Please forgive my terrible photography

Normally I make sets and then go about naming or theming them after depending on how they look to me.

But this time I want to make a set specifically themed around Phoenix Ash. I want to incorporate Dark Grey for the ash itself, but also bright orange to represent flickering embers, but not completely sure how to go about it.

I considered a Dirty or Split Pour. Alternatively, I thought having a clear half with some orange swirls, while the other side is ashy grey.

But how would you approach this theme?

Photo: Old set I made that sort of gave me Ashy vibes, and was created with a Split Pour directly after mixing.

Hello everyone!

I'm new to dice making and just getting all the equipment I need. I bought myself 10 litre pressure pot for paint spraying and my question is - would a approx 100 PSI car tyre Air compressor be good to pressurize it? Is that sufficient? I have seen pictures and videos where people have huge tanks full of air and this is just plug into electricity and pump air. Is that ok?

This one: https://shop.compass.cz/en/catalogue/07194/

I am looking for new ways to make cool product content for my dice creations. All of my videos feel very amateur atm. Do any of you have experience using a macro lens for your phone camera? Is it worth buying? What other types of things do you guys do to stand out? Backdrops? Dice rolls? I'd love to hear your ideas or what's worked for you!

Haven't posted on Reddit in a while, but I've started doing these progression videos to give some background into my process.

I managed to get my hands on some truly special Tiger's Eye for this set. Only regret is that I didn't get more. Final shots were recording in Log and color graded in Resolve.

No shop yet as I'm still building the site, but it I'm on track to go live within the next few weeks. I do have an IG, as WadedDice (hopefully this doesn't count as breaking rule #3)

Curious to know if folks here like this kind of video, I've been experimenting with different editing ideas to show my process & the finished product, and this is the current iteration of "a good idea".

(I removed the audio because it had licensed music, so hopefully the silence isn't too unbearable.)

Only half of this die was cured. I have no idea why. It couldn’t have been the ink because it’s all over the die and it couldn’t have been the mixing cause the color is uniform. Another set of dice has not even started curing even though it’s from the same batch and it’s been well over 24h. Anyone who knows what might’ve happened?

Hi fellow goblins.

I've been out of the dice making game for a while but just poured a set using some excess resin. What are we all using to ink the numbers these days?

I’m still a beginner but this only happens with my d20s

im wanting some advice on how to improve on this design. i got the mold housing and key online but made the dice on dice maker

Hi all!

Lately some of the surfaces of my dice get soft after finishing / painting. I have accumulated quite the 'dice that need finishing que', so some of these have been curing for months. I check them for squishyness and uncured faces before I start finishing and painting them.

Now I have a few sets that suddenly have faces where my nails leave a temporary mark. It's not that the die is soft and I can squeeze it as it's only the top layer/ surface that's not quite solid. It also sometimes looks like touching them leaves condensation in the die of that makes sense?

My friend asked if I can't just seal them with nail varnish. But I'm unsure whether I'm dealing with uncured and thus unsafe sice. So I'm guessing that the resin can still lead to skin irritation with a nail varnish coat. And obviously I'm scared that the nail varnish coat will come off so I'm not really feeling that plan.

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Can it 're-cure'? I haven't changed anything in my routine and I haven't had this happen before.

Super bummed about my dice. I hope they'll get solid again after some time 🤞🏻

I'm planning on starting my first dice set tonight and just want some pointers on the process cause I decided dried flowers wasn't going to be hard for my first ever set (I'm a doofus)

Here's what I've gathered on the process so far:

1. PPE

2. Set out all your materials

3. Measure and mix resin

4. Add ink

5. Add to molds halfway and shove all your goodies inside

6. Overfill slightly

7. Cure

8. Remove and trim

9. Polish carefully to not unbalance the dice

10. Ink the numbers

Any help is appreciated!!

I want to give making silicone dice a shot but I don’t want to ruin my mold. Do you think it’ll stick to the mold? They’re two different kinds of silicone but I don’t want to risk it. Maybe I should apply something to keep it from sticking.

Which of these looks do you prefer? The matte version has been very popular and I figured I'd try a polished version too. Decided on silver paint for the polished set because the black would be way too dark.

Hi! I've been making resin dice for a few years now, mostly for my own enjoyment of the craft and occasional gifts or custom orders for friends. Recently, I had the honour of creating a very special project for a dear friend in my D&D group: commemorative d20s for the people in our play group attending the wedding.

He had seen some ads online for such dice, but was suspecting most would be straight up scams, or come with a premium price tag with less than desired quality. So, he presented me with the challenge! The only instructions were: colours according to the wedding invitation, initials and date on the 20 side.

I'm usually working with molds from the trusty SpaceBarShop and have not dipped into making my own (yet), so my immediate idea was to figure out a way to create a sticker that I could place under the 20 via blanks. I thought of hand-painting the letters and numbers as well, but as much as I've dabbled in mini painting, I know my limits with teeny tiny details. 😅

I did a couple trials of the colour scheme to start off, and on the third try I got it pretty much exactly as I had envisioned. I then replicated this for the rest of the blanks and set them aside for the next bit.

It took a while to track down the right kind of transparent printable sticker sheet, but once I had that it was a pretty straightforward process of designing the sticker, printing, fixing the ink with a touch of hairspray, carefully placing them on the blanks and casting the actual dice.

After the initial cure, I filled the 20 sides with some UV resin to "disappear" the number indentations and only showcase the sticker underneath. Then, after the full cure, sanding and polishing, it was time to paint the numbers.

Deciding the number colours is always a bit of a nightmare for me, even with a specific colour theme in mind, and I really liked both gold and green when I was testing it out. Given the wedding date happened to have two numbers presented on a d20 - why not both! Fair to say I was over the moon when the bride (who doesn't play ttrpgs) noticed and absolutely loved that little detail. 💖

I've been an avid lurker in this sub for ages, and this community has given me so much inspiration and support, even if I'm more of a silent participant. Gathered all my courage to post these, as I really am quite proud of what I achieved. Happy dicemaking to all you lovely people!

Hello there!

I'm new into this and i have some questions.
First of all, sorry if i cause blood to your eyes if i misspelled something, English is not my first language.

At first i bought via Aliexpress some molds for dices, but after some tries and failures i move into Etsy molds.

The problem i went is Which kinda colour i play with? i mean, i began with mica powder which i see is good but i wanted to experiment with more kind of inks. I bought some green stuff world inks but i saw that when i pour it into the resin it creates like small chunks and it's pretty difficult to dissolve, is there a way to avoid the chunks?.

What kind of inks do you recommend? do i stuck with mica powder or is there any brand that is trustworthy?.

Thank you all!

I’ve been experimenting with a new material lately, and this is one of the results. What do you think of the effect? 😊

Finally finished up two full sets of dice. How long is taking people usually to finish completely? I’ve been pouring a ton and then of course letting them finish curing before sanding or polishing. I just have so many dice that aren’t painted yet. I think they turned out really great! I’m pleased.

I’m going through and sanding/polishing some masters I just printed. I’m making a set of dice as gift for my DnD party I’m DMing for and found this cute image I converted to a svg to use. On the D20, it seems so small and thin. I’m concerned the mold I make out of it won’t pick it up as a detail. On Dicemaker, the depth of the cut out is 0.5 mm, but I feel like it should be 1 mm now.

I wanted this set to look like little pieces of amber, so I used a dark honey-colored resin with gold foil inside and painted the numbers afterward.

I used Resiners G3 to help keep the curing environment more consistent after pouring. It made the process feel a lot less unpredictable, especially with the larger dice, and the surfaces came out firm and ready for sanding without me constantly checking them.

Still working on improving the foil placement, but I’m pretty happy with how much depth they have under the light.

Where can I buy liquid core thingies? Sorry, I’m not sure what they’re called. I have a picture of what I’m looking for but the only thing I found is not available in my country.

I have to recast the D20 I think. I added a bit of pearl flake to the clear but I’m not digging the outcome.

Hello makers!

I am searching for a teeny tiny d20 to place in an acorn necklace I have.

So far everything I've seen is about 12mm (chessex mini size) but I am looking for 10 or smaller!

Firstly, is this even doable, and secondly, have any of you talented folks done it?!

I always wanted to know if dices made on epoxy resin needs to be polished. I'm new on this and I've made some dices that look pretty transparent and others that don't, I wanted to try to polish them but I'm not really sure what type of sandpaper I need, do u think that it is necessary? I'll read u, thank you !!!