Midnight Springs
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about 1 month ago

Project Update: Handful left; snakes OTW

Hello! I actually have 6 left to go out still, weather has been a significantly-contributing factor to this as the extreme cold is bad for my health as well as making PO trips difficult.

They should be out within the next week and hopefully the ice has melted again by then too!!
 

Preorders:


The snake pins are also on the way but the Cupcake one wasn't made right and I wasn't informed until after they were already packed and headed to the courier.

Given the emotional significance of the design to me that really stressed me out a lot, and I've decided to pay to have them remake that specific colorway.
Editing in after writing the rest of update: they also seem to have not given her an enamel outline at all - I thought at first the color was just too light for that one but no, I think they left off the enamel outline in the grooves entirely for this colorway. ...


You might be scratching your head wondering what the issue is, because I know as the creator (and due to the subject matter) I'm way more particular than others would be, but the green is NOT the pantone I chose. For some reason - with printed greens specifically - this has happened to me multiple times over the past 4.5 years with different factories, where they used a random pre-mixed much darker green instead of the various pastel colors I picked.
Exhibit A: this green was supposed to be 3375 C, this difference is so dramatic that I have always sold these ones at seconds pricing and still have many.

Exhibit B: this green was supposed to be 317 C, but since this was a tiny, entirely self-funded gacha collection (no preorders) and I wasn't as emotionally invested I just dealt with it.


There are more examples but I digress.

When I raised the issue of the snake's bad green, the rep told me I should have picked a color code from the "pastels & neons" book....I did. From the very front page. 0921 C, which has always come out just fine for me as an enamel color. I wasn't very happy with that response,  but it's why I'm paying for the remakes as the mistake was not acknowledged or forewarned.

Because this is a repeated issue and specifically surrounding green it has honestly really upset and confused me. So, since time is running out before CNY, it won't be remade until March... but I need this collection at Katsucon so I can pay bills, so I'm going to include the ones with too-dark-green sprinkles on the gacha graphics and in the machine at the con. Preorder customers for this colorway will receive the remakes with all-pastel sprinkles in the Spring. I'm sorry for the hurdle but it's too big of a difference for me to be comfortable with it. I can refill preorders for the other snakes as soon as they arrive, I'll sort as I pack instead of all upfront.

Here are the images I was sent of the other finished screenprinted snakes (did not receive an image of final Toffee Coffee): 

And as a refresher, here were the UV printed ones: 

The Sugar Skull one had both UV and screenprint and I haven't been sent a final image of that. Only the image above that doesn't have the final glow pupil.

If you'd still like to preorder with the above in mind, they'll be open until the end of this month.  


Thanks again for your patience.
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