Making Dice With Liquid Chrome

Mirror Mirror, on the wall... Who is the coolest Dice Maker of them all? Oh, not me? Ok...
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[@Rybonator]

WITNESS ME!

[@braindedpanda]

culture hustle has this weird even more chrome paint that id argue is even more chrome than these pens. might be worth a look into if you want tome make more chrome dice

[@scorpius1401]

YOU HAVE BEEN WITNESSED!

[@igknightlord63]

I would have personally went with gold for the chrome dice but they both turned out great. Would you consider making Ben 10 dice(each representing an alien form and a box using the Omnitrix colors and symbol)

[@Rybonator]

@@scorpius1401 I CAN NOW GO TO THE GATES OF VALHALLA!

[@scorpius1401]

Rybonator GLORIOUS

[@Serenyks]

That stuff is AMAZING for airbrushing. Thin it out with a little thinner and it makes some of the best fake chrome paint.

[@Rybonator]

I might need to do that for my sigmar minis sometime! :D

[@LostWhits]

Doesn't it change over time though?

[@shadowofkitsune]

Ohh yeah! Painted a dragon with it. It is so awesome!

[@mariashusband9796]

No thinner needed

[@jadedstonedmonkey]

@@Rybonator the reason the chrome was nicer on the upper portion of the rested Resin "paperweight", is because surface tension, in combination with density of the mass of the paint rising due to liquid physics, thereby make an even surface of the less dense materials to the top, in this case I belive the chrome paint that wasn't mixed in

[@joshmyer9]

Just a heads up: as paint, the shiny wears off over time, leaving a mediocre silver paint effect behind. Some clear coat might keep it safe; I haven't tried it yet, though. (I used one of these markers to help my kid know which Pro controller was dad's, since the haze of goldfish cheez on his controller apparently wasn't visible enough. Some chrome around the LEDs looked great at first, but now it's just silverish.)

[@Rybonator]

Thanks for the heads up. Maybe I can seal it in somehow... I'll look into it!

[@drewwendell]

@@Rybonator Have you considered just painting/coloring a blank insert and using clear resin on the outside?

[@AzraelThanatos]

If I remember right, Adam Savage used this stuff for a sword prop on Tested, I think he used a spray varnish overtop of it.

[@Saitaina]

Be careful with sealants as those also fade them, or did in the nail world. Most of our top coans were useless if we wanted to keep the shine.

[@TheSkullcleaver]

I'd love to see a navy blue or black set numbered with this paint. As I get older I have more difficulty reading the dice and need a strong contrast.

[@Rybonator]

Oh I hadn't thought about the navy, that's a good combo!

[@EngineerWhen]

Deep red should be great too!

[@nobodyimportant2470]

I was thinking the same. Dark paint on the dice with the chrome mixed in or inking chrome on a dark color dice. Either way it would really make the numbers pop.

[@hanelyp1]

A dark cloudy interior should look good with silver inking.

[@ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen]

Love this idea, especially the navy or a midnight blue.

[@Rybonator]

HUGE Thank you to all the amazing Skillshare Transitions Audition folks! :) Rybowife and I loved hearing them all!

[@haenahkim]

Are you still going to take them? I got distracted making a script and trying to make a recording set up and... well... I'm late T-T

[@crewealex1125]

Now you've just made me wish there was a rybowife audition!

[@rainbowreviews7242]

I'm german and tbh, i couldn't understand the "german" audition, even after hearing it twice.

[@cheuknamtai2385]

Imagine if the entire surface is colored with this stuff, and the numbers colored gold. It would be so shiny.

[@Rybonator]

Don't tempt me frodo.

[@faurana]

@@Rybonator I had the exact same thought. do it

[@Crimson-1997]

I love the idea! Only I had follow up of Gold Dice with for Number's to make them pop! Ooh an Expensive but Ambitious project would be making real Gold Dice! Perfect for a Gold obsessed Dice Goblin

[@miguelarrieiro]

@@Rybonator pls dewit

[@Cobalt9077]

if you do airbrush/paint the outside, I do recommend covering it with some sort of sealer or laquer. else it wont stay too long

[@Jerroxix]

I have an idea. Remember the darkest dice set he made? Why not slap that liquid Chrome as an inking. Might make a nice reflection with the dark surface to contrast.

[@Rybonator]

Black and Chrome looks great together too! I need to do this :)

[@sweetoddish5950]

I was thinking, since it sticks well to the resin, could you put a very thin layer of resin in the bottom and maybe one side with the resin. After that coat the resin sides with ink, let dry, and then proceed with filling the rest of the of the dice molds as normal. I feel that it would mimic the modern way or making mirrors which is putting a thin piece of tin or aluminum on the back side of a piece of glass. That way, one or two sides may be opaque but the rest should look cool.

[@Rybonator]

It's worth a shot! :D

[@Rybonator]

If you are interested in trying this for yourself - Here is an affiliate link to the liquid chrome stuff - amzn.to/3i0Si7y . I'd say that the liquid refill is more valuable and versatile than the marker, but the marker makes for QUICK inking :)

[@vanerek]

Does it come in gold?

[@voxgrows6455]

@@vanerek no and yes. Montana offers a liquid metal line that includes gold, silver and copper. it is highly light reflective however misses out on the mirror effect even when air brushed. however the MTN liquid metal line up is much cheaper than the liquid chrome. liquid metallics are 10 bucks give or take for 200ml, where as the liquid chrome is 27-35 bucks for 30 mls.

[@spontaneouspentagonalweird7404]

you should try this again with stuart semple's mirror paint! it's even more chrome, and it's made by the same guy who did the blackest black pigment you used a while back :)

[@sarahburke6739]

On the red dice tray, the chrome dice set stands out so beautifully! I love it so much! I need a pressure pot etc to actually make dice. I don’t have one so dice making is off the table right now.

[@Rybonator]

I'll work on a series of making a set without a pressure pot to help out sometime :)

[@nancyartmusic]

I would love to see a video of your whole dice collection! I cant imagine how many you have :)

[@Rybonator]

I did one over a year ago, but the collection has certainly expanded :)

[@dragonarchive7443]

@@Rybonator would love to see an updated one

[@Verity_Reigns]

I love the full chrome set, it looks so ethereal. Perfect for like a college of spirits bard. I love the experimentation videos you get such cool results. Also the skillshare auditions were wonderful. Not sure where the saga can go from here but I’m interested to see what happens next.

[@vrilia89]

YES! My favorite dice maker is at it again!

[@Rybonator]

Ayyy :) Thanks Skr :) Glad you like what I do!

[@scorpius1401]

😲 Liquid Chrome (edit) that marker effect looks awesome 🙂

[@Rybonator]

Right? I was super surprised at how well it worked

[@seaborgium919]

Those mirrored pieces look fantastic and would be awesome to do in some sort of diorama or dungeon piece. if you needed a magic liquid mirror lookin' thing

[@Rybonator]

Oh yeah! Just painting it on the surface of a small pool in a diorama would be perfect :)

[@heartofdawnlight]

the bottoms of mixing cups dont always mix well for whatever reason, they're way more often tacky than the rest of the mix. ive always guessed it had to do with the mixing vessels geometry

[@Rybonator]

Yeah maybe I just didn't mix those. I USUALLY never have that problem though. Oh well :/

[@SuperSuperSpork]

It might even look better on a very very dark black dice If the "chrome" has a transparency I think it'll make it more mirror like If I understand how mirrors work (I might not)

[@Rybonator]

Idk how mirrors or magnets work, but I'll put both in some dice!

[@biozombieactive8792]

I would prob try using the refil ink for your logo on a dark D6 like black, the "light" colors draw attention away from seeing the detail (in my mind).

[@Rybonator]

Oh this stuff is DYING to be inked on a pitch black set :)

[@elizabethb.1346]

You are the only youtuber who's sponsor message I actually listen to. It just keeps getting better!

[@HLSnake]

Wondering how that pen would work on a printed miniature. That aside the dice look nice! Me personally I would have made the numbers black on the all chrome dice.

[@Rybonator]

I've seen some people use it on flat surfaces like swords! It's not bad, but goes on WAY better with an airbrush :)

[@SebastianMiniatures27]

I don't know about the chrome in particular, but a lot of people in the mini painting community use the "pen refill" droppers as paint for airbrushing minis

[@braddalrymple8615]

I think I'd like to see you use this as the numbering on different colored dice as well I feel like that will have a great effect someday

[@redred9000]

Haven't watched the video yet, but I am curious. Have you ever thought of putting the skins of onions in dice? Might look cool

[@christinavincent3437]

Yes this is great

[@Rybonator]

Oh I like that idea! Maybe a red onion for more contrast :)

[@redred9000]

Also my name was spelled wrong but, I do like how you spelled it! (So no worrys)

[@Madhatter91791]

These turned out fantastic. I think i like the clear dice with the chrome better. I've been wondering how those chrome/mirror nail powders would react with resin but this seems like a more feasible option. Now i can see my look of disappointment glaring back at me as i roll a nat 1.

[@Rybonator]

"Oh... I did that. The dice are telling me that it's MY fault."

[@gr_hds]

Man, it's been a while since I've been looking at the awesome dice you make and wishing I HAD THEM ALL. Thanks to your inspo I just bought my first mold and first batch of resin. You are amazing!

[@darthangeal4120]

I would love to see something with the really dark black mica and inked with this chrome paint.

[@Rybonator]

Black and chrome would be classic :)

[@cathyb7774]

Can you test the new dice molds from Sophie and Toffee which they release next month? There will be one d20-diorama-size one 🥺. Love what you did with the liquid chrome..so shiny and pretty

[@Rybonator]

Absolutely!

[@SolarPrimal]

Woot! Happy to see my audition made it on the video. Loved hearing all of the other auditions as well!

[@MultiSuperMarion]

Okay but that ink on dark dice??? Like midnight blue, black, dark purple, dark reds... It would look so freaking good!

[@TJtheBee]

I didn’t realize you were going to use the whole script! XD Ahhh, my shortness has been revealed!

[@TheeManWIthNoLife]

This stuff would look so badass inked on a pare of blood red dice! Like, a vampire themed set!

[@stefinatorr]

I discovered your channel 3 days ago. By this time, I've watched more than half of your videos, ordered myself a set of dice to use as masters, a couple of miniatures to paint and bookmarked the supplies I would need to start casting. It's also interesting to see your evolution from that first set of gold dice to these Liquid Chrome ones and everything in between. Color me inspired! First order of business on my side will be making a dice box / tray and after that, once I figure out what supplies I can use (sadly the variety is lacking in silicone and resin in Romania), I will document my first attempt at dice casting. I have no idea what I'm doing, but the road ahead looks fun!

[@Tailzy26]

Love the auditions

[@Rybonator]

Those people killed it :)

[@ev.8972]

I’ve found that the ink looks even more shiny on non porous materials like plastic, it’s pretty crazy

[@naturalplayboy94]

The Liquid Chrome marker is REALLY impressive in person especially. Can't comment on its longevity personally but it really makes you feel like you're writing with liquid tin foil.

[@Rybonator]

Right? It's so nice IRL :D

[@ankhefenra]

I'm wondering if you could get the mirror effect by making smaller versions of blank dice, paint them with the chrome and then put them inside the real dice 🤔

[@Rybonator]

You can TOTALLY do that :)

[@theexchipmunk]

This marker is also a secret tip in prop and model building comunitys. You can actually use the refill packs as airbrush ink and create insanely shiny surfaces.

[@stillnotstill]

What a great concept for experimenting with!! I loved this video and I love how things turned out! So shiny!!

[@mikeytheeaglescout]

Okay, here me out on this... Kintsugi dice. I have no idea how this would work, but if anyone can do it, it would be you.

[@Rybonator]

I can try and make this happen :)

[@paralyzedpengi]

This Moltow marker refill is one of the top choices for prop makers when creating a chrome finish. Works great in an airbrush! I know Punished Props and Tested have both used this in many of their videos.

[@TAiiNE]

As others have pointed out, the effect of the mirror will fade in time, but you can help preserve the effect by giving it a topcoat. What I find works well is funny enough, nail polish top coat. It can also give any paints that have a mat finish to them a glossy look. I've actually started looking into just using nail polish in general for painting numbers as they have some rather bold colors and may even try and use them as pigments.

[@amandaa8472]

I love the liquid chrome pens! I have also used them to ink in dice numbers before. :D

[@xxPenjoxx]

I love these pens so much, I love jazzing up my shoes with them

[@silverseiffert9531]

Amazing Video. And by far the smoothest transition into the Skill Share Ad. Impressive, most impressive.

[@justanabsolutenerd9446]

Ooh shiny :) those look awesome and I very much want to make my own in the future

[@Rybonator]

They turned out great, and it's super easy! You'll rock it :)

[@justanabsolutenerd9446]

@@Rybonator need to get some experience before I try this but I think I could do this really soon, it looks quite easy

[@christineg8151]

There's a product called Liquid Leaf that will give you a metallic finish very similar to this, but in a LOT of colors (several shades of gold or silver, copper, etc) I've worked with it before for touching up picture frames, though I've not tried it with resin. I THINK the solvent is toluene, so that might give you info on compatibility. It gives a wonderful shiny surface, not quite a mirror, but close! The instructions say to blow on the paint as it dries to enhance the shininess, and it really does help.

[@xJadeWolfxx]

The clear ones look like diamonds! Both sets are gorgeous.

[@Sootielove]

These look like storms set into the dice! So cool!

[@alituttle-easton8857]

I love BOTH of them! So want to see this with purple dice and the silver mirror for the numbers.

[@Rybonator]

Oh that's a good combo!

[@vanerek]

I started drooling with the finished dice, the silver looks amazing and it could work incredibly well on some settings. The "chrome" set reminded me of the "Wraith: the oblivion" dice set from white wolf from the few millenia ago

[@Rybonator]

Thanks Vanerek :D I'm glad you liked them that much!

[@serbancojocaru1580]

Love your stuff Rybo : )

[@Rybonator]

Thanks Serban :D You rock

[@supaTortoise]

Looks really cool

[@julix_mango]

I had the same thing with excess resin in a plastic cup being hard at the top and not fully cured at the bottom. It happened to me with standard 1:1 resin with a little bit of alcohol ink. The only answer i can find to this is that it's incredibly hard to properly mix resin right next to walls and in this kind of "trench" as I would call it, so the resin has a harder time curing properly. For me it hardened over the next day or two, am sure it was the same for you.

[@Rybonator]

Yeah maybe I just didn't mix it enough :/ Oh well! I'll try better next time :)

[@MusicSaves618]

At first I thought this said liquid CORE chrome dice and now I'm wondering how that would look!

[@Rybonator]

I can also make THAT happen maybe :)

[@frea_o]

@@Rybonator Time to get some blanks and do a little coloring? :D

[@voxgrows6455]

what an interesting way to use liquid chrome, love the effect. the stuff is so expensive but looks really nice. i have noticed over time it will dull out and with enough use, it will wear off as ink. airbrushing this stuff is the way to go to get an even coat without any marker streaks. it looks so cool in resin tho im going to have to try this, but with a much cheaper chrome, MTN liquid silver should nail the head on the hammer. saves a ton of money too if your going to use it in a resin suspension. liquid chrome costs about 30 bucks for 30 mls, where as Montana also offers liquid metallics such as copper, silver and gold, all have a high metallic shimmer/luster. however miss out on a mirror effect.

[@kfogo7459]

they turned out beautifully! i love the clear ones especially, but both sets are great. Molotow is a good brand for fineliners and markers, i really like them and i got some cool neon markers from them! nice to see they have other great markers, too :)

[@Rybonator]

I hadn't heard of Molotow until this, glad to know it's a quality brand :)

[@kfogo7459]

@@Rybonator speaking of neon, did you ever do a neon dice set? that sure would be awesome! :D

[@Tigri2707]

i was kinda hopingfor a liquid core dice after reading the title, but DAMN i wasnt dissapointed either. these look amazing!

[@SailorIda3]

grandma and grandpa had this pen in gold when I was a kid :)I got to use it when writing christmas cards or other nice projects but not random stuff.

[@soradjoey]

I love this! I just went to a convention and I saw a vendor selling stickers and they had one with your logo on it. I was like cool!

[@aceofjacks7071]

I'm getting a dice making kit in a bit, I HAVE to try this

[@ellenlisser5385]

I'd LOVE to see how this goes with some inks in there to change the color... That swirly fine silver is incredible

[@EchoRe]

If you want some super chrome looking dice, there are powders out there usually used for nail art type stuff that I imagine you could coat the inside of the molds with. I'm not sure how long lasting it would be, but it exists

[@bykrechik]

I'd love to see your take on dice blanks/inserts. Its where you cast dice without the numbers that are a bit smaller than your regular dice and then you insert the blanks into your regular molds to create an outer shell of resin and your numbers.

[@tsukikochan09]

I think this would work well with the 2 mold technique? So first you have a slightly smaller mold without the numbers and you try to make those as shiney as possible (maybe just paint the outside with the chrome) And then you use your regular dice molds with clear resin to encase the smaller ones. I saw someone on tiktok do that

[@erlandjohansen7195]

Would love to see you try more of the stuff from Culturehustle, like their own liquid mirror paint and their holographic and color changing pigments. Their glow in the dark powders are awesome too!

[@Rybonator]

I can do that :)

[@jasontompsett-ince7164]

Very interesting looking dice.

[@lwolfstar7618]

Ooooohhh they're gorgeous!

[@edwardloyer2345]

We use to use these markers to ink our dice back in the 80’s. You could buy them in all the metallic colors( gold,silver and copper) We also used good old crayola crayons to “ink” our dice. Good times lol

[@kirajones1650]

These hecking futuristic dice!!!!! I love them!!!! Have you seen the one dice where you take shiny paper and fold a dice to put into a clear one? That could give you a mirror affect. Buuuuuuuut I’m actually really curious to see if you can make one using pigments like this!!!!

[@20lbsofcrazy78]

Oooooo! Black dice with the mirror ink! That would be puuuurty…. Or galaxy dice! So many possibilities 🤣

[@Rockzilla1122]

This would be a great effect for storm/ice themed dice

[@raventhunderwings]

love these!!!!

[@m_d1905]

Shiney math rocks 🪨, look amazing!

[@EchoRe]

I actually think your first guess might have been right about why the bottom of the last test pieces didn't cure. It kind of makes sense that whatever that liquid is made of might have prevented air from getting through the resin when in a complete layer across the top

[@travissoules4572]

For completely clear ones I like to put down 2 colors of paint in the numbers. That way you can tell which ones are facing you. The ones on the other side of the die will be the first color through the clear die, but the ones facing you will be the second color. This would make for a great 1st color since it will make the other numbers less obvious

[@acoupleofschoes]

You should try double layered inkings with clear dice. Like a deep blue or red first then the silver layer on top. The outside would be the same as these, but there'd be more color inside the dice.

[@magpiejames1440]

That would look great on a darker set of dice!

[@CreamAle]

For the clear dice I'd try 2 layers of paint. Bright contrasting color in the numbers which then gets covered by the chrome. From the outside it looks the same but when looking at the other dice faces through the clear resin there will be some color bouncing about due to the base layer under the chromed numbers.

[@TallulahWard]

For some reason (maybe the title?) I was expecting you to do a liquid core with the liquid chrome, so now I would like to respectfully suggest that concept for a future video- I bet it would look like an old fashioned thermometer filled with mercury!

[@LaryAk47]

That cloudy effect also happens when we put a normal top coat polish over mirror effect nail dust, probably because it separates the shiny particles. Daily Charme has developed the dust and a gel top coat (that needs UV or led curing) to go over the mirror effect without changing it. I was wondering if you could use that dust on the walls of your mold and create a mirror shiny dice! They also have it in GOLD,rose gold and other colorful colorshifting mirror effect.

[@wuerfel_schmied]

Might be already mentioned, but I guess the uncured resin comes from the corners of your cups. Your mixing sticks are round, try to find something with a nice 90° corner. I use some bamboo sticks for food stuff, they have a little handle section to hold them, that is a nice paddle like shape to use for mixing.

[@zosmavideos4891]

My guess would be that the resin needs a stronger concentration of hardener when using this as a liquid ink on larger surface areas like the cups - when I was looking into resin myself there were quite a few brands that warned of certain metals causing the resin not to cure.

[@andrewwebb6270]

ohhhhh. I wonder how this would have reacted to different types of resin??? Maybe a good experiment for a resin comparison video??

[@Rybonator]

Absolutely! It's alcohol based, so I imagine not TOO different than normal ink?

[@andrewwebb6270]

@@Rybonator I didn't know it was alcohol based! It probably would react pretty similar to normal ink. Just nudging the resin comparison idea lol

[@chaos4654]

Die idea: Try using that shaker/snowglobe method, but instead of glitter, you insert one smaller die so it free rolls inside.

[@Rybonator]

Double the dice, double the fun!

[@robertconnor3603]

If you want to make super reflective dice, there's also mirror, and black mirror paint by Stuart Semple. No idea how they will work on resin but it could be entertaining to find out.

[@syrune303]

Everytime i watch this channel i get new ideas. Ill take a look for that mirror shine liquid gold see what i can find

[@Rybonator]

Please let me know if you find anything :D Also I'm glad I can help in some small way!

[@martjanamoon1785]

the third application was so good!

[@guidetoanything]

All the funny voices done for the skillshare were so cool! I loved how the silver turned out, even if it wasn't chrome, but I would ink in another color. Also it would probably take a LOT of time since you said it dries slowly, but to get the chrome effect maybe you could take just a regular die (clear or silver) and paint it entirely in the chrome, and ink the numbers, then dip it in another coat of resin to keep the chrome effect on the entire die? Thanks for the vids :)

[@alchemander]

It would be cool to see a dice tray with a built in black light strip, and some fluorescent dice so that when you roll them in the tray they light up. Could even fill the numbers with non-fluorescent material so that you can read the dark numbers on the bright dice.

[@Rybonator]

That'd be a fun thing to try and make :D

[@alchemander]

​@@Rybonator I would definitely make the black light strip recessed in the tray so it is not blinding anyone at the table.

[@luminariel3765]

These immediately made me think of D&D's Mercury Dragon :D

[@jadestrider2660]

I was wondering if you could look into making a swarovski-crystal kind of dice, that is, clear dice with a transparent iridescent coating which makes them reflect rainbow colors. I’m not sure how you’d go about it, but I know the end product would look divine

[@corgiw7281]

I'm wondering if either a second coat on the numbers, or even using a flood-fill on the numbers would make them even shinier. A flood would almost certainly sink a little as it dries (and dries and dries and dries) but might be interesting as a test.

[@wanderingstars4121]

This stuff might make cool liquid core dice

[@quest900]

Chrome numbers on black die would look so cool!

[@Rybonator]

Oh absolutely :D

[@WhisperWings_]

I bet doing a gunmetal style dice inked with that liquid chrome would be so good looking for a gunslinger type character

[@mackthisarrowhearth295]

Those ghostly dice look amazing. I wonder how they would look with also some color mixed in, or if it would ruin it, like little blue, or cyanny green, or orangy red, idk. Or glow in the dark powder. At least, you should keep this concept, it is amazing.

[@ronaldiplodicus]

You should do the chrome numbers on more dice! I feel like it could work really well on some dice probably darker ones.

[@bltigger2644]

Did you try using this in the moving center dice? I think it would look awesome.

[@marceystarnes]

that chrome on a cobalt blue or a fire engine red would look really cool

[@medievalkite]

very sparkly :D As an idea, I keep seeing dice done with inserts where the inserts are put in blanks first, then the blanks put into the dice. Would be curious to see how to do such dice from start to finish and why they're useful.