First things first: The Project is moving forward (slowly but steady):
Tiger Cub, Cheetah Cub & Snow Leo Cub's Digital Proofs are finished & Production ready, also The Tiger's Eye (and the Little Dragon Mini Pin, because I inquired them together ;)
Here they are!
Both Tiger Cubs. Don't worry, final Pin Outlines will be more fine.
Rainbow Metal will be darker, here it has a pastell touch. Oh, and you can see the Glow.
Many Big Cat's Pins are in the Proof Phase too, but they will have another Manu - just hadn't thought they are that ... slowly. Or just have much to do, who knows. 4th working Day today - If they don't answer Monday, I'll write them. I'll let you see the Proofs first, when I get them .... somewhen.
But for now: HERE ARE THE KITTIES!!!
Snow Leo :3 - Now with Face Marks & fully finished. I've adjusted the Eyes a little.
Brand New: the Canadian Lynx!
These Eyes...
Both Jaguarundi ;)
Puma, Cheetah & Pallas Cat
Tigers
And the... first TRY of a Jaguar is done, last week already, but I'm not that happy with it yet and will continue the Work on him Monday, so please be patient. Than I might be even able to show an updated Clouded Leo. I will have a new Update next week.
That were all Kitties, Images in the PreOrder Store will be actualized tomorrow, I'm out for most of the weekend. ________________________________________________
Whats next? PRINTOPIA!
My next Project will be Part of PRINTOPIA!
The Chronicles of Illumia & Shádarkor
Next to designing pins and plushies, writing stories is my great passion.
But: because of all the Pin Projects of the last months I wasn't able to work as much on the "Magic Animals"-Story as I wanted, so I decided to NOT join with this Project. It needs more time and it will get it. I also would love to offer some Merch for it, but there's to less time, enough work with all the Pin Stuff and packaging & shipping will take place in late summer/early fall.
So I'll give an other Story a chance, I wanted to publish some time earlier: The Backstory of "Magic Animals", called "The Chronicles of Illumia & Shadarkor" is an illustrated fantasy Light Novel which is playing in the same World, just a few hundred Years earlier.
(Starting Date not set yet.) Let's gain more followers to make this campaign reality!
The Furball Puppies: German Shepherd (left, really close to be finished) & Golden Retriever (right, needs corrections.)
Front: Position of Eyes & Cheeks
Side View. When it all works, it is finished.
Goldie needs a Shape correction. It also fits the Shepherd like that and they have a recocnizable Shape now. No Images of how I want to have the Face yet.
The Plan is getting more concrete to bring IceScream Cryptids 2 to life. The well known 9 Characters you already know (Wendigo is missing here) + 4 not yet published ones.
What my be different: - Lower Stretch Goals, therefore a lower MOQ from the Manu to make them easier unlockable - Only new Characters: Witch Cat, Pumpkin Pup, Werewolf & Bigfoot.
A few more changes are planed - more soon.
IceScream Cryptids 2
Excluding the Book Project I can't name any start dates yet. IceScream Cryptids 2 may start before Printopia, and the Furball Puppies after, that's all I can say.
Wow, more than 50% of you filled out the Survey allready, what a great Start!
There were no mistakes in the Smoke Tests, but 2 in the regular Surveys have been detected.
-> In one case I added the missing Items manually. -> The the second one, affecting a handfull of people, I now added the "Pretty Big Kitty - Hard Enamel Pin of your Choice" Option. It ist visible for Backers but not for PreOrder Backers. I think it happend because I wanted to keep the Store clean & sorted, so I might have overseen this one and were just adding the single cats.
Sorry for that little issue, I hope you are able to choose your favorite Kitties now.
PreOrder Store:
And here's the Link for everyone who wants to visit thePreOrder Store - Pretty Big Kitty. We also have 3/12 orders for the Lions & the Puma, 3/10 for the Lion Cub (Sand or White) & the Puma Cub. We will have a Puma Cub??? Yes, if it unlocks!!!
Super good News: The review went through! The Smoke Test go out and the PreOrder Store opens too, at the 12th June 26!
What is a Smoke Test?: Smoke Tests are a Test Survey, to check if there are no issues with the offical Survey. They have been send to random 5% per Pledge Level of you, so if you got one, fill it out soon and give Feedback if you find any strange things or mistakes. I've checked them carefully, but you never know. It is possible to add AddOns, enter your Adress and pay for Items + shipping.
ImportantNote: If you backed the Campaign, please wait for the Survey to add more Items. (Count for the unlockable Items too.) If you would use the PreOrder Store additionaly, it would charge Shipping Fees 2x! Everyone who missed the Campaign or just loves PreOrder Stores: Feel free to Order your Kitties (& IceScream Cryptids) now!
Images: Most stuff has Images, but organizing everything alone plus the Little Dragons Pride Project didn't let me find the time to draw the Jaguar & the Canadian Lynx / finishing them, but work on them will start at 15th June and will need 3-5 (at least that's the plan...) I had could wait untill I have them all, but I carefully decided for opening the Store. If you're unsure about this, you will be able to come back to the survey at any time and add them later.
Shipping: For this Project Shipping & Pledge Amount will be charged together. I am not responsible for any VAT or GST taxes, excluding the US -> PDDP Shipping Taxes. PDDP: 2,5% of Order Value + 2,00€ Shipping Tax + 0,39€ -> rounded to 3%.
That should have been the important Things for today.
A lot happens here in the last Hours & Minutes of the Campaign and it is speeding up with Cheetah Spped! A Camaign you all made pawsible ;)
We have 6 Big Cats unlocked now, 4 Types of Cubs The Tiger's Eye Rainbow Pin + Stickers, Info Cards & the Tiger's Eye Acryllic Keychain.
Let's take a look on what we made TOGETHER:
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Puma would be 5100 € to unlock
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All not-yet unlocked Kitties will get their chance in the Pre OrderStore - or can we unlock the Clouded Leopard before Time runs out?
So please keep a cool cat, I'm confident we can manage this. __________________________________________________________________
A litte Update to the Sticker Sheet, which I announced in Update #13
STICKER SHEET INCENTIVE
+++ If we reach 80 70 Backers, I'll offer a huge Discount on a Sticker Sheet ouf our Kitties - that meens: -> 10€ 75% Discount = 2,50€ -> You wil have THE CHOICE of Adding it or not, for 2,50€ later in the Survey!!! -> You'll be able take a look at it soon.
Following Kitties will be on the Sticker Sheet: (And it will be available in the PreOrder Store too, for apx. 10€)
Tiger (2 Var.), Lion (2 Var.), Lioness (2 Var.) Jaguar (2 Var.), Jaguarundi (2 Var.) Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard, Cheetah, Pallas Cat, Puma/Cougar, Can. Lynx & all matching Cubs. (Sorry if I forgot one, all Kitties you know so far will be on it.)
With just 48 Hours left, we go into the final Phase now!
And because of this I'll offer some DISCOUNTED Bundles you might be interested in:
-> Cats & Cryptids Bundle -> Cats & Rainbows Bundle -> All the unlocked Kitties Bundle
What's in???
Cats & Cryptids Bundle: 4 Cat Pins of your Choice + 1x Cub Pin of your Choice + 2 IceScream Cryptid Pins & Stickers of your Choice 134€->Just 110€ + All Stickers & InfoCards FOR FREE!
Cats & Rainbows MINI BUNDLE 1 Cat Pin of your Choice + 2x Cub Pin of your Choice + all matching Cat Stickers + all matching Info Cards + Tiger's Eye Acrylic Key Chain + Tiger's Eye Rainbow Pin + Tiger's Eye Holo Sticker 71€->Just 50€ + All Stickers & InfoCards FOR FREE!
Big Cats & Rainbows Bundle 4 Cats Pin of your Choice + 1x Cub Pin of your Choice + all matching Cat Stickers + all matching Info Cards + Tiger's Eye Acrylic Key Chain + Tiger's Eye Rainbow Pin + Tiger's Eye Holo Sticker 121€->Just 100€ + All Stickers & InfoCards FOR FREE!
STICKER SHEET INCENTIVE
+++ If we Reach 80 Backers, I'll offer a huge Discount on a Sticker Sheet ouf our Kitties - that meens: -> 10€ 75% Discount = 2,50€ -> You wil have THE CHOICE of Adding it or not, for 2,50€ later in the Survey!!! -> You'll be able take a look at it soon.
Following Kitties will be on the Sticker Sheet: (And it will be available in the PreOrder Store too, for apx. 10€)
Tiger (2 Var.), Lion (2 Var.), Lioness (2 Var.) Jaguar (2 Var.), Jaguarundi (2 Var.) Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard, Cheetah, Pallas Cat, Puma/Cougar, Can. Lynx & all matching Cubs. (Sorry if I forgot one, all Kitties you know so far will be on it.)
And: The Puma/Cougar is finshed! He will be 2,5" x 2" tall and have a Copper finish.
Puma Kitty!
Can we Unlock more Kitties before the Campain ends?
I also offer 2025 Tiger's Eye Pins for just 1815€. -> If at least 20 of them (Pledge Level) are sold while the Campain, I'll offer them for 15€ in the PreOrder Store too ;)
Aproppos PreOrder Store:
I plan to open it within One Week after End of the Campaign, to keep the momentum going, depending on how fast the support team is.
Stay wild - and thanks for your awsome Support! (More about future Camaigns in the next Update.)
