It's been a very busy couple of weeks since our last update and we've very pleased to announce that much of our printing is now in progress!
Both Hygeia Automotive and Clean Sweep will be fully printed up and ready to package by next week with Unions & You and of course Cleaning Crew very close behind!
In the meantime we're hard at work bagging patches and setting up miniatures for shipping and are looking forwards to getting a digital release to all of you soon!
We're quite excited to announce that a lot of progress has been made since our last update! Nearly all layout and design work has been completed on our pamphlets and stretch goals, a couple of which are ready for printing and digital distribution once we have our full set!
Below are a few insights into the look of our pamphlets and the work that went into making them!
COMPLETE!
Those who also backed Wicked Oni Publishing's LUCID DREAMING will know that Hygeia Interplanetary has taken a remarkable interest in the contents of Prospero's Mall & Outlet - so much so that they've commissioned their own work force for the region!
Clean Sweep introduces the Mall Mops, Hygeia's new street-sweepers explicitly 'trained' for the purpose of going head-to-head with whatever the Outlet street crews have to offer. Anyone can sign up to the endeavour and give the Mall a good graffiti-stripping scrub down!
Combining the explosive colour of Shibuya-punk with the corporate heart of Hygeia Interplanetary was definitely a new endeavour for us but one that we feel has been an exciting new jump for us! A few different inspirations have made their way into this particular pamphlet and we're very eager to get it to publishing!
(We'd also like to once again thank everyone who supported both projects. This has been a really cool endeavour for us and a huge inspiration on the artistic end.)
COMPLETE!
It's been a little while since we've talked about Hygeia Automotive, our first achieved stretch goal featuring a number of Hygeia's own janitorial vehicles, deployed to the frontlines of Prospero's Dream and beyond. It's been through a few changes, some rewriting and a hell of a lot of illustrative and layout work!
Every one of the vehicles in Automotive has been fully rendered out as a three-dimensional blueprint, giving them a full depth to be explored from all sorts of angles. Take a look a the G-NOM3 Dustbuster below, Hygeia's budget option for scrubber teams on the go...
Containing five vehicles in total Automotive also comes with a number of their mounted unique weaponry, unique extra upgrades for each vehicle and more!
With an intense level of visual detail for each vehicle this pamphlet was a long time in development and we're very proud of the results. This is the first completed item that will be going to absolutely everybody so the hope is to get it off to the digital distribution presses as soon as possible, with the physical pamphlet not far behind!
We've got one more pamphlet to go, fully written and now in the layout phase! Unions and You introduces a dossier of anti-Hygeia factions and their particular contrabands as discord and dissent spreads throughout the Dream!
While we might not have any pages to show off immediately we can give you a sneak peak of a slightly odd part of the development process for this particular pamphlet...
What could it possibly be for?
Make sure to watch this space as it won't be long before we've got more updates on the final pamphlet and of course, the main zine itself!
It's been a busy month since our last update but lots has been happening at our end and we're very excited to show off some things that have been lurking in the shadows of the Dream...
Hardened by the brutality of the Choke and seizing upon Hygeia Interplanetary as a rare lifeline out of oxygen-debt, Gamma-12's injuries are just one of the many things trapping her in the depths of the Slip. As time begins to run out, her chances of survival slim by the moment...
The first of the miniatures included in the Squeaky Clean pledge level, Gamma-12 is a Doptowner on a provisional work allowance under the reigns of Hygeia Interplanetary...
However, this isn't just a display file to show off!
Gamma-12 is our first model to be sent to print and the others are rapidly on her heels. From the broken piping keeping her upright on her injured leg to the weathered and damaged attire barely providing any protection, anyone can see that Gamma has been through the proverbial wars.
However, she's not alone in her escape to the real world. In fact, something grim and horrible has chased shortly after...
A stinking encrusted mass of effluvia and grease compacted into a raging territorial thing, eager to destroy and willing to crush anything intruding into its foul sub-habitat domain...
Featured in the Cleaning Crew mini-adventure 'Slip Hazard', the Fatberg is a gruesome byproduct of years of maintenance mismanagement and various systemic leaks, all leading to a gruesome gloopy end:
Much like Gamma-12 this rocky-surfaced, gelatinous-cored abomination has reached the physical printing stage, pursuing the unfortunate crewmembers of Slip Hazard into reality.
Leaking unknown but assuredly unknown fluids and opening a toothless yet grotesque maw, the Fatberg lurches around the Slip near mindlessly, posing a danger to anything that breathes.
Whilst the Fatberg is the centrepiece of this set it is by no means the only horror. Stay tuned for another update very soon that will give you a glimpse into the other models set to accompany this massive mound of muck!
It has been a complicated few months for us here having run through a mixture of illness, career demands and a number of unforeseen circumstances that has had both Ed and I moving around the UK in slightly pinball fashion.
That's why I want to start first by apologising to everyone for the lack of updates in previous months - there's no excuse we can give that makes up for the radio silence and we're already endeavouring to show off some of the progress that has happened since then.
The State of Play
Thankfully we have been making lots of progress behind the scenes, something which I'd like to go over here. I've broken it down into a few sections below.
Writing - Complete!
This particular update is actually quite a bit overdue - all writing on both the main book Cleaning Crew, the stretch goals and the cross collab is now complete. Some edits might take place between now and the publication date but the stretch goals have already gone through a few editing reviews and are pretty much finalised!
'Slip Hazard', the hab-block dive within Cleaning Crew, will be getting another playtest in the upcoming couple of weeks, so it may prove to be the only part that really needs any major updating!
Models - 99% Complete
The sculpting for our models is fully completed - all that's needed now is to get them to manufacturing. We hope to have a picture of the full printed set soon to show to all of you!
Art and Layout - In Progress
Some pieces of the art for Cleaning Crew and the stretch goals had been cleared far in advance, but that's the part that's getting the most attention at the moment! After the aforementioned unfortunate delays this has been pushed back more than we'd like, but we're fully back on track now.
Thank you all for your patience and we hope to have some pictures to show off soon!
Something a little different this time compared to our other updates. While artistic wheels continue to turn on Hygeia Automotives and Clean Sweep enters some final editing stages, we've received something exciting for everyone who backed us in the first 48 hours!
Our Cleaning Crew patches have arrived!
We've just gotten to unbagging them and are thrilled at the quality that they've turned out at. Here's a bit of a closer look at one...
We're both hard at work getting everything done at the moment and hope to have even more things to show you very soon!
