The Surrender of Granada, 2009-02-07

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I got this 8000-piece Educa puzzle on a flea market. The pieces were in 4 bags, and only one of the bags had been opened. It was, at the time, the biggest puzzle I had ever completed. I started in August 2008 and finished in February 2009. Of course I did many smaller puzzles in between.

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The Surrender of Granada by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Educa, 8000 pieces. Completed on February 7th, 2009.

While doing the sky I used a completed section underneath so that I could see exactly what shape of piece I was looking for. It was the first (and so far the only) time I used this technique. Unfortunately, I have no photo of that.

Puzzling on TV

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The most famous on-screen puzzle must be the one in Citizen Kane (photos and analysis here), but here are some that I recently came across on TV:

  1. Dallas

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On Dallas, Christopher and John Ross are being told off for playing with a gun. In the background, there’s a 500-piece puzzle. It looks like an MB, but I’m not sure. And yes, I recently rewatched Dallas. All of it, while puzzling of course 🙂

2. The Fall

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On the great British show The Fall, a serial killer amuses himself with a puzzle. You can’t see what puzzle it is.

3. Bad Blood

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In Bad Blood, Series 1, Episode 6, gangster Vito Rizzuto is doing a puzzle and recounts how he used a puzzle to teach his son about life. Again, you can’t tell what puzzle it is, this is the best shot of it.

Vito: “I sent the new guy out to get me a puzzle and I told him to throw away the box so now I don’t know what it is. ”

Declan [henchman]: “What?”

Vito: “When Nico was a kid, I did the same thing, I threw away the box and we sat there for, like, about two months. You know, trying to do it, it was nothing, nothing, nothing, and then finally, you know, you get the right piece… snapped into place… [he places a piece] and you see the whole landscape. It was like… like a revelation. I was teaching him a life lesson. About patience, tenacity, work ethic… When it all came together, I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody that excited in my life.”

Yummy Yellow, 2019-03-18

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Got this for 0,50 € from a recycling centre, and it turned out to be complete! Not all that easy, but yellow is my favourite colour 🙂 I’ve done another collage by the same artist, completed in April 2008, but no photo of that one. These are great examples of images that are entertaining puzzles that I would never like on my wall.

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Yummy Yellow by Andrea Tilk, Heye, 500 pieces. Completed on March 18th, 2019.

Painted Ceiling in Sant’Ignazio, 2009-02-15

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This puzzle is missing from my records, but since the photo was taken on February 15th, 2009, I’m assuming that’s when I finished it. I don’t have the puzzle anymore, but I’m pretty sure the brand was Piatnik. I don’t know the correct title either, but the image is Andrea Pozzo’s painting in the church Sant’Ignazio, in Rome.

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King Tut, 2009-01-24

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One more Egyptian themed puzzle.

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King Tut, Gibsons, 1000 pieces. Completed on January 24th, 2009.

I think you can see Howard Carter by the sarcophagus of Tutanchamum below on the right.

This is one of only two Gibsons puzzles I’ve completed, and in both cases, I found that pieces fit where they don’t belong. Otherwise, the quality was good, with thick pieces and great colours. The finish is waxy, which I don’t much like.

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Bavaria, In Progress

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I started on a new Heye 2000 piece puzzle, Bavaria by Ryba. This was the kind of puzzle that I could see with one glance that I wanted, and I bought it without looking too closely at the image. I guess I was seeing exactly what I wanted to see, because I thought it was Neuschwanstein as a vampire castle, only now that I started on it did I see that it’s only old Ludwig who built the castle 😀 He does look kind of sinister if you don’t look too closely, doesn’t he? Anyway, I bet it’s still the most entertaining Neuschwanstein puzzle of all time!

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