Dragonsworn

An additional challenge is that the beads I use for cores have teeeeeny tiny openings because they’re designed for jewelry, so I could only use very fine glitters and not anything else cool.

So, how to solve this problem? Obviously I needed to find something that fits better than round glass beads, and I also needed to have a larger opening to fit a broader variety of filler. Alas, for months of searching I couldn’t find anything that existed that checked all my boxes. Things that worked for the d20 didn’t work for the d4, and not being able to make a full set was just not on.

The solution: Blender, endless tedium of teeny tiny measurements, and loading up clear resin in the printer.

I took my dice models, unextruded all the numbers, deleted the top face, and then solidified it with a 1mm wall, making a hollow die exactly as much smaller than my regular dice as the depth of the number wells so they’d center automatically. I also modeled that deleted face on its own as a cap with beveled edges so I could seal everything up nice and tight with UV resin in a syringe.

I can’t polish the insides to make the inserts crystal clear, but polishing the outsides to high gloss kept the prints transparent enough to see perfectly inside, and the slight matte ended up making my finished product even more amazing:

GELATINOUS CUBES

AN ENTIRE SET OF MOVING SKULL AND BONES GELATINOUS CUBES

I LOVE THEM.

I scavenged the electronics from a bounce-and-it-lights ball and set it in my 30mm mold with SO MUCH GLITTER that if the battery dies sooner than the 5000 hours it’s rated for it’s still pretty.

Today’s dice: pastel pink and white floral lace-painted black blanks in sparkly clear frames, because I guess I am super into Grandma Florals right now.

The natural progression of my flirtation with Grandma Florals is Arsenic and Old Lace, minimalistic monochrome flowers on sparkly blanks and inked in translucent green.

Today’s dice: the Old Dragon, tattered rainbow-gradient holographic scaled blanks in glittery frames.

An additional challenge is that the beads I use for cores have teeeeeny tiny openings because they’re designed for jewelry, so I could only use very fine glitters and not anything else cool.

So, how to solve this problem? Obviously I needed to find something that fits better than round glass beads, and I also needed to have a larger opening to fit a broader variety of filler. Alas, for months of searching I couldn’t find anything that existed that checked all my boxes. Things that worked for the d20 didn’t work for the d4, and not being able to make a full set was just not on.

The solution: Blender, endless tedium of teeny tiny measurements, and loading up clear resin in the printer.

I took my dice models, unextruded all the numbers, deleted the top face, and then solidified it with a 1mm wall, making a hollow die exactly as much smaller than my regular dice as the depth of the number wells so they’d center automatically. I also modeled that deleted face on its own as a cap with beveled edges so I could seal everything up nice and tight with UV resin in a syringe.

I can’t polish the insides to make the inserts crystal clear, but polishing the outsides to high gloss kept the prints transparent enough to see perfectly inside, and the slight matte ended up making my finished product even more amazing:

GELATINOUS CUBES

AN ENTIRE SET OF MOVING SKULL AND BONES GELATINOUS CUBES

Things that are amazing:

• little resin bunnies

• giant compound flowers that can be dyed and then crumbled into tiny component petals

• mixing the perfect translucent ink

• TWEE FAIRY RIDICULOUSNESS

A set of Chaotic Neutral snowglobes, because I am Super Extra.

No, seriously, THE MOST EXTRA.

1) I like to test cast into new molds first so if something is wrong I won’t lose anything important

2) putting tiny things in dice is my FAVORITE, the more ridiculous the better

ERGO

3) I heard you like dice so I got you some dice so you can dice while you dice

Guess who’s back on her twee fairy bullshit? :D

Hello! Yes indeed I make everything myself, from the design of the masters through the acrylic used for inking. :D

My main storefront can be found at http://www.dragonsworn.net and my dice commission waitlist is at http://forms.gle/NFbot8VrPcZoYuMd9.