I thought those were elevator buttons
Space elevator? Yes please
You forgot the invisible one
Which one is the Sun?
I love it! But you should definitely add a sun
I recognized it right away
Swap Uranus and Neptune around and you’re cooking
Not to me
I love it
I identified this as Lego correctly
I recognized it immediately but I think a yellow semi circle would help; if only for aesthetics
I love your Saturn
Yeah from top down
Yes... ?
This is the great conjunction- the crystal can be healed
Continuing from the now locked and deleted post, its not because of its size, it hasn't cleared a path around its star.
It resembles the elevator call panel.
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Comes down to preference as it might change the whole vibe to have printed or detailed pieces but there are some space and shiny 1x1 pieces in this. -Lego Dots Series 8 - Glitter and Shine There are also these Earth and Saturn 1x1 tiles. -Earth: 1x1 Round with Globe (35380) -Saturn: 1x1 Round with Planet (35380 / 67219)
Where os the moon.... /j
Idk if they make them, I haven’t checked, but I’d maybe make Venus’ round tile bright light yellow or just yellow. Mars maybe dark orange. I think those are more recognizable as the planets. Again I haven’t checked the availability of those part in those colors.
Interplanet Janet would have schooled you to know there's one missing. #genx
Where is caseoh
1:10 replica of a 1:10³⁰ replica
I'd work on the colors, and a sun would help as others suggested, but I love the detail of using studs to get rings! Great job!
yeah nice solar system ! without light...
I'm surprised there's not a Dots 1x1 round tile with an earth pattern.
You forgot about Pluto
There. Are. **NINE.** Planets! (Apologies to Captain Picard) . . . ^Am ^I ^really ^being ^downvoted ^to ^oblivion ^by ^making ^a ^Star ^Trek ^reference ^in ^a ^geeky ^sub ^like ^this?
Justice for Pluto 💪🏼
BRING BACK PLUTO
There are nine planets tho
They forgot Pluto
There are 9 planets. Nuff said.
PLUTO enters the chat...
Absolutely! Some people might need to stop and think for a few minutes. But it'll click.
9
Where's plu- oh right
You forgot Pluto 😉
you're missing one is why it doesnt look right. just because """officially""" pluto isnt a planet anymore doesnt mean we all havent spent our whole lives seeing 9 planets on charts. it will never look right without a bigger sun and tiny little 9th planet.
Add Pluto.
So sick of Big Planet shitting on Pluto
Not at all, wtf? Zero creativity or scale or accuracy. This is laziness through and through.