The palette

Grey stone: stone bricks, mossy and cracked bricks, mossy cobblestone, andesite and polished andesite for the pyramid; dark prismarine and prismarine bricks as jade for the serpents and the columns, gold and raw gold for their eyes and the sun, quartz for the fangs; red terracotta and red nether brick for the frieze and the roof comb; campfires in the braziers.

Techniques

• Talud and tablero
• A grand staircase
• Feathered serpents
• A roof comb

The steps

1. First tier: talud, tablero and cornice
2. Second tier
3. Third tier
4. Fourth tier
5. Fifth tier and the top platform
6. The grand staircase
7. The balustrades
8. Feathered serpent heads
9. Temple walls
10. Serpent columns and the frieze
11. Roof and cornice
12. Roof comb and the golden sun
13. Fire braziers
14. Light the portal

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