I’ve started work on the project that got me into dice making in the first place. My friend Dom died earlier this year and his wife asked my to use his ashes in a set of memorial dice. We talked about it for a bit and settled on several things.I am making her a very large die, 100mm, that will encase a few small personal items of his, a 60mm die for his ex who was still very involved in his life, and several sets of standard dice for them to use. All of them will incorporate his ashes in some way. I’m also printing an insert for the 100mm die to make a base that his personal items will rest on.
This is my first test print for the 60mm die and there are some issues I have addressed for the second print which, barring any issues will be the one I polish and use for the mold.
I learned a lot since we decided on this memorial project and one of those things was CURE INHIBITION. For that reason, the mold will be tin cure silicone instead of platinum cure when molding 3D printed dice. I will also need some deep pour resin to make the 100mm one.
It definitely won’t be easy. He was my best friend for almost 30 years. He introduced me to tabletop games when we met and he had a huge collection of games. I think he would appreciate the resting place and being included in games. The last few years he wasn’t able to do much other than GM and he put everything he had into it.
That die master looks amazing. I can tell you're putting your all into this. No more fitting tribute.
That’s pre polish. I’m not using this one because I screwed up the measurement and the numbers font is too tight in places. Next print is much larger and has a different font for the numbers. The big one is almost 80mm face to face. The largest I can make it with the software. The others are the other sizes for the people who are not his wife. The middle one is larger than the one in the original picture but not by much.