New obsession (combining 2 hobbies FTW!)

Aside from playing videogames, I also enjoy crafty kinds of things, like needlepoint, 3d art, or making my own costumes or accessories. I was looking around for info on making stuff out of Sculpey (polymer clay) for an unrelated project (superhero-themed accessories to be specific), and started thinking about how it would be neat to make videogame-themed items out of Sculpey. I then looked around on LJ and google, and at some point I came across someone's awesome idea of making videgame characters out of perler beads. It's a very cool idea, and I only wish I'd been the one to think of it. Each pixel is a bead; it's as simple as that. I had perler beads as a kid but never did much with them, because all the designs on the box and stuff were pretty stupid looking, and I couldn't think of many designs to make myself when the beads were so large. It's amazing how perfectly suited to videogame art these things are, though.

Anyway I'm going to start with my earliest videogame memories, namely Jumpman and Kirby and then go from there. I'm so bizarrely excited about this. I'm also seriously considering trying to make a Jumpman bolo-tie out of Sculpey for my dad. I will definitely post pictures in all their geeky glory when I have a sizeable collection going on.