Block Dice Designs

[Wifflebat]

I've pledged to the custom dice Kickstarter that's been discussed a bit here on the forums. I'm working ahead on my dice design. I don't want anything fancy, just something a little bit fun, and particularly, something in black. I'm putting up a first draft to see what people think. (I definitely have ideas of my own of what's working and what's not--I'd just like some uninfluenced opinions.) The differences between the versions are small, but, again, I kinda know what I want. Anybody who has critiques or suggestions, please speak up!

Colored dice and inks are available, but at the moment, only one color ink per side (unless we get printed dice instead of engraved, and that's a non-starter!)

[Heff]

Top or bottom left for me

[Toffer]

Top left looks cool

[Steam Ball]

Top right, because shapes are simple, just 3 (skull, explosion, arrow). Or bottom left, simple too, but with less "fill".

[Frenzy]

Top left. For me, I like the exclamation mark and I prefer the skull on the top left than the one below it.

[Kikurasis]

Top left or bottom left for me. I prefer top left, but the exclamation point is too thin that I think it'd be hard to see on a die. If it were fattened/thickened, it'd be perfect.

[Gaixo]

Bottom right, though I'd prefer the exclamation mark to the arrow. Outlines generally turn out better than big areas of ink.

[Podfrey]

Top left set
Make the exclamation mark bigger and an outline
Use green fill on the arrows
Use red on the skull
Use yellow on the 3 sides with a flash, but leaving the skull and exclamation mark uncoloured (so essentially black)

Colour coding will mean instant recognition 50% of the time and easy differentiation on the other 50%

Would love to see how that looks!

[spubbbba]

I like the designs and those in with the black backgrounds are my faves.

But one thing I found from my own experience of getting custom dice made is that they look quite different in the "flesh" compared to drawings.

Bear in mind that the shapes are cut into the dice so the arrows on the left side will be large voids, often with lots of small ridges. The same is true with the skulls where there will be a large empty area cut into the dice and a few small bits sticking up for the eyes, nose and teeth.

[Wifflebat]

Top left set
Make the exclamation mark bigger and an outline
Use green fill on the arrows
Use red on the skull
Use yellow on the 3 sides with a flash, but leaving the skull and exclamation mark uncoloured (so essentially black)

Colour coding will mean instant recognition 50% of the time and easy differentiation on the other 50%

Would love to see how that looks!

So would I, but for now we're being limited to one color per side. Otherwise it would have been green arrows, yellow flashes, white skulls! I may get ones just printed in white and hand-ink some.

[Darkson]

In the FAQ it says you can have differently coloured faces at (at $1 a face iirc).

[Wifflebat]

You can mix colors on a die, but not on a face. It seems like it'd be pretty easy to do that yourself.

[Ptchnk]

In the FAQ it says you can have differently coloured faces at (at $1 a face iirc).

It says +1$ per dice if you want a different color for each face. Might be cheaper if less colors. Might also ask them for the dice to be engraved but not painted so that you can handle it youself.

If the project turns out fine, it is an affordable way to get small amounts of fully custom dice!

[WhatBall]

Right hand side, top or second from top.

Colour is great because it is so easy to see instantly.

-> over the !, definitely. The ! was always a design flaw imo, people just adjusted to it. Defender stumbles is a POW (*), that is a Push (->) if the defender has dodge. Introducing a 4th symbol was bad design on GW's part.

[cdwat]

According to recent comments they will do full colour printing.
So there must be a distinction between engraving (one colour per side) and printing.