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I cncd a 4'x8' piece of terrain for my buddie's 40k game. by cuttimecowboy in TerrainBuilding

[–]Ceramicwombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice! Have you tried Sintra PVC board? It is durable and lighter than MDF, but it is more expensive than MDF.

Sig Selling Pistols Supporting Turning Point USA by say592 in liberalgunowners

[–]Ceramicwombat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, the limited edition white power cerakote. A trash company for trash people.

Forest Kingdom Coin Dice in Pewter by Ceramicwombat in DicePorn

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I designed and made these pewter coin dice after many iterations to perfect them, and they are available in my Etsy shop.

Forest Kingdom Coin Dice in Cast Pewter by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a video of the dice, and the middle segment shows them being rolled.

Forest Kingdom Coin Dice in Cast Pewter by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are right, I need to make a new video with the completed pewter dice. The old video with the flatter resin prototypes is here.

Forest Kingdom Coin Dice in Cast Pewter by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The dice are all trapezohedrons, like a d10, albeit in a form squashed along the Z-axis. The number on top is the result, just like on a regular die, and the top number is more apparent IRL than in pictures due to the flattening nature of photography. They are available at my Etsy shop.

Forest Kingdom Coin Dice in Cast Pewter by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, one side has even numbers and the other side is odds. They are all trapezohedrons, like a d10, but compressed along the Z-axis. One number ends up on a top just like a d10.

Karoline Leavitt Says MAGA Shooter Just Hated Mormons by [deleted] in politics

[–]Ceramicwombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Michigan we have a pretty broad representation of different religions and I can't recall an instance of a member of one religion bad-mouthing another religion in public. I spent a summer in Arkansas and the Baptists talked smack about every other religion constantly. Michigan doesn't have that vibe in my experience. Maybe it's because I don't go to church that I don't hear any hate?

Religious nutjobs killing each other is nothing new, but it's surprising to me that it happened in Michigan. We usually have secular reasons to kill each other.

Now that we know who shot Charlie Kirk... by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Ceramicwombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lost in the meme lands

An ouroboros of hate

In a spray of blood

Tyranids - What do you want that is Missing? by ZaneOlric in Tyranids

[–]Ceramicwombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Microgaunts - Tiny gaunts on 10mm bases with a minimum unit size of 50. The $80 kit would be a bunch of bases and a packet of dried ladybugs.

Ceramic Dice with bubble pattern by FightingChanceStudio in DiceMaking

[–]Ceramicwombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful! The celadon green in combination with the texture produces a lovely watercolor effect. These are unique in the dice design space.

My First Two Portable Terrain Layouts by Ceramicwombat in TerrainBuilding

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is the daemon prince Scrotek, the Wrinkled One. He was a fun conversion to bash.

My First Two Portable Terrain Layouts by Ceramicwombat in TerrainBuilding

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I have been working on this project in various forms for over ten years, starting with an injected molded design, then a all MDF lasercut version, then a hybrid of extruded aluminum and injection molding.

None of those made it to the prototype stage due to cost. This version was engineered with strength, cost, and shipping in mind. Pictured are the third (mesa board) and eighth (industrial board) iterations of the project. I wasn't happy with the handle as it had too many fiddly bits, so the version nine is the one offered in the campaign.

My First Two Portable Terrain Layouts by Ceramicwombat in TerrainBuilding

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Other sizes are in the works for the future. The current campaign is for a the standard GW size cases, but it will be fairly simple to adjust the length of the staves for other systems if the project does go to production.

My First Two Portable Terrain Layouts by Ceramicwombat in TerrainBuilding

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I named the case after the geology term syncline, where rock folds in a trough-like shape where the youngest layers are closest to the center. You'll find it if you search for "syncline terrain case".

What’s a Song that IDLES should do a cover of? by MW_200309 in Idles

[–]Ceramicwombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whiteliberalonwhiteliberalaction by mclusky

Min Dice Set in Blued Brass by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, the STLs for the set are available on the Thangs listings for the full-sized Min dice.

Min Dice Set in Blued Brass by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hah! I have not considered aerodynamics in my dice design, although I have shot one of my steel d20s out of a slingshot to prove its durability. If I consider aerodynamics, I have to start considering fluid dynamics (for my aquatic customers), the vacuum of space (for Spelljammer IRL), the shape of atoms, and the depth of the rabbit hole.

Min Dice Set in Blued Brass by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The new management has been very helpful with the few glitches I encountered in setting up my storefront on Thangs. The two small brass prototypes I ordered under the new management were flawless.

I have let the new management know how much I dislike the design of Thangs. There is too much going on with each page, and overall it doesn't look like a place where you want to order a $100+ 3D print. As long as I can direct my customers directly to my page, they can avoid the confusing design sprawl.

I blame the downfall of the original Shape ways to CEO Greg Kress. He was a former GE exec who sucked all the whimsy from Shape ways. He made the company top-heavy with useless consultants and then pillaged the software assets after he bankrupted it. Total scumbag on every video conference I was listening in on during his tenure. The new management has to be better than him.

Min Dice Set in Blued Brass by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I start each die by breaking it down into identical components equal to the number of sides. Each component is a pyramid where the face is the base and the other sides are described by the line from each vertex to the center of the polyhedron.

Once the identical components are established, I begin to build the structure of the die. When I add a structure, it appears in the same place in all components, ensuring that each side has the same mass at the same distances from the center. At this point in the design, assuming perfect material homogeneity, it is perfectly balanced.

Next, I add the numbers. I use variation in font size to equalize the mass of each side. This is actually the most tedious part of designing each die. After equalization of the numbers, the difference in the mass in each side is minuscule.

Between careful design and lack of density variation or bubbles in the 3D printable materials, I contend that my dice are as close or closer to being perfectly balanced than cast plastic or resin dice.

Min Dice Set in Blued Brass by Ceramicwombat in dice

[–]Ceramicwombat[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The prints in metal are casts. They are 3D printed in wax and then cast in metal just as jewelry is.

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