Chessex Rainbow Green Peridot

The display frame

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The frame build page! I originally started this on the dice page, but the progress was starting to get complicated enough that I didn't want it cluttering the dice page, so you get your own page here, tuck you away back here.

As I'd said on the main page, I'd debated whether to piece together my own set, and had actually paid far less for a partial set before researching more and discovering that the percentile is ALSO extremely hard to find. So rather than worry about never finding that (the partial set will be for my rolling dice, so I can still enjoy playing with this pattern ^_^ . Also they could be good for tradeables!), I just ordered the full set listed (strangely from Flin Flon, very near to where I used to live)!

Aaaand that my friends. Those eight dice, as of January 2026, are worth £300gbp / $400usd / $500cad! Those seven dice arriving over doubled in price the second they arrived at my door (February 16th)!

Naturally, we need to display these. A shadow box frame will suit this best, with the dice gently suspended to be as fully visible as possible. Also, I have already attempted to contact Chessex in order to get an info label that they normally come with for the display, but they said that this set CHX 23305 is so old (out of print in 2001, older than Zebeth!!!), that they don't have any copies of it in their archives, or system at all! So we will have to make a mock-up to put in the frame with them (and label it as such on the back of the label, for transparency purposes). So... let's get started!

Ooohhhh, and leading up to this, we did some research, and found some epic things. First, allow me to link you to the present day webpages for these dice on the DrNoD DiceDB (db.drnod.de) and Miraheze Dice Collecting wiki (dice.miraheze.org). Secondly, we decided to dig into the Chessex webpage (chessex.com), but on archive.org, where we found the first mention of these as a polyhedral set in 1999 (archive.org), the first mention of the poly set as CHX 23305 Rainbow™ Peridot™(Green)/white (also CHX 23305 Rainbow™ Polyhedral Green/white 7-Die Set) in June 2000 (archive.org), the first mention of the d30 as XR3005 - Rainbow™ Polyhedral d30 - Peridot™ (Green) in October 2000 (archive.org) (images weren't backed up in those though, but the 1999 link shows the d6 of the poly set (screenshot), and the full poly image was backed up in July 2001 (archive.org) (screenshot), and the d30 also in July 2001 (archive.org) (screenshot).

Whew, ok, with all of that discovered... and with the added unexpected surprise bonus of finding the INFO SHEET!!!!, we can set about making a frame for these. Firstly, let's fold that placeholder info sheet in half to match the size of the original to plan the frame, and start on the wirework. At the same time, we can make the replacement inserts, thanks to the blank template on DiceCollector (DiceCollector.com). And with the templates and sproingy wires done, we covered the wire in felt to protect the dice.

And with that, we came to the point where we have to start setting things in stone. We made the backing using a few sheets of paperboard shipping envelope double-sided-taped together, and covered one side in an adhesive white sheet to give us a board the thickness of the wire to work with. Using a combination of rulers and vibes, we decided on the best location to put all of the dice, and traced out the ziggedy-zag of back wire on the paper (taking into account the frame covering the very edges of it). We then cut out those zig-zags, put ANOTHER sheet of adhesive paper across the back (to catch the glue), and pressed all of the dice into their spots to make any micro-adjustments to their angles and get them sitting straight (though minor bends to the wire will allow for more micro-adjustments later). At this point we removed the dice for the final time, and added a layer of nice, solid, rigid wood glue into the holes with the wires, permanently setting them in place.

More coming, as the display will sit and dry like this overnight at this point. And then next weekend I can work on it again.

Finished March xx, 2026

Our d30 Chessex Rainbow Green Peridot with white, sitting on a wooden table, waiting for its accompanying set.A screenshot of the ebay search, set to ebay dot com, as that was the only english ebay that listed a d30 sold once ever in an eight piece set, on January 3rd 2026 for 399.99 usd. Below is listed a seven piece set for 175 usd, listed as sold on Feburary 5th, the very set that I purchased. Beside these images is the text saying that only one d30 has ever been sold, and that the second set was the one I got to complete my eight piece set.Our seven set piece in the ziplock bag that it arrived in, sitting on my desk.

Our full eight piece set, all numbers highest side up, the same picture as was on the main dice page. D30 on top, d20 to d10s in the middle row, and d8, 6, and 4 on the bottom.

The set of seven dice laid out, with a temporary info sheet, the one from my opaque grey set arranged at the top right for the moment, left of the d30 and above the d20, with two rulers under and beside the arrangement, showing that we want about 15 centimeters or six inches both tall and wide, and we will need it about 3 centimeters or 1.5 inches deep.The dice sitting atop the white shadow box frame for them, slightly more spread out than in the last photo with the rulers, with a model paint for gold above the frame, and a spray can of crackle green paint below it. Additionally, the info page at the top left has been folded in half to match the newly discovered original info sheet, and in the top right of the frame is a smaller piece of paper that shows info on the d30, currently written on a post it note.The d30 beside a sort of coil of wire, two loops, connected by a wire running back, zig-zagging to prevent the suspended dice from swinging side to side.

All eight dice lined up on top of the frame, each gripped in their separate suspending wire, showing how some need to be made slightly differently, such as the d4 having a larger loop on the bottom and smaller on top. The back of the frame is on the table behind, along with dragons and art supplies.All of the dice holding coils arranged in a line, with the wire loops and stems covered in white felt, and the zigzag part between them painted in white paint. A sheet of white felt is in front of them, and a bottle of pva glue and white model paint is behind, and further behind that is the crackle paint example, with the green painted over a patch of gold paint.asdf

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