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Awesome NES and SNES characters using craft beads (pics)

flickr.com — Flickr album of really cool crafts done using only plastic beads with characters such as Quickman, Yoshi, Shyguy, Link, and more. A must see.

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  • mgsdeadcell, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3Sweet....
    • ButtholeSurfer, on 10/12/2007, -9/+7i'm not one for pokemon... but that pikachu is freaking awesome...
    • eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -16/+42...............█████
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    • Mullinsmcd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Anyone know how one might do this himself (how to get art, beads, etc)
    • Vicille, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Mullinsmcd

      There's a post about it on craftster from a while back worth checking out.

      http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=98400.0
    • squishee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Mullinsmcd,

      Those beads are typically called "fuse beads." They're the kind that you stick onto the little plastic template that has pegs sticking up, and then you stick a piece of wax paper over it and iron it until the beads melt together.
    • LacY, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2They're "perler beads" Perler is the brand that makes them... you put a SPECIAL piece of paper between them and the iron and the head from the iron fuses them. Don't use wax paper--the wax paper actually sticks to the iron (yes, I know from experience). :)
      You can get the beads at most crafts stores in the "kids" section.
    • ReXorcist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Cool, I didn't know they still made the beads for this.
      I still have a Ninji from SMB2 that I made 15 years ago kickin' around here somewhere...
    • ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"the wax paper actually sticks to the iron (yes, I know from experience). :)"

      The wax is only on one side of the paper. Don't iron that side. Problem solved...

    • squishee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LacY, you don't need a special kind of paper. Wax paper works fine. I used to work at an elementary school, and we ironed the crap out of fuse beads every other day with wax paper covering them. As long as you keep moving the iron over it and don't let it sit still on one spot for too long, it shouldn't stick.
  • fuzzboxer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Here's a story about the guy: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/03/181616.php
    • Tivac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Foglera is not the guy mentioned in that article.
  • Aarlos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Chrono!!
    • KiSA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Chrono? are you referring to Chrono Trigger or the character, Crono?

      Do not disrespect one of the greatest games ever created!
    • desertrose, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Crono!! :]

      and it also bothered me that the girl who commented on the Crono beads spelled it Chrono as well.

      but, the FFVI moogle and Link...jeez. i wish i had those fuse beads again.
    • Elranzer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The character's actual name is Chrono, with the H. There was only room for five letters in the naming code, so they dropped the H. No other character required more than 5 letters in their name so Square didn't bother to expand the code to include six letters. (which is odd considering Schala and Dalton are dummied-out data characters you can find with Game Shark).
  • grantgorgen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Frog Suit, FTW
    • daridave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6NESS >> ALL.

      Sorry, I still bown down to Earthbound like I bought it yesterday. It's just... one of a kind.
    • CherryTzors, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I liked the first-person acid trip battles. I never did finish Earthbound though...
  • wingnut21, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Digg just can't get enough of pixels transformed into real life lately. Painted rooms, LEGOs, birthday cakes, bricks, craft beads...

    C'mon people make it interesting. Do it with cars and aerial photography.

    (Although I must admit, these are done really really well--especially the colors.)
  • halosniper7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1smurf?
  • Rikushix, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Someone has too much time on their hands.
    • Drifton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3the goons are a mysterious and glorious race
  • brianconnolly, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS
  • Voxxov, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They're not actually beads. Its this neat kit where you get tons of these plastic things and arrange them on a plastic grid. You put waxpaper over it and iron it, and the plastic colored pieces melt together and look like pixels. Used to play with that stuff when i was little....

    Cool site.
  • kjm16, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Sonic wasn't NES or SNES, was he? I thaught he was Genisis only.
    • Rikushix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4He's a part of the Nintendo family, now with the Virtual Console.
  • ucbmckee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I have a friend who is terribly crafty and likes to do random things. She made an assortment of S/NES characters out of craft clay. If people like this sort of thing, they're displayed at:

    http://myspace-903.vo.llnwd.net/00121/30/95/121985903_l.jpg

    Yes, I know, it's a myspace link. The things aren't for sale, at least not that I know of (they're old, whatever was for sale was probably already sold), and I'm not advertising for her or anything. I just thought they were kind of cool.
    • ginrummy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pretty neat. It's amazing how easily pixels translate into just about everything else.
    • ucbmckee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ahh, since the link doesn't have any attribution, those belong to Amy Ng of SF. I'd post the link to her myspace, but, uh, yaaaaahh.... maybe she'd kill me.
  • flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yay ness and mr saturn!
  • CiXeL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5had to make sure megaman was in there
    digg!
  • celchu33, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2But will it blend?
    • ginrummy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Pics or it...*****.

      Vids or it didn't happen.
  • kickcows, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i like go-go and setzer. :)
  • daniking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dugg for Duck Hunt love:
    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/78800654_29458e9f18.jpg?v=0
  • KiSA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Love everything except that I am pretty sure Locke's hair is not that light. Other than that, I think everything looks perfect
  • kuyman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1no one loves samus anymore :(
  • SSCrow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Chrono Trigger.
    The Greatest SquareSoft Game ever made.
  • Wailord, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Forgive my ignorance, but where is this from?

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/93839030_d065b40a9b_s.jpg
    • om3ganet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Apparently the Roman one of same style is from the somethingawful forums. I'm guessing this is from the same set.
    • Tivac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's a SomethingAwful Forums emoticon. It's :eng101:
  • therodersabides, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2A buddy of mine made me this.
    http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/TheRodersAbides/DSC04878.jpg

    A Fantastic Black Mage!
  • BuiltToday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've been doing this too, but I'm mounting mine on the games' background.
    I have been setting up a site to sell these and a bunch of other cool NES designs.
    Check back soon for the URL.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/81853638@N00/
    • undershirt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That galaga one with the upgrade ship is great.
    • desertrose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Punch Out?!

      you are a beast among beasts.
  • ImJasonH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Shameless plug, I realize, but: http://imjasonh.etsy.com
  • incubus13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great! I would have dugg only for the megaman characters :D
  • samdotorg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1digg for sonic, and old school sonic at that
  • joshwong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0                                                                                                                                                                                                    That's cool!
  • matFei, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OKay, That quite literally OWNS.
  • brandonhoth, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1When I was a child, I spaoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

    I guess I am asking, who gives a *****? Fruity beads based on 20 year old video games? OOOh, the novelty!
  • Soave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh god I remember those things. Good times!

    The ones on this site are amazing though.
  • randyrandall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That is just awesome. The things I made with those beads as a kid sucked.
  • GHOVO, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That is cool...how long did it take???
  • anomalya, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1no metroid no digg
  • Oldschoolhack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Link! Dugg for the nostalgia.
  • CptCarnage, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Am I the only one thinking, don't sneeze?
  • Schoffstall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I hate that damn dog at the bottom! he pisses me off every time i miss a shot on that game.
  • battleroyalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1where can I buy a big cheap set of these craft beads
  • Arkun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Needs more Megaman.
  • foglera, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've added a dozen more pictures to the flickr set that were sitting in my perler folder and hadn't been uploaded already. Thanks for checking out my stuff, I'm glad people are getting a kick out of them!
  • polymorphs, on 03/14/2008, -0/+0This is the type of thing I would like to see at http://artscraftother.com
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