bead sprites!

Post by **aaron** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:29 pm

they can be easily found at any craft shop or homegoods type store in the states, try a tesco or something over there, they will probably have it somewhere. you could also search online, they are waaaaaaaay cheap.

Post by **Ivo** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:50 am

aaron wrote:they can be easily found at any craft shop or homegoods type store in the states, try a tesco or something over there, they will probably have it somewhere. you could also search online, they are waaaaaaaay cheap.

Cool. I think I'd like to make Bub and Bob (from Bubble Bobble) - is there a good way to check on which colors to get, your the idea is just to get a huge number of beads of all available colors?

Post by **fastbilly1** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:16 am

Try to buy the individual colours, buying the big bag sounds great but separating the colours is an arduous task. They are called Perler Beads and should run you about ten bucks for all the stuff you will need. Make sure you get a backing plate and some extra ironing papers. You can do it without the plate but it is a tough gig.

Post by **kinn** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:09 pm

aaron wrote:they can be easily found at any craft shop or homegoods type store in the states, try a tesco or something over there, they will probably have it somewhere. you could also search online, they are waaaaaaaay cheap.

I'm also in the UK so cheers for that. Might try and see if I can pick some of these up.

Post by **aaron** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:34 pm

no problem, good luck! i think i might get some of these and make my own, might be fun

Post by **abeisgreat** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:46 am

Man i am so getting some of those bead things

Post by **Ivo** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:39 am

kinn wrote:
aaron wrote:they can be easily found at any craft shop or homegoods type store in the states, try a tesco or something over there, they will probably have it somewhere. you could also search online, they are waaaaaaaay cheap.
I'm also in the UK so cheers for that. Might try and see if I can pick some of these up.

Can you please tell me if and where you find them? I'm in Portugal right now but will go by the U.K. in 2 months or so, but not for a long period (for a week or so). Knowing where I can get them in advance will help a lot.

Ivo.

Post by **kinn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:43 am

Ivo wrote:
kinn wrote:
aaron wrote:they can be easily found at any craft shop or homegoods type store in the states, try a tesco or something over there, they will probably have it somewhere. you could also search online, they are waaaaaaaay cheap.
I'm also in the UK so cheers for that. Might try and see if I can pick some of these up.
Can you please tell me if and where you find them? I'm in Portugal right now but will go by the U.K. in 2 months or so, but not for a long period (for a week or so). Knowing where I can get them in advance will help a lot.

Ivo.

No problem mate. Will keep you up to date here.

Post by **kinn** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:20 pm

Amazon sells these beads:

Looks like they are also known as hama beads and fuse beads here in the UK. So search for hama beads on the Amazon site if the above link isnt working.

Also found some on sale on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5500-Beads-and-4- ... dZViewItem

Hope this helps.

Post by **Ivo** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:25 am

Thanks a lot, Kinn! If I make the Dragons from Bubble Bobble I'll see about posting some pics here.

EDIT: After looking a bit, what seems to be best is getting 1 medium/large square board, and some sets of single colored beads. How many colors did these sort of sprites have? It would be great if we could get similar hues. I saw some people on Flickr with sprites already made.

Ivo.