The time is nigh, it has finally come time to ship out everyone's rewards.
Here's all the things that have happened since the last update!
All pins have been graded! We have a pretty good ratio going. All pins are pre-backed except the minis. I'll be backing them myself depending on how many each person got.
HOW GRADING WORKS
B-grades classify as: - Overfilled/underfilled epoxy - Small missed enamel spots - Small spots in the enamel - Visible scratches or blemishes
The biggest rule I follow is if you can't see the problem from an arms length away, it is not a flaw worthy of being a B-grade.
Of course every backer will be getting A-grades.
SOME THINGS CONSISTENT ON THE PINS
The Notocupes pin has it's UV printing done on the top of the epoxy dome. This is a slight difference to what I originally wanted, as I didn't know the details of the process. I'm considering this a learning opportunity for future pins as it doesn't really get in the way of enjoying the pin.
The freebie Animal Akademia pin has a lot of flaws in it. There was a mistake in the order process and while it was meant to be 1.5in, it instead accidentally got swapped with the mini Thylacocephala. So the freebie pin is 1in, while Thyla is 1.5in. This has caused an issue where there are small blemishes on the metal. Since this is a freebie bonus pin, it will not be remade as I don't want excess stock of it since it was meant to be a bonus for you guys only. This is something I have noted in my notes so it doesn't repeat in the future.
OTHER GOODIES
I sacrificed myself to the heat of the attic to get all of these sticker sheets cut out. I'm glad I chose to do this in the morning of the ONE day that had slightly lower temperatures, because I think I would have actually died up there on hotter days. It was easily 40+C. A funny video spawned out of this.
The postcards look great, the stickers have special effects, and all the wooden cicadas are varnished and keyringed (is that a word?)
THE SOCKS!!!!!
Yes the socks! I got the socks. The socks are here!!!!
I coerced my brother to put together some of the shipping boxes for it.
You know... you don't realise how much almost 200 backers is until you have to store 200 boxes somewhere. I fear the requirement of a studio space may be needed soon.
I also got a label printer. So that's pretty cool. Gonna be testing it out with this campaign and hopefully it speeds up the label process a lot!
SO LET'S GET TO IT!!!
The rollout of shipping will be slow. On my last campaign I was able to pack maybe 20 packages a day- when working fully freelance. Now I only have about 2-3h in the evenings after clocking out so I expect this to take the rest of the month.
I'm going to ship in order of difficulty. Domestic order to Ireland will be first, followed by Europe, UK and then the rest of international orders afterwards.
NEW PROJECT?!
This is a formal invitation for you to join me on my next project, BUGGED OUT!!
This is going to be a mini pin project in collaboration with the Super League of Science! There will be freebies involved ;D
The pins are going to be in a different style, but full of cuteness, chibiness, and bugs :] I will also be entertaining more socks as a stretch goal!
