Hobby - Dice Trays, part 1.

A conversation the other day sparked an idea which I have seen online several times and meant to get round to doing but never did.

Whilst gaming at our LGS, dice kept falling off of the table and rolling underneath it. Now we aren't big guys, but equally not the most athletic either, so this became a problem after a while...

 Today, whilst out with the family, I picked up some supplies to make a couple of Dice Trays.

Behold...

The core is an Ikea Ribba 23cm x 23cm picture frame. There is also some felt and some heavy duty spray glue (usually used for carpets).

To start with we have to disassemble the picture frame, flipping it over there are the usual little metal clips which simply fold out:

The black bits..

Once these are folded out, you can take the entire thing to pieces and you end up with this:

The main frame, the inner box frame, backing mdf board, two pieces of cardboard and a piece of clear plastic.
The only thing I haven't kept was the piece of cardboard with the writing on it, the square cut out carboard I have some vague notion of a plan for, maybe some sort of surround for a monument. Likewise with the clear plastic, that has been kept and put in the terrain supplies box as it would be perfect for simulating glass in windows without having to pay out for a proper modelling product, why spend when you can recycle?

The rest of the process to create these is very simple, as you simply cut the felt to the size of the mdf board and glue it on, then reassemble the picture frame, but without the plastic and such, giving you a box to roll your dice in and they wont go everywhere.

Here are the two which I made earlier tonight in about thirty minutes whilst the girlfriend was watching something on Netflix:

So for thirty minutes of my time and about £13 in total I have two dice trays to take with me when we go to the LGS.

You will note that this is "part 1" of this project, I plan on making a couple of paint masks and spraying the Imperial Aquilla in Black on the Grey Tray and the Twin-Tailed Comet of Sigmar in White on the Black tray, so I will have one for 40K and one for Age of Sigmar (and related games).

That's the plan anyway, it might take some time yet to make the masks properly.

Until next time...


 - Lewis