Dice Cup, May the Dice

The client definitely had a clear idea of what they were after here.  They were looking to emulate the old "May the Force Be With You" logo from Star Wars on a star field.  At first I'd figured the starfield would be the tricky part because white paint on black leather doesn't always turn out well.  Though once all the staining was done the starfield came out wonderfully and it was the yellow paint in the lettering that was patchy (despite 3-4 coats).

Dice Cup of Tiamat

This will probably be the last of the D&D Deity Dice Cups (baring any requests for certain deities).  There's still Corellon, Wee Jas, etc but with all the different settings out there it's hard to know which deities anyone would be interested in.  I had to get Bahamut in though and if I was doing the Wyrmking I figured I had to include the Dragon Queen too.  They just have to go together.

I'd hoped the color on the five headed insignia would come through more.  I layered the resist on pretty thoroughly but I might try a few more coats on any subsequent builds.  Meanwhile, the dice cup can be purchased here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/694128573/dice-cup-of-tiamat

Dice Cup of Bahamut

As promised I've been continuing to crank out new dice cup designs.  I've had Bahamut sitting on my list for a long time but popular as he is it wasn't easy finding suitable artwork.  The medallion fits pretty perfectly though and as a player who's twice had a PC beholden to Bahamut I was glad I could include the seven "goldies".

The Dice Cup is available in the shop here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/680274752/dice-cup-of-bahamut

Dice Cups, Overhaul

The laser cutter opens up a lot of possibilities I didn't have previously.  The engraving function precisely burns down the leather to create more depth than simply darkening or burnishing the leather and the scoring is far more accurate than the old ink transfers.  While I was at it I drummed up an all new Monster Manual dice cup and broke out the DMG and Githyanki dice cups as separate designs.

PHB
This is my best selling design so I didn't want to change very much.  Engraving the shadow behind the statue gives it a heckuva lot more depth and makes the staining that much simpler.

DMG
The old Keymaster's been in need of an overhaul for awhile.  I processed original cover into an engraving to capture all the shadows between the doors and overlaid my original design (with some cleaning up) over the top of that.  The lid's virtually unchanged except for a gradient around the demon's head.

MM
Trying to find a good beholder image to start with was a bit of a challenge.  Technically that particular image came out of a dragon magazine (as near as I can tell) but it's from the same era as 1E AD&D.  The dragon of course comes right off the cover of the original Monster Manual, carved and stained to match the original covering.

Ehlonna
Ehlonna hasn't changed too much.  The tree is an engraving now and I might start using a stronger gold for it in the near future.  Scoring the unicorn helped capture a lot more of the detail in the hair.

Githyanki
Engraving the hills behind the githyanki saves a lot of time and stain.  I think I'm still working out the best way to stain the githyanki since there's a lot of colors involved (they are pretty garish after all).

St. Cuthbert
If I know anything about St. Cuthbert it's that he loves his circles.  Now I can score them so they cut super cleanly and engraving the area inside the circle makes it even better.  I might experiment with a mottled gradient on the lid down the road but this is pretty good for now.

Winged D20
This was the first design I drew back when I was still figuring out how dice cups should work.  I used to barground the wings and while that looked great it took a pretty good while and inevitably got a little messy.  Engraving the wings gives them more depth and makes them nice and clean too.  I debated scaling the wings down so the design could fit a keeper but ultimately decided it was worth not having a handle to have the wings wrap around the whole cup.  Rather happy with how this one came out.

N7
I adapted this from an old design to experiment with different styles of engraving.  The N7 logo is itself engraved (and then painted over) while the System Alliance logo (on the lid) has the border engraved and the interior painted.  Unfortunately the painting wasn't clean enough for me to be comfortable putting this up in the store just yet.  If I ever have reason to make another of these I'd like to the N7 logo as an underlay and maybe, just maybe, make an overlay of the Alliance logo.  That should be pretty cool and clean.

Wonder Woman
All the little details of the shield on the lid are waaaaaaaaaaay easier and more precise now that they can be scored before carving them.  I'm not sure the difference photographs well but I'm really happy with it.

Dice Cup, Winged D20

The client wanted to get a dice cup as a gift for their D&D fan but wasn't sure which one they'd like best.  I went way back to my original design for the dice cups because it'll be shiny for any roller of D20s!

Coasters & Dice Cups

I had a couple large orders for dice cups and/or coasters recently.  Great opportunities to get new photos on the new booth!

Dice Cup, Witcher

Everytime I played Witcher 3 I thought about doing this but didn't get around to it.  Apparently at least one client had the same idea though and I'm quite glad I had the opportunity to work this one out.  I'm hoping to add it to the shop later this season.

Dice Cup, Githyanki

@Grand_DM is a big fan of the classic Fiend Folio cover and after seeing one of the custom Dice Cups I made earlier this year he commissioned his own dice cup based on the cover.  I could say more but I think the review he wrote says it better.

Dice Cup, Keymaster

This was part of an order for multiple dice cups and the client was looking to mimic another cover of an early edition DMG.  It's the one with the creepy guy holding open the grand doors with all these demons and a volcano-y thing behind him.  It wasn't the easiest image to convert into a carving but I'm fairly happy with the result.  It's hard to see in the pictures but there's a nice gradient over the keymaster's head that kind of mimics the volcano-y bit.

I have a few tweaks in mind I could do regarding the shading and coloring and I'm hoping to get another chance at the design.  So of course there's a listing for it on the shop. =)