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Offline eiredrake

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DIY Dresden Dice
« on: October 05, 2012, 03:40:48 AM »
I couldn't find anything I liked online as much as I liked what was in my head so I punted and made my own. I think they turned out pretty decent for a prototype.

The wood is actually scrap wood I found at my office. It was exactly the right size for a die (3/4" by 3/4"). I just had to cut it down into 3/4" cubes. Since the wood was about a foot long I had plenty left over in case I screwed up (which I did). I think it's pine but I'm not sure. Add a little red oak wood stain and some etched brass facings from an Etsy artisan and I think I've got something pretty serviceable.

I thought about recessing the brass plate into the die facing but every time I did that the wooden block split apart. I'm also toying with the idea of affixing the plate with these nifty brass carpet tacks I have. But again the wood split so I have to pre-drill a hole first which I'm not really liking.

Still I'm happy with the result. Now I just need to make the velvet lined presentation box I have in my head so I can prevent my regular dice from scratching and/or contaminating the Dresden dice with their crappy rolling-ness.
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Re: DIY Dresden Dice
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2012, 01:23:51 PM »
Those are really pretty. Nice job!

You know that ugly dice roll better, though, right?  :D
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Re: DIY Dresden Dice
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2012, 04:33:48 AM »
Actually I was reading an article done by this engineer who was saying that most gaming dice are skewed by up to 75% and if you want truly random you need casino dice.
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Re: DIY Dresden Dice
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2012, 03:55:42 PM »
Quote from: eiredrake on October 06, 2012, 04:33:48 AM
Actually I was reading an article done by this engineer who was saying that most gaming dice are skewed by up to 75% and if you want truly random you need casino dice.
Probably true, but I don't think I would want to know the price of custom casino dice with fate/fudge markings.
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Offline KnightOrbis

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Re: DIY Dresden Dice
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2012, 05:44:52 AM »
Quote from: YPU on October 06, 2012, 03:55:42 PM
Probably true, but I don't think I would want to know the price of custom casino dice with fate/fudge markings.

You could just put a sticker on it or something.
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Re: DIY Dresden Dice
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2012, 04:10:51 PM »
Somewhere online I saw some dice, that had the pentacle from the lower left of the character sheet on each face, with the Positive and Negative signs superimposed over it on the appropriate pairs of faces.  The dice were black, the pentacle was white, and the signs you'd count were red.  Maybe it was just a prototype or even just an idea put together in photoshop, but now I can't find even one image of them.  Does anyone else recall seeing them, and where?
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