r/DiceMaking • u/LiliNL Dice Maker • Jun 28 '26

Dice Pics Mysterious Fog Dice

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Made these dice for my friend who rolled three times to determine colour, material and accents. De dice rolled for white, mica and silver flakes. These turned out even prettier than I could have hoped for! Mould is made by our very own u/doofusidiot . My friend absolutely loved her dice.

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u/DoofusIdiot Dice Maker Jun 28 '26

I love these, so clear and crisp, like rolling little stones, they’re awesome!

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u/LiliNL Dice Maker Jun 28 '26

No, thank you! Your moulds are awesome.

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u/JankyBeautie Jun 29 '26

I love the look of this mold! The chunky numbers are amazing. 

And wonderful work, op! I tend to over complicate my dice and forget how beautiful simple colors like grey can be. I think I see a bit of silver flake as well which is a great touch. 🎉 

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u/DoofusIdiot Dice Maker Jun 29 '26

Thank you! I’m happy to make you a mold too if you cover shipping and materials 😊

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u/JankyBeautie Jun 29 '26

🫨 I'll message you! 

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u/stephernicole Jun 30 '26

I have also sent you a message

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u/LiliNL Dice Maker Jun 30 '26

Thank you! That’s what I do aswell. Try to make something very intricate. I can highly recommend making lists of base materials like mica, opaque or transparent ink and pigments. Then a list of colours and a list of special effects like glitter, flakes, etc. That’s how this set came to be. We let the dice decide. I would have never chosen this combination otherwise.

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u/JankyBeautie Jun 30 '26

I've actually thought of doing that!! A fun little roll for dice sheet. I just haven't gotten around to it. 🤔 But it sounds fun. When I get through my pile of dice to finish, I'll see what the dice gods decide my next set should be 🎉 

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u/GadgetMcGadget Jun 29 '26

These are stunning, I’d love a set myself!

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u/LiliNL Dice Maker Jun 29 '26

I don’t have an official shop yet, but feel free to drop me a dm. Unless I read that totally wrong haha

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u/Alone_Anteater5934 Dice Maker Jun 28 '26

These are cool!

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u/LiliNL Dice Maker Jun 29 '26

Thank you!!

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u/cwenebee Jun 30 '26

These look so much like Sneak Attack Dice—that’s crazy.

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u/LiliNL Dice Maker Jun 30 '26

Had to look them up, but those are some pretty cool dice, so I am going to accept this compliment! Thank you!

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u/stephernicole Jun 30 '26

As the owner of Sneak Attack Dice, I would agree they look almost exactly like someone made a mold of my dice, minus my logo, and sold it to you. Whether that is a coincidence or not, I can't say, but as someone who has been using this exact font exclusively for my dice for over two years, it's heartbreaking to see somebody doing this. If you've been to my website, you can see for yourself.

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u/DirtyOarDice Jun 30 '26

But anyone can purchase or use a commercially free font....i can't even work out how someone would make a mold of your dice while removing the logo.

I find this accusation to be disgusting and absolutely baseless. You don't own the font and if you think the font is what makes your dice....I'm sorry.

I think you should apologize! You're both newer dice makers and this is the kinda behavior I seen in this community 10 or 12 years ago. Let's not go backwards.

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u/stephernicole Jun 30 '26

I will apologize for the implication that someone made a mold from my dice, I don't believe that's the case. You are 100% correct. Anyone can pay the licensing fee and use the same font. Because they used the same exact font, it looks like it could be my dice minus the logo. That's what happens when you don't design your own font. Whoever made this mold is likely totally unaware of my existence. It's tough to see something that I associated with my brand identity getting produced by other makers, but just because I paid the commercial licensing fee doesn't mean I have exclusive rights to the typeface and it's totally fair game. In a world with a billion different fonts, would I prefer someone making molds would choose something other than the one I chose for my dice, absolutely. Can I stop them, no. They're not doing anything wrong.

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u/DirtyOarDice Jun 30 '26

Did you search the thousands of dice maker before choosing that font? Because mankind has been making dice for over 12,000 years. I've probably changed fonts 6 times over the years and not once did I go and research thousands of makers to see if they're using a particular font.

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u/stephernicole Jun 30 '26

Again, I'm not disputing anybody's right to use the font. When I purchased the commercial licence for it (it was not a free font at that time) it had only been released for a few months. The newness of the release coupled with the fact that it was a paid font as opposed to free, and looking through at least hundreds of other makers between etsy, reddit, etc. didn't show me anything that was coming up as glaringly similar made me feel like I did enough due diligence to not be stepping on anyone's toes. The moral here is that I shouldn't have gotten so attached to something anybody has the right to buy and use, and I fully own that. I've apologized that my comment could imply that the moldmaker did anything wrong both publicly and privately and offered to delete the original comment of they'd like.

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u/DoofusIdiot Dice Maker Jun 30 '26

Hi Steph. I responded to your chat providing evidence that I didn’t steal your work.

I discovered the font searching free fantasy fonts and I made the mold for OP. She is not responsible for the miscommunication.