Two-Tone Health Dials for Marvel Champions

I came up with these two-tone health dials for Marvel Champions to imitate an honor dial I had for AEG’s Legend of the Five Rings CCG. As a bonus, I also got to play with a new material for the laser, some really nice two-tone laserable plastic.

Health Dial Design

health dial design

The top piece is just the same old S.H.I.E.L.D. logo I’ve used on other projects. For functionality, there’s a little notch cut out the top so we can see the number plate through it and a hole in the middle for the Chicago screw. The number plate is a full circle, with numbers 1 to 20 set radially around the perimeter. I went with one of the comic fonts used on the cards. Sure, I could have fit more numbers if I went smaller, or more condensed. But going up to 20 was fine for me. Too bad for poor Hulk.

Material Choice

two-tone laserable plastic

I’ve covered engraving acrylic in the past. These come out great, but you need to fill in the design to really make them pop. With these two-tone laserable plastics from Trotec, that second step is no more. It took me a while to get the settings dialed in, but with some help from the Glowforge forums, here’s what I came up with.

Speed: 1000
Power: 15
Lines Per Inch: 675
Number of Passes: 1
Auto Focus

Two-Tone Health Dials Coming to Life

two-tone marvel champions health dial

After lasering away the thin top layer of material, we’re left with a lot of sticky residue. I’m talking about a gray hazy top and sticky sides. That’s where the real hero comes in. Believe me, I was skeptical, but the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is as magic as the name implies. With a little scrubbing and we’re left with our two-tone marvel champions health dial.


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