Let's Talk: Dye Tubs
Posted: September 1st, 2021, 7:59 pm
Every now and again I get the will power to look into making dye tubs. I will fully admit that this is something I've put off simply because I do not want to do it! It is an incredibly complicated undertaking.
It consists of having to make the paint, in order to make the pigment, which is an ingredient to create the specific color dye tub. There are 7 colors so both cloth and leather require 7 separate tubs. 14 tubs total if you want every color for both materials. Okay, other than being super tedious I can almost overlook that.
However, I was under the impression (bad, bad me) that once you accomplished all of that, the only resource you'd have to replace on a regular basis was the dyes which have limited uses. Today I learned that the tubs ALSO have uses. Meaning you have to eventually go through that entire process to create new tubs when those uses run out. The tub does not also self-destroy like others tools do when you've used them up.
Is there any way we could possibly combine the 7 tubs into maybe 2 per material, a neutral tub and a colorful tub, which would be 4 tubs total for both cloth and leather. Maybe make all of the pigments required to make dyes themselves to keep the complexity? I feel like that would be okay with having to deal with two separate "uses" to keep an eye out for. Or maybe remove the uses from the tubs themselves so once created you only have to worry about replacing the dyes regularly?
Just, pretty please some sort of QoL change for this.
It consists of having to make the paint, in order to make the pigment, which is an ingredient to create the specific color dye tub. There are 7 colors so both cloth and leather require 7 separate tubs. 14 tubs total if you want every color for both materials. Okay, other than being super tedious I can almost overlook that.
However, I was under the impression (bad, bad me) that once you accomplished all of that, the only resource you'd have to replace on a regular basis was the dyes which have limited uses. Today I learned that the tubs ALSO have uses. Meaning you have to eventually go through that entire process to create new tubs when those uses run out. The tub does not also self-destroy like others tools do when you've used them up.
Is there any way we could possibly combine the 7 tubs into maybe 2 per material, a neutral tub and a colorful tub, which would be 4 tubs total for both cloth and leather. Maybe make all of the pigments required to make dyes themselves to keep the complexity? I feel like that would be okay with having to deal with two separate "uses" to keep an eye out for. Or maybe remove the uses from the tubs themselves so once created you only have to worry about replacing the dyes regularly?
Just, pretty please some sort of QoL change for this.