academicmaslow
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We’ve all seen massive Rubik’s Cube mosaics — hundreds or thousands of cubes turning into portraits, logos, or famous paintings.
But mosaics from Pyraminxes? Almost nobody does them. And there’s a reason… though it’s totally possible and actually pretty cool.
Why it’s way harder than with cubes:
How to even make a flat mosaic?
Tetrahedrons don’t stack nicely like cubes. The working way is to place them tip-down.
To solve the stability issue, I built a custom stand with six precisely placed depressions/holes that hold the tips securely. Six inverted Pyraminxes in this holder form a perfect flat hexagon made of 6 faces × 9 triangles = 54 triangular pixels. That becomes your basic “module” for larger mosaics.
One more insight: Standard colors (red/blue/green/yellow) give bad contrast (blue and green almost merge, no good neutral background).
I switched to custom stickers: white + yellow + cyan + orange. White works great as background — the pictures start looking recognizable.
First real attempt
With just 6 physical Pyraminxes I made a 38-module digital mosaic:
Pyraminx mosaics are possible, but they require:
Has anyone else tried something like this? Or am I the only one crazy enough so far?
Would love to hear thoughts — worth pushing further? Bigger size? Different palette?
But mosaics from Pyraminxes? Almost nobody does them. And there’s a reason… though it’s totally possible and actually pretty cool.
Why it’s way harder than with cubes:
- Only 4 colors instead of 6 → much smaller palette
- Pixels are triangular, not square → no straight horizontal/vertical lines, completely different grid logic
- Most importantly — not every color combination is possible on one face because of how the puzzle is built
How to even make a flat mosaic?
Tetrahedrons don’t stack nicely like cubes. The working way is to place them tip-down.
To solve the stability issue, I built a custom stand with six precisely placed depressions/holes that hold the tips securely. Six inverted Pyraminxes in this holder form a perfect flat hexagon made of 6 faces × 9 triangles = 54 triangular pixels. That becomes your basic “module” for larger mosaics.
One more insight: Standard colors (red/blue/green/yellow) give bad contrast (blue and green almost merge, no good neutral background).
I switched to custom stickers: white + yellow + cyan + orange. White works great as background — the pictures start looking recognizable.
First real attempt
With just 6 physical Pyraminxes I made a 38-module digital mosaic:
- Pixelated Scooby-Doo and Perry the Platypus into a triangular grid
- For every single module found a reachable pattern that fits the overall image
- Assembled each one physically, photographed, and stitched them together
Pyraminx mosaics are possible, but they require:
- thoughtful custom color palette
- thinking in triangular geometry
- working around mechanical restrictions
- some engineering (stands/holders)
- patience to match reachable states to desired pixels
Has anyone else tried something like this? Or am I the only one crazy enough so far?
Would love to hear thoughts — worth pushing further? Bigger size? Different palette?
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