Dice with unbalanced 1mm indents

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I mostly used ABS acetone vaporsmoothing outside at 50 F for 30 minutes to achieve a smoother surface on the original balanced die, but it was difficult to paint the dots efficiently and lost visibility after doing so. The dice were used as an experiment to optimize surface quality by varying cold vaporsmoothing length, temperature, bath volume, and acetone saturation. I rotated each one 180 degrees for another 30 minute 50 F cold bath outside after a 30-minute initial treatment. The print orientation made the bed-side surface smoother than others, with sharper edges, but imperfect gap filling due to a 0.4mm nozzle limitation at this scale. The dice are likely unfair, so I randomized my print and vaporsmoothing orientation. The internal structure should not warp enough during vaporsmoothing to really impact fairness without an overall even surface shape. I used thermochromatic filament that changes color as you hold the dice in your hand. Cheap decoart metallic acrylics were applied to the indents, noting that a light touch of THINNED paint made it easy to apply. A thicker "gap filling" resin like traditional dice would look nicer. This process is lengthy and not everyone is willing to do it. My settings resulted in a die weighing 2 grams, where my normal dice weigh 4 grams. It is plenty bouncy and rolls nicely, but I'd recommend bumping up the infill.