Everyone but stardust is now completed (of the production samples, the customs are still in the works behind the production samples!)
oops, An edit: I noticed for some reason Milkweed’s snout got shorter between samples, so the length will be fixed to match the other 12 inch dragons noses
Stardust’s main color problems have been fixed, (she won’t be exactly like the reference since I used a very specific color lol) but there’s just a few ‘color is in the wrong place’ errors that will be fixed asap!
The production order will be put in before the end of this month, which means my manu will be getting that package of dragon samples on their way to me and arrive with enough time before the end of the month to get the order paid for and produced! I want to be able to inspect the details of the plush before production goes ahead just in case I missed something in the pictures of them! A few of the plush I have already pre paid for production so they’ll be made as soon as I tell them it’s correct! They will be ready right before January, so I can start packing orders in January!
When the samples get to me, I will be doing a discord unboxing stream to show them all off and answer any questions! There will be an announcement in my discord server when the stream gets scheduled! Join the server here: https://discord.gg/CC7juddtWa
It will take a bit to get all these orders packed and sent out since it’s pretty much just me, so there will still be a bit of patience even after they’re sent to me. I am delaying any more campaigns after the crybaby monsters to get everything up to the ponies shipped out!
NOTE ON THE JUMBO! So preorders for her haven’t reached the goal, but I do have plans to make her sometime anyways, so orders with those will be sent at a later time when I reach my own funding enough to fund her! Though note I am self funding a lot in the griffons and ponies campaign, so there isn’t a specific timeline for the jumbo. So if anyone who wanted her doesn’t want to wait, you can remove her from your survey, or I can offer separate shipping for your jumbo vs non jumbo parts of your order!
Ok! So here’s a dump of the remaining sample images!
Stardust: the back of the wings, nose and horns/spikes colors will be edited! Milkweed's colors are finished, but the snout size will be slightly longer to match catfish's Hornet Dragon got its horn fixed! catfish! Moraine got his earring!
im not sure if i added this one in the last update, but the forest dragon sample is now finished!
also, preorders on etsy and my website will be available all the time, even if they sell out, preorders will be open for restocks! backerkit preorders i plan to close near the end of production (so sometime in december)
I have sent everyone's surveys now! I am still waiting for update on the 4 plushie samples needing edits but I will be keeping surveys open until they are finished and confirmed in person! (when the samples get shipped to me!)
But promptly after I receive and update everyone about the in person plushies, I will be locking orders and charging cards to swiftly move into production and shipping prep!
Smoke tests have been sent!! Thank you all for your patience, surveys are finally being sent out! There are only 4 more plushie samples needing to be finalized, but the surveys will not lock until I get sent the samples for in person inspection! ( samples that are needing to be finished is: Hornet, Stardust, Catfish and Milkweed ) 3 out of the 4 of them are just slight color adjustments!
I will be giving around 4-5 days for smoke tests to be completed before I send everyone else’s surveys to make sure there’s no problems with the smoke test surveys! After everyone’s surveys are sent, I will be making the bulk order very soon after those counts get in! Surveys will lock and get cards will get charged right after I inspect them in person so I can make that order asap! I have already prepped an estimated order with my manufacturer so if there are no count adjustments, it won’t be a long wait! It will take about 2-3 months to get them all manufactured and sent to me, so I am hoping to start getting pledges sent to backers in January!
There will be an unboxing stream for the samples in my discord when they arrive to me! I will be making an announcement about 2 days before the stream since I won’t have an exact date for when the samples end up arriving at my door :p You can join the discord here: https://discord.gg/CC7juddtWa
The preorder store will close when I start sending orders (as I will be ordering plenty of extras as funding allows!) and ordering will continue on my website thereafter! ( https://www.thebreadbun.art/ ) For international backers: you can find my Etsy here ( https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBreadBun ) to be able to order yours, as I will not be accepting international orders from backerkit or my website. The preorder time will be incorrect on Etsy as I can not set a timeline longer than 10 weeks, so it will look like your order is late for the preorder time period! They will be backerkit price until the preorder period ends, then they will have to go up in price due to the high fees on Etsy :(
Peach is complete! Desert is complete! They did change the tail end color for some reason but I liked the pop, so it will stay! Lotus is complete! Forest is complete!
Hiya guys! As some concerns have been raised here, no this campaign is NOT abandoned nor is any of the work on any of the others. I am very limited by the speed of my manufacturer, as I am still waiting for samples. First editions of everything have come out, but I am just waiting on edits, which feels like it takes forever for them to get to over first editions of other samples. I will be talking to my Manu about this to see if anything can be done, but I can't guarantee even if he says he will try to get something done that something will change.
I admit that I never anticipated it taking this long to do, so I did end up over booking my samples and myself this year. Which Dw will not be happening after the monster hunter campaign. I've been particularly busy in August due to conventions which was also a mistake on my part, as I thought I could handle a lot more than I ended up handling this whole month.
That being said. I have mentioned in multiple updates before that I do update more frequently on my discord server as well as get faster responses to anyone's questions there. I do not get notifications for backerkit until a few weeks after someone asks a question. if you have an urgent question, please email me or message me on the discord server.
To clarify, I do not mean to make this sound like a bunch of excuses, I am just explaining what's going on! This is also not meant to be a rant or any negative tone, just in case any of my wording sounded that way haha. I'm sorry for such a long wait. Next year's campaigns have been delayed until shipping is completed for all campaigns up until the monster hunter one.
Anyways, here's a big lump update of all the samples that have been worked on since the last update: 15/24 samples are complete 9 are still needing a few edits Also a Trello has been made for all plush sample progress: https://trello.com/b/cYrb0BvE/plush-sample-progress
Swamp is complete Painted lady is complete Milkweed got an edit but not the right color lol Catfish has a first edition, but the colors are off, the shapes are all correct though Thistle little is pretty much complete, but there may be a color edit for her tail tip Moraine needs the scarf and earring, as well as a few small tweaks (one was my bad in the turn around that I never noticed) Peach is almost perfect but the leaf was forgotten! I do truly appreciate everyone's support and I thank everyone for their patience with all these samples. I never intended this campaign to be so big! I don't want to let anyone down. I'm still working hard behind the scenes to make sure everyone is happy and gets the plushies they want! I will not be doing as many conventions next year to have more time to work on stuff at home.
Surveys are pretty much complete, so I will be making edits to the images for the samples and add ons and send them when I next get the free time to do so. I'm really sorry for all the unanticipated delays.
Due to not everything being finished, pictures for plushies are either their WIP sample or their drawings, and other stand in wip drawings for un rendered art! 😅 So just keep in mind they’re not complete and will be updated closer to the surveys going out! So if you don’t mind ordering while the samples are in this state, you can order now!
It will stay open until I start shipping orders, and extras will be up on my website (or Etsy for internationals)
You do NOT need to buy from the preorder store if you are already a backer, you will choose your plushies and add ons in your survey when they go out!
For future campaigns, I plan to just release surveys before samples are complete, and keep orders unlocked until the samples are done since you can change your survey answers until I lock them! So you won’t have to wait as long for future campaign surveys!
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