ADP 004 - Quartz D6

Project Number : ADP - 004
Material : Quartz
Size (Edge) : ~12.5 mm
Last Updated : Early 2016
Cut : Done
Sanded : Done
Pipped : 1 out of 6 sides
Painted : 0 out of 6 sides
Polished : 0 out of 6 sides

Well, another D6. Now it's made from quartz. I had high hopes on this project until I started making the pips; the dice was so hard and the surface was very slippery. So I finally gave up after barely making a single pip.



If someday I found a way to effectively carve the pips, I'll surely continue this project.

ADP 003 - Labradorite D12

Project Number : ADP - 003
Material : Labradorite
Size (Edge) : ~5mm
Last Updated : Early 2016
Cut : In progress
Sanded : 0 out of 12 sides
Pipped : 0 out of 12 sides
Painted : 0 out of 12 sides
Polished : 0 out of 12 sides

This is rather messy. The D12 started out well, but I screwed up when cutting the last sides. I forgot which were the sides that were cut first. The first few sides were cut more accurately so they were useful for angle reference and approximating whether the other sides had been cut properly or not. At the end I couldn't make a perfect dodecahedron so I abandoned this project. I mean, most of the sides are so far from regular pentagons ;-;

ADP 002 - Labradorite D6

Project Number : ADP - 002
Material : Labradorite
Size (Edge) : 0.935 cm
Last Updated : December 2015
Cut : Done
Sanded : Done
Pipped : Done
Painted : Done
Polished : Done

This was my first time to actually make a finished dice. Unfortunately the labradorite I used wasn't a good one so the colors are only visible on two opposite sides. (Sides 1 and 6)

Here's some picture of the dice before the numbers were carved.


I have to admit I was amazed by the chatoyancy. It is something that a bunch of photos can't describe.

On this project, I decided to try carving numbers instead of streaks or pips.

It worked fine, although Labradorite was very brittle, making the numbers look messy. The dice itself has numerous tiny pores and natural cracks which got filled by the paint, which become the small blue dot and lines :( Some of the corners also got chipped when I was making the dice, mostly when the dice fell from some height (higher than normal rolls obviously).

Again, it seemed I need to get better pictures.

ADP 001 - Diorite + Hematite (?) D8

Project Number : ADP - 001
Material : Diorite + Hematite (?) D8
Size (Edge) : ~0.9 cm
Last Updated : December 2015
Cut : Done
Sanded : Done
Pipped : Done
Painted : Done
Polished : 0 out of 6 sides

This dice was also one of my earliest dice. I wasn't serious about making dice back then so I didn't ask the seller what this rock was. Diorite with hematite is my best guess since it looked like diorite and slightly attracted to magnets. I bought the rock as a chunk and cut it down into a cube, before sanding the corners into an octahedron. Since I had difficulties making pips on rocks, so I had an idea to make streaks instead.
 


On the picture to the left, the dice shows the "3" side. There are 2 horizontal streaks and 1 vertical streaks. Therefore the side shows 2+1=3. The other picture shows side 3 (top), 2 (right), 8 (bottom, visible on the reflection), and 5 (left). Might need to take a better picture.

To make the streaks look more contrast, I colored them with silver markers.

ADP 000 - Bloodstone (?) D6

Project Number : ADP - 000
Material : Bloodstone (?)
Size (Edge) : 1.15 cm
Last Updated : November 2015
Cut : Done
Sanded : Done
Pipped : 4 out of 6 sides
Painted : 0 out of 6 sides
Polished : 0 out of 6 sides

This was my first attempt on making a dice. I bought a chunk of green rock (which seems to be the green part of bloodstone?) at a local store for a really cheap price. Since there were right angles already, it was fairly easy to make into a cube. Rounding the corners were also easy. However, making the pips are totally different story. I didn't have a proper tool to make the pips, so it was rudiculously hard to do, and I quit doing the pips after 4 sides done. The last time I touched this dice was last year's November.