static BufferedImage tilesToImage(L<BufferedImage> tiles, int columns) {
  if (empty(tiles)) null;
  int rows = idiv_ceil(l(tiles), columns);
  int tw = first(tiles).getWidth(), th = first(tiles).getHeight();
  int w = tw*columns, h = th*rows;
  BufferedImage img = newBufferedImage(w, h);
  
  int i = 0, yy = 0;
  for y to rows: {
    int xx = 0;
    for x to columns: {
      if (i >= l(tiles)) break;
      BufferedImage tile = tiles.get(i++);
      copyBufferedImage(tile, img, xx, yy);
      xx += tile.getWidth();
      th = tile.getHeight();
    }
    yy += th;
  }
  ret img;
}

Began life as a copy of #1016032