Nice and complete... but I prefer using wooden craft cubes : print the faces on ordinary paper and glue them with PVA or carpenter's glue, paint up the edges and finally, once the previous steps are dry, cover with Modge Podge or some similar varnishing product. The result might not be perfectly balanced but it's quick, easy and durable. I would never get through those origami dice :D
I thought the same until I tried it! You end up with the same problem - two faces at 90 degrees to each other that need to slot together at the same time - but this time all the way around the cube (six faces at once) rather than just on one side (four faces at once). I don't think there's any particularly easy way to get those things together, but once you do tease it into position, they stay in shape pretty well!
I had heaps of fun making modular origami when I was younger, and while icosahedrons were my favourite, the same principals can be used to make cubes. (link below) I have a feeling that the origami dice that you used are essentially the same individual units, but turned inside out. Thinking a little harder about it though, the way I used to do it would have been easier to assemble because of the way the tabs/slots are situated. I'd be curious to see if making an origami die to the relevant proportions of a die you already have and constructing it around the outside would make for a better roll with the added weight. mathcraft.wonderhowto.com/how-to/modular-origami-make-cube-octahedron-icosahedron-from-sonobe-units-0131460/
You're right, they look exactly the same! Thanks for the link, I've known of these shapes being used for cubes for a while and had a vague understanding it finds a wider use in origami, but I don't think I've seen the other polyhedra. I guess the advantage to using them this way around is that you can print the die face on the large unfolded area in the middle; the disadvantage is that all the pockets are now strictly on the inside, so it's a bit trickier to work all the tabs home. (Realistically, the other factor that I didn't really go into in the video is size. The template I provided is about as small as it's possible to make these, and the larger you make them the easier they are to put together... it's just that it's easy to end up with a die that's eight centimetres across!)
I made dice from polymer clay. Use any round wire or pencil to make the dots etc Bake in oven and paint with acrylic. Finish with spray on varnish....bobs your uncle
Depends where you are! In the UK you can get them from: blankdice.co.uk/ www.thediceshoponline.com/ In the US: indentedblankdice.com/?p=87 www.printplaygames.com/ www.thegamecrafter.com If you search for "indented blank dice" you may find other options nearer to you. You can also often find these dice in games in second-hand shops or boot sales; there's quite a few titles that have used them over the years.
Great video. One thing I wonder, do you have a template for dice faces with cut marks? I have similar blank dice as you show in the video but I don't how to do the template.
I don't, I'm afraid - the indented parts on mine are 15mm across, which is a little more than 9/16ths of an inch - so I generally just scale my images to 13 or 14mm squares (14mm is very close to 9/16", so that would probably also be a good size) in Inkscape/Illustrator/favourite-layout-program-of-choice, to make sure that they fit in the indent without riding up the edges at all.
I try and avoid PVA for most PnP stuff, because it's a very wet glue and it often causes paper to wrinkle. If you're talking about getting stickers to stick down, the easiest option is just to use label paper in the first place. Failing that, at least for the size sticker you need for dice or tokens, you can stick double-sided tape (the kind with a backing paper) on the underside of the printed material, cut the shape out, then peel back the paper from the double-sided tape to stick down. If you're talking about covering the sticker with a protective layer, then there's several options. Often I like to just spray with an acrylic lacquer (the stuff I use is intended for cars, so it's nice and durable, and I found a good supplier that sells it cheap in bulk). If you're not in the position to do that or prefer something thicker or glossier, you can find self-adhesive clear plastic - it often comes on rolls, here in the UK we find it in stationers as "book covering" material, or under the name 'cold laminate'. You could even just use a sticky tape - packing tape or repair tape or something like that, if it's wide enough for what you're covering.
you can tell he really enjoys his work
Nice and complete... but I prefer using wooden craft cubes : print the faces on ordinary paper and glue them with PVA or carpenter's glue, paint up the edges and finally, once the previous steps are dry, cover with Modge Podge or some similar varnishing product. The result might not be perfectly balanced but it's quick, easy and durable. I would never get through those origami dice :D
The best dice ive done is iron on, Print in reverse with a laser printer on a label backer. Then iron onto the blank dice, looks professional.
You should get more than this subs because your videos are the best
Can you make a video on how to make score cards like the ones in “king of tokoyo”...
These videos are amazing!
is there a place in Europe where indented blank dice could be bought?
Thankyou! This has helped me Hugely!!!
What size to the images need to be for method 4 on Card Creator?
Another awesome video!
Origami dice are insane LOL
Definitely never trying the origami method xD
Best video
With the origami dice, you may find it easier if you make two three-sided corners, then join them together.
I thought the same until I tried it! You end up with the same problem - two faces at 90 degrees to each other that need to slot together at the same time - but this time all the way around the cube (six faces at once) rather than just on one side (four faces at once).
I don't think there's any particularly easy way to get those things together, but once you do tease it into position, they stay in shape pretty well!
I had heaps of fun making modular origami when I was younger, and while icosahedrons were my favourite, the same principals can be used to make cubes. (link below)
I have a feeling that the origami dice that you used are essentially the same individual units, but turned inside out.
Thinking a little harder about it though, the way I used to do it would have been easier to assemble because of the way the tabs/slots are situated.
I'd be curious to see if making an origami die to the relevant proportions of a die you already have and constructing it around the outside would make for a better roll with the added weight.
mathcraft.wonderhowto.com/how-to/modular-origami-make-cube-octahedron-icosahedron-from-sonobe-units-0131460/
You're right, they look exactly the same! Thanks for the link, I've known of these shapes being used for cubes for a while and had a vague understanding it finds a wider use in origami, but I don't think I've seen the other polyhedra.
I guess the advantage to using them this way around is that you can print the die face on the large unfolded area in the middle; the disadvantage is that all the pockets are now strictly on the inside, so it's a bit trickier to work all the tabs home.
(Realistically, the other factor that I didn't really go into in the video is size. The template I provided is about as small as it's possible to make these, and the larger you make them the easier they are to put together... it's just that it's easy to end up with a die that's eight centimetres across!)
I made dice from polymer clay. Use any round wire or pencil to make the dots etc Bake in oven and paint with acrylic. Finish with spray on varnish....bobs your uncle
Hello, which software do you use to print custom dice faces?
The making of the origami die it's a game itself.
Craftsman. Love it.
Who sells the blank dice with recesses? Video was great!
Depends where you are!
In the UK you can get them from:
blankdice.co.uk/
www.thediceshoponline.com/
In the US:
indentedblankdice.com/?p=87
www.printplaygames.com/
www.thegamecrafter.com
If you search for "indented blank dice" you may find other options nearer to you. You can also often find these dice in games in second-hand shops or boot sales; there's quite a few titles that have used them over the years.
Great video. One thing I wonder, do you have a template for dice faces with cut marks? I have similar blank dice as you show in the video but I don't how to do the template.
I don't, I'm afraid - the indented parts on mine are 15mm across, which is a little more than 9/16ths of an inch - so I generally just scale my images to 13 or 14mm squares (14mm is very close to 9/16", so that would probably also be a good size) in Inkscape/Illustrator/favourite-layout-program-of-choice, to make sure that they fit in the indent without riding up the edges at all.
Thanks.
If laminating stickers, what is best adhesive glue? Pva ok?
I try and avoid PVA for most PnP stuff, because it's a very wet glue and it often causes paper to wrinkle.
If you're talking about getting stickers to stick down, the easiest option is just to use label paper in the first place. Failing that, at least for the size sticker you need for dice or tokens, you can stick double-sided tape (the kind with a backing paper) on the underside of the printed material, cut the shape out, then peel back the paper from the double-sided tape to stick down.
If you're talking about covering the sticker with a protective layer, then there's several options. Often I like to just spray with an acrylic lacquer (the stuff I use is intended for cars, so it's nice and durable, and I found a good supplier that sells it cheap in bulk). If you're not in the position to do that or prefer something thicker or glossier, you can find self-adhesive clear plastic - it often comes on rolls, here in the UK we find it in stationers as "book covering" material, or under the name 'cold laminate'. You could even just use a sticky tape - packing tape or repair tape or something like that, if it's wide enough for what you're covering.
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Thanks!
Just print it on sticker paper it cost me 50cents for a color copy on a normal sized page
Origami ASMR is a thing then
I played the mobile app of that game!
8:00 for complicated shit like origami dice it would help to first show the end idea because I have no idea what you’re doing and why.
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3:30 brilliant but no game designer will publish the two strips like that. So you need to preprocess this on your laptop before printing.
11:44 this is insane! Why not simply cut out the end form in the first place. It’s not like this folding remains a fun pastime after your first die...
Never saw the need for making custom dice.