r/DiceMaking

I'm looking at alternatives to the standard shapes, preferably something that can be easily made from wood. I realised most of the standard dice have a multiple of 4 faces and 4 can be a done with a cuboid. The basis of my system is you have a bag with these shapes and pull one out and roll it.

For d20 you have 5

1,20,6,15

2 19,7,14

3,18,8,13

4,17,9,12

5,16,10,11

Originally i was trying to cut square base pyramids on the ends to prevent the dice ending on its end which is quite tricky then realised i could do v shapes and offset them by 90 degrees

I felt clever then

currently obsessed with capturing the cosmos in dice form. this set was inspires by the orion nebula🌌

Working on some sets for my DnD party for our campaign’s 2 year anniversary and I love how these came out for our wild magic sorcerer but I’m unsure how to ink them legibly with how chaotic the colors are.

First set is meant to be coffee/latte inspired, but the brown doesn't stay dark enough, anyone got advice?

Hi all just pulled these from an off the shelf mould because I don’t have a 3D printer yet and I’m not looking to I sell. I also don’t have a pressure pot.

In case it doesn’t come through well, the gold flake is in a clear resin and then the coloured was poured on top of it in the honey stage. I quite like the results.

Do you think it inking

1. most numbers in gold and then leaving the high value numbers uninked. That’s where most of the gold sits
2. trying to match the high number inking with the resin colour
3. inking everything the same and a different colour altogether?

Thanks in advance.

Hey, so I've been learning and experimenting with dice making, but since the black one, I've been experiencing these deformations on and off, why could this be happening? I cure them at around 50 psi and had great results for around 10 full sets and some single die experiments. I haven't chanced resin brands either

I am currently working on my setup, its being modified and changing daily till I like where things are at. Making money with dice isn't as feasible and focus will be more on content creation/making process. I have a new space now, but what's missing is time and money which will come later. I think my next video will be about shelled dice from the very start to finish. It will be an improvement upon my Grand Budapest Hotel design concept. I'm someone who doesn't like making videos if i can't dive deep into it, otherwise its rushed. I want it to be visually easy to follow and blocked well.

How do you guys sell your dice?? Etsy? Im not sure how to get started

I've been trying to make a rainbow resin set in time for a Pride market, but so far I've only managed something that looks more like tie-dye, plus a geode-style set using mica powders.

My latest attempt was to wait until the resin reached the honey stage, then drop all seven resin dye colours into a layer of clear resin. Unfortunately, the colours still blended together and turned brown.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. My next experiments are using a toothpick to add tiny amounts of dye instead of full drops, and then trying alcohol inks to see if they behave differently.

Has anyone managed to get clean rainbow effects in resin without the colours turning muddy? I'd really appreciate any tips or techniques. Thanks!

The final set for our DnD crew: The DM dice! I embedded a glass sphere in the center (it's a solid sphere, not a liquid core) and drew clouds on it to create a planet effect. The base is a purple, cloudy dark void representing the universe. Also, my framing technique worked way better this time around because I used a pen! So what do you think?

Would people be interested in seeing the process? I l've seen some shorts/videos on Youtube and Tik Tok, but would people be interested if I posted something similar here? I haven't seen much of that type of content here.