This has been taking WAY longer than expected, and it's at the point I have to bug him for updates directly because the factory isn't notifying him when things are sitting and waiting for my approval.
Here is the current state of things:
This is quite dark sorry, but he also sent a video which was much brighter and showed that, indeed, the majority of them are correct now!! This also does confirm that the UV was too pale, but the screenprint on all the colorways that were hard to make out before has fixed the issue.
The problem is that he said the glow in the dark hasn't been printed yet, but that demon skull is supposed to be included in that, and cat skull and peach are still inexplicably swapped. I explained this yet again...he says he will fix it. Nothing I can do but wait and see if that's true. I'm getting frustrated at how many pins they're wasting and concerned I won't receive as many as I ordered. 🥲
After my pintober campaign (they already have the mold), I'm going to switch manufacturers. It's really unfortunate but this has been really frustrating, and I'm very unhappy with how they steamrolled my friend into UV printing when it was unnecessary, neither of us knew enough about it at the time to know to turn it down. And even though I had tried just due to familiarity with screenprinting, they still UV'd me at first even though it's not what I (we, including all of you!) paid for.
Otherwise...
In 10 days, my joint campaign with CatHeadPins launches!! We are fundraising for new septum ring designs in both 16G (piercing) and faux (clip-on). Our septum rings are hypoallergenic brass (no nickel, lead, or cadmium in base metal or plating) with various platings based on color, described further in the campaign info once it launches. We're really excited for it! My design is the 3 sakura with opals, while Adie's is the enamel roses with thorns. There are a bunch of stretch goal unlock colors!
