The Stranger- Part 4

This puzzle will include 18 blocks, a 5×5 grid, four grid sides, and a letter grid.

You’ll have to arrange the blocks on the 5×5 grid so that it matches the color and shape of all four reference image cards. Remember that some of the blocks will be closer to the edge than others, so depth will come into play here. Also note that there will be no unsupported blocks in the puzzle. 

Start with the blocks you know cannot move. Like the sides, front/ left corners. 

Based on the image you can gather that both black blocks will not have to shift.. And there are a couple single blocks on the sides that only appear on each side. Place those first, because the other blocks will need to shift because of perspective.

Starting with placing the black blocks and the two back corners will help you place the rest of the blocks around the ones you know for sure!

The black blocks must be placed left to right on the bottom level in the second and fourth rows. If they were placed front to back, there would have to be a black block visible from either the front or back views. 

A green block must be placed vertically in the back right corner to be visible from the back and right views. 

A yellow block must be placed flat in the back left corner to fit around the black block, as that is the only way to make the yellow blocks on the left view possible.

The other yellow block must be placed vertically in the back row and there is only one way to position it with the black block in place. (You will eventually need to find another block to support the unsupported block, but it can still be placed for now.)

The black block in the second row is not visible from the front view, so you can safely put the purple, red, and orange blocks in the front row, because the black block must be completely hidden.

Next, the black block in the second row is also not visible from the right view, so a purple block can be placed in front of it safely.

Looking at the front view, there must be a blue block on both the far left and far right side of the grid. The one on the left must be balanced on top of a green block to fit with the left view. The one on the right must be vertical to fit with the right view.

There also must be an orange block on top of the yellow block in the back row, secondnd column, to fit with the back and left views.

The red block needs to support the yellow block without blocking the gray blocks from the front view, so it must be placed flat underneath the yellow block and extending to the right edge of the grid. The right view should now be complete.

The orange block in the top layer of the front view must be supported by something, in this case, a gray block. Place a gray block in the back row such that it is entirely in the middle column and nestle the orange block on top of it so that it matches the front and back views.

Finally, the last gray block should be placed in the 4th row with the last purple block nestled on top of it so that it completes the front, left, and back views.

Look at the 5×5 grid from the top and cross reference it with the letter grid. You will be able to spell a message.

 

Going through the final set up for the blocks, the message reads “Venture into the In-Between”.