Reimagining Your Dice: Personalize Your Set for Every Quest
Hello fellow dice goblins, storytellers, and crafters! Here’s a super simple guide to repainting your dice so they perfectly match your character or campaign setting.
In this post, I’ll walk you through the super simple way I like to do it, along with some cute ideas to customize your sets to match your magical adventures.
Recommended cozy set up- Make some tea, grab your favorite paint, put on a show or some music, and let's turn your dice into tiny enchanted artifacts.
Why Repaint Your Dice?
- Character Ties: Match your dice to your hero’s color palette, from woodland pink and greens to celestial silvers and blues.
- Campaign Themes: Evoke settings- ancient ruins, cosmic voids, or fairy-tale glades with bespoke finishes.
- Revitalization: Refresh an old set with a new treasured look.
A Super Simple Acrylic Repaint Method
For a quick, enchanting refresh, focus on one tool: high-quality acrylic paint. Metallic, shiny, or matte finishes work best, pick what suits your vibe!
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Choose Your Paint & Brushes
- Acrylic Paint: Opt for a pigmented metallic or matte to minimize layers.
- Fine Detail Brush: For precise number-filling, or go bigger and just wipe away the excess. What really matters is getting the paint fully in there.
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Prepare Your Workspace
Lay down something to protect your surface, personally, I use the lid of my paint box as a little tray. Have a tissue or cotton swaps ready for immediate cleanup. -
Paint in Batches
Paint one face of each die, carefully flooding the grooves. Wipe away excess paint immediately with a tissue or cotton swab. Set each die face-up on a clean surface to dry. -
Pace Yourself
Rotate through your dice: while the first face dries, move on to the next. A favorite show, a cozy cup of tea, or a playlist helps pass the time!
Drying Tip: Two to three thin coats usually deliver full coverage without clumping. -
Mind the Resin Tint
On clear or translucent dice, note that paint color inside the font subtly tints the surrounding resin—creating a gentle wash of your chosen hue. If you’d rather start fresh, remove the old layer first with 91% isopropyl alcohol or a commercial de-inker, then proceed with your new color. If you go this route, make sure not to leave your dice soaking too long or it can affect the finish.
Step-by-Step Painting Process
- Prep & De-Ink (optional if you want a clean slate)
- Base Layer: Optional- you can leave the original dice finish or apply a base coat for a uniform background.
- Font Filling: Follow the batch method above with acrylic paint.
Enchanting Design Ideas
- Elemental Fade: Blend two colors in layers (e.g., indigo blue fading to violet).
- Glowing Aura: Use glow in the dark or UV reactive paints.
- Glitter Finish: Sprinkle a little glitter into the last coat of paint while it’s still wet for a sparkly finish. Follow with a clear coat.
- Galaxy Swirl: Using pearl acrylics for your main color, swirl in black using a toothpick to evoke starry skies or watery depths. I would swirl the black in to the main font color while it's still wet within the dice face font.
Share Your Artifacts
Harness your inner artisan and turn every roll into a story-worthy moment.
Tag @FennekandFinch on Instagram or share your before-and-after dice photos in our Facebook community- we’d love to see the enchanted artifacts you’re creating alongside fellow adventurers and dice goblins! 💫
Happy crafting, and may your rolls always sparkle with magic! ✨🎲