I saw you saying that you reink dice. Any chance you would ever make a tutorial for those of us who want to but are scared of messing up our pretties?
Oh goodness, the fear of ruining them is what kept me from trying reinking for the longest time! My suggestion to help with that fear is to get a set of super cheap dice and start with those, just to try your hand at some techniques. Simple, single color opaque or translucent sets can be purchased for just a few dollars a lot of places and that way if you don’t like the results, no worries!
Secondly, keep in mind that no ink is 100% permanent. No really! You reink a set you love and the color just wasn’t right...soak those babies in some LA Awesome (get it at the dollar store) or Isopropyl alcohol (in the health and beauty section at most stores) and try again!
Now, that being said, I’m actually going to link you to two other blogs, who have already done lovely little tutorials for reinking, complete with pictures because they’re great and already done.
Battlecrazed Axe Mage
Box O Dice
These posts are great for opaque dice! Simple, easy, less work than you’d think. I use gel pens, because I like the color options (mainly the shimmer and glitter) buuuut... gel pen ink is not ‘permanent’ like sharpie (I find these not as clean filling and the colors are lacking) or acrylic paint (lots of color options, a bit messy). Gel pen ink will come off very easily in just regular ole water. I...learned this the hard way. It will not likely come off with just regular use and handling, but if you concerned about spilling things you can seal the color with a little clear nailpolish.
Now...these tutorials don’t cover translucent dice. You have two options with translucent dice. You can say fuck it, follow the same tutorials as the opaque dice, and go on with your life and your reinking adventures. The down side of this is that while the outside of the dice will be all pretty and new with their brand new colors, when you look THROUGH the dice you will see the old ink on the other side.
This is what I do. I have too many dice and too little time on my hands. But it’s not the prettiest. Catching a glimpse of that dull gold or boring white through the dice that you lovingly reinked can be a bit disappointing.
Your second option is SO MUCH PRETTIER... aaaaannd fucking time consuming. Remember how I said that no ink is permanent? Yup, not even the ugly/boring stuff your dice came with.
Pop those babies in an LA Awesome bath (I’ve heard it works wonders but have not tried it myself) or Isopropyl alcohol (have tried this, it took forever and didn’t work very well) and start scraping. And scraping. And more scraping. And, you guessed it, even more scraping.
Deinking dice is LONG AND BORING AND CUMBERSOME and my attention span cannot handle it.
The results are so spectacular thought. To look through a glittery, translucent die and see that gorgeous rainbow paint you painstakingly applied all around...*kisses fingers like an italian chef*
I just don’t have the patience for it.
So that’s it, dicelings. Reinking is not as scary as we all think it is. It’s pretty simple, (mostly) easy to do, and gives you beautiful, unique results in the end. So grab your dice and your patience and give it a go!
