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.
This week! We spend the majority of the podcast talking about the past week’s big PlayStation 3 release, Atlus’ excellent retro-style action-RPG 3D Dot Game Heroes. But also: Picross 3D, Ninjatown: Trees of Doom, Vector Rally, Steam for Mac and responding to a tweet on our favorite western-themed games in honor of this week’s release of Red Dead Redemption.
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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.
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