Tuesday, June 18, 2019

The Knight Has A Thousand Eyes

So here's a thing:


This is a technique I saw somewhere and thought I'd give it a shot. The base on which these are painted are small glass bezels, about an inch and a half in diameter. Everything is painted with metallic shades of nail polish on the flat back. Start with the pupil and the dark rim; I used a pin to spread out the polish for the pupil in that more crazed pattern. Then paint on rings of colors coming closer and closer to the center, alternating with scraping lines radiating out from the center with the point of a knife.

These came out nicely, I think, but I have no idea what to do with them. Maybe find some temporary adhesive and put them on Osric.


Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Green Dragon Dice Box

Hey, new dice box, incorporating some lessons learned from another one I did.


There are just two pieces of wood here (3/4" birch), one for the lid and another for the body.


It's all CNC work to cut out the shape and rout out the internal cells and the recess for the top.
 

The dragon inside the lid is 3d printed, in a matrix of clear epoxy resin, while the edges are 3d printed and painted with copper paint using a green patina finish.


 Button magnet clasps as three corners, and cells for 19 dice about 20mm across and, including the in-lid space, the same depth.


Stick-on felt feet for the bottom. The whole body gets a green stain plus a couple of coats of shellac.


...except for the top, which gets a felt surface and a cut-out for the dragon. With the rails around the edge, it doubles as a surface for rolling dice.