I am looking for some polyhedral dice sets.
Pure Copper, Brass or Bronze. Not a coating, but solid Copper, Brass or Bronze.
Best I've found are here:
http://www.artisandice.com/product-category/dragons-dice/
but are out of stock.
I've seen Norse foundries, but I dont like their design: http://norsefoundry.com/product-category/special-edition-dice-set/
any suggestions?
>>48143752
>any suggestions?
Not really - first they would be prohibitively expensive, and thus not really mass marketable / suited for mass production. Second, they'd be so heavy that they would damage surfaces that they were rolled on in many cases particularly if they had sharp well defined edges and points. Third, the metals you're talking about are soft enough that over time the dice would become misshapen and unbalanced. Three serious strikes against those metals. Brass might be the most durable, but good luck finding anything like what you're looking for short of spending a small fortune on a custom order.
>>48143752
If I were going to go that route, I'd probably pay a local machine shop to CnC a set out of hardened aluminum.
>>48144351
Not OP, but that's actually one of the offerings from Artisandice which are apparently (or have access to) a machine shop. Most of their metal dice sets run into the $100+ range and some like the titanium set are $300+.
>>48143752
I find metal dice too heavy.
The ones I own are from QW
http://q-workshop.com/metal-dice
There's also 3D places that will sinter dice for you in many metals. Ain't cheap though.
shapeways.com/marketplace/games/dice/
A lot of them can be printed in all sorts of metals.
>>48143752
Buy the cheapest, more regular dice possible, made of plastic.
They will last you longer
They will look better after a while
They will withstand much more
They are fully balanced
They don't cost shitload of money
They can be easy replaced
I on regular basis don't allow people to use metal dice, because they are by default badly balanced and thus favouring certain outcomes.
>>48144383
Titanium is very expensive and a bitch to process. Hardened steel tools don't cut it right, and diamond tips get used up fast. You want to cast titanium, even though that requires very high temperatures. But cast dice are shit. Basically $300 for machined titanium dice is a bargain, though for whom I can't fathom.
If you want nice dice pay an artisan. There's carvers, blacksmiths, and jewelers who will make excellent dice. They aren't cheap either, but they're custom made just like you want them.
>>48143752
ITT: Idiots buying worst dice possible
Carved metal dice are unbalanced, due to being artistic work instead of standarised weight for each side of the die.
>>48144460
I like the colors of the Titanium dice, but there's no way I'd drop that kind of money on them. (Even if I ever win the lottery!) Frankly I can get similar color schemes in far less expensive materials and odds are the dice will be just as well balanced or better than the titanium ones.
I just want to roll 20s with about 10% more likelihood for fucks sake, none of my characters ever do anything important so if I have a weighted dice maybe I can be important
>>48144507
>has never seen the Gamescience presentation
>>48144634
>Saw some shitty presentation and feels like a god of probabilistics now
Kill yourself. Metal dice are harded to standarise, it's a fact. Casted ones are shit, it's a fact. If they are carved, then they are not much better due to the nature of carving in metal. If they are made by artisian and not machine, you can forget about having "fair" dice - they will all be flawed this or that way while costing absurd amount of money.
>>48144957
>HURR DURR
...
>carving
Do you mean milling? Machining? Because it isn't a blade but a rotating cooled head with hardened edges.
>harded to standarise, it's a fact
You are maybe thinking of casino dice? Nobody makes casino grade dice other than d6.
>If they are made by artisian and not machine, you can forget about having "fair" dice
Artisans use machines. You can get precision if you look somewhere else than your local ren fair.
>absurd amount of money
Indeed.
Are you are that copper and bronze oxidizes quite quickly and will require frequent treatment to stop turning an unpleasant green color while not in use?
That this will be caused from your skin and will transfer to it? It is harmless but I would not like copper cloride all over my table. Find a different metal or alloy to prevent the patina from appearing.
>>48145244
>an unpleasant green color
everyone laugh at this plebe who can't even appreciate verdigris
>>48146412
This. Seriously, old bronze has a neat patina to it, like antiquity personified.
On the other hand, I'd be pissed if that shit got on anything so I see his point.
>>48146412
>>48146695
On old antiques that are not touched and sit there growing in value, worth and age, it is a beautiful thing to see.
On something that you intend to use with some frequency, on a small item with a comparably large surface area green-flakes will be falling off in to your hands, staining it, your book, your character sheet, your friends table and all manner of things.
Copper will do the same only it will be a dirtier color. If you wish for metallic dice, look at Stainless Steel.
>>48143752
I have a set of 12mm Crystal Caste Dwarven Metals in Brass - they're nice and simple without a bunch of random extra shit like Norse or Q-workshop.
Personally, I'd avoid full sized dice in metal though, they will beat the shit out of your table. 12mm is fine and readable if a touch smaller and not feeling as nice in the hand, but they won't fuck up your rolling surface. 16mm or larger is asking for dents.
CC seems to be out of stock on a bunch of their metals so you might have to wait or check your LGS, but if you want 12mm in Steel or 16mm in Copper they have them in stock.
>>48143752
some titanium-alloy.
price doesn't matter as it's an luxury item that only very few would get
OP here just woke up. thanks for the feedback.
I have a fuckton of dice, I just want something nice because I have money to blow.
I've read the suggestions here, and most except, for shapeways, are some lesser metal but with a coating. not the solid copper ect. that I am looking for.
I'll keep waiting for an email back from artisandice about their out of stock options.
they have a huge selection of neat dice, including metals, stone like white marble, woods like redwood from giant treestumps, solid teflon that bounce less, gator jawbone, and even mammoth ivory. http://www.artisandice.com/order/mammoth-ivory/
Pict related is 27$ shipped off of eBay, plated though, I even saw some aluminum d6s @ 5 for 3-4$ish shipped from China.
Unless you already have a set just get a cheap one from eBay to see if you like them.
