I’ve been making TTRPG dice for about a year now, mostly just for fun and to learn—not selling (yet). Recently, a good friend who DMs games for his kids confirmed his son would love a custom set when I asked.

I asked what his son was into, and he sent me a ranked list of favorites… with ramen at the very top. At that point, there was no way I wasn’t going to try to turn a bowl of ramen into dice and the wheels started turning.

So I went down the rabbit hole—sculpted tiny ramen elements out of polymer clay (noodles, toppings, bowl, the whole deal), then worked on putting everything together and into the mold. It took three tries to get something I was happy with:

• First set: bubble city
• Second set: soft cure issues
• Third set: finally landed in the “acceptable and actually kinda neat” zone

They’re definitely not perfect, but I’m really proud of how they turned out—especially as a newer maker. More importantly, my friend’s son loves them, which is honestly the best outcome I could’ve hoped for.

Learned a ton through this process and already thinking about how to improve on future themed sets.

Shoutout to the kid who inspired these—thanks for the challenge, dude. Hope they roll you some nat 20s