I finished this iron beads project using Perler Nano and Hama Mini beads. I found the sprite on Pinterest, and I believe it probably comes from one of the Macross games on the NEC PC98 computer.
Minmay from Macross mini iron beads project complete!
SEGA logo iron beads pinned to the wall
I found a perfect spot to put my new Sega logo iron bead sprite, under my neon Pac-Man sign. I’m so cool that I’m jealous of myself.
Nakoruru iron beads work finished
Another iron beads project finished! This is Nakoruru from SNK Gals Fighters for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. I’ve added her to Athena, Mai, and Yuri on the wall, all from that game.
Earthion ship plus the SEGA logo iron beads
Made some iron beads this weekend! Sega logo plus the fighter from the new Megadrive shmup, Earthion.
Alexandra from Mystic Defender on the Sega Genesis iron beads sprite
This game is also known as Kujaku-Ou 2 on the Megadrive. I slightly modified this to improve her, giving her a carpet that matches the drapes.
Evangelion trio iron beads sprite
I made this for a teacher I work with. Evangelion is his favorite anime. He suffers from epilepsy, and the stress from work is once again keeping him from doing his job. He came back last year and did well, but this year has taken a toll on him again, unfortunately.
I used Perler Nano and Iron de Beads (local Japanese iron beads company) mini beads for this. Shinji’s fleshtone is Perler Nano Sand, Rei’s is Nano Cream, and Askua’s is Iron de Beads Fleshtone. Rei’s hair is two tone Iron de Beads Aqua. These colors matched her hair perfectly. Iron de Beads are slightly taller, but they melt well and I like them way better than Hama Minis, which are too small and cause problems.
This is where I got the pattern from. It was done in Lego! I found this image on Pinterest.
Iron bead pixel art of Lt. Lin Kurosawa from Capcom’s Aliens vs. Predator
I found this fan sprite art on Pinterest. Dunno the original designer, so I can’t credit the person. I made a couple of tweaks to it.
Lea from Crosscode iron bead sprite complete!
I finished this one rather quickly. I wasn’t timing myself, but it was under a half hour for sure. For the reds, I used Iron de Beads’ red and dark red. While they look different in the bag, after ironing they don’t really stand apart from each other very well. At least not to my eyes. Iron de Beads is an iron beads brand I’ve found at Tokai craft stores here in Japan.
Out Run Ferrari iron bead sprite complete!
I took a pixel dump of the Ferrari from Out Run on the Megadrive from The Spriter’s Resource website.
I wish I had a darker palette of reds to choose from. I used Perler’s Tomato, Cherry, Red, and Hama’s Dark Red to complete this project.
Here is the final result, after ironing.
Nadia iron bead sprite complete!
Glad to have learned of Artkal beads on the r/Beadsprites subreddit! Perler is American, Hama is British, and Artkal is Chinese. Artkal provides such a broader palette of color than the other two companies do! Artkal S82 made this project possible. That and Perler Brown are the two main fleshtones for Nadia. Her hair is Perler Midnight and Pastel Blue, while her vest is Perler Cherry and Red.
The pixel artwork was taken from the Fushigi no Umi no Nadia game for the PC Engine CD.
Here she is, ironed and pinned to my wall.
