I've had some in-progress and finished pin photos from my manufacturer! XD
Here are the finished tiny Eye filler pins:
...and the finished Starfish and Brain Coral pins: I think the increase to 1.5" for these was the right decision as the details have come out really nice and crisp! :D
Here are some finished Nudibranch pins too:
The three pins with screenprint details (Mandarinfish, Oarfish and Crab) are currently in proofing stage. The first set of proofs for the Mandarinfish and Oarfish had some issues with detail bleeding due to them not using a fine enough mesh screen for the level of details so they're currently making new samples with an improved screenprint for those and I won't share the first attempts (lol they are a little sloppy but I know my manu can do better. I'll share progress pics once they get it right!)
The Crab screenprint is looking good, but I think I'm going to re-sample the red one with a darker screenprint colour as the contrast is a little low on the darker red enamel:
The Blue/Green rainbow-plated Crab is looking good though! Check out the happy-accident green tone on the rainbow-plating for the claws on the sample:
The other large pins are all in various stages of production so I'll share a couple of the other progress pics my manu sent me. Here are some almost-finished rainbow-plated Octopuses:
And some partially-filled Lobster pins:
I'm excited to see how the rest of these turn out and I hope you are too! :D
I'll update again when I have a better idea of when I'll be receiving the pins!
