So, all of the pins are submitted and approved for production. That means the designs are finalised and I can show you the updates.
We'll start with Nigricans. I wasn't sure if they could pull the fine detail dual plating off, but they've assured me they can. So the bottom version is the default option. Its hard to see because my order sheet was teeny tiny for some reason, but the spots and the head have gold metal, and the outer part of the 'leaves' have silver.
The alternate version has just gold, and then three-four shades of 'black' for depth. The orange parts are also filled with gold. Just gold and black :D.
Frosted. Now, my idiot ass did the same thing for all the stained glass pins and totally forgot to leave a place to put the posts. So they all had to be tweaked slightly. In Frosted's case, we filled in a bottom section. The manufacturer also suggested we thicken a few lines to make it a bit less fragile, and a couple of sections had to be shifted around. Overall I think it works though. The metal itself will be silver, not black! But here you can see clearly where the metal parts will be.
Phyllo. The manufacturer preview was not very flattering, haha. We've opted for a non swirled pearl effect to achieve the gradient. I'm not a huge fan of glittery effects, but this one is pretty subtle without the swirling. Just be warned this boi is going to be BRIGHT. The red veining is going to be screen printed over the top.
Last up is Elegans. My second most expensive pin to date! As you can see I had to tweak the design here too. The silver metal should be subtle enough with the stained glass that the overall effect is fine. You can see the two layers of screenprinting too. Can't wait for this one.
Other than that, we followed the manufacturer's recommendations for the plating colours. That is as follows;
Now the leaf sheep, I was struck with indecision. It was designed to be silver, but I don't think the silver will show well with the green. I wanted copper, but the manfacturer said that tarnishes easily and suggested rose gold. I know some people aren't fond of rose gold so... I got both. And also normal gold for good measure. Now the rose gold looks best on the preview so that's the default; but if you passionately dislike rose gold then feel free to leave a comment in your 'notes' section on the survey for which you'd like (silver or gold) and I will send you one of the other two.
Lastly for now; I ordered a limited number of magnets - they are literally the same mould/colours just with magnet backs instead of posts. I wanted them for an event, but if anyone really wants one, again just throw a note on your survey (you can switch 1-1 for a pin). They are not flat backed, there will be a bump over the magnets due to how they are made. I'm not sure they're strong magnets because its the first time I've tried them, so bear that in mind.
Only the following desgins have magnets; Leaf Sheep (rose gold only) Blue Dragon Creator Sea Bunny Pink Sea Bunny
Otherwise that's it for now. Hopefully we'll get some preview photos from the manufacturers soon and you'll get a real idea of what the effects look like.
The last thing for me to sort is stickers. I have a massive order of samples on the way, including a few different special effects. I knew I wanted gold foiling for the Nigricans alternate sticker but whew, we had to go up to 3inches to get the detailing. I'll put up pictures as soon as they get here, and then perhaps we'll do a poll for favourite effects. The supplier I'm hoping to use does everything from holo, to foiling, to transparent; washi paper, tracing paper and all sorts. The default is going to be plain matte vinyl with transparent borders.
I think that's all for now. Please feel free to leave any questions below.
