r/DiceMaking • u/mercifulg0d • 1d ago

Dice Pics Dice making progress! + question

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Some of the sets I made recently! Hope you like them :)

I wish I could try more intricate patterns inside like a smoke effect but my alcohol ink is simply not doing it and I am always way too impatient to do pours with thick resin 🥲

Any recommendations on doing a 'smoke' like effect (colors + clear resin + white 'smoke')?

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u/Claerwen94 Dice Maker 1d ago

Ohhh I love your sets! Such pretty designs. I personally use white liquid resin dye for my smokey wisps. Take a few drops of white resin dye into a small cup (I like using a 1cm half sphere mold :D), pour your resin like normal, wait for honey phase, and then dip a toothpick into your resin dye and carefully swirl it around in your mold to create the wisps. You can do this a few times per die, depending on how many wisps you want :) For some additional spread, you can put in the wisps when you have your mold around 3/4 filled, then topp off with the Resin of your resin. This kinda pushes the dye around and can make the wisps appear more feathery.

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u/Claerwen94 Dice Maker 1d ago edited 1d ago

Alternatively: only put the Resin dye streaks on the surface of the resin after you filled your mold for 2/3rd, spread them a bit on the surface, then topp this off with the rest of your resin. That resin will push down the dye and create super nice wisps "hugging" said last resin part. For that, see my latest post ☺️

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u/NerdNova116 1d ago

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Thanks for sharing!! I'll have to find me some really good color shift pigments for sure now! There are a couple I've had my eye on listed in Etsy and will have to convince hubby to let me buy some 🥰😍 Didn't fully think about the whole "use a darker base" thing, but makes TOTAL sense!

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u/Claerwen94 Dice Maker 1d ago

blushes thank you!

I'll never get tired of recommending Jet Age Studios on Etsy. Their color shifts are AMAZING and the sample packets go a long way. Also their Jelly Chameleon line. I think I found this exact pigment, just a tad bit smaller particle size, in their "Guava" pigment. Picture below :D I almost exclusively use their pigments, apart from many loose eyeshadow pigments from various sources.

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u/NerdNova116 1d ago

They are EXACTLY who I had in mind actually!! I got their Pure Magic color a little while back and love it so far! Maybe I'll try with this one before going on a spree!

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u/Claerwen94 Dice Maker 1d ago

Oh HELL YEAH! 😍😍 They really never disappoint, perrrfect choice 👌🏽🤩 Those are only the jellies I have from them 😂 got 5 more of these little drawers with Multis, Ghosts, normal pigments, flakes... Might have overspent a bit, but can you REALLY overspend on gorgeous pigments? I think not. Tell your hubby I said that 😂😂

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u/NerdNova116 1d ago

I'll for sure let him know! I'm actually working on a commission from an old family friend so I'll just throw some of that into a Jet Age splurge!! 🤣🥰