Draconic Spires

Step 4: Here we have the replacement for the massive d20's master die. This print was hollow with a web of a support structure. You can make out minimal details of that through the two drain holes. By printing the die in this way, the forces that stretched the previous master die were largely avoided, and thus the geometry of this specimen is much superior. There isn't the need for aggressive sanding to adapt the shape, which results in negative repercussions.

Step 1: checking the original master die for the massive d20, we find there's a stretch towards where the die was mounted for 3d resin printing. See that "A" is shorter than "B". The edge going away from the camera on "B"'s right divides faces 1 and 8, and that was facing the printing plate. Because of the size of the die, as each layer is printed, the forces extended the area around faces 1/8 until more of the surrounding support structure could take over. Said support structure has been removed at the time of this picture, and basic polishing has made most normal artifacts of the printing process disappear.

Fresh dice, here being two of several sets in the last few days.

Tidal Pool is a softly shimmering mix of pale blues, with a glow-in-the-dark surprise.

Hadal Gold tucks beautiful nuggets of treasure behind swirling opaque curtains of dark.

Oh the hours whittled away with delicately stroking resin on various rough surfaces, slowly resolving to a final clean form from the crude initial. Various problems once again with 3D printing, or put differently: "the 3D printer is working exactly as well as always".