Frum POP with Love
Last year, I made a blog post discussing the awesome video game sprites that can be recreated with Perler Beads, small plastic beads that are ironed together to create all sorts of designs. There’s also a long-running thread on our boards about them.
Recently, I was inspired by Atlus’ new PS3 game, 3D Dot Game Heroes, to create my first three-dimensional Perler creation. It took a little planning as I dissected the in-game character model, but I was able to recreate a pixel-perfect version of Frum, the game’s default character.
It turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself. I then figured that others might want to create their own Frum, so I whipped up a little tutorial. If you’re interested, but click on the grid-licious image to the right and follow the directions. You’ll have your own little Frum in no time.
Oh, and if you do decide to recreate his sword and shield (and you really should–he looks way cool brandishing them), they can be stuck to the figure with a little dab of hot glue. The glue dries clear so it’s hardly noticeable, and it’s strong enough to hold the accessories on as long as you’re careful when moving him around. However, with minimal force, you can pop the dried glue off the Perler Beads, so there’s nothing permanently stuck to your creations.
So awesome. 2D perler bead creations are almost blasé now. You just took it to a whole new level.
Hell yeah. I’m about to get on the Perler bandwagon myself. I just wish they sold bigger pegboards. Shantae and some of the Mega Man robot masters are pretty big.
@Halbred
Well, the large square pegboards are made to be linked together, so you can make them as big as you’d like.
Personally, I have four of them, which is all you really need for most average-sized sprites.