Apart from fighting games, beat em ups and oldschool console rpgs, I always liked run n gun-games like the Contra or Metal Slug-series.
As I am always playing as Tarma whenever I get the chance to have a 2-player-coop game in Metal Slug, it was just natural to build a sprite figure of him someday. I did take some creative liberties with his pants' shading, though.
what are these sprites made of?
Here in Germany, the main brand is HAMA, so they are known as "HAMA beads".
A lot of talented people on Deviantart work with them, check their work out too!
wohne auch in deutschland, werde schauen, ob ich sie mir besorge!
lg