Hi everyone,
Finally the Horses of the Apocalypse have arrived! :D
They had a brief holiday in one of the shops below my flat because the UPS driver got confused and then...
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Abi Stevens
about 2 months ago
Pins Almost Done, Stickers Are Here!
Hi everyone!
I got some more photos from my pin manufacturer today! The War, Famine and Death pins are all finished, and the Conquest pins will be electroplated tomorrow, so...
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Abi Stevens
2 months ago
Furbtaurs, Mini Pins, and Backing Cards!
Hi everyone,
Recently the horse cookie mini pin and the furbtaur pins arrived so here's peek at how they've turned out:
I've also just ordered the backing ca...
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Abi Stevens
2 months ago
Famine Pin Progress! Cards Charging Wednesday!
Hi everyone!
First the boring bit: I've processed payments for shipping, extra add-ons, and US tariffs. Cards will charged on Wednesday!
If you're A US backer this gi...
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Abi Stevens
2 months ago
Pin Progress Check-in!
Hello everyone, and Happy New Year for tonight! :D
I had some more photos from my manufacturer just before Christmas, this time with finished colour proofs for me to check b...
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Abi Stevens
3 months ago
Pin Manufacturing Behind The Scenes!
Hello everyone!
My pin manufacturer has sent me some work-in-progress photos so I can share a bit of the process with you!
Here are the Famine and Death pins as metal molds,...
Finally the Horses of the Apocalypse have arrived! :D They had a brief holiday in one of the shops below my flat because the UPS driver got confused and then didn't note where he'd left them (yaaay unnecessary anxiety lol) but now I have them! 🙌😭
They've definitely been worth the wait as I'm so happy with how these turned out! 😊 Here are some quick photos I snapped while I was checking and backing pins all day yesterday:
I already packed and sent out all orders without horse pins in them last week, but now I'll be in full-on order-packing mode to ship all the remaining orders! There's about 140 of you but I think I can get them all out by the end of next week! 💪 I'm excited for you all to get them! :D
Where are you planning to put them? Mine are going on a banner where I collect one of each of the pins I've made. 😊
P.S: it seems silly not to mention my current campaign again with this update, so if you haven't checked it out already I'd love for you to consider backing my Warped Oceans Pintopia project! All the pins have now been unlocked! 👀 All the best,
I got some more photos from my pin manufacturer today! The War, Famine and Death pins are all finished, and the Conquest pins will be electroplated tomorrow, so they should be shipping out to me soooon! XD
I'm really happy with how these are looking and wait to get the chance to see them irl. Here's a look at the three finished pins:
War
Famine
Death
nothing to see here
I think the colour-adjustment on the Famine pin has worked out great! I hope you think so too! :D
All the stickers have arrived with me too so here's a preview of how those have turned out:
Conquest Sticker
War Sticker
Famine Sticker
Death Sticker
Death Head Sticker
Furbtaur Sticker
I'm also going to be collecting and unwrapping the prints tomorrow! XD I'll take some photos of those to share with you soon too!
Recently the horse cookie mini pin and the furbtaur pins arrived so here's peek at how they've turned out:
cookie horse mini pin
Furbtaur 1
Furbtaur 2
I've also just ordered the backing cards for the horses and furbtaurs so here's a peek at what they're going to look like:
Backing card design
I hope you like them! The horse pins should be with me by the end of the month! It'll take a few days for me to check and back them, then I can start shipping! :D
First the boring bit: I've processed payments for shipping, extra add-ons, and US tariffs. Cards will charged on Wednesday! If you're A US backer this gives you time to notify your bank of the impending charge to prevent payment being refused as 'potential fraud' if you need to (this seems to happen with Backerkit charges a lot for some reason!)
The fun bit: I got another photo from my manu of the Famine test pieces! Below you can see the original grey on the left, and the new - much darker- grey on the right for comparison. I'm much happier with the look of this one so I've approved them for full production! :D
Two samples of the Famine pin: on the left with the original grey, on the right with the new much darker grey
I also got some photos of the finished Furbtaur and mini cookie pins, which are being shipped out to me this week! XD
Hello everyone, and Happy New Year for tonight! :D
I had some more photos from my manufacturer just before Christmas, this time with finished colour proofs for me to check before main production begins!
Here's how Conquest and War look so far:
Conquest colour proof
War colour proof
I'm happy with how Conquest and War have turned out, especially Conquest! However there was a small misunderstanding and the War horse proof is missing the white enamel fill from it's halo. That will be fixed for the full production set.
Here are the proofs for the Famine and Death pins:
Famine colour proof
Death colour proof
I'm asking for some minor adjustments to these two as well:
- For the Death horse I've decided the flames from the eyes would be better in all black, rather than partially grey. It will have more impact. You may also notice I've made the more distant legs have light green instead of white bones. I hope you approve of the change!
- For the Famine horse I'm a little undecided at the moment but I want to change the grey highlights on the body. The grey has baked lighter than I anticipated for the Pantone I chose and I think it's muddling the image somewhat instead of adding depth as I'd intented. My manu is currently putting through another sampe with a darker grey on those section for me to look at but I'm also debating just making the whole of the horse's body black instead.
I'd love to know what you all think about the body colour decision for Famine so vote in the poll below if you have an opinion on the options!?
(Side note, I'm still waiting on 15 surveys and some people's payments haven't cleared so please check on your pledges folks!) I'll be charging cards for shipping and add-ons on the 5th of January.
