Friday, October 25, 2013

Tropical Pair O' Dice

Pair of yellow and green (if you order Full Color Sandstone) six-sided dice with palm trees on the One faces. Just a little pun that I thought needed to be made. They're available on Shapeways as the pair, but just to make it easier to see them I only put the one in the preview below. Remember, you may not be able to see it if you're using Internet Explorer.

The dice are actually based on a t-shirt design I came up with ages ago. As you can see, the dice were originally the island with the palm trees growing out of them.
You can get the shirt on Cafepress, Zazzle, Printfection, and Spreadshirt (both pixel and vector). Later I made a repeating pattern out of it for fabrics on Spoonflower and ties on Zazzle.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Ball Bearing 6-Sided Die


Six sided die with ball bearings (1-6) on each side. With a .25mm clearance around the balls they should all move freely. I also made a slightly smaller version, by request, but I couldn't make it much smaller without getting a little too close to the minimum space needed for moving parts. They're wedged in there pretty tight so you'll need to take some time and break them loose. I recommend putting it in the freezer for a few hours. That loosened mine up. There's something strangely relaxing about rolling the bearings around and around in their tracks.

Regular size die. Photo by Kevin Cook
Small die on a quarter.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Roman 6-Sided Die



Six sided die with Roman numerals and columns along the edges. So I guess I should call it VI-Sided. If you think Roman numerals are hard, just be glad it's not a D20. "What did you roll?" "Um, XVII? Is that good?" Available in two sizes, regular and small.

Oh, and I've started doing something new. I've started uploading models to Sketchfab so I can include interactive models right here on the page. Go ahead and give it a shot. One warning, though. It may not work with Internet Explorer. I know it works with both Firefox and Chrome, though. It should display an image even if it doesn't work, but just in case, here's the render from Shapeways:

Friday, October 4, 2013

Binary 110-Sided Die


There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who know binary and those who don't. Six sided die with the numbers converted to binary. You know, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, that sort of thing. Perfect for a dice collector who also loves math.