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Minas Tirith Made From 420,000 Matchsticks
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<blockquote data-quote="SSR@" data-source="post: 16340655" data-attributes="member: 459907"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Minas Tirith Made From 420,000 Matchsticks</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: right"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Minas Tirith</strong> (aka the White City and City of the Kings) is the capital of Gondor, a fictional city and castle from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px">Completed in 2010 after three years of work, artist <strong><span style="color: Purple">"Pat Acton"</span></strong> recreated the famed city using <strong>420,000</strong> meticulously placed matchsticks and a lot of glue. He used an additional <strong>24,000</strong> small wooden blocks to construct <em>Mount Mindoullui</em>n, which supports the colossal matchstick structure. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px">To create his artworks, Acton purchases matchsticks (without the sulfur tip) directly from match manufacturers. All of his models (that have not been purchased) can be viewed at the <strong>Matchstick Marvels Museum</strong> in Gladbrook, Iowa.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="color: Purple">Pat Acton With His Creation</span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: right"></p> <p style="text-align: right"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SSR@, post: 16340655, member: 459907"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=5]Minas Tirith Made From 420,000 Matchsticks[/SIZE][/B] [/CENTER] [CENTER] [/CENTER] [RIGHT][CENTER][SIZE=4][B]Minas Tirith[/B] (aka the White City and City of the Kings) is the capital of Gondor, a fictional city and castle from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Completed in 2010 after three years of work, artist [B][COLOR=Purple]"Pat Acton"[/COLOR][/B] recreated the famed city using [B]420,000[/B] meticulously placed matchsticks and a lot of glue. He used an additional [B]24,000[/B] small wooden blocks to construct [I]Mount Mindoullui[/I]n, which supports the colossal matchstick structure. To create his artworks, Acton purchases matchsticks (without the sulfur tip) directly from match manufacturers. All of his models (that have not been purchased) can be viewed at the [B]Matchstick Marvels Museum[/B] in Gladbrook, Iowa.[/SIZE] [IMG]http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-7.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-9.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-11.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-3.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][B][COLOR=Purple]Pat Acton With His Creation[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [IMG]http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks-by-pat-acton-matchstick-marvels-1.jpg[/IMG] [/CENTER] [/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]
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