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Building the “Game of Thrones” Opening Sequence Out of Paper

In that Game of Thrones 360 video, we got to admire the work of the CGI modelers who created the mesmerizing structures for the opening sequence. Those were, of course, digital. But now Italian creative agency Dadomani Studio has created an actual physical version, painstakingly cut from paperboard by staff members and artist Linda Vallone:

Here’s a little behind-the-scenes action:

Obviously it’s not as large as the CGI version, but the damn thing is still made up of 7,600 hand-cut pieces. Dadomani produced it for client Moleskine, to promote their GoT limited edition notebook collection. (While marketing tie-ins can get tedious, we’d rather see something like this than the sandwich boards outside of bakeries and ice cream shops saying “Game of Scones,” “Game of Cones,” et cetera.)

In any case, for those of you who’ve not yet seen last night’s premiere, we’ll provide no spoilers but will leave you instead with the classic Tweet: