Skill Check! -d20 Plush-

A couple of weeks ago, I was playing Dungeons and Dragons with some friends of mine. For our first encounter- I was up first, playing a wizard. And being a wizard, I pull out my crossbow, of course, to shoot at the creature before us. XD Preform a skill check- rolled a natural twenty. XD

I rolled THREE other natural twenties that evening. Another guy rolled two. It was just a good night for all of us.

I thought it’d be fun make a plush D20. Plus, if you throw this D20 when a skill check doesn’t go the way you want it to, it won’t hurt anything... or anyone. XD

I based the plush off Evil Mad Scientist's "d20 Handbag of Holding". Link
I used their "large pattern". If you are looking at the pattern, you'll notice there are two different sized triangles for the stiffener pads. I only made one size of triangle.

I made my own stiffener pads by attaching interfacing and heavy weight quilt batting with Loctite general performance spray adhesive.

I used very thin beads of hot glue around the corner of the stiffener pads to attach them to the felt pieces.

I found an old stencil in my main floor craft shelf. It worked pretty well for painting on numbers! I had to wash the stencil in between each number though, otherwise the paint would make too much of a mess.

I'm sorry to say- I lost the pictures I took while sewing the pieces together. I'm very sorry. But how I sewed it together was simple. I used a print-and-fold dice as a guide. Link It took focus, but it really was not hard. Then, I simply stuffed it like you'd stuff any other plushie. XD

The crazy thing- my DM was over to hang out yesterday after I finished this.

He picked it up, rolled, and got a thirteen.

I picked it up, rolled, and got a twenty.

XD

Magic Life Counter

A dear friend of mine recently taught me how to play Magic: The Gathering.

Even though I don't have any sweet Planeswalker-skills [yet], I'm totally in the game and I can't wait until I have some extra cash to start buying and building decks and such.

Speaking of buying decks- I was browsing the Internet today, looking for life counters.

The life counters that Wizards of the Coast are making right now:

Photo Cred: Link

Basically, it's a $10 piece of plastic with a two dials. In my opinion- that's $10 I'd rather not spend. So, if you're sick of tracking you life with good old pencil and paper, here's the solution I came up with:

I used a piece of photo paper with the Magic card baking printed on it, box board, glue, a paper fastener, a copy of the dial (below), a ruler, and scissors.

It's pretty simple.

Cut out a piece of box board that is the same size as the card. Then cut out a circle for the dial. The inside circle on a roll of masking tape made for a good tracer. Make small holes in the exact center of each with the tip of the scissor.

Glue the center of the dial to the center of the dial. Obviously, I need to go back to the 8th grade and take geometry again- my "center of the circle" is not exactly the center!

Cut a small rectangle about a fourth of the way down from the top.

Stack the three pieces together and put the fastener in. Put a little glue on the top and bottom of the card, so it sticks to the backing. Make sure to not get any on the dial or it won't work!

Pretty simple, huh? XD

May the fourth be with you!

Star Wars Day!

It's always a great day. I walk into calculus, and my friend sees me- "Hey! Today's Dani's favorite day!"

It's true. I do love Star Wars. So naturally, I love Star Wars Day. To celebrate, I finally opened my Han Solo ice cube tray that I purchased of the internet a couple of weeks ago.

I must admit, I am a little disappointed that Han's facial features are not as clear as in the ad's picture. I know if you want to make "clear" ice, you should use distilled water and make the ice in layers. Maybe I should try that sometime. I guess the ice cube tray is more of a novelty anyways. XD