Lemonade: Neon Yellow Crystal Dnd Dice Set +
“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.”
Ron White
Every time I bring a new raw material or pigment into my workshop, I always run a few tests first. I want to see how it looks completely on its own, and then I want to observe how it interacts with other materials and pigments. I stumbled upon an incredibly bright yellow powder pigment called Chatterous Yellow, and it was in the most unexpected place: a small hardware store selling furniture supplies, tucked away on a side street. Honestly, I wasn’t all that impressed by its appearance in powder form, but I wanted to buy it and give it a try anyway.
Like I said, I started my usual testing to see how it would harmonize with other pigments and materials. Even though I mixed a tiny amount into the resin, barely enough to sit on the very tip of a spoon, the resin began to refract yellow light in an extraordinary way. In the center of the mixing cup where the mass was thick, the color remained consistent. However, around the rim of the cup where the mixture smeared and grew thin, I noticed an unusual refraction of yellow light. I immediately rushed over to the workshop window, right where the sun was hitting directly, to examine it. I realized it then. The pigment I had bought was actually a UV reactive neon yellow pigment. I stopped all other testing immediately. I needed to pour this mixture completely pure into the molds first to see the raw results. After all, one of the most beautiful features of my crystal shaped dice is how wonderfully they refract light.
As I poured the batch, the drops dripping onto the workbench already gave me a hint of what was to come, and I was getting excited before even pulling the dice out. After an impatient wait, I opened the molds and I could not believe my eyes. In the thicker sections of the dice, there was a rich neon yellow that almost leaned toward orange. Moving toward the edges and thinner sections, the yellow tone intensified, reaching its absolute brightest at the sharpest tips, where it even took on a faint, rare hint of lime green. I needed to get these crystals into the sunlight as soon as possible.
When I stepped outside into the sun, I was completely stunned by what I saw. How can I even describe this to you? You know how an object has one look in the shade and another under normal light, right? You can easily anticipate what that will look like. And you also know how an object is supposed to look when you bring it out into intense, direct sunlight. But this, the way these yellow crystals were glowing was not normal. They were shining far more than they should have. I had to do some research right away to understand this phenomenon.
To summarize my findings for you, the type of pigment I used doesn’t just absorb and reflect light within the visible spectrum. It also takes the invisible rays coming from sunlight, lowers their energy, adds them to the visible spectrum, and reflects significantly more light than normal.
Even though I know the scientific explanation behind it, these dice are pure magic in my eyes, and that is exactly how I want to think of them. As for the name, I wanted to come up with something epic, legendary, and magical. But at the exact moment I was trying to name the set, I was drinking a cold lemonade, yes, with a single fresh mint leaf floating in the glass. That is why the name just stayed as Lemonade.
Form: Signature Crystal-Cut design (Original BEARCAKE design).
Oversized Presence: The D20 measures approx. 70mm; the D8 measures approx. 40mm.
Handmade Integrity: Crafted from high-clarity Artisan Resin; the iridescent effects are embedded and safe from flaking.
Full Set: Includes D4, D6, D8, D10, D%, D12, and D20.
