PSO Perler Bead Coasters (and other bead sprites I've made)

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Perler beads are round, plastic beads that you place on a pegboard, then melt together into a solid image with a clothing iron. Due to their similarity to pixels, many people make video game sprites into perler bead projects.



Phantasy Star Online coaster set, featuring (top left to bottom right) monomate, weak attack, monofluid, barta, foie, and zonde.

My first Phantasy Star related bead project

Here are some others I've done.


Ryu's win pose from Super Street Fighter II (SNES)

Enguarde the swordfish, Donkey Kong Country (SNES)

Amy Rose, Sonic Advance (GBA)

Earthworm Jim

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DK, Donkey Kong Country (SNES)

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Squawks, Donkey Kong Country (SNES)

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Donald Duck, World of Illusion (GEN)

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Dynamite Headdy (GEN)

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Luna, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (Playstation)

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Zombie (and various health pick-ups) from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Playstation)

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Sonic "time travel" sprite, from Sonic CD

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Raphael, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)

[Mimo]

ohhh amazing, must be a lot of work. I'm especially fond of the donald duck.. ;w;

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A couple more I've done..


Elta, Magician Lord

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Mario, Super Mario World

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peterchy, Mega Man 3

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tonberry, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (recolored robe)

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Ryu from Ninja Gaiden

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Sidestepper (crab) from Mario Bros. arcade game

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tektite, Legend of Zelda

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Lena, from Super Valis IV

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Bubble Bobble (NES) glow-in-the-dark

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X-Men's Jubilee, an assist character in Marvel vs. Capcom

A work in progress. In case you were curious how these things were laid out. 19 inches tall.

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Custom Steelers logo, for a friend's father. 14 inch diameter.

[chibiLegolas]

OMG! I'd love to get a set of those PSO coasters myself!
I hope they're not hard to make....

[Monochrome]

OMG! I'd love to get a set of those PSO coasters myself!
I hope they're not hard to make....

Thanks! I'm glad you like them.. They are not hard to make, though there is work involved when I initially design them. If I had made them pixel for pixel, a single "coaster" would have been the size of a dinner plate! So I have to cut out some detail to make the whole thing smaller. That's the only challenge for these. I'm pretty sure Rabarta and Special Attack would be the death of me!

I'd like to make another (different) set of PSO coasters in the future..

Here's my latest:

Raiden mk-II from Raiden Fighters

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cacodemon, from DOOM (pc).. Approx. 12 inch diameter.

Original sprite-sheet found here: http://spriters-resource.com/pc_comp...n2/sheet/27868 -- ripped by Ultimecia.

[Nitro Vordex]

These are amazing. I don't know if you do requests, but do you think you could do a Mega Man X one? Sprite sheet here if you need it, I was thinking maybe the bottom left sprite victory pose?

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These are amazing. I don't know if you do requests, but do you think you could do a Mega Man X one? Sprite sheet here if you need it, I was thinking maybe the bottom left sprite victory pose?

Thank you I've been meaning to do a Mega Man X one, I just couldn't decide which pose and how much armor (or not), so sure I could do that one! I'm also planning to do Zero from the original X in his "solemn" pose.


Landis (aka Duran) from Lords of Thunder (Turbo Duo, Sega CD, Wii Virtual Console) in Wind Armor.

[Sord]

Man, I haven't done one of these since I was a kid in elementary. Arts and crafts FTW. Completely forgot these even existed. Love the Donkey Kong Country and Raiden ones. Are the beads still cheap as dirt? Do you order them online or do you just go to an art store to get yours? If you do order them online, would be interested to know what site you grab them from. Seems like you've done a good job of getting the variety of colors you need.