It's the final 8 hours until the campaign ends.... and I am so sad to say that I will be sleeping when that happens. I will surely be dreaming of drawing pins all night.... I'm excited!!

We're coming up to the nitty gritty of things now, and I spent most of today looking at building the survey, pre-order store and ensuring that the rest goes smoothly.

So in the first order of things....

I sat on his colourways for the majority of the day with many other iterations and took input from many friends on colour theory and theme accuracy regarding him. In the end we have ended with three choices;

Cathedral - A pure dark version of the angel that fell. It retained beautifully colourful wings, yet its soul tainted dark. I personally adore this colourway the most. As it stands very strong between all the other extremely colourful demonic pins with its monochromatic colour scheme and makes the wings pop more. I just think its a great contrast compared to all the other pins and feel like it stands its ground well from the others.

The Fallen - A compromise between whites vs darks. Pantome colours are actually quite limiting when it comes to light greys. So making white work is quite difficult to match while keeping the depth of the design- especially between its pincers. This is a combination of other versions to make the lights not as stark compared to the darks.

Vampire - At the very end I decided to do a complete opposite version to the Cathedral. Using a pure white version with the bright wings wasn't working well, so instead I painted the wings dark and came to this incredibly forbodeing 'vampire inside a cathedral' kind of vibe. And I really dig this one too.

If I we're to give my opinion on this, I would... make both cathedral and vampire. Actually I am extremely tempted to do that regardless.
If my manufacturer allows, I would possibly be able to make a smaller amount of each pin while still reaching the mininum order quantity......... only if you people are interested!

Lucifer will feature transparent stained glass enamel wings and will be a large speciality pin.

(And yes, you can pick the two colour split.) Unfortunately you can only pick one option in the poll, but if you've specific thoughts about it then do let me know in the comments!

VOTE ENDS ON THE 6th

I also want to say that Lucifer will be a speciality pin, and if he gets unlock he will not be included in the general 'Enamel pin' reward. Mostly due to production costs. If he gets unlocked during the campaign there will be a separate add-on for him. If not you'll find him in the pre-order store to potentially unlock!

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I had a small hiccup in my schedule last month, which is what made me a little late to designing the pins. It wasn't really something in my control, but still I have to take that hiccup into consideration!

For backers that we're here very early on, the timeline has been shifted over by 1-2 weeks. Here's the new schedule:

April 3rd: Campaign Ends
April 10th: Survey Starts
April 24th: Survey Ends
Early May: Production Starts
Late May: Production Ends
Late June: Receive pins to office
Throughout July: Begin shipping process

The production time will depend heavily on when funds get released to me and on my manufacturer's speed with the amount of pins we will be ordering!

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PRE-ORDER STORE + SURVEY

What's the pre-order store you ask?
Well it's the place where anyone who missed the campaign can still pledge to get their items! This store will open on April 10th along with the surveys.

For current pledge keepers, the survey will have an integrated add-on section where you can add additional items into your pledge, change your pledge, and pick the pins that were unlocked for your currently chosen items.

Survey locking will happen on April 24th. This gives you 2 weeks to get your answers in!

I will let you know when the pre-order store will be closing later on.

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NEWS!

I got images from my manufacturer on restocks of the Pride Beetle Angel! As well as the two new colourways which a lot of you have already added to your pledges!

Here's a first look at the nonbinary and intersex beetles!

They came out lovely! I can't wait to have them in my hands :]

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That's all for now!! Here's to the remaining 8 hours of the campaign 🥂
Thank you all for the great reception! :D