Hello! Another fellow dice collector here to chime in. Strap in for my special interest infodump.
The d4, d6, d12, and d20, are from the brand HD dice. They're acryllic metallic blends: blue/gold with white, pearl purple with white, blue/purple with gold, and blue/silver with white respectively. The d% is HD's blue/purple opalescence set.
They look very similar to chessex gemini dice because they're generally knock offs and use acryllic instead of resin which make them cheaper and more widely available. So you'll see a lot of HD dice on amazon and ebay.
You can tell the difference because of the fonts between the companies, here's comparing chessex gemini blue/steel (left), and the HD blue/silver (right)
Notice how the fonts are slightly different? Now look back up at the original artist's rendering. It's a testament to how closely they studied these dice; the fact that you can tell what brand they are from how meticulously they drew the numbers is INCREDIBLE.
heres a breakdown of the two fonts for anyone interested, with red sections highlighting key differences:
I'm not sure on the d8, but it also isn't chessex as the grooves for the numbers are too deep.
Now for the good stuff – the d10!
It is in fact chessex! The style of the 7 gives it away. And it's a style of dice im the most fond of: Borealis! They're glittery and shine like stars, hence the name.
"But Maris, I don't see any glitter in the dice that were painted!" I hear you say. Well, the glitter is so fine that it appears more like a glow than actual sparkle sometimes.
So here's a line up of what could be the mystery d10
The font colour for frosted dice is either white or black so we can safely cross those off the suspect list. Now, the glitter in light green and teal borealis can be either light blue, or dark blue, depending on when it was made.
Fun fact, these dice were once made with glitter that was used in european currency notes, and has since become a restricted substance! I lovingly call these older, very rare dice "Illegal dice", but other collectors call them "Old Glitter" or "OG" for short. The newer versions are called "New Glitter" or "NG".
I've trained myself like a sight hound to look for these rare dice, that's why I can identify borealis with little evidence. That dark blue glow within the die screams old glitter to me, but without a video to confirm is, this could either NG with the newer, light glitter, or a diffused dark glitter within the resin. Its the blue/black or white/gold dress all over again.
All that to say, I'd love to say it's an old glitter light green borealis, but the colours in the painting are more blue than green. so I think the mystery die is a very transparent new glitter teal borealis. But what do you guys think?
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