Evolution of Dicecraft
almost 5 years ago
– Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 11:22:59 PM
We haven't posted pictures of the exclusive bronze d% set yet, and I'm going to walk you through part of why. They are, as you can see, a very lovely metallic bronze.
But - what colour to ink those beautiful lines?
We have explored a few options:
Hmmmmm. None of these quite grabbed us as right. So we tried a few more:
Getting closer but still not quite there. The p3 ink is pretty nice, but at some angles disappears entirely, which you don't want your dice to do!
Back to the drawing board.
Well, we're aiming for clockpunk, what other colours might work? Copper oxidizes into a very interesting shade of green. So we explore that direction.
Okay, now we may be on to something. Let's do a test with that last one:
Hmm. Closer, but still not quite there. Bit too blue, but now it's starting to pop. A little more exploring finds us this:
Okay, now we're getting somewhere! Something iridescent, a green based colour shift. Goes well with the metallics, still very clockpunk, and reminiscent of insects found in actual nature.
We come up with these two possibilities. They're powders, the ink will have to be handmade and the colour saturation toyed with to find the exact right balance. But I think, once we have it right, these dice will STUN. Current leaning is to the latter [the former is more expensive by almost half] but we may experiment with it if the softer side doesn't quite do it, as it will need a darker or black base applied beneath to make the most of its vividness.
And there you have it - the work that goes into finding the right shades to ensure the dice we make for you are exactly right. And that's just the ink!
