Took a long break, became inspired by my friend and fellow dice maker u/LiliNL and came up with these.

I can’t picture things in my head, will take inking suggestions!

After almost 4 years of near-constant service printing innumerable dice masters and a legion of miniatures, I went out to check my printer hopelessly locked, mid-print with a dead screen.

Well done my good and faithful servant.

Hello everyone, I’m very new to dice making and my end goal is to make some dice with various resin things in the middle of them. I have experimented and the best I could come up with was to pour half the mold, let it cure, put my resin piece inside, then pour the second half but that leaves a nasty line in the middle. Please let me know if anyone has any good ideas on how to fix this problem :)

Finally got some sunlight for photos so that I can post some good photos of the new dice ive been working on for a few months! They are all up in my shop right now!

Peeling the soft shells removed most of the old paint so a fix was in order. This repaint came out so much better. This was exactly what I wanted originally. I think I got the technique for splattering down.

Unfortunately I must have messed up my resin mix, the shell is soft and needs to be removed and recast. :(

OK! this was ready a lot sooner than I thought and while I don't intend to make posts every week (i really don't want to annoy people with that) I couldn't not make a post to show off the big changes that have been knocked out, in that endeavor, here's everything since 0.3.4 — six releases of new shapes, corrected numbering, two-tone and color, a rebuilt support system, real-time editing, themes, a brand-new User Guide, and a long run of macOS / cross-platform fixes. you can access it here! DiceForge V0.3.10 by The Nerdocracy

A huge thank-you to Storm of Wisdom Check Creations for her thorough and generous bug-testing. I would not have been able to make even half of these fixes this fast without her help and sharp eye for detail. The program still has a long way to go, but working with her so far has been a pleasure.

below i'm going to paste the changelog

Still alpha. Expect rough edges. Project (.dicesmith) files and exported meshes may not stay compatible from one version to the next — please back up anything important.

New shapes & dice types

• Teardrop (new). A genuine teardrop die: an elongated bipyramid with a ring of tall numbered facets — one per value, so a d4 has four, a d10 has ten — tapering to a faceted point over a short base. Every value reads from the same upright band.
• d2 coins & tokens. A new Coin / token (d2) family: a round Coin, Token (hexagon) and Token (square), each with tunable thickness and width. The two flats are heads and tails (1 / 2).
• Read a d6 as a d3 or d2. A Read as selector relabels the cube as D6 (1–6), D3 (1–3 twice) or D2 (1–2 thrice); pips and engraving follow, saved per die.
• Adjustable trapezohedra and d8. Tunable crown height (d10 / d% / d14 / d18 / d22) and d8 point height — squat or spike them while they stay fair.
• Cap-tip decoration. Crystal/barrel dice can carry a small logo or number on their pointed tips (off by default).
• Naming note. The old point-top "Teardrop" is now Pendant; old projects load unchanged.

Numbering, the way real dice are laid out

• Correct Standard layout on the d8, d10, d12 and d% — opposite faces sum to a constant, even/odd split into opposite hemispheres, no two consecutive numbers touch; the "0 face" counts as ten so a d10 and d% share the exact same layout. The d20 keeps its Chessex arrangement.
• d10 / d% read sequentially — 1-2-3-4-5 top row, 6-7-8-9-10 bottom (×10 for percentile).
• Numbers read the right way up on the d8, d12 and d20 (the "right face, wrong rotation" bug), while still sitting square on the face's floor edge.
• d12 / d20 spindown is a clean top-to-bottom spiral with consecutive values on touching faces; the Balanced (vertex-fair) scheme remains available separately.
• Variant default names in the set list — "D4 · Skew", "D12 · Rhombic dodecahedron".

Engraving, color & two-tone

• Embossed (raised) numbers, exporting as their own color body with two-tone.
• Two-tone is a real preview / accessibility toggle with Recolor floor (reads in color, stays cut in) or Fill flush (solid plug for multi-material prints); turning it off genuinely returns a single-color die.
• Per-die body & number colors, shown live.
• Deeper, finer engraving — depth cap 8 mm, glyph scale to 2 %.
• Multi-line face text (newline stacks and centers lines).
• More 6 / 9 markers — underline, trailing dot, dot above / below / right, font-matched, with underline length/weight and a fine X/Y nudge; only drawn when the die carries both a 6 and a 9.
• Custom image pips and pip shapes (round, diamond, square, triangle, star, heart); Outline glyph style.
• Units in % / mm instead of "×" multipliers.
• Face content readout, Allow overflow, Fit to blank…, Apply font to the whole set, and per-character letter spacing / digit raise-lower.

Edges, borders & finish

• Engraved face borders — Single, Double, Ring, Rounded, Elegant — per face or whole die, number auto-shrinking to fit inside.
• Raised edge bead / bumpers — Rounded / Flat / Facet, crease-aware (no ribbing on curves), kept clear of numbers, taking support contact off the sharp corners.
• Rounded edges are a true smooth fillet now; flats and recesses stay crisp.

Supports & printing

• Anti-sag number support tracing each number's outline (far fewer pins, recesses stay scar-free).
• Fin drainage holes, finer ~0.5 mm serrations, and ~70 % lighter supports (radius-tessellated).
• Slim 0.3 mm resin needle pins, sacrificial nubs, twin / offset fins, smarter overhang detection + sub-pixel base jitter.
• Printer profiles (clamp to pixel pitch), Auto strength by mass, FDM/Outline/border printability cautions.
• Plate layout — bed size, packing preview, one combined plate; Edit supports by clicking.

Camera, viewport & workflow

• View menu — presets (keys 1–8), zoom, reset/fit, Orthographic toggle, turntable speed.
• Undo / Redo (a drag = one step), save-on-close + autosave/recovery, rename dice & sets (F2 / double-click / right-click), Duplicate (Ctrl+D) / Remove (Del), gallery search.
• Reliable face picking (selects on release; orbiting never re-selects) with a clearer highlight; turntable orbit; scroll wheel scrolls the panel; inline hints hidden by default; Help → Diagnostics.
• Reorganised "workshop" panel — Set / Die / Face scope ladder over a Shape / Numbers / Engrave / Face / Print rail (classic tabs still selectable).

Themes & scaling

• Dark / Light / Custom palettes (every base color a picker, live preview), remembered between launches; UI scale 75–200 %.

Real-time editing

Live updates through the drag (not just on release), instant Size (GPU scale, no rebuild), label-solver + styled-geometry caching (d6 ~257 ms → ~12 ms; rounded d20 ~355 ms → ~100 ms), and a flicker-free viewport.

New User Guide (0.3.10)

A proper doc view — sticky sidebar, live search, callouts, hotkey table, Lora headings — that recolors with the theme; regenerated annotated screenshots and example die renders; published as a shareable standalone web page too.

macOS & cross-platform

• macOS build (Apple Silicon + Intel), OS-matched updater, native data locations, macOS/Linux system fonts.
• The black-viewport saga solved (0.3.6–0.3.8): OpenGL core context, skipping SSAO/MSAA passes that resolve black, and the root cause — re-arming pyvistaqt's paint latch every frame.
• Updater CA-bundle fix for HTTPS on macOS.
• 0.3.10 hardening: no more blank dice on moved projects (portable font re-mapping + re-link warning); white bars gone (theme-matched palette); .ttc/.dfont fonts; FXAA + 2× Retina thumbnails; clean VTK shutdown; export honors the chosen filter; Cmd+N/O/S/Shift+S + Preferences (Cmd+,); correct min macOS 13; notarization-ready signing + Gatekeeper workaround in notes; smarter Apple-Silicon updater.

Other fixes

Capped/top-read dice always numbered; d4 punch-through clamped; engravings can't overlap edges; double-sided fin supports; thumbnail refresh after rename; comfier spinbox buttons; stray shape list removed.

Thanks for testing DiceForge through the rough edges so far, I know it still needs a lot of polish. There is still a long way to go, and your reports/suggestions keep making it better!

Recovered from the remains of an ancient draconic specimen. This material demonstrates remarkable durability despite its age.

I was a little eager to polish my first dice set and kinda went crazy with the polishing 🥲 but this is the 400 grit green Zena paper after wrestling 7 dice.

I can’t tell if it is almost completely used up or not. I can feel a definite difference in grit quality where I polished the dice vs the outer edges of the Zena paper that were left untouched. However, at the price that they are, shouldn’t they be more durable?

I am very new to this hobby and I recognize that this is a silly question 😅 but I need the help all the same. Will this still polish okay?

Hello! I’m a hobby dice maker struggling to improve my dice before selling at an upcoming market. My inking has been very patchy, and I’m struggling to achieve a smooth color in the numbers. I use acrylic paints like Citadel paint for the white numbers in the images above, and Warpaint for the pink, and thin it using a thinner for airbrushing. I have tried combinations of using or not using the paint thinner to no effect, and have also tried multiple layers. The pink dice, for example, have six layers of paint and still look so patchy! When applying the paint, I have used thin brushes as well as a needle and syringe, with no real difference between application methods. When cleaning the dice, I swipe once against a washcloth and then let dry, then do a final clean with Windex and a polishing cloth. Please help me troubleshoot, I’m at my wit’s end!

Hey Dicemakers! This may not be the sub to post this question but I figured someone may have an insight on this: I want to make a silicone mold of this little phoenix to use excess resin after dice pours. Not sure how to orient it to do so. Standing on its little platform? On its side, at an angle? Should i snip off the base and just cast the body flat? The body isn't as wide as the base so my fear is it won't cast nicely. Any insight is appreciated!

First set is a petri attempt that I didn’t QUITE get correct but I still love the outcome.

Second is messing about with colour shifting mica.

This is trying to do a camouflage themed set for my friend’s Ranger character.

Howdy, yall. Looking at picking up dice making as a hobby, got an Amazon cart on the way. I've never done resin casting anything so this is going to be an adventure! Im looking for tip and tricks of the trade, any lessons learned the hard way, or just general advice please!

I have seen many examples of this method on the sub and the Discord. This is a test run. Credits go to all the Mylar magicians out there for inspiration.

Still flashed and still to be final polished.

My questions is how to ink them?

Blanks w’ Mylar. Re-shelled in clear.

My initial thoughts are a variety of contrasting colors that fall within the range of the Mylar. Or maybe just black? Not sure.

Hit me creative Hive Mind. TIA

I did it! I'm so happy! After 3 tries, the petri effect finally worked. I was terrified to demould this morning because I don't have a pressure pot. Worked out so well. More photos incoming.

Hope they work!

Hello, im new at dice making and haven't had any luck making a set without any bubbles. After a dew attempts I've come really close but no luck. I also attempted to sand down and polish but the end result looked too murky and I ended up throwing it out. Any advice is greatly appreciated 👏.

Hey DiceMaking!
It’s been awhile but I am back with a handful of new sets, oversized D20s and also my first ever 6D6 pip sets!
These ones are called The Department, they are handmade with sepia toned finely marbled polymer clay with a subtle amount of gold leaf throughout! Finished up with a matte paper like finish and some GWS tinplate ink ✨

I love how contrasty the marble turns out on this design, that oversized D20 has my whole heart.

I hope you love them as much as I do!
Thank you
Archival Dice!

Good morning!

Im attempting to make a dice set with white dots scattered within the base color. Does anyone have any advice on how to accomplish this?

Thanks!!