The palette

Copper in its four ages (copper, exposed, weathered, oxidized) and cut copper for the gears, copper grates in the base; obsidian and crying obsidian for the ring; dark pillars of deepslate tiles and polished deepslate with iron rivets; shroomlight for the glowing rivets; quartz, black concrete and gold for the clock; copper lanterns, iron chains and a lightning rod.

Techniques

• Round shapes on a grid
• Copper's four ages
• A gantry
• Layers in depth

The steps

1. Base: the first step
2. Base: the top inlaid with copper grates
3. Gantry pillars
4. The obsidian ring
5. The great gear's riveted body
6. The great gear's teeth
7. The oxidized gear
8. The weathered gear
9. The small exposed gear
10. The gantry beam
11. The clock on top
12. Chains and copper lanterns
13. Light the portal

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