Thorn Dice Set from Shapeways in Antique Bronze Glossy

Shapeways is quite an incredible company: you design something in 3D (or have someone else design it for you) and they... print it. Literally, with a printer. In plastic. In stainless steel. In silver, and more. And you can also have it infused with bronze or gold - yes, really awesome.

Below are some pictures of my recently-acquired Thorn Dice Set, by Chuck Stover. The set is made in stainless steel, with the "Antique Bronze Glossy" cover: do notice that, while the polishment works on the edges, most of the dice is not reachable so they should look a lot like the "Antique Bronze Matte" ones.

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The set:

D4:


D6:


D8:


D10:


D12:


D20:


D100 (it's a D10 with different numbers):


The picture of the set in the store page is in stainless steel. You can find them in stainless steel (left) and silver (right) here. You can find pictures of many materials, including plastic and gold, on The Dice Collector (scroll down to the "Thorn" part).

By the way, be sure to check the other dice sets available on Shapeways - there are a lot of good 3D artists out there making a lot of nice things. The Steampunk dice seem particularly nice...

A note about packaging:

One word: overkill. Honestly, there were only 7 dice, that should weight about 200g or something like that. They sent a huge box filled with those anti-chock "s" things (for the lack of a better word to describe it)... well, at least you know what you buy won't be damaged! (:

A note to buyers in Brazil:

A Shapeways também envia para o Brasil através da UPS: isso significa que eles chegam extremamente rápido, nada como compras na DealExtreme. Impressões em plástico levam cerca de 10 dias e em metal cerca de 14 dias úteis para serem finalizadas; após o envio, demoraram somente 3 dias úteis para chegar na minha casa (mais o final de semana).

Isso significa, entretanto, que o imposto será obrigatoriamente cobrado: a UPS faz o pagamento por você e deixa junto com o pacote um boleto de cobrança. E muito imposto! Ao total, deram cerca de 113% - incluíndo-se aí o II (Imposto sobre Importação), ICMS (que, absurdamente, é cobrado sobre o valor original convertido mais o II), algumas "taxas administrativas" e até uma taxa para a Infraero. Quer algo legal que não é feito no Brasil? Prepare o bolso!

tl;dr: If you buy them in Brazil, you'll pay an extra 113% in taxes. FML.