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artificer-dice-mj · 8 months

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The first time something works, it's a fluke.

The second time something works, it's a coincidence.

The third time it works, it actually works.

At least, this is the philosophy I use when making prototypes for things.

I finally reached the fluke stage of the prototyping process and just started the second test. I have a bit of cleaning up to do on it, but I have not been this confident about any of the other iterations and if I get consistent enough results, I can actually move on to other dice shapes! (As much as I just love making a ton of d6s, I just want to be able to move on to the others too)

#mj reinvents the wheel #it's showing progress now which is great #pictures coming soon #I really do hope the things I've learned on this one will translate over to the other shapes just as well #the nice thing about this as well is if the dice are master quality like I'm aiming for they would be better for molding #they're made of epoxy so they wouldn't inhibit silicone #but also I don't have to make a whole master and mold for a one-off commission #put the effort that would go into the making of the master into the final product instead #which just sounds ideal to me #because even if the master ended up perfect you'd still have to sand and polish the die again afterwards #so why not just cut out the middle steps?#plus it uses significantly less silicone to make one and I'm not stuck with a mold I'll only use once #and I may be able to find a use for the individual face designs if they're not too hyper-specific

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