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Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby Showdown35 » June 28th, 2017, 2:50 am

Good day, Inn-mates!

I know it has been a while since I last shared anything from my Homebrew project. While I have been working on finishing up my furniture, I decided to take a little break before the last couple of pieces and get going on something I've had swimming around in my head for quite a while: making my own Combat Dice!

Below are a couple pics of the process, but if you want to see and read about the entire process of turning dollar store wooden craft cubes into usable, and visually pleasing (I hope) Combat Dice, you can check out my project site here: http://www.showdowndave.ca/heroquest/finishing.html

Here's a taste of how I did it:

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If you didn't check out my project site, I do mention at the end that I plan to make another couple sets unpainted. I like the wood grain and think a set of dice would look pretty sharp with just the vynyl directly on the wood die faces. I'll post pics of them once I finish.

Feedback is welcome. Let me know what you think.
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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby torilen » June 28th, 2017, 4:38 am

You called us inmates :D

I'm very curious to how they roll. Do they seem accurate? I'd give that a try myself if they work well.


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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby DarakuTenshi » June 28th, 2017, 8:38 am

Nice work! I'd love to get my hands on some more dice as my originals are getting rubbed off.
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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby Showdown35 » June 28th, 2017, 9:38 am

torilen wrote:You called us inmates :D

I'm very curious to how they roll. Do they seem accurate? I'd give that a try myself if they work well.


I did indeed call you that, pun intended.

And so far they roll quite nicely. Big reason I went with the rounded corners was to encourage a more uncontrollable roll, much like the original game dice. In my test rolls, they have been quite varied and random, so I'm confident in saying that if there is a bias, it is insignificant and unnoticeable.
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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby Big Bene » June 28th, 2017, 4:19 pm

DarakuTenshi wrote:Nice work! I'd love to get my hands on some more dice as my originals are getting rubbed off.

Shameless self-advertising :D
Have a look ;)


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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby mitchiemasha » June 28th, 2017, 4:37 pm

Good work... Impressive!

DarakuTenshi wrote:Nice work! I'd love to get my hands on some more dice as my originals are getting rubbed off.


I repainted mine.


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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby DarakuTenshi » June 28th, 2017, 11:46 pm

I did to, only used a fine tip sharpie.
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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby DarakuTenshi » June 28th, 2017, 11:48 pm

Big Bene wrote:
DarakuTenshi wrote:Nice work! I'd love to get my hands on some more dice as my originals are getting rubbed off.

Shameless self-advertising :D

I saw those on shapeway and debated buying them. I just don't think 3D printed is the way to go.
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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby Goblin-King » June 29th, 2017, 1:49 am

Homemade dice pretty much always looks amateurishly bad and I almost didn't even bother to open the thread.
But am I glad I did! Man! These look GOOD! |_P


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Re: Showdown Homebrew: Custom Combat Dice

Postby DarakuTenshi » June 29th, 2017, 8:24 am

They do look good!
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