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@snowcone I know. I was seeing if it looked better with or without the holes in the beads because my friend said he thought it looked better without. I'm still not sure which I prefer.
Friday, 24-Jan-14 18:01:29 UTC from web-
This one went WAY better. No over-melting, no lost beads. http://pny.lv/dmb
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@flamingpandaomg Cute Zelda you got there
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@mastertdi dont be stupid, Zelda is that guy in an organge armor who can turn into a ball
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@mushi That's Sonic you pleb
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@flamingpandaomg look at that! Good work!
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@snowcone http://pny.lv/dme
I made these too, as well as an ocarina of time but I gave the green lantern and the ocarina to my friend, so I don't have a picture of the ocarina. http://pny.lv/dmf
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@flamingpandaomg you're good
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@flamingpandaomg I can't help but think this pastime would be easier if the beads were square.
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@thelastgherkin Why would that be?
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@snowcone Ironing paper over them all and then pressing a clothes iron over it on medium heat for ~20-30 seconds, waiting 15 minutes for it to fully cool, and then do the same for the other side. I still have problems with spreading the heat equally so that's why I have some beads that just don't heat at all and others that melt fully and don't have a hole in the center any more.
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@flamingpandaomg I dunno, so lining them up would be easier or whatever.
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@thelastgherkin Squares are for squares though
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@thelastgherkin I think it would look better, mainly because pixels are square and these aren't, but I dunno if it'd be easier or not. If I had the ability to try square beads I would.
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@snowcone no no. Once they're melted together it all becomes one slab of plastic, essentially. You don't want to use them as frisbees but they're a bit durable.
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@snowcone Usually they do press together and when they cool off they're just stuck, which is more than what they were saying, but people also melt the bead completely, which makes it one chunk of plastic, like what I've done accidentally with Mario. http://pny.lv/dn2
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@flamingpandaomg I feel like without holes means it's stuck more solidly. Also that either way works as long as it's uniform.
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@scribus With holes it's still stuck solidly, but I just think that without holes and when they melt into squares it looks more like pixels. Also, holes let the background behind them through, which irritates me sometimes.
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@flamingpandaomg Holes on one side, solid on the other!
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@snowcone yeah I have no idea how to combine layers of beads.
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@scribus That's actually what I did with Mario. It looked fine to me, but if it's for myself I'll just deal with holes on both sides because I'm lazy and afraid to mess them up.
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