So, I've been in the middle of moving all summer, and all of my fodder and paints have been packed away, and I've been going creatively stir crazy. So, while I wait to get my workshop set back up, I decided to give bead spriting a try. For those who don't know, bead sprites are video game sprites recreated with plastic beads that you then iron into one solid piece. I wanted to recreate some sprites from the old GI Joe NES game (which, even GI Joe aside, is just one of my favorite games). So I started making some. And then some more. Then I branched into other games because this is ADDICTIVE AS HELL. So now I have this giant pile of bead sprites I have no idea what to do with, and it is ever growing.

Anyway, here are some of the ones I did from the Joe NES game, and a few from Megaman X just for kicks.

AGP

Snake Eyes, Raptor, and a Buzz Boar


Vile, Zero, and Megaman

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you should definitely frame them in groups on white or black background. these are really cool!

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These look great!

The game colors were so weird and colorful, makes me wonder if game-color repaints of figures and vehicles would be interesting. Kind of like Neca has been doing.

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Too awesome

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Start an Etsy store.

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MORE! MORE!

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Wow, that's very nice!

You know, I had that very thought while making the AGP. I'd love to see it released in teal. Or just do a custom.

Here's my latest. It's Storm Shadow's character portrait and playable character from GI Joe: The Atlantis Factor. These were hard to make mainly because no one has done a sprite rip of the game, so I had to get an emulator and play through until I unlocked Storm Shadow. Not as good of a game as the first.

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very impressive

my favorite nes game was contra

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I smell group project!


And Dario, I also looked for sprites after seeing this. It stinks that we cannot find any.

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