Comments on: 3D printed "thorn dice" http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: brassandlace http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069824 brassandlace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069824 So it's your fault we're having all this rain... So it’s your fault we’re having all this rain…

]]> By: Lelielle http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1070084 Lelielle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1070084 I don't even play RPG's and I want these, they look like dice used by some devious godlike entity to control the lives of unsuspecting humans for it's viewing pleasure....very cool. I don’t even play RPG’s and I want these, they look like dice used by some devious godlike entity to control the lives of unsuspecting humans for it’s viewing pleasure….very cool.

]]> By: Dicrel Seijin http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1070359 Dicrel Seijin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1070359 Oh, I would love to get these. They'd go great with the solid copper ones I got as a gift many Christmases ago. I don't know about rolling them though, I'd probably use them for keeping track of turns and occasionally terrorizing the players. (I kid, I kid....) Oh, I would love to get these. They’d go great with the solid copper ones I got as a gift many Christmases ago.

I don’t know about rolling them though, I’d probably use them for keeping track of turns and occasionally terrorizing the players. (I kid, I kid….)

]]> By: RebNachum http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069598 RebNachum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069598 Isn't that "Jewish poker?" (But I agree: Ephraim Kishon, a"h, z'tl, l'sd) Isn’t that “Jewish poker?” (But I agree: Ephraim Kishon, a”h, z’tl, l’sd)

]]> By: allen http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069855 allen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069855 Those are really, really cool. Also, I think we can safely say that boingboing has entered a new era from the fact that these dice, not the steampunk dice at shapeways, were the ones to get promoted. Next fad to wind to an end: cute girls with ukuleles. Those are really, really cool.

Also, I think we can safely say that boingboing has entered a new era from the fact that these dice, not the steampunk dice at shapeways, were the ones to get promoted.

Next fad to wind to an end: cute girls with ukuleles.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069856 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069856 You could just use a tray, which protects your table and stops your dice from going everywhere. You could just use a tray, which protects your table and stops your dice from going everywhere.

]]> By: moosetoga http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1070118 moosetoga Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1070118 *shudder* I've stepped on enough plastic D4s in my time that I don't even want to think about what it would feel like with these. *shudder* I’ve stepped on enough plastic D4s in my time that I don’t even want to think about what it would feel like with these.

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069612 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069612 Yes, but since they are not using cards, I adapted the principle. Player: I cast a fireball against the troll horde. DM: So, what did you roll? Player 1: Umm... 17 ! DM: Too bad, you needed an 18 to succeed! Player 1: Ben Gurion! DM: ...... Yes, but since they are not using cards, I adapted the principle.

Player: I cast a fireball against the troll horde.
DM: So, what did you roll?
Player 1: Umm… 17 !
DM: Too bad, you needed an 18 to succeed!
Player 1: Ben Gurion!
DM: ……

]]> By: RigelK http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1070135 RigelK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1070135 Drooooooollll.... I've got a whole lot of want happening for these. Drooooooollll….

I’ve got a whole lot of want happening for these.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069881 IronEdithKidd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069881 I would've opted for an end to all the bananas first. Just stop looking at them. I would’ve opted for an end to all the bananas first.

Just stop looking at them.

]]> By: Crashproof http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069648 Crashproof Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069648 These (and some of the other dice) are the first actually cool thing to come out of a 3D printer. Bravo! These (and some of the other dice) are the first actually cool thing to come out of a 3D printer. Bravo!

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069653 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069653 Rolling? I use dice for scorekeeping, and these should be a critical hit. Rolling? I use dice for scorekeeping, and these should be a critical hit.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069429 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069429 That's pretty dang cool. I imagine they'd tear up your gaming table after a few games, though. That’s pretty dang cool. I imagine they’d tear up your gaming table after a few games, though.

]]> By: Alvis http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069433 Alvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069433 Wow. Those look damn cool. I had gotten to a point where I was sick of all this 3D-printed stuff. The end results are better than you'd get a few years ago, but they still looked pretty crappy, IMHO. I also felt like people were calling things "cool" solely for the fact that they were 3D-printed. THIS, though! This I like. Wow. Those look damn cool.

I had gotten to a point where I was sick of all this 3D-printed stuff. The end results are better than you’d get a few years ago, but they still looked pretty crappy, IMHO. I also felt like people were calling things “cool” solely for the fact that they were 3D-printed.

THIS, though! This I like.

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069443 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069443 These are great! If I was an avid gamer, I would make a custom metal dice rolling board to go with these. It would be fun to paint a patina on the dice and the board and watch it wear away with use. An extremely battle worn board could become a badge of honor. These are great! If I was an avid gamer, I would make a custom metal dice rolling board to go with these. It would be fun to paint a patina on the dice and the board and watch it wear away with use. An extremely battle worn board could become a badge of honor.

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069444 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069444 And you can scatter a few of those four-siders around the DM's side of the table to keep players from sneaking a peak behind the screen. And you can scatter a few of those four-siders around the DM’s side of the table to keep players from sneaking a peak behind the screen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069445 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069445 Those dice are really neat but anyone in my party who tries using them on my dining room table will be dropped from my 9th floor balcony. Those dice are really neat but anyone in my party who tries using them on my dining room table will be dropped from my 9th floor balcony.

]]> By: subhan http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069452 subhan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069452 @muse, if you were gaming next to me with your metal dice & your metal dice board, I would be forced to stuff them into your ears and beat you with the board until they met in the middle. God, what a racket that would create! There was a brief period of time when some wargamers were showing up at my FLGS for game day with small dice in shot glasses with covers of some sort on them to roll. The noise was horrible just from the plastic on glass. @muse, if you were gaming next to me with your metal dice & your metal dice board, I would be forced to stuff them into your ears and beat you with the board until they met in the middle. God, what a racket that would create! There was a brief period of time when some wargamers were showing up at my FLGS for game day with small dice in shot glasses with covers of some sort on them to roll. The noise was horrible just from the plastic on glass.

]]> By: Hosidax http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069457 Hosidax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069457 I knew it! boingboing is positively chock full o' RPGers. Awesome. :D I knew it!
boingboing is positively chock full o’ RPGers.
Awesome.
:D

]]> By: lalo http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069465 lalo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069465 I noticed these a few days ago, when I was ordering something else from Shapeways. Was very tempted to buy a few. Ceramicwombat's other dice are pretty neat too, some of them IMO are actually cooler than the thorny ones. I noticed these a few days ago, when I was ordering something else from Shapeways. Was very tempted to buy a few. Ceramicwombat’s other dice are pretty neat too, some of them IMO are actually cooler than the thorny ones.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1070756 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1070756 These things have been around since last summer, I think. My DM got a set back when it was in a dice thread on one of the relatively reasonable parts of 4chan. Nobody ever questions his judgement lest we take a metal caltrop to the face. These things have been around since last summer, I think. My DM got a set back when it was in a dice thread on one of the relatively reasonable parts of 4chan.

Nobody ever questions his judgement lest we take a metal caltrop to the face.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069737 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069737 My inner 15-year-old D&D geek is madly screaming "I NEED THOSE!!!" Boingboing has tempted him many times - tactical pants, handmade leather luggage, ridiculous gadget porn, 3D printed Klein bottle, etc etc. But this? Damn you, Cory Doctorow... I agree that these are the coolest 3D printed thing I've seen yet, and also that I wanna start playing D&D again just so I can justify getting some. $89 for stainless steel thorn dice is pretty ridiculous, but life is short, eh? My inner 15-year-old D&D geek is madly screaming “I NEED THOSE!!!” Boingboing has tempted him many times – tactical pants, handmade leather luggage, ridiculous gadget porn, 3D printed Klein bottle, etc etc. But this? Damn you, Cory Doctorow…

I agree that these are the coolest 3D printed thing I’ve seen yet, and also that I wanna start playing D&D again just so I can justify getting some. $89 for stainless steel thorn dice is pretty ridiculous, but life is short, eh?

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069492 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069492 Slaying gold dragons isn't for the faint hearted :) Plus, an aluminum board with felt backing probably would be way quieter than glass. Slaying gold dragons isn’t for the faint hearted :) Plus, an aluminum board with felt backing probably would be way quieter than glass.

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069494 dagfooyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069494 I might have to start gaming again just so I have an excuse to purchase and use these dice. I might have to start gaming again just so I have an excuse to purchase and use these dice.

]]> By: Alvis http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069499 Alvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069499 I think I might prefer to use these on a solid wood tray, with a nice lip around it. Still get the nice worn look, with less noise and wear on the dice. I think I might prefer to use these on a solid wood tray, with a nice lip around it. Still get the nice worn look, with less noise and wear on the dice.

]]> By: LydiRae http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069768 LydiRae Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069768 The only way I'm preventing myself from ordering a set of these is by holding the half-gallon jar of dice we already have and rocking it back and forth gently. The only way I’m preventing myself from ordering a set of these is by holding the half-gallon jar of dice we already have and rocking it back and forth gently.

]]> By: VICTOR JIMENEZ http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069526 VICTOR JIMENEZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069526 But the spikes prevent them from rolling! They look cool, but I like my dice like my stones, rollin´. But the spikes prevent them from rolling!
They look cool, but I like my dice like my stones, rollin´.

]]> By: jpgsawyer http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069529 jpgsawyer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069529 Err I think if you used these dice round my friends they would be concerned at the potential for them being loaded! There would have to be a significant period of observation to show they where reasonable. The cross over between the gaming and scientific communities is quite large so I wonder if this might be a problem elsewhere. Beautiful but not all that practical I would think. Err I think if you used these dice round my friends they would be concerned at the potential for them being loaded! There would have to be a significant period of observation to show they where reasonable.

The cross over between the gaming and scientific communities is quite large so I wonder if this might be a problem elsewhere.

Beautiful but not all that practical I would think.

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069533 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069533 You could always use jewish dice - just image the numbers you rolled! (RIP, Ephraim Kishon.) You could always use jewish dice – just image the numbers you rolled!

(RIP, Ephraim Kishon.)

]]> By: Allesklar http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/3d-printed-thorn-dic.html#comment-1069535 Allesklar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069535 I used to agree with the part about crappy results. But it seems that 3D printing has come a long ways since even a few years ago. There was an article a month or two ago in the Economist about 3D printing. Apparently, it was only used for prototypes before, but now 3D printing is used for final products as well. Such manufacturing would save tons of material, considering most metal and other parts are simply there to facilitate the manufacturing process and not help the final product. I used to agree with the part about crappy results. But it seems that 3D printing has come a long ways since even a few years ago. There was an article a month or two ago in the Economist about 3D printing. Apparently, it was only used for prototypes before, but now 3D printing is used for final products as well. Such manufacturing would save tons of material, considering most metal and other parts are simply there to facilitate the manufacturing process and not help the final product.

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