A dedicated fan has recreatedSkyrim’s entire map using over 70,000 LEGO bricks. Veteran players know thatThe Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimfeatures one of the largest maps in the franchise, highlighting just how much time and effort went into the project.
With nearly 15 square miles of explorable space,Skyrim’s map is the fifth largestin the series. It’s divided into nine holds, or regions, and packed with hundreds of landmarks and points of interest. None of this, of course, deterred one passionate fan from recreatingSkyrim’s world using an unconventional material: LEGO.
Ian Roomasa, a Guinness World Record holder, has recreatedThe Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim’s map using 73,761 LEGO bricks. The passion project took over three years to complete, with Ian spending the first nine months planning and the next two and a half years building. To put its scale in perspective, the LEGO map is an 8-foot-wide, 6.3-foot-tall raised relief model made up of 44 layers of bricks.
Fan Uses 70,000 LEGO Bricks to Build a 3D Map of Skyrim
When discussing the zeal that sparked the project, Ian said, “It was the perfect project because it combined my passion for the game with the challenge of designing and building something so large, detailed, and with topographic detail.” His recreation includes over 5,000 trees, nearly 300well-knownSkyrimlocations, and a topographically accurate depiction of rivers, waterfalls, and elevation changes.
Skyrimfans are no strangers to fan-made recreations, but Ian’s LEGO map might be the most ambitious project the community has seen yet. Support poured in under the YouTube video he shared, with many calling it one of the best things aSkyrimfan has ever built. Some viewers asked about his future plans, but Ian admitted he’s unsure whether he can top this project with another LEGO build. For now, he plans to take a break and enjoy the recently releasedThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remasteredinstead of dealing with LEGO bricks.
The Skyrim LEGO Map Isn’t Ian Roosma’s First Project of This Kind
Before tacklingSkyrim, Ian broke the Guinness World Record in 2021 for thelargest video game map built with LEGOby recreating theHyrule map from the originalLegend of Zeldaon NES using over 25,000 bricks. However, his new project, the LEGOSkyrimmap, is nearly three times larger. In other words, Ian has broken his own world record by building an even bigger video game map, this time for the belovedElder Scrollsfranchise.
