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Super Metroid - Samus close-up from intro

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wedgetable
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Super Metroid - Samus close-up from intro

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Okay, I know I just posted a Samus bookmark, but I really, really like this closeup of Samus's face from the beginning of the game:
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So I thought, "Hey, that last pattern wasn't so hard, how about making one of that screenshot?" ...Ugh, much harder than I expected. The colors are so dark that KG-Chart interpreted two colors (including the most common one) as black, so I had to fill in those colors manually. Then I thought I would never be able to find colors dark enough to make it look like the real thing, but I think that if you blend two colors of floss on two of the colors, it'll work out great. I haven't actually tested it, but I used this picture as a reference. I actually took crops from the photo and dragged them over swabs in Paint, as you can see here... oi >_o. Much respect for you pattern-makers now.

Chart posted below, but you'll want to change two things:
1) Symbol E (right now DMC #814) should be one strand of #939 and one strand of #3685.
2) Symbol - (right now DMC #500) should be one strand of #823 and one strand of #3808.

Definitely use black aida... and you'll probably want to have that substitute most if not all of the black. 192 x 135, 15 colors
Samus.sth
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Like I said before, I haven't attempted this yet, so feel free to suggest improvements!

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Re: Super Metroid - Samus close-up from intro

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wow that's dedication! I think the colors you picked are spot on, i'm gonna steal the pattern from ya tho :clapping:

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Sweet! I can't wait to start this one, personally, but I need to finish my current big project first. :blinky

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I've started this one, I have 4 colours completed so far - I'll post a progress picture soon. I couldn't find black aida though, so I may go completely insane before I get all of that black stitched in.... hahaha :tease:

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I've been trying to find black cloth lately in 18 ct and it's driven me nuts too. I just can't find it anywhere in the stores. There's 14ct black up the wahoo but no 18ct. I was beginning to think it just didn't exist anywhere!

Good luck with stitching all the black. Stay strong! :)

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This has been on my to-do list for a while (I'm SLOWLY making my way through the list lol), but great to see that someone's started it :)
Good luck!
@Yurtle - I had a nightmare trying to find black aida in 18ct recently but I got some on ebay.
RMDC wrote:...I've been stitching at an estimated rate of almost a full BMH per day...

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Yeah, I'm not really an ebay shopper, at all. I would have no idea how to even go about it. I will just continue to whine and complain! :) And then switch to another colour cloth, like I did last night. Thanks for letting me know that it exists somewhere in the universe though.

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Oh yay! I'm so glad people are using this pattern, I'm pretty proud of it but I haven't gotten a chance to stitch it myself. Can't wait to see the results =D

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So, yeah, I was just told by the husband that this is the project I'm making for him! We've been trying to find one he would like for a while now and it looks like this is it! So, thank you!!

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silly-kitten71 wrote:I've started this one, I have 4 colours completed so far - I'll post a progress picture soon. I couldn't find black aida though, so I may go completely insane before I get all of that black stitched in.... hahaha :tease:
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