Watch the Game of Thrones Title Sequence Recreated With Paper Sculptures

Before every episode of Game of Thrones, viewers are given an aerial tour of Westeros in an animation created by Angus Wall and the designers at Elastic. In 2016, to promote four new notebook designs inspired by the show and its characters, Moleskine worked with Dadomani Studios to recreate the King's Landing section of the animation, using paper and stop motion animation instead of 3D computer graphics to present a unique take on the already memorable opening.

According to a behind-the-scenes video shared by FastCoDesign, the model was made using over 7600 pieces of paper and took about 160 hours to complete. The creators are shown painstakingly cutting and gluing each tiny piece together to build the gears and other architectural features of the capital. More than 700 photos were taken of the handmade towers and houses, which were then animated to form the 40-second video (above).

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Updated for 2019.