@@Rybonator TBH I think it gets too hot to cure properly if there's a lot. Or maybe it's the fumes? I've noticed UV resin seems to get really hot and really fume-y if you cure a lot at once. I use UV resin a lot because I have never had luck with 2 part resins and my larger works always come out wonky unless I do the in thinner layers.
@@Rybonator Half an inch is pretty thick for UV resin in that volume--it shrinks a lot and crazes like heck. Some people have had success with flash curing it for about 3-5 seconds under strong uv light (since most of the heat is generated during the initial exposure), adding another layer, flash curing, etc. For something the size of that mold I'd pour probably 1/2 cm at a time and pray. Some brands shrink a lot more than others which makes it hard to get a smooth casting, as the cured resin pulls away from the sides and the new resin partially fills it.
You should try to avoid pouring UV resin all together in a big mould like that. UV resin does better in layers, which also makes it easier to get rid of air bubbles.
uv resin is actually TERRIBLE for thick pieces, it's only good in small layers. At the VERY least, it has a horrible tendency to warp and bend into weird shapes because it shrinks way too much. Sophie and Toffee makes some uv resin that's supposed to limit that problem, and it's A BILLION TIMES BETTER, but it can still have that problem that becomes more and more noticeable the bigger the pieces become.
@@Rybonator Yeah, you just have to look for the one that says it's made for "silicone molds." The others are just listed as "thick" or "thin," they don't say it's new.
Die Hard do indeed have nice dice (no I don't have an obsession with their Avalore sets, what you talking about). Seriously thought, that's actually a cool tray.
I have these molds and tried with with UV resin, it didn't work for me either. At first I tried it with the light but it wasn't working, so after a week of being in the sun directly it hadn't cured well for me either. It was a little sad but it gives me an excuse to save up for some AB resin.
@@Rybonator its important! And part of the process! You're a regular person, and it's refreshing to see that 😊 absolutely no shame in that! It'll be an inside joke now whenever we see the black spots 😂😂 only for OG Rybo fans.
so a few things from someone who has a resin business :) large flat molds that you have to move? pour them on a tile so you can move them without spilling use rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle to pop surface bubbles instead of fire to extend the life of your molds. Fire opens silicon pores and resin can bond permanently to that. Alcohol is not only safe with silicon (in small amounts) but does some work to cool the resin to keep it from getting too hot in thicker pours, something that also shortens your mold's life. please don't use or encourage x-acto knife use for cutting off flashing, it's incredibly dangerous for your fingies, use clippers instead uv resin should neeeeever be used for projects this big, it will smoke, heat, warp, bubble crack etc. in large amounts. Instead use it for doming tops to get rid of any of those lips left around the edges and those pesky mylar flakes that tend to poke out. (Doming can really sharpen up a piece!)
For your pigment spilling issue, I recommend getting a handheld vaccum. I think it'd help a lot more with getting it up without making too much of a mess
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New Video! Just wanted to say that I've recently started making my own dice and I've watched about all of your videos in the last week. They've been a huge help although I'm definitely not perfect yet. Huge fan, love your content :)
Tom, I wish you the best of luck :) It's a fun rabbit hole to fall down! It's got a great community, and a ton of people who are willing to help. Excited to see what you create on your journey! :) Also thank you my friend
@@Rybonator I found that cutting a reservoir in the top of the lids and a slit to open them on the lid helped immensely on getting a good dice fairly consistently
I got this mold too! Its awesome! My only problem is sinking glitter but I definitely think that's a -me- issue! The dice molds though! Wwheewee I cannot get them to work and I don't know why! Can't wait to see your video on them so I can figure it out 🤦♀️
On the topic of Micas, NurtureSoap has some amazing micas that are all cruelty free and ethically sourced. Plus their sample baggies actually last for a while considering they're just 'samples'. I'm quite partial to their Oleander mica
@@Rybonator I just looked through my stash of micas and I almost exclusively have NurtureSoap colors 😅 I think SuperSparkles, MysticGold, and GoldEnigma are right up your alley
Sophie and Toffee actually does sell magnets specifically for these dice boxes although they come in packs of 10 I think even though you need 6 magnets per box. As other people have said, UV resin doesn’t usually do too great in larger pours. I think I’ve used that same brand of resin before and had some problems getting it to cure. I also believe it has some shrinkage as it cures which might explain the weird texture. I do really like my sophie and toffee dice box mold, but it has similar problems to their dice molds, as it is pretty fragile for silicone, and they don’t recommend using a lighter or strong UV light with it. I feel like both of those are large downsides for a resin mold, but the finished dice boxes do look pretty nice.
The vaults look awesome! The black and green one gives me more of a swamp Fae vibe, rather than Eldritch monstrosity, but it’s still a great look! Also fabulous opening puns as usual, and Kudos on the ethical mica powder!
Oh I like the idea of a swamp fae. Might need to do that in my DnD session sometime :) Also thank you! I'm glad you like the vid, but more pleased that you like the puns ;D
The temptation to make custom dice boxes for all my D&D party is strong, but my rogue would need a whole extra box just for her sneak attack dice. Any consideration on making an oversized dice box that has more slots than the standard set?
I don't think I've ever jumped on a video so fast after it being posted lol I'm not a resin person, thought of trying it scares me a little haha, so I wish you the best of luck and pray to the resin gods that everything turns out okay.
It's not bad, you just gotta be informed of the safety precautions, and then you should be fine if you follow proper precautions. :) It's a fun hobby, but I totally get being hesitant! I always pray to the resin gods though haha
True; I'll have to kick my arse into gear and give it a shot soon. I think I'm also worried that I'll fail whatever I do with it, no exceptions. ^_^ I can see how it'd be fun; it looks so satisfying and definitely fun! Haha, maybe praying to both the resin and the goblin gods will help then
Yeah to touch on other comments, UV resin isn't ideal when casting large items. It also cures a thousand times better when you ease the levels of UV onto it. For example, I think a large UV casting would be cured a lot better if left out in the sun for a couple of hours (if the UV levels that day are moderate to high). Regular methods of curing UV resin with the lamps can cause too much shrinkage due to how quick the polymerization occurs. Edit: continued to watch the video and I have no idea why the curing didn't work! Really strange I've never seen a UV resin cast look like that before
UV resin is very picky when it comes to being used in molds. UV resin is meant for thin pours, usually doming or used in open bezels. I know Sophie & Toffee have a UV resin that is meant to be used in molds, but I haven't used that yet. This box mold is definitely too big to be used with UV resin. My guess as to what cause all the bubbles is it boiled while it cured. UV resin heats up while curing and when you get a big batch like you had, it can boil and leave you with tons of bubbles. If you really want to use UV resin with these molds, thin layers is the best way to go. Though I don't recommend that at all. Just get two part resin and use that. You'll get WAY better results.
Poor multiple thin layers for that UV resin in something that large and it should work out a lot better. The reaction can be extremely exothermic(which I don't think is necessarily hurting you as far as curing) but all that heat could lead to other unexpected issues. I'd also let that mold sit in a nice dark place once resin is added to allow any trapped air to escape. That is a nice benefit of UV resin, keep it away from light and the resin won't cure until you are ready for it to cure. So I think the next test should be done in 7 layers, R O Y G B I V. You know, just to see if it helps to fix the issues you saw with the large pour. And good luck with those dice molds.
You definitely want to do UV resin in thinner layers as opposed to one big one when it's a mold this big (though tbh even dedicated UV resin artists will use AB for this anyway). I've seen a lot of UV resin artists do things in multiple passes even when it's on pieces that are are half an inch thick tops, though how many will depend on what effects they're going for. I use the same brand of UV resin as you in all my dice making as well and I tend to zap the mold for about a minute before turning it upside down and zapping it again so I know it's solid enough to make sure all of the inside parts get enough light. It might've helped in this case since no light could pass through the turntable on the bottom. I am genuinely baffled and saddened by how much guff UV resin tends to give you, it's my favorite type and I've never had issues like these gfhdfjdsk
I appreciate the advice/experience Ian. Yeah I have just had some bad luck with UV resin overall :/ If you know of a good UV resin curing system (like for nails etc) that works well for you, I'd love to get some advice. I think it may also have to do with my lights, but I can't say for sure. If you know of a good one, I'd love to hear :O (My e-mail is fluffinamazin@gmail.com)
I don't do anything resin at all and have absolutely no basis or qualification to say what I'm about to say but I'm guessing it's hard for the UV light to properly cure ALL the resin on an object that large? Take this with a grain of salt obviously but that's my idea
What happened with the fingerprints on the first vault? Was the resin not cured enough? Cause it doesn't look like just a smudge. You can see it clearly at 5:30 while pulling the bottom half.
Good question - I would say that is a result of the 3d printing layer resolution for how they make these molds. That's not my fingerprint, but something on the molds. I don't really notice/see it in person, but the camera has a better resolution than my eyes, so it shows up here more, else I would have mentioned it
Sorry if this was already mentioned, but as I was zoning out and enjoying your voice and the cool resin pouring as per usual, I noticed that there's no background music in this vid! I'm pretty sure most of your videos have a little bit of bg music, I barely noticed it missing here though since your voice and editing fills the space very well, just wanted to note it.
I actually made a conscious choice to remove the BG music. I wanted to try and up my audio quality to where I can get by without BG music if possible. I hope that I am at that point. Let me know your opinion :)
I don’t do UV resin much but I do know it’s possible to basically over cook it if it’s too large a pour. It’s kinda like cooking meat. If your pan is too hot the outside cooks way to fast and then the meat is still raw inside. The Uv light is the heat this scenario, it’s working from the outside in so the center of a thick pour can be “raw” but the outside of it can be over cooked.
So as someone who uses a bunch of UV resin and a lot of Sophie and toffee products. It's best to use epoxy for projects of this size as UV resin can sometimes do this. It's where some of it will set and heat up a lot creationg possible warping or bubbles while other parts don't fully set or take longer to set. The best way I have found to avoid it is using a UV nail set up that have a mirror on the base.
A way you might be able to save your mat from Pigment-pocolypse would be to let a thin layer of liquid latex dry on it. It's how a lot of people clean ultra fine glitter from their molds
Sophie and toffee supplied their 3:1 ratio epoxy resin in the box that came with the vault. Definitely agree, that mould is not meant for uv resin unless it was done in many thin layers built up. I also had the base expand on me when moving it but since it was the bottom it did not mess up where the two halves join.
In the future, should you spill pigment or mica or any other fine powder, reach for a hand vacuum, don't try to wipe, it's just too hard to avoid getting the fine particles ground into stuff otherwise
Your UV resin test there were too many bubbles and while it cured it cracked. I would of let that resin sit for a while and the bubbles could rise/pop before curing it with UV.
Yeah, UV resin kinda sucks for large projects. It's good for small things or layers, but heaven help if you plan on using it for something large. Not gonna lie, I don't share your love of gold, but that fushia/gold dice vault was a thing of beauty. Also, don't worry about me messing with your punnery this time around. I'll unvault my quips on your next video.
Yeah, I should have done layers, or just not bothered with it being this thick. Also thank you :) I'm super pleased with how the gold vault turned out! Better SAFE than sorry I guess ;)
The UV one may not have cured correctly but if you look at it aesthetic wise is cured perfectly for a ice design or maybe some other imperfect material
I've seen some issues noted on others use of these molds and saw them in yours - A fingerprint on the side and some lines making the sides not smooth. They look pretty good aside from that, though!
I would say that probably comes from the 3d printed material they make the molds from not having enough resolution. I don't really notice it much in person, but can see it on camera here in the greater detail, or else I would have said something. :)
Should take those ruined uv resin shatter half it then repour over the other half and see it turns out maybe a very light blue to dark blue for a undersea kinda vibe. I hate waste and even my bad or busted older molds I cut them up to use as filler.
I have never used anything resin related yet, but can it be that the UV resin didn't work out that good because it should be smaller portions at 1 time? Or could you in theory fill a bath tub with it and use extremely strong UV lights to cure it, without a problem like yours happening?
S&T came out with another up resin that is specifically designed for use with silicon molds to have no or minimal bubbles. I believe that this isn’t normally an issue with smaller molds but becomes a bigger issue the larger the mold is. Even though no area of the vault mold is particularly thick it’s still a lot of resin curing at once. sophieandtoffee.com/clear-uv-resin-for-silicone-molds-200g/
The UV needs to be done in smaller layers (just like the UV based 3D printers). It's a pain, but there is no true "deep pour" for UV resin (yet). When I got my box for August (Dice Molds & Box mold, plus some pretty light gold paint) they gave us 3 to 1 epoxy.
FYI Die Hard Dice moonstone dream walker DO NOT photograph well they are MUCH MUCH cooler looking dice in person I have a set and they actually have way more colors to then they appear to in this video also worth mentioning there is actually a court case currently over this style of dice vault between Elderwood academy and like 4 other dice vault makers
Hearting your comment so that others can hear about the court case. As well - I KNOW RIGHT!? I hate that I can't show off how dang good these things look in person.
Oh man, I feel your pain with the pigment. I use micas, oxides, and charcoal powder with my soap making and once I forgot some charcoal powder on my counter. It took less than a minute for my cat to get into it. Charcoal was everywhere, and my white cat was grey. I recommend using a sticky lint roller and isopropyl alcohol for clean up. Isopropyl is a secret weapon when it comes to micas and other powdered colourants!
Oh man, poor cat! But really, poor you for having to deal with a messy cat haha. I ended up getting most of it up with Isopropyl :) Great minds think alike!
@@Rybonator oh it took forever to clean her up, the counters and floors were easier. I was just happy it was the charcoal and not something that could have potentially hurt her! Happy to hear you were able to get most of it removed, great minds indeed!
I have had that issue a TON with sophie and toffee UV resin. I have the dice molds you are about to review in the next video and am veey interested to see if you have some of the same problems I have been having. I tried to use UV resin in the dice molds and they would never cure fully! I discovered that everything I had made that had any mica to color it only cured on the outside and basically all my dice would crack like eggs when you put any pressure on them. Even thin charms I made with bezels from their website following their instructions for coloring them with the mica they provided still was liquid on the inside. 😑
@@Rybonator I don't mind the dice molds themselves for 2 part resin, except for no matter how hard I try to make sure there is enough resin in the sprew hole and some extra on top I still get a divet right where the hold is on the lid a lot of the time. 😩 The tip about adding resin to the inside of the squish lid before closing them from a previous video was helpful though. I dont have a pressure pot set up yet because it's just not in the budget right now, so I know some air bubbles are unavoidable, but the consistent divets are annoying for those molds. I resorted to mixing more resin after they cure and just putting a tiny bit to fill the imperfections.
That pink foil and gold is a gorgeous set! I did want to ask you what style of silicone dice molds you would recomend for a person who is wanting to make their own molds. I was originally going to go with your normal sprue molds, but you seem to be usesing a sprue/cap style mold set that you made recently. Which would you say is better if you weigh the pros and cons or each style? Does the flashing on the cap/sprue style require a lot of sanding on the seam line?
Honestly Sprue is easier to get right for your first set of molds IMO. It helps vent some gas bubbles that cap molds otherwise trap inside. I'd recommend sprue to start, and if you like the hobby, get you a combo mold or experiment for what you like best :)
oh and an update on the mini dice mold. i clamped it between two pieces of plexiglass and it eliminated like 98% of the flashing issues. then i used some uv resin from my 3d printer (very runny liquid) and put a needle tip on a pipette and managed to get some really nice looking little dice. a few small bubbles but nice looking. just put enough pressure on the plexiglass to squeeze it to eliminate the flashing put too much pressure on it and it will deform the dice. If you were to do the same with 2 part resin and then take sections of popsicle sticks cut to the right length you can turn the top of the mold into a spot for extra resin and put in a pressure pot.
@@Rybonator they are by no means "usable" they are barely readable. but i was planning on getting some black and some glow in the dark and casting a bunch of them and put then inside their respected dice (d10 inside d10 and so on) and then cast the bigger dice in a clear with some glitter (bout same as what you like) so even if they don't disperse in the resin and spread in the dice they will still be usable since nothing is there to change the weight it is all still resin. idea for the little glow dice from the glow spiders when you did the spider dice.
That mold is much too big for UV resin. It’s too thick for a lamp and the sun cures it too quickly, that’s why it warped and went funny. UV resin should be done in thin layers for a project this size (but that is so expensive, not recommended!)
I'm assuming for your oversized/slightly larger dice, you have to make your molds by using dice you bought somewhere, when you first started off. Where did you get that size dice. Tried to find some that size like two years ago at FanExpo and couldn't find a single set that were larger then normal.
I had a similar issue with UV resin and that mold in particular. I literally dissected my finished piece and found that the dividers between the dice segments HAD cured better, but the core of the vault had not. I tried again with making it in layers...and it kinda worked, but I won't be doing that again in a hurry. If you have a number of hours and a lot of patience, sure, UV resin could work. I'll stick to epoxy :)
I'm amused at hearing someone else talk about Die Hard Dice because a campaign I listen to, their DM is a huge fan and uses their dice for the campaign. I have a few dire d20s and two exclusive acrylic sets and love the quality.
Some people complained about "finger prints" or layer lines on the finish cast. Are these showing up in yours? (I thought i saw them on the dark green vault)
I don't really notice them in person, but you can see them on the green box in this video a few times. I imagine that it's because of the resin layers on the 3d printed material they use to make the molds
@@Rybonator yea its a known issue that Sophie and toffee acknowledge. Some people have been getting refunds. Im sure that a new mold could be made if we sand and polish those lines away.
I dont know if its still relevant, but I noticed that ALOT of UV resin curing at the same time will only cure like to outer layers. Kind of as if its creating a shell around the whole. Blubbles will still form if you have, for example, a flower inside or so
Uv resin isn’t really made to be cured in a large amount, it’s better to do smaller things like embellishments or thin layers
I haven't done a lot of uv resin, but yeah, that's my understanding.
I thought that since it was so thin in layers (half an inch deep at max) that it wouldn't have an issue :/ I was wrong haha
@@Rybonator TBH I think it gets too hot to cure properly if there's a lot. Or maybe it's the fumes? I've noticed UV resin seems to get really hot and really fume-y if you cure a lot at once. I use UV resin a lot because I have never had luck with 2 part resins and my larger works always come out wonky unless I do the in thinner layers.
@@Rybonator Half an inch is pretty thick for UV resin in that volume--it shrinks a lot and crazes like heck. Some people have had success with flash curing it for about 3-5 seconds under strong uv light (since most of the heat is generated during the initial exposure), adding another layer, flash curing, etc. For something the size of that mold I'd pour probably 1/2 cm at a time and pray.
Some brands shrink a lot more than others which makes it hard to get a smooth casting, as the cured resin pulls away from the sides and the new resin partially fills it.
@@Rybonator The sun also projects UV-C rays mostly, while most UV resins need UV-B. This is what usually causes excessive bubbles in sun dried pieces.
Well I guess you could say that the dice look a bit "comby" inside there
Honey, that's a good pun.
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So pretty!!!! Both the greenish black & the golden fuschia look so good! And the dice you set in each also are pretty click-clacks.
Pretty Click Clacks deserve pretty vaults :) Glad you like them!
The gold and pink leaf combo is soooo pretty
These vaults are perfect for bee-themed dice! So cute! :D
Could they BEE any more perfect? ;D
It wouldn’t be Rybonator without fun puns, and gold resin
I do my absolute best to stay on brand :P
Can't wait for the premade mold video. I have been making my own molds and the D4 turns out great but my d20 is always uneaven
^ I have a lot of problems with their molds - spoilers. Should come out in a week and a half or so :)
i would love to see honey/bee dice in those honeycomb boxes
That would BEE pretty SWEET ;D
Maybe you can reuse the UV set for mini terrains. Like a bubbling hot spring or something for the lid
Oh not a bad idea! I should save it :)
i was thinking the same thing! with some paint, that texture could easily become water or even lava!
You should try to avoid pouring UV resin all together in a big mould like that. UV resin does better in layers, which also makes it easier to get rid of air bubbles.
Good tip! I'll try that next time :)
If he did a Celestial set it could be the Vault in our stars
I TRIED SO FRICKING HARD TO SHOEHORN THAT PUN INTO THE INTRO YOU HAVE NO IDEA
I love you for this pun 😂
So amazing
I saw Black 2.0 by SS and I got really happy, I love his paints and pigments and my first attempts at dice were with Black 2.0
Oh nice! I really should get me some paint from him :)
As long as you promise you won't give it to Anish Kapoor
uv resin is actually TERRIBLE for thick pieces, it's only good in small layers. At the VERY least, it has a horrible tendency to warp and bend into weird shapes because it shrinks way too much. Sophie and Toffee makes some uv resin that's supposed to limit that problem, and it's A BILLION TIMES BETTER, but it can still have that problem that becomes more and more noticeable the bigger the pieces become.
I need to get some of their resin and test it to see if it works well :) Thanks for the tip!
@@Rybonator Yeah, you just have to look for the one that says it's made for "silicone molds." The others are just listed as "thick" or "thin," they don't say it's new.
“Mica flakes” I think you mean unicorn skins... 🤓
Oh no, I'd never skin a unicorn. These are synthetic unicorn skins :P
@@Rybonator Do forgive us holosexuals. We have our own words for things.
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@@cainbeyer4628 uwu
That's exactly what I was thinking!
If you don't want the UV dice vault, I'd be willing to buy it. It makes me think of a frozen wasteland character I used to play.
I have a plan for it, so I'll see if that pans out. If not, I'll let you know! :)
Oh my god, the puns are so infectious
I guess YOU could say, GG amiright? ;D
Totally not watching this while playing Fallout 4 and being very confused by that intro...
Dice... Dice never changes
Die Hard do indeed have nice dice (no I don't have an obsession with their Avalore sets, what you talking about).
Seriously thought, that's actually a cool tray.
Die Hard is just so dang good as a company. Love them. Love what they do. 10/10 :)
I found Die Hard from this channel and I've essentially replaced my dice collection with theirs. Their sprite collection gives me LIFE
Good vid
Thanks Joshua :)
Ive had that problem woth dice molds the only thing i could recommend is cure the UV resin in layers
^ Good to know! I'll give that a shot rose :)
I have these molds and tried with with UV resin, it didn't work for me either. At first I tried it with the light but it wasn't working, so after a week of being in the sun directly it hadn't cured well for me either. It was a little sad but it gives me an excuse to save up for some AB resin.
Maybe we just need to do smaller layers. That's what I'm seeing in the comments. Maybe I am going too ham too quickly!
I have never related to anything more than I relate to that pigment going everywhere
It was painful. It's even more painful to watch back... on camera... in front of thousands of people haha
@@Rybonator its important! And part of the process! You're a regular person, and it's refreshing to see that 😊 absolutely no shame in that! It'll be an inside joke now whenever we see the black spots 😂😂 only for OG Rybo fans.
**me when i try to keep it together**
**One accident happens and it pours everywhere**
so a few things from someone who has a resin business :)
large flat molds that you have to move? pour them on a tile so you can move them without spilling
use rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle to pop surface bubbles instead of fire to extend the life of your molds. Fire opens silicon pores and resin can bond permanently to that. Alcohol is not only safe with silicon (in small amounts) but does some work to cool the resin to keep it from getting too hot in thicker pours, something that also shortens your mold's life.
please don't use or encourage x-acto knife use for cutting off flashing, it's incredibly dangerous for your fingies, use clippers instead
uv resin should neeeeever be used for projects this big, it will smoke, heat, warp, bubble crack etc. in large amounts. Instead use it for doming tops to get rid of any of those lips left around the edges and those pesky mylar flakes that tend to poke out. (Doming can really sharpen up a piece!)
Thank you for all the information!
Thank you, my teen has just got into resin so your tips are really helpful!
Love the puns hahah love your channel
My puns are my life work :) Also thank you haha
For your pigment spilling issue, I recommend getting a handheld vaccum. I think it'd help a lot more with getting it up without making too much of a mess
Is it weird that these make me want bee/insect dice to go with?
I have wanted that for a long time :D
@Rybonator BEElieve in me who believes in the you that believes in the one piece.
That was a horrible reference/pun on my part and I regret nothing.
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Silly Weirdo, those people all commented without LOOKING at the screen. So no views are counted :P
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@@fyrhtu81 I get, I get, I was just trying to give someone out there a good laugh, but thank you I didn't know all that stuff before! (◍•ᴗ•◍)
New Video! Just wanted to say that I've recently started making my own dice and I've watched about all of your videos in the last week. They've been a huge help although I'm definitely not perfect yet. Huge fan, love your content :)
Tom, I wish you the best of luck :) It's a fun rabbit hole to fall down! It's got a great community, and a ton of people who are willing to help. Excited to see what you create on your journey! :) Also thank you my friend
I love this tutorial! I think I might get these, they look good and accessible for a beginner like me!
Oh for sure. Definitely usable without a pressure pot too, which is nice! :)
I love my dice box mold. Can’t wait to see your review on the pre made dice molds
I feel like you are going to like it less than this video haha. Not going great thus far :o
@@Rybonator I found that cutting a reservoir in the top of the lids and a slit to open them on the lid helped immensely on getting a good dice fairly consistently
I got this mold too! Its awesome! My only problem is sinking glitter but I definitely think that's a -me- issue!
The dice molds though! Wwheewee I cannot get them to work and I don't know why! Can't wait to see your video on them so I can figure it out 🤦♀️
It's a pretty good mold :) No complaints here!
The dice molds though... whoooo boyy....
Thanks for not playing it SAFE and including vault puns.
HOLY CRAP HOW DID I FORGET TO DO A SAFE PUN? I guess I'm just a Vault Dweller...
Thank you
No, thank you :)
On the topic of Micas, NurtureSoap has some amazing micas that are all cruelty free and ethically sourced. Plus their sample baggies actually last for a while considering they're just 'samples'. I'm quite partial to their Oleander mica
Oh nice! I need to look into them :)
@@Rybonator I just looked through my stash of micas and I almost exclusively have NurtureSoap colors 😅 I think SuperSparkles, MysticGold, and GoldEnigma are right up your alley
This is an awesome set, unfortunately the dice box bold is no longer available. How to prevent the flakes from dropping to the bottom?
Instead of wiping the black pigment you shoulda used a lint roller or tape. Speaking from experience lol
Oooooo HECK yeah!!!!!! These look so rad!!
I'm glad you like them! :)
I never clicked something so fast
Hopefully you enjoy then :)
Same. Omg I was looking forward to this so much!
Sophie and Toffee actually does sell magnets specifically for these dice boxes although they come in packs of 10 I think even though you need 6 magnets per box.
As other people have said, UV resin doesn’t usually do too great in larger pours. I think I’ve used that same brand of resin before and had some problems getting it to cure. I also believe it has some shrinkage as it cures which might explain the weird texture.
I do really like my sophie and toffee dice box mold, but it has similar problems to their dice molds, as it is pretty fragile for silicone, and they don’t recommend using a lighter or strong UV light with it. I feel like both of those are large downsides for a resin mold, but the finished dice boxes do look pretty nice.
the black & green one almost looks like faux labradorite!
Oh man you are totally right!
The vaults look awesome! The black and green one gives me more of a swamp Fae vibe, rather than Eldritch monstrosity, but it’s still a great look! Also fabulous opening puns as usual, and Kudos on the ethical mica powder!
Oh I like the idea of a swamp fae. Might need to do that in my DnD session sometime :)
Also thank you! I'm glad you like the vid, but more pleased that you like the puns ;D
Something cool to try is to reicate the cracking with a blue color to make an ice themed dice vault
That would not be a bad idea at all!
That last dice tray looks exceptionally good!
I'm glad you like it :) I really am pleased with the gold one
The temptation to make custom dice boxes for all my D&D party is strong, but my rogue would need a whole extra box just for her sneak attack dice. Any consideration on making an oversized dice box that has more slots than the standard set?
Oooh I really like the look of these molds
They have a unique style for a silicone mold that I'm pretty pleased with
I found no v(f)ault in your puns today. XD
They were pretty SAFE I'd say ;D
I don't think I've ever jumped on a video so fast after it being posted lol
I'm not a resin person, thought of trying it scares me a little haha, so I wish you the best of luck and pray to the resin gods that everything turns out okay.
It's not bad, you just gotta be informed of the safety precautions, and then you should be fine if you follow proper precautions. :) It's a fun hobby, but I totally get being hesitant! I always pray to the resin gods though haha
True; I'll have to kick my arse into gear and give it a shot soon. I think I'm also worried that I'll fail whatever I do with it, no exceptions. ^_^ I can see how it'd be fun; it looks so satisfying and definitely fun! Haha, maybe praying to both the resin and the goblin gods will help then
Yeah to touch on other comments, UV resin isn't ideal when casting large items. It also cures a thousand times better when you ease the levels of UV onto it. For example, I think a large UV casting would be cured a lot better if left out in the sun for a couple of hours (if the UV levels that day are moderate to high). Regular methods of curing UV resin with the lamps can cause too much shrinkage due to how quick the polymerization occurs.
Edit: continued to watch the video and I have no idea why the curing didn't work! Really strange I've never seen a UV resin cast look like that before
Poop :/ I need to just try it in layers I guess!
UV resin is very picky when it comes to being used in molds. UV resin is meant for thin pours, usually doming or used in open bezels. I know Sophie & Toffee have a UV resin that is meant to be used in molds, but I haven't used that yet.
This box mold is definitely too big to be used with UV resin. My guess as to what cause all the bubbles is it boiled while it cured. UV resin heats up while curing and when you get a big batch like you had, it can boil and leave you with tons of bubbles.
If you really want to use UV resin with these molds, thin layers is the best way to go.
Though I don't recommend that at all. Just get two part resin and use that. You'll get WAY better results.
^ Good to know. The AB resin worked perfectly, so that may just be a better idea here :)
Poor multiple thin layers for that UV resin in something that large and it should work out a lot better. The reaction can be extremely exothermic(which I don't think is necessarily hurting you as far as curing) but all that heat could lead to other unexpected issues. I'd also let that mold sit in a nice dark place once resin is added to allow any trapped air to escape. That is a nice benefit of UV resin, keep it away from light and the resin won't cure until you are ready for it to cure.
So I think the next test should be done in 7 layers, R O Y G B I V. You know, just to see if it helps to fix the issues you saw with the large pour. And good luck with those dice molds.
^ I'll have to give a rainbow cure a shot :)
You definitely want to do UV resin in thinner layers as opposed to one big one when it's a mold this big (though tbh even dedicated UV resin artists will use AB for this anyway). I've seen a lot of UV resin artists do things in multiple passes even when it's on pieces that are are half an inch thick tops, though how many will depend on what effects they're going for. I use the same brand of UV resin as you in all my dice making as well and I tend to zap the mold for about a minute before turning it upside down and zapping it again so I know it's solid enough to make sure all of the inside parts get enough light. It might've helped in this case since no light could pass through the turntable on the bottom. I am genuinely baffled and saddened by how much guff UV resin tends to give you, it's my favorite type and I've never had issues like these gfhdfjdsk
I appreciate the advice/experience Ian. Yeah I have just had some bad luck with UV resin overall :/ If you know of a good UV resin curing system (like for nails etc) that works well for you, I'd love to get some advice. I think it may also have to do with my lights, but I can't say for sure. If you know of a good one, I'd love to hear :O (My e-mail is fluffinamazin@gmail.com)
I don't do anything resin at all and have absolutely no basis or qualification to say what I'm about to say but I'm guessing it's hard for the UV light to properly cure ALL the resin on an object that large? Take this with a grain of salt obviously but that's my idea
I think yeah I just used TOO much UV resin for such a large project :/
What happened with the fingerprints on the first vault? Was the resin not cured enough? Cause it doesn't look like just a smudge. You can see it clearly at 5:30 while pulling the bottom half.
Good question - I would say that is a result of the 3d printing layer resolution for how they make these molds. That's not my fingerprint, but something on the molds. I don't really notice/see it in person, but the camera has a better resolution than my eyes, so it shows up here more, else I would have mentioned it
Awesome vids, however I think you created a global shortage of the liquid glitter! lol hopefully some will be available soon!
I can't find any either! haha. Oops!
Sorry if this was already mentioned, but as I was zoning out and enjoying your voice and the cool resin pouring as per usual, I noticed that there's no background music in this vid! I'm pretty sure most of your videos have a little bit of bg music, I barely noticed it missing here though since your voice and editing fills the space very well, just wanted to note it.
I actually made a conscious choice to remove the BG music. I wanted to try and up my audio quality to where I can get by without BG music if possible. I hope that I am at that point. Let me know your opinion :)
Thank you so much! I really like your videos!!! Could you please try making seaglass dice?
I can add it to my to-do list :) Also thank you!
I don’t do UV resin much but I do know it’s possible to basically over cook it if it’s too large a pour.
It’s kinda like cooking meat. If your pan is too hot the outside cooks way to fast and then the meat is still raw inside. The Uv light is the heat this scenario, it’s working from the outside in so the center of a thick pour can be “raw” but the outside of it can be over cooked.
^ I think that might be what happened. Layerse for UV resin next time for sure!
So as someone who uses a bunch of UV resin and a lot of Sophie and toffee products. It's best to use epoxy for projects of this size as UV resin can sometimes do this. It's where some of it will set and heat up a lot creationg possible warping or bubbles while other parts don't fully set or take longer to set. The best way I have found to avoid it is using a UV nail set up that have a mirror on the base.
Oh that's genius! I need to try that :)
A way you might be able to save your mat from Pigment-pocolypse would be to let a thin layer of liquid latex dry on it. It's how a lot of people clean ultra fine glitter from their molds
^ Good call! Isopropyl alcohol got a decent amount done, but I should keep that handy next time
Sophie and toffee supplied their 3:1 ratio epoxy resin in the box that came with the vault. Definitely agree, that mould is not meant for uv resin unless it was done in many thin layers built up. I also had the base expand on me when moving it but since it was the bottom it did not mess up where the two halves join.
Oh man the base expanded? That's not good. Hopefully I don't see a similar thing happen :O
In the future, should you spill pigment or mica or any other fine powder, reach for a hand vacuum, don't try to wipe, it's just too hard to avoid getting the fine particles ground into stuff otherwise
^ I need to invest in a hand vac
Yeah, UV resin creates a lot of heat when it cures so those bubbles were caused by the resin overheating. It’s not really viable for such deep moulds.
Good to know! AB resin it is for that stuff :)
Your UV resin test there were too many bubbles and while it cured it cracked. I would of let that resin sit for a while and the bubbles could rise/pop before curing it with UV.
There were initially 0 bubbles, but they started forming AS it cured, which I found... strange to say the least?
Yeah, UV resin kinda sucks for large projects. It's good for small things or layers, but heaven help if you plan on using it for something large.
Not gonna lie, I don't share your love of gold, but that fushia/gold dice vault was a thing of beauty.
Also, don't worry about me messing with your punnery this time around. I'll unvault my quips on your next video.
Yeah, I should have done layers, or just not bothered with it being this thick.
Also thank you :) I'm super pleased with how the gold vault turned out!
Better SAFE than sorry I guess ;)
The UV one may not have cured correctly but if you look at it aesthetic wise is cured perfectly for a ice design or maybe some other imperfect material
Maybe adding some blue to it would give it a nice frosty look :)
I've seen some issues noted on others use of these molds and saw them in yours - A fingerprint on the side and some lines making the sides not smooth. They look pretty good aside from that, though!
I would say that probably comes from the 3d printed material they make the molds from not having enough resolution. I don't really notice it much in person, but can see it on camera here in the greater detail, or else I would have said something. :)
For colossal miniatures I use rare earth magnets and stack 2 in and it makes it really strong, maybe it will work for this
Oh I'll try that :) Thanks Abby!
Should take those ruined uv resin shatter half it then repour over the other half and see it turns out maybe a very light blue to dark blue for a undersea kinda vibe.
I hate waste and even my bad or busted older molds I cut them up to use as filler.
^ I can definitely do something with them :)
I have never used anything resin related yet, but can it be that the UV resin didn't work out that good because it should be smaller portions at 1 time? Or could you in theory fill a bath tub with it and use extremely strong UV lights to cure it, without a problem like yours happening?
I honestly have no idea. I'm not a UV expert, so I might have to ask around :o
These look really awesome, but that foil is decidedly not fuchsia
Idk colors :(
@ 12:00 , that looks a lot like when I empty the ice tray when it’s only half frozen.
Haha it totally does
Next time try using tape to pick up the pigment instead of rubbing it into the mat 💕
^ Super smart! I'll try that for sure :)
S&T came out with another up resin that is specifically designed for use with silicon molds to have no or minimal bubbles. I believe that this isn’t normally an issue with smaller molds but becomes a bigger issue the larger the mold is. Even though no area of the vault mold is particularly thick it’s still a lot of resin curing at once. sophieandtoffee.com/clear-uv-resin-for-silicone-molds-200g/
Oh nice! I need to try that :D
The bubbly UV resin box could suffice for some sort of icy look. Dry brush some white paint and some blue frost spray paint could make it look great.
That's not a bad idea at all! A little polyurethane to seal it, badabing badaboom!
@@Rybonator What are you waiting for? Get busy!
I’m kidding of course haha.
The UV needs to be done in smaller layers (just like the UV based 3D printers). It's a pain, but there is no true "deep pour" for UV resin (yet). When I got my box for August (Dice Molds & Box mold, plus some pretty light gold paint) they gave us 3 to 1 epoxy.
Ok cool, good to know! I'll try that for round 2! :)
@@Rybonator Good luck, my pour with the 3:1 was not that great (and my foiled hexagon for the lid warped when I tried to dome it).
No honeycomb puns?? Come on, Rybonator! :P
I WAS TOO FOCUSED ON VAULTS TO FIT IN THAT sweet HONEYCOMB PUN ;D
FYI Die Hard Dice moonstone dream walker DO NOT photograph well they are MUCH MUCH cooler looking dice in person I have a set and they actually have way more colors to then they appear to in this video
also worth mentioning there is actually a court case currently over this style of dice vault between Elderwood academy and like 4 other dice vault makers
Hearting your comment so that others can hear about the court case. As well - I KNOW RIGHT!? I hate that I can't show off how dang good these things look in person.
@@Rybonator even the official photos on DHD's site dost do them justice
Come for the puns, stay for ur therapeutic voice
That's my whole business model haha :)
How long does it take you to write all the puns in the beginning
The puns come naturally to the king of puns!
... about 10 minutes.
Oh man, I feel your pain with the pigment. I use micas, oxides, and charcoal powder with my soap making and once I forgot some charcoal powder on my counter. It took less than a minute for my cat to get into it. Charcoal was everywhere, and my white cat was grey.
I recommend using a sticky lint roller and isopropyl alcohol for clean up. Isopropyl is a secret weapon when it comes to micas and other powdered colourants!
Oh man, poor cat! But really, poor you for having to deal with a messy cat haha.
I ended up getting most of it up with Isopropyl :) Great minds think alike!
@@Rybonator oh it took forever to clean her up, the counters and floors were easier. I was just happy it was the charcoal and not something that could have potentially hurt her!
Happy to hear you were able to get most of it removed, great minds indeed!
I have had that issue a TON with sophie and toffee UV resin. I have the dice molds you are about to review in the next video and am veey interested to see if you have some of the same problems I have been having. I tried to use UV resin in the dice molds and they would never cure fully! I discovered that everything I had made that had any mica to color it only cured on the outside and basically all my dice would crack like eggs when you put any pressure on them. Even thin charms I made with bezels from their website following their instructions for coloring them with the mica they provided still was liquid on the inside. 😑
Oh shoot that's no good! I'm having troubles too, so we'll see if they can be worth it :/
@@Rybonator I don't mind the dice molds themselves for 2 part resin, except for no matter how hard I try to make sure there is enough resin in the sprew hole and some extra on top I still get a divet right where the hold is on the lid a lot of the time. 😩 The tip about adding resin to the inside of the squish lid before closing them from a previous video was helpful though. I dont have a pressure pot set up yet because it's just not in the budget right now, so I know some air bubbles are unavoidable, but the consistent divets are annoying for those molds. I resorted to mixing more resin after they cure and just putting a tiny bit to fill the imperfections.
on the bright side, uv resin vault kinda looks like a frozen, glacial, frost... something vault...
That pink foil and gold is a gorgeous set! I did want to ask you what style of silicone dice molds you would recomend for a person who is wanting to make their own molds. I was originally going to go with your normal sprue molds, but you seem to be usesing a sprue/cap style mold set that you made recently. Which would you say is better if you weigh the pros and cons or each style? Does the flashing on the cap/sprue style require a lot of sanding on the seam line?
Honestly Sprue is easier to get right for your first set of molds IMO. It helps vent some gas bubbles that cap molds otherwise trap inside. I'd recommend sprue to start, and if you like the hobby, get you a combo mold or experiment for what you like best :)
@@Rybonator Awesome! Thank you for the advice, that is really helpful.
I live in Brazil, so i don´t know what is the equivalent of Mica Flake unicorn skin in my country. Can someone help me with this?
Shoot, you should check out the Dice Making Discoveries page on Facebook! They have a ton of good resources for all over :)
@@Rybonator Thanks, Ill look into it. By the way, you're the reason i decided to start making dice. Love the content.
oh and an update on the mini dice mold. i clamped it between two pieces of plexiglass and it eliminated like 98% of the flashing issues. then i used some uv resin from my 3d printer (very runny liquid) and put a needle tip on a pipette and managed to get some really nice looking little dice. a few small bubbles but nice looking. just put enough pressure on the plexiglass to squeeze it to eliminate the flashing put too much pressure on it and it will deform the dice. If you were to do the same with 2 part resin and then take sections of popsicle sticks cut to the right length you can turn the top of the mold into a spot for extra resin and put in a pressure pot.
Oh nice! You absolutely rocked it Prodius :D Send pics sometime! I'd love to see your better results
@@Rybonator they are by no means "usable" they are barely readable. but i was planning on getting some black and some glow in the dark and casting a bunch of them and put then inside their respected dice (d10 inside d10 and so on) and then cast the bigger dice in a clear with some glitter (bout same as what you like) so even if they don't disperse in the resin and spread in the dice they will still be usable since nothing is there to change the weight it is all still resin. idea for the little glow dice from the glow spiders when you did the spider dice.
Your mat just goes through everything.
Haha yeah, it has a rough owner
That mold is much too big for UV resin. It’s too thick for a lamp and the sun cures it too quickly, that’s why it warped and went funny. UV resin should be done in thin layers for a project this size (but that is so expensive, not recommended!)
I'm assuming for your oversized/slightly larger dice, you have to make your molds by using dice you bought somewhere, when you first started off. Where did you get that size dice. Tried to find some that size like two years ago at FanExpo and couldn't find a single set that were larger then normal.
I had a similar issue with UV resin and that mold in particular. I literally dissected my finished piece and found that the dividers between the dice segments HAD cured better, but the core of the vault had not. I tried again with making it in layers...and it kinda worked, but I won't be doing that again in a hurry. If you have a number of hours and a lot of patience, sure, UV resin could work. I'll stick to epoxy :)
The flakes aren’t mica. 😐 they’re iridescent flakes. Mica is a mineral clay powder.
I dont have the funds or the resources to do any of the things in your vids... I just like watching your stuff xD
I watched resin videos for maybe 5 years before I could finally afford to try it myself. It's always worth the wait :D
@@Rybonator thanks for the vote of confidence. Maybe one day.
I'm amused at hearing someone else talk about Die Hard Dice because a campaign I listen to, their DM is a huge fan and uses their dice for the campaign. I have a few dire d20s and two exclusive acrylic sets and love the quality.
the UV resin dice box reminds me of the old 70s looking glass window panes used throughout homes... no one knows what I am talking about? ok
If you scale down your prints, they probably won’t have any issues fitting
Some people complained about "finger prints" or layer lines on the finish cast. Are these showing up in yours? (I thought i saw them on the dark green vault)
I don't really notice them in person, but you can see them on the green box in this video a few times. I imagine that it's because of the resin layers on the 3d printed material they use to make the molds
@@Rybonator yea its a known issue that Sophie and toffee acknowledge. Some people have been getting refunds. Im sure that a new mold could be made if we sand and polish those lines away.
I dont know if its still relevant, but I noticed that ALOT of UV resin curing at the same time will only cure like to outer layers. Kind of as if its creating a shell around the whole. Blubbles will still form if you have, for example, a flower inside or so
That UV dice vault looks like an ice themed case. Maybe ice dice are in the mix for a future video. I’d use it, personally.
You think these are food safe? I would love to cast something similar but salt containers.
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Can you not use Mold Release on these? I figured that would make the honeycomb WAY easier to handle.