siegfriedhaspanicked Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) I hope it's ok to post this here.. Perlers are colored plastic beads you place on a pegboard to make a pattern, picture, whatever, then iron with a household clothing iron to melt the beads together. It's mostly a kid's craft, but many people make video game bead sprites due to the beads' compatibility with pixelated sprite art. I didn't see any X-Com related works out there, and decided I had to rectify this situation. Here are my results: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7377086092_b6ff6603a7.jpg I am making more at the moment, and I'll update when I've finished! Edited June 29, 2012 by siegfriedhaspanicked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[NKF] Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Didn't realise you get those things in all sorts of different hues. Otherwise, they look great. Any plan on adding a few ground tiles for them to stand on? Like grass, or ufo floor panel? - NKF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siegfriedhaspanicked Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) Didn't realise you get those things in all sorts of different hues. Otherwise, they look great. Any plan on adding a few ground tiles for them to stand on? Like grass, or ufo floor panel? - NKF Thanks. The beads come in about 60 colors, which is enough to do justice to most 16-bit projects. Floor tiles are a great idea, I might do that! The only problem comes with the inherent size of sprites. Heck, I even thought about doing a Skyranger or Avenger full of troops (as a single layer) but it would be about 2 1/2 feet long... I'd also like to make the Sectoid 'alien autopsy' pic, but again.. it would be the size of a tall midget. Here is a symbolic picture for fans of X-Com. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/7469351482_29ee1f961b_n.jpg It wasn't a chryssalid that turned me into a zombie.. Edited June 29, 2012 by siegfriedhaspanicked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Aww^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xraal Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 That is pretty cool :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siegfriedhaspanicked Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 ohgodrunhttp://farm9.staticflickr.com/8352/8412266771_0435d8020d_m.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevL's Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 , those are marvellous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sectoid5 Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 What patterns/templates did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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