Have you seen Denver Funde, Bald Bull and Sonic on the Jump?. LEGO and pixilated video game characters are as delicious a combination as chocolate and peanut butter. The non-Salmonella peanut butter that is.
Among the list? A still-in-the-box retail Xbox 360, a Gears of War Zune and these, these magnificent LEGO creations. These amazing LEGO designs come from Cliff and company over at NetDevil who, between bouts of designing LEGO Universe, managed to find time to create 8-bit art for charity.
Here’s a break down of how Tristan and I turned a picture into a sizable piece of plastic art.
Getting Started
- Choose Your Character Carefully: You want to make sure whoever you’re transforming into a LEGO is going to use colors that not only exist in the LEGO universe, but that you either (preferably) own or can easily purchase.
LEGO are pretty damn expensive, so keep that in mind if you’re going the purchase route. Also remember that unless you have a LEGO story nearby, you’re going to be forced to buy kits or sets that have all kinds of colors you probably don’t need. We spent $50 on supplemental LEGO making this, which gave us about a third of the LEGO we needed.
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