We're close! The last two art pieces did make it, but one of them still needs work.
The final version of Kolossys came in and looks spectacular! The last art piece, Creed's Zephyr's Veil sketch arrived, but it still needs work.
I'm not going to quite make the estimated delivery of May 31st, but we're very close. The tariff whiplash discussion delays put me a little behind and this last art piece is probably going to take another week to finalize based on where it sits. We're still within the buffer for the hardcovers, so we should not have any issues with the final books heading out.
Next Steps
There are a handful of things that need to be finalized for the PDF.
Zephyr's Veil sketch
Build the index
Double check all the cross linking (see page XX for ABC)
Final check for any layout artifacts
Make updates based on printer preflight feedback
There will be about two weeks for any additional changes you raise to make it into the final before printing as well.
Once the PDF is finalized, the print process will proceed.
It takes about a month for the printing to complete. The longest tent pole is the drying and binding of the cover, though there are a surprising number of steps in the full process.
Me signing off on Creed's Codex: Legends of the Psions prints last year
Something particularly neat is that they use these large metal print plates and have four copies of each, one for each of the colors: yellow, magenta, black, and cyan in the order below:
Part of the feat section of Creed's Codex: Legends of the Psions metal plates
Once the printing and binding is done, the books will be sent to the fulfillment center, and then packaged for each person and shipped out.
We're closing in and the book is really something!
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out! I'm here and happy to help!
Have a killer weekend, and I'll talk to you next week!
-Brendan
P.S. Don't forget to snag a free copy of the 110-page Tome of Endless Wonders on the next Kickstarter promotion page before I swap it out on the 13th!
