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Space Invaders Wall Decal

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Benevolance:
Wow, those decals turned out pretty awesome. I think that's a great way to decorate a gaming/arcade space.

Marsupial:
it sure gives more dimension then plain walls, without taking out all the room. I still want to put posters and other games-related decorations.

NiN^_^NiN:
Looks great man :) very nice

How-to Create Space Invaders

Tools
Contact Paper with grid pattern on back
Stanley knife
Metal Ruler
Pencil/Pen
Cutting Mat (Optional)

First grab your coloured contact paper and turn it over

Look at the 8bit character on google images you are gonna use.

For this example we are using the space invaders ship


Now cause most contact paper has a grid on the back of it for cutting this makes it perfect for making diy 8-bit decals

First you need to colour in the pixels with ur pen or pencil


It should look something like this


Now you need to use the stanley knife and ruler and cut the outer edges of the pixels


I have found that cutting vertical first then horizontally works well

You will now have cut out the ship


Turn it over and make sure you are happy with the shape if not trim it where needed


Now if you want it bigger just make 4 squares count as a pixel instead of 1 square for a pixel

E.g.


Now peel the backing off and stick it on the wall


And you how now made a space invader :)

Here is an example for the red space ship using 1 square as 1 pixel and the blue invader using 4 squares as 1 pixel

Marsupial:
You are lucky to get contact paper in those shades, I couldn't find any, but the cricut vinyl I got on ebay too have the square guides on the back.

But for the non-8-bit graphics I made, it wasn't very useful. What I did was to print on paper, glue that paper on the back of the vinyl with spray glue and the rest was exactly the same process.

This is a great small project to achieve, very cool.

I dig the space invaders, if I only had a good place to put them :)

Jmartinol:
Wow! That’s really easy to make. Cool idea for a game room. I wish they sell construction papers with smaller grids.

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