I have an exciting late night update for you all! The pins have been delivered to me and I finally have higher quality pictures to share. Since there are a lot of photos, to avoid making you scroll through them all, I'll start with important update information here at the top first.
I also want to quickly thank you all for your patience with me in making these updates. I'd been so busy with school lately but have now conveniently started my summer break, so I can fully dedicate myself to this final push toward the finish line!
Quick Status on Reward Types
ENAMEL PINS: All enamel pins are in my possession! Backing cards have been ordered (will be pictured below!)
STICKER SHEETS: Ordered, in production, awaiting completion and shipment to me!
BANNERS: In my possession!
RewardFulfillment and Pre Orders
I am now just waiting to receive all sticker sheets and backing cards to begin reward fulfillment! My goal timeframe is late July through August. I'll be enlisting the help of some friends to hopefully speed along this fulfillment process for you guys. I'm so excited for everyone to receive their rewards!
Regarding making the pins available for those who did not pledge during the campaign, I'm hoping to soon begin listing the remaining pins for preorder on my shop. These orders would be fulfilled only after all campaign rewards have been sent out! I'll make a dedicated update when these listings are live.
Final Sticker Sheets
The sticker sheets have been given some more TLC since the campaign. They now have cute filler stickers and subtle backgrounds!
Sheet A
Sheet B
Sheet C
Sheet D
Sheet E
Sheet F
Pin Backing Cards
I designed custom backing cards to spruce up the pin sets' packaging! These different backdrops will correspond to specific pin sets based on the cats' territories!
Forest backdrop!
River backdrop!
Hills backdrop!
Pine Marsh backdrop!
AND AT LONG LAST........
PINS! SO MANY PINS! Prepare to exercise your scrolling finger..
A happy family photo. This is entirely too many cats.
Gray & FIre
Blue & Spotted
Yellow & Cinder
Leaf & Squirrel
Ivy & Dove
Briar & Jay
Lion & Holly
Cloud & Bright
Hawk & Moth
Tiger & Scourge
Sight & Frost
Barley & Raven
Tall & Jake
Sol & Black
Crooked & Maple
Root & Bristle
Night & Sun
Splash & Curl
Bramble & Ash
Alder & Needle (he really is THAT red)
Violet & Twig
Sky & Wing
Crow & Feather
Heather & Breeze
Leopard & SIlver
Goose & Pine
Broken & Snow
Long & Swift
Sand & White
Rock & Fallen
A better look at Fallen's silvery metal
Turtle & Bumble
Shadow & Thunder
Wind & River
Princess & Smudge
Sleek & Dark
Golden & Sasha
Tawny & Heart
Fern & Daisy
Berry & Moth
Red & Oak
Bone & Brick
Snow & Rose
Dapple & Tree
Special pins Starry Sky and Dark Forces
Glow effect after light exposure!
Better look at Starry Sky glitter and silvery metal
Bonus photo. My living room overrun with cats. Apologies to my roommate
Thank you all for the support and for tuning in for this update! If you scrolled all the way to the bottom, comment your favorite kind of pizza :)
who shared, backed, participated in polls and discussions, and so so much more!
THANK YOU!!!
This wouldn't been able to happen without you! We unlocked 13 Pins! 9 Mythicals/Variants 3 Pride Pins 1 Mini Pin - Wooden pins (2)
Surveys will be coming soon, I'll try to get them out ASAP and get them overviewed by backerkit! Thank you so much for the support again! Once the funds get through I'll be ordering all the enamel pins and what's left of the mini and wooden pins (Unicorn is ordered just need to do gryphon)
MANTICORE!! Thank you so much for voting, and as I looked closer I thought Manticore seemed more fitting!
Here is a rough sketch on how they are going to look, I'll have 1 variant for now, but here they are currently! We still have some early birds tiers left so be sure to check them out! Along with new pride pins!And t
The second mini-pin has been finalised: it's the Owl of Wisdom. You can choose between Pegasus or the Owl to go on a quest with your familiar. Thank you for your support, I'm delighted to be sharing this adventure with you!
Here's the design of the pin and my initial sketch:
There's also a mini Cerberus pin for the Pin Quest event ⚔️ Many thanks to you, adventurers. Your quest comes to an end... For now... 😉
Some might have seen it from Roundbirbart's update already but we've started shipping all the enamel pins! I had to process the tracking numbers, survive the packing week plus I had Dutch Comic Con. But I survived so here's an update for you all.
Shipping has started
For those who chose combined shipping, your orders have either been packed and shipped or waiting on being picked up by the postal service. Roundbirbart will be out of town for a 3 week trip so you will have to wait a bit longer. Until mid to late July.
I have 119 orders left to pack and ship off myself, which I hope to start getting to this week. I had to clean up after the convention first, to make literal room for the parcels, but all should start going out next week, I hope!
Stacks of letterboxes waiting to be labeled. Plush is made by Avanii.nl and the vinyl figures are from Bandai
Tracking your orders
BackerKit unfortunately doesn't always recognize the carrier's tracking numbers. Please use https://parcelsapp.com/ to track your package. Once your package arrives in the destination country it will also be traceable through your local postal service!
If you live outside of the Netherlands your parcel will be shipped via Deutsche Post. If you live in the Netherlands it'll be shipped through PostNL.
Shipped 195 of the 336 orders!
Failed charges on cards
There are 9 of you out there who have a failed charge on your card. I will try to re-charge again on 26th of June and I want to ask you to check if you have sufficient funds, check if all is in order or maybe do an authorization.
Some of those 9 failed charges had a SCA regulation mention which (if I understand it correctly) you'll need (next to authentication also) to authorize the payment. (I think this is like how VISA does a 2 step check with their app here in the Netherlands.)
Only 9 failed cards so far, I am positively surprised!
Next project in August, Poison Dart Frogs & Salamanders
In August I hope to have another crowdfunding project, albeit a bit smaller and without a collab pin option. Just to test the waters and expand the enamel pin selection of amphibians. The theme will be Poison Dart Frogs and Salamanders. I'm thinking around 3-5 poison dart frogs with 2-3 salamanders. You can hit the Check out the teaser page if you are interested in this new project.
Feel free to tag me on socials when you receive your enamel pins and other goodies. I'd love to see where they hopped to! Instagram | BSKY | Discord | Twitter
Yesterday during stream I thought, hey let's make some more Pride Designs I thought these would be pretty fun and go with our Kitsune that you all helped unlock!
I went in a different direction as I wanted them to be unique, The Kitsune Tier will be changed into a "Pride Tier" If you want to select from the Pride Collection!
Thank you so much for the support, lets make these 48 Hrs count!
It has been a little over 2 weeks since I gave my last update!!
Timeline: (based on prior update)
May - Production Start for ita bags and enamel pins Currently in production
Aug - Enamel Pins production completed and shipped to me
Sept - Ita Bags production completed and shipped to me
October/November - Receive all items and start grading
November - Start fulfilling pledges. Completion estimated to be December if there are no issues.
We are still on track with the updated timeline and everything is moving forward pretty smoothly! There was a bit of a snag in the preparation of the production, but no new issues so far. Honestly, I'm hoping to receive the products earlier than October, but I'm going to keep the current timeline just in case anything unexpected pops up.
Just a quick reminder, I will be charging everyone's payment card at the end of June 30! It is only a week away, so please make sure you're able to plan everything accordingly!
Progress pictures!
Uninked mini pins
Mini pin molds
Molds of the larger pins
Prints of the Bag (Drying)
More Bag Updates!
It is kinda funny seeing the prints just being hung dry on a line hahaha
Another update should be coming in about two weeks! Because that's when I poke my manus for updates... I try not to do bother them too often because they're busy with other orders.
