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Illidan Stormrage - Complete!

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And so, here is the final result, my biggest beadsprite to this date! The character is Illidan Stormrage, ruler of the Black Temple in Shadowmoon Valley, from the massive MMORPG, World of Warcraft.
The colors turned out almost perfectly, especially the shadings on the wings. The most difficult part of choosing good colors was probably for the horns and his hair, because there aren't enough shades of black and dark grey to make it look like the sprite, or exactly like the character model in-game, but I think it turned out good anyways. I also wish I had a bigger variety of dark green colors!
Honestly, I wasn't expecting the project to be this big, but on the other hand, you have to keep pushing your limits. :)
I will post a picture later with it up on the wall (going to need some help with that though). xD

Progress pictures:
Illidan 1 - You are not prepared (WIP)
Illidan 2 - Progress (WIP)
Illidan 3 - More pegboards and a 3rd table! (WIP)
Illidan 4 - Almost there! (WIP)

~Some interesting facts~:
Total time time spent making this beadsprite: Hard to say exactly, but around 40-60 hours over the past 1.5 weeks.
Total number of pegboards used: 71-73 pegboards. Almost the double (!) amount used for the BRS beadsprite!
Width: ~2 meters (6-7 feet)
Height: ~1,1 meters (3,6-3,7 feet)
Time spent ironing (only the front side): Almost 3 hours. D:
Number of beads used: Do I have to count them? ;_; I estimate I used roughly 30k-40k beads, give or take by a few thousand.

As always, a huge thanks to the person who made sprite in the first place, sarrus @ deviantart, a direct link to the sprite can be found here: Illidan Stormrage sprite
Image size
3840x2160px 3.19 MB
Make
Sony
Model
D6503
Shutter Speed
1/32 second
Aperture
F/2.0
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
1000
Date Taken
Jan 9, 2015, 2:28:32 PM
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Teti2000's avatar
Wow such a great work! :D How did you manage to iron it so nicely? With the big designs it almost always bends or melts too much or too less for me ;c