Rig of the Month: 8-bit Black Mage
Rig of the Month: 8-bit Black Mage
Posted 04/28/2009 at 9:43am
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Some people want their rigs to be an approximation of what computers will look like at some point in the far-off future. Richard Clinton, though, wanted to look back to a simpler time: the 8-bit era. But while computer technology was less complex back then, building the Black Mage was anything but easy.
In order to re-create his favorite Final Fantasy II character type, Richard organized, glued, and painted 2,000 1”x1” cubes. All told, it took four months to assemble the Black Mage. To see the process shortened to 10 minutes, check out Richard’s build video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoUVgK65FIA.
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hanzi10
February 28, 2010 at 5:15am
This is not my rig but love the skill and execution:
http://www.picsroll.com/2009/07/wall-e-case-mod-brilliant-guy-101-pics.html
ishanguptaa
June 01, 2011 at 7:00am
just saw the video... Awesome work done man.. too :)much hardwork and dedication
regards
iphone 5
stige
April 28, 2009 at 9:44pm
"wanted to look back to a simpler time: the 8-bit era"
"In order to re-create his favorite Final Fantasy II character type"
ok, i'm just being a stick in the mud here, but really? everyone knows that this is the black mage from Final Fantasy 1 on the Nintendo (8-bit). FF II was on the SNES (16-bit). i'll grant you that, technically, the black mage is also a character type in FF II but Rydia and Tellah looked nothing like this iconic FF I character.
regardless, this is a cool-arse case mod. thanks for sharing!
Thorkon
May 08, 2009 at 4:06am
Wow, just noticed they put my case on the website! Awesome!
Yes, he looks nothing like Tellah (lol). It was most likely a typo. Thanks for your comments guys.
I am taking the black mage to Million Man Lan in july so look around for him!
Vathras
April 28, 2009 at 12:10pm
Looks to be a USB or otherwise powered plasma ball that was taken off its base and remounted on the staff. You can pretty much pick them up almost anywhere online, I bought one myself from ThinkGeek a while back when it was on sale.
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