Making a World Map

[mispeled]

I've been collecting Lego castle and related sets since I was a kid. About 8 years ago I started making a map of what the world would look like if all the sets I owned were all together in a single world. Originally it was 36 standard lego baseplates (3x12), but over the years I've expanded it as I've bought more sets. Now it's 162 baseplates in size.

I only own sets and a paltry amount of "regular" lego, so it's not something I could ever actually build, at least not in Lego. I've considered building the world like wargaming terrain, with Styrofoam, paint, paper mache, and plaster of paris, but even so, it would take up most of my basement. i'm not sure my wife would be too happy about that. So right now, it's just a map and an idea in my head.

Over the years, it's influenced my set buying, because I only buy sets that seem to fit the theme of a medieval/castle/magical world, or that I can place somewhere in the world (even if that means expanding the world). Sets I plan to buy are marked on the map with an asterisk until I get them. Right now there are only two on the map. There are a couple of MOCs that I would need to make the terrain work on there, too (elevators and bridges) that aren't real sets.

Here is my world:

http://imgur.com/0ctsglJ

Here's the grid of lego baseplates, for scale.

http://imgur.com/IaNeHXJ

Every time I buy a new set, I put it in the world.

Does anyone else do this? Let's see your worlds!

P.S. I've had my account for a really long time, but not posted very much, so I can't embed the images. :-(

[Exetrius]

Wow, that's pretty amazing! I hope that you can make it a reality one day

[Lord Tulkas]

Nice idea! I always love the display of the "worlds" in the old lego catalogues, and this remind me to those catalogues, but in a larger and greatest version!

[TitusV]

Looks great, nice idea!