Hello everyone! We're in the final 15 hours of the campaign, and I have a few updates to share!
Toffee Hognose Pin Final Design: I have a finished the toffee hognose design for our 4th pin.
Hognose Pin #6 Poll Results: Sunglow won the poll for the final color morph, so our last little friend will be orange and yellow! I'm currently working on it, and the design will be finished in time for Pledge Manager selections!
Axolotl Mini Pins: I have confirmed pricing on the axolotl mini pins. (These use the same design as the earrings and stitch markers, but will require a new mold because the circular hole at the top of the earrings and stitch markers would look silly as a pin.) These pins are sold individual and are now available as addons. They are $8 each. Those who pledged for 3 blind bag or 3 pin pledge levels can purchase them at the discounted rate of $7 each. Those who pledged at the 6 pins, 6 blind bag, or 12 blind bag pledge levels can purchase them at a discounted rate of $6 each.
Surface Finish Test Pin Samples: I have been working with my manufacturer since August to get test samples of the leucistic axolotl dragon pin to ensure that all of the details reproduced well at the intended 42-48mm size of most of the pins of this campaign. The red copper metal is so beautiful with these pins!
Hard enamel is what was advertised in this campaign, and will be available for everything except the adonized rainbow chrome axolotl mini pins. Adonized rainbow chrome is difficult to produce with hard enamel.
I may opt to make the soft enamel with epoxy version available as an option as well. (If this happens, you will choose what designs and finishes you want for your pins in the Pledge Manager.) The soft enamel with epoxy has the advantage of having thinner, more delicate lines. The hard enamel has the more polished, clean surface. I'm waiting to have the samples shipped to me to decide if the soft enamel with epoxy is a finish that is something worth offering as a second option, as it would involve a second production run.
Hard Enamel - A metal pin where the recesses are overfilled with enamel, then polished smooth. This results in a pin that is polished and flat. During the polishing process, a small bit of the metal lines are polished away, which results in the lines becoming slightly larger.
Soft Enamel with Epoxy - A metal pin where the recesses are filled as close to the top as possible without overflowing. The surface tension while the enamel cures means that the middle of each recess is slightly lower than the enamel that touches the edges. Clear epoxy is then added, which makes the surface smooth and flush with the metal. No polishing occurs, which means that the final metal lines are thinner. The clear epoxy creates a "faux hard enamel" finish. When viewed at most angles, the colors filling the pin appear flush with the metal surface like a hard enamel pin. At certain extreme angles, you are able to see that it's a layer of colored enamel that is slightly below the metal's surface, and that the transparent epoxy is a separate layer, bridging the difference.
Surprise 9K Stretch Goal Additions: We have reached 9K in pledges, which means I have a bit of wiggle room to sneak in a couple more designs! Thank you guys so much! I wasn’t planning on adding another stretch goal, but since we have the funding, it seems only right that the hognoses get some mini pins, earrings, and stitch markers too!
I am going to add a final pair of designs for a pair of hognose snake molds. These two designs have a natural hole in them created by a loop in the tail, so I will be able to use the same molds for both earrings/stitchmarkers and mini pins. Like the axolotl mini pins, I will be offering a second color variation of each pose. A snow & axanthic hognose with silver metal for one pair, and a normal & sable with gold metal for the second pair. Right now I have a sketch and a thumbnail for these designs, but they will be finished for you to review before Pledge Manager selections occur!
You are more than welcome to post questions on the updated but I thought it might be easy to have 1 spot for the questions in case someone already asked the same thing :)
As you’ve seen, Victor was unlocked as a plush option and I have been cooking up ideas for a final stretch goal or two. I have decided that I want to do something new which I think would be fun to include in everyone’s orders/ as an add-on in the surveys if anyone wants more than 1. Below is the art I’ve made for a hinged enamel pin of Strahd which will unlock at $5,500. :)
If we reach the goal, everyone gets one with their order regardless of pledge type as a thanks for all of your support for this project. And if we don't reach that goal, we still have all our plush options and the goodies! If anyone has anymore NPCs they want to see as keychain/sticker options don't hesitate to let me know. And just as a reminder, my collab with Arcanepursuit is still going on so check out their project as well!
We hit 12k, which means we are unlocking a new chapter! Which region would you like to see get a 30 page chapter in our digital guidebook, free to all backers?
Hello hello everyone! We have come quite the ways since the start of this campaign, and I must say.... I'm so proud of us. I did not expect this to get so much love and attention, especially because it's such a different style compared to my other works. But I couldn't be happier. You're all amazing, please pat yourselves on the back for making this become a reality <3
Now after tallying up all the votes from Backerkit, Instagram and Tumblr, we have arrived to the conclusion that the CHOCOLATE MILLIPEDE has won best in show for the socks!
But that's not all... to show my gratitude to you all, I actually elected to put another design in as official.... because it has lovely autumn vibes, and I think these two go well together.
So from now on, you're able to pick up both or only one of these if you so wish from the add-on section <3
The add on will let you choose which design you'd like at the end of the campaign, so if you'd like them both, be sure to pick this add-on twice!
That's kinda gay... I won't lie.... so I feel like if we can reach €4800 by the end of the campaign then
I'll draw bug yuri and include it with every order.
How does that sound? Can we make these two lovers kiss? Or will the love remain unrequited?
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Last minute shoutouts!
There's some new excited campaigns going on that I'd like to highlight.
But I'd also like to shout out another Irish artist's plush campaign with alien cats! Mori has already made one gigantic alien cat, and now moving on to create mini versions! (and one of them is Garfield. come on you wanna see Garfield right?)
Hi!! We're reaching the final hours of the campaign!! I want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the backers for making this possible and for supporting my art.
I'm happy to announce that the Cassowary stretch goal has been unlocked as we've passed 1600€ for the campaign!!! Thanks thanks thanks <3
The next one is the Narwhal at 1900€. I've been looking into it and If we don't reach it in the final hours, I will make the stretch goal available on the surveys if we reach 20 backers for it. I'll also do the same with the Sea Sheep.
Is there any other stretch goal that you would like to have available on the surveys? Please let me know in the comments!
So that means that Apollo and Artemis expansion sets will get made!
Apollo pack
Artemis pack
If we get to 5.5K, we also do the Soviet set as well. I love those weird round ships.
Soviet pack
Thanks to The Planetary Society posting to their newsletter, which gave it a big boost over the weekend. That's how we hit the two stretch goals so suddenly.
Don’t forget my daughter and brother have projects in the Science League as well:
I can't help but think that it bit on to the shaving cream can and got covered in it.
I want to bring attention to the clover pin. I kind of need 20 people to want this. I might have to cancel it for now or I think BackerKit has a thing in the store where I need X amount of people need to get it type of thing. I haven't looked into it yet. Even if we cancel it, I'll bring it back on a later project or if I'm doing well, just get it. But here is the reference sheet:
I got the locking pin backs and tried them out on the Para pins. They work nicely and hold on well. Here is a look of them on my hat.
Lastly, I was thinking of changing the design for the foldable back to this? I have a poll to see if you like it or not. I would add this to the post but I can only do one at a time. lol
Once you get your result, come back to this poll and share it with us. Let us know if you got who you expected or were completely surprised by the outcome!
