Special Edition Catan Dice cups

CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄ƷDer Millionendorf- Icrontian
edited January 2012 in Gaming
It's too cold to be out in my garage workshop, so while I can't be working on Giant Catan, I decided to get to a smaller Catanish project that I'd been putting off for a while.

Catan themed dice cups.

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Each cup is tin, painted 'steel' with a hammered finish (which didn't quite turn out the way I had visualized, but I still like how it looks), then lined on the inside and on the bottom with black felt. The designs are cut from actual Catan cards, then affixed to the tin with a gloss lacquer, so they have a smooth glassy finish on the side with the design. (similar to the the method I used on the robot tin I made for Dras, except that design I pained by hand, and I only used one coat of the laquer, so it's not quite as glassy.)

The dice are standard Chessex 15mm rounded dice. Each cup has a black with copper pips to be the 'wooden' die and a gold-marble with silver pips to be the 'yellow' die, so that it's compatible with Cities and Knights.

Comments

  • Awesome. Is this something you're planning to list on etsy, or just a fun addition to your own gaming stuff collection?
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    I hadn't decided what to do with them yet. I just made them because I wanted to make them. :) I mean: surely, I'll want to add one of them to my own Catan set, but I don't know which one, and I don't know what to do with the other two.
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    VERY cool... Love the way they look.
  • JokkeJokke Bergen, Norway Icrontian
    Did you make these yourself? Very impressive work! Looks very good.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    Did you make these yourself? Very impressive work! Looks very good.
    Yep! Thanks.
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