Those Colored German Dice

[BStewart80]

Don't want to stray too far from the topic but for those looking for the nice HQ gift or perhaps dice enthusiast, I stumbled across this this morning:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/944327770/ ... e_active_1

[Kurgan]

The varnish on both dice sets are glossy, but mild. It's not overbearing.

If so, I recommend (after cleaning with a gentle cloth) applying a clear coat of varnish, at least over the "symbols," like I did. I used duraclear satin varnish (Decoart Americana which is probably my go-to) but Liquitex Professional high gloss varnish might work as well.

[fskn]

Hey, everybody. It's been a long time since my last post.

There are HQ dice to sell up on my Shapeways shop.
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/fskn

I have modeled them myself so they're a bit different from those on Thingiverse, but I think the symbols have a better balance, visually speaking. On the one on Thingiverse, the white shield is a tad too small for my tastes.

The dice unfortunately are not very cheap (because Shapeways), but they're available in a wide variety of materials that you guys can choose from.
A customer bought a set printed in Polished Nickel Steel one of these days, I'm hoping he'll upload some photos there. But so far I have one photo of a few I printed in their (then) finest detail plastic, and I think they look great. The detail is very sharp.

They're available in 2 sizes: 16mm and 13mm, the latter being the size of the original dice.

Cheers.

EDIT: Just snapped a photo so you guys can hopefully see the quality of the print:



Again, this is their "Smoothest Fine Detail Plastic", and it's the 16mm (5/8 of an inch) version.
It's actually an outdated model, the one that's up on the shop now has a bit of a curved fillet on the faces (not on the symbols of course). The 13mm one still has sharp edges. I haven't updated that one because I personally prefer the 16mm, but could update the 13mm one of you guys would prefer that instead.

[lestodante]

but are the original Heroquest dice 13 mm?
I was measuring them and was not sure because it is an uncommon size.

[fskn]

but are the original Heroquest dice 13 mm?
I was measuring them and was not sure because it is an uncommon size.

Huh. I was pretty sure when I measured them last time, but I have just now checked with calipers and to my surprise, they're actually 14mm!



Welp, guess I have to enlarge those on my shop.

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EDIT: Done.

And here for comparison sake are the original HQ combat die, alongside my 16mm 3D printed and a Koplow 16mm die... Which is just short of 16mm.

[Kurgan]

I wonder if its possible to 3d print the plastic dice with the print lines following what would be the natural wood grain of the original dice?

[fskn]

I wonder if its possible to 3d print the plastic dice with the print lines following what would be the natural wood grain of the original dice?

I don't think we could have any control over that, at least not working with a third party printer, only if you own a printer yourself (like an SLA printer)... But then the lines are perfectly straight, so they look very mechanical.
The above die was printed in 2017, maybe they have better equipment now, I don't know. But if they do, those lines should be even fainter. I would order some metal dice from them if I had the money to do so, those should come out really pretty.

[j_dean80]

My order is now over 2 months old, so I sent him a message. We’ll see what happens now.

[Kurgan]

Yeah I haven't tried to contact since the message above. I know mail is still really delayed in the US, I'm sure other countries too.

[lestodante]

but I have just now checked with calipers and to my surprise, they're actually 14mm!

Thank you ... I saved some money because I wanted to appositely buy a calipers!!