just a quick note that i'll be locking orders in 24 hours, so make sure you're happy with your choices. I meant to do it a few days ago but got carried away with some other o...
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Marla
23 days ago
quick fire wyrm update/peek
I went back and forth on posting this because it's not a great representative of the final product (will switch to matte black nickel and it's missing the silkscreen) but i j...
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Marla
about 1 month ago
Plan for USA tariffs, locking orders soon and black shuck final
Hey! just wanted to get a quick post out before locking up orders and getting the pins going.
USA backers, which is the majority of you: I’m sure you’ve been getting numer...
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Marla
about 2 months ago
Surveys out! more black shuck and sticker pics
and surveys are live! finally!! Smoke test was pretty smooth, there's one person i need to catch up with, i think there was a payment mishap but seems to be all set up good
I...
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Marla
2 months ago
smoke tests are out! and manufacturing misadventures
hello and sorry again for the long lull! the survey setup is done and smoke tests have gone out, so check and see if you got one! only 5% of backers get them as a sort of tes...
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Marla
3 months ago
survey and preorder store on the way, couple other small updates
Hello and thank you for your patience while i still finalize the survey!
i've been picking out a very limited amount of items from my store to populate the add-ons with, i've...
just a quick note that i'll be locking orders in 24 hours, so make sure you're happy with your choices. I meant to do it a few days ago but got carried away with some other obligations. One of them was getting everything in to the manufacturers, the pins have been proofed and approved and should hopefully be with me in about 2 months time :> there's still about 8 people or so who need to fill out their forms. If you haven't yet please do ASAP or reach out to me if you need to cancel!
I went back and forth on posting this because it's not a great representative of the final product (will switch to matte black nickel and it's missing the silkscreen) but i just wanted to quickly share part of a Fire wyrm sample 1. because the colour isn't as dark red as I anticipated 2. I think it looks neat!
I sampled glitter as well as chameleon powder. I've never used chameleon powder before and the intent was to just test it out for future items, but to be honest I was a little unhappy with the glitter in the mane and was in love with the chameleon effect in the tail. so! I will be moving forwards with chameleon powder on all the fire for the wyrm. I hope you like it as much as I do. also, I don't know what's up with the blue in that one area. There's two very small knock-out areas in the fire that unfortunately were a little too small, so they'll be filled in with black in final
Hey! just wanted to get a quick post out before locking up orders and getting the pins going. USA backers, which is the majority of you: I’m sure you’ve been getting numerous messages about this if you backed other pintopia projects. tariffs on chinese items are now up to having I think a 124% tax applied to them which is uh, too much. More than i could ever expect you to cover or both of us to meet in the middle on. I think i mentioned this but sending them from canada doesn’t curtail this, it’s done by manufacture origin not package. The best plan I could draft up for this situation is i’ll lock orders on the 21st, but will not charge cards for the last addon costs until the pins are in hand later. Then we just continue to keep our fingers crossed that some stability materializes in the time in between. Should it not I’ll be mailing out the canadian and overseas orders and fully refunding pledges from USA. If you want to opt out now give me a shout now or at any point in between and i should be able to take care of it on my end, just send an email explaining you want to cancel with your confirmation # to [email protected]
Black shuck
Black sample without texture
final look (well, without eyes yet)
sandblasted dertail
dark blue sample without texture
pretend these images have the red eye gems in them so the black shuck sampling was a long journey that more or less took me back to where it started- the black shuck final will be the sandblasted finish with bright blue shown here and last update attached are two other samples that used a different method to get the fill even with the metal around it, but had to sacrifice the inside texture and the colour did this odd thing where it migrated to the edges (you can kind of see it in the dark blue sample) I want to thank everyone for their patience during the sampling process and my indecisiveness, and i really apologize if you're disappointed by all the compromises I had to make, as I stated above if you need a cancellation I can provide it since these are such strange times.
that said it's really important everyone gets their final decisions in ASAP!! Order locking has been pushed to April 20, so in a week!
After then I'll lock orders and get everything made!
and surveys are live! finally!! Smoke test was pretty smooth, there's one person i need to catch up with, i think there was a payment mishap but seems to be all set up good I got (most of) the fixed stickers in and added the images to the listings- you can see them here!
I would have ideally liked to have black shuck pin finalized before opening surveys but I think i'm already behind schedule enough- I've sent in an order to try out two more colours but I think it's close, it turns out the black nickel was actually a lot darker than it appeared in the photo
eyes will be added later
so i feel like it's close, the blue is just a little intense still, I'm trying it out with black fill and a darker/greyer one, both with and without sandblasting. I'll probably push the schedule if i can. to give everyone more time to answer, by about 2-3 weeks or so? I'd like people to have time to see the final black shuck well before having to lock orders in.
hello and sorry again for the long lull! the survey setup is done and smoke tests have gone out, so check and see if you got one! only 5% of backers get them as a sort of test run. I was debating whether to post them or not, but samples came back from the manufacturer for black shuck and i was not happy with them, so i'm working to come up with a solution. they're in a weird goldilocks area where one of them was far too light and the other just didn't work despite me loving the material
shockingly light! This is a matte black nickle but looks practically silver. very far off from what i wanted and it caused what was meant to be a blue tinted black in the fills to be BRIGHT blue
I adore this material but the details in the fills are completely lost in how dark it is
I'm working with the manufacturer on solutions right now, including both visibility and hopefully getting that transparent fill more.. full? it's looking recessed and a little messy right now It's not over yet though! Stickers came in and they also weren't quite right sadly.. 3/5 had the effect masking sorta off so the glitters were in way too many spots or even nonexistant in one. One of them I choose poorly on the colours.. oops.
the body is super glitter heavy and meant to have a white layer over that blocks it slightly
no glitter?
The printer has already started work on replacements for free though! (not the one that was my fault of course, i', getting that one done myself) so the upside is i'll maybe throw some random stickers into orders here and there. I really hate not having photos of the limited stickers for you to see before choosing, but hopefully in a week or 2 I"ll have them! thanks again for your ongoing patience!!
