benrsheldon: 6,000 pieces down, 18,000 to go. Section 1 complete.
benrsheldon: Full puzzle shot.
benrsheldon: Finished the sky/background. Now for the animals.
benrsheldon: Closer look at the bottom half.
benrsheldon: Underwater section done. Looks awesome.
benrsheldon: Close up.
benrsheldon: Water surface complete
benrsheldon: Filled in more coral and miscellaneous fish.
benrsheldon: Everything coming along nicely.
benrsheldon: Top section filling in nicely. #jigsaw #puzzle #educa24000
benrsheldon: upload
benrsheldon: The balloons were a breeze, pun totally intended.
benrsheldon: A whole bunch of gaps that still need filling, but the clown fish are more or less done. Next step: the balloons.
benrsheldon: only the blue fish to go now
benrsheldon: Finally had an afternoon to work on the puzzle. Things coming together. #jigsaw #puzzle
benrsheldon: Clown fish.
benrsheldon: It finally feels like I've made a start on this monster. Still loads of fish to assemble. #educa #24000pieces #jigsaw #puzzle
benrsheldon: Green fish join the yellow fish.
benrsheldon: Yellow clown fish. It's a start.
benrsheldon: Edges complete. Encouraged by how quickly.
benrsheldon: Three days later, I've finished sorting the pieces from bag one. Step Two: assemble the edges.
benrsheldon: Full size of poster for further scale.
benrsheldon: Already found a corner piece. Next to poster for scale.
benrsheldon: If you ever wondered if you can fit 6000 pieces in a 5000 piece box, the answer is: just.
benrsheldon: 6000 pieces per bag. Eenie meenie miney mo...
benrsheldon: Looking at it like this, it seems a bit ridiculous. #educa #puzzle #jigsaw #24000pieces #lolwhat
benrsheldon: It's up!
benrsheldon: Old puzzle above the new.
benrsheldon: 2000 piece antique map puzzle that I did five years ago. Now hanging in the family room to make room above my bed for the new puzzle.
benrsheldon: Glue being applied.