Project Update: Pins are paid for! Compilation of what will be NEW in surveys:
Hi all, pins are paid for (since funds have now been received)! I wound up with about $550 in unpaid pledges, but to those who replied and said they will pay later in surveys - thank you so much as well!!
I marked TV Cat and Gorgon as pins that I will pay the manufacturer for after I charge surveys in about 4 weeks. I'd like to send out surveys in 1 week (around June 25th?) and then charge them July 16th if I can make that, so that hopefully I have a chance of receiving all of them within the 1st week of September if not sooner. You'll get a one-week reminder and a 48hr reminder! For this campaign I'll be locking surveys and charging them same day (I haven't done that every time in the past).
I'm thinking about launching Pt 2 in 5-6 weeks, so around or on July 22nd. Moths and possibly even the paws should be fulfilled entirely by then. But please keep in mind I have 2 conventions mid-July and am really immune-compromised so I may not have finished fulfilling paws yet.
I marked TV Cat and Gorgon as pins that I will pay the manufacturer for after I charge surveys in about 4 weeks. I'd like to send out surveys in 1 week (around June 25th?) and then charge them July 16th if I can make that, so that hopefully I have a chance of receiving all of them within the 1st week of September if not sooner. You'll get a one-week reminder and a 48hr reminder! For this campaign I'll be locking surveys and charging them same day (I haven't done that every time in the past).
I'm thinking about launching Pt 2 in 5-6 weeks, so around or on July 22nd. Moths and possibly even the paws should be fulfilled entirely by then. But please keep in mind I have 2 conventions mid-July and am really immune-compromised so I may not have finished fulfilling paws yet.
Here's what's new to surveys:
- Spider Witch (limited to 20)*
- Gorgon (limited to 15)*
- TV Cat (limited to 35)
- Mini red bat (limited to 20)*
- Create Your Own Monster Girl!!! (Limited to one!!)**
- Early Summerween bat coin pin* (limited to 5; any previously-1-pin-backers who backed all 5, who add additional pins via the surveys, will continue to qualify until we all lock ours!)
*Already automatically applied to all qualifying pledges by survey lock date, if you qualify you don't need to add another unless you want to!
**Pledge level and add-on are limited to one each.
If you'd like to switch pledge levels, I can only do that if you want to upgrade to the "create your own" tier because mass production is already paid for, and swapping tiers too much would make quantities really, really complicated. All girls will technically be limited now because of that, though already-paid-for ones via the initial campaign charge are still totally reserved and not first come first serve anymore!
I'll launch the preorder store at the same time I send surveys. The preorder store will NOT have individual choice pins in it. True to my word, I keep those to campaign run-time/existing backers during surveys only.
Here is the info for the "create your own" tier/add-on. This will be $400 and comes with 25 (+ extras the manu might make) of your pin.
"I will design for you your own monster girl! You get to keep all 25.
Maximum enamel colors is 7. Maximum print colors is also 7. You may request fancy finishes such as anodized metal, translucent enamel, pearlescent enamel, gradient print, glow print or enamel (or both)...please just not all at once. I will not do spinning/motion, pin-on-pin, or quicksand pins. If it's super complicated, it's not worth it for the manufacturer to only do 25 and I'd also have to charge more. Maximum length (longest side) is 45mm but it doesn't have to be skinny.
You cannot resell them. This is for personal collecting and/or gifting ONLY.
This is an exclusive rights commission for a hard enamel pin in my own art style, so it is priced accordingly at a flat $400. (exclusive rights = I will not reproduce your design!)
I will contact you privately regarding specifics after surveys are charged! Please note: I will not draw anything NSFW, or hateful in any way. Artistic nudity/"candy gore" are considered on a case by case basis. Please don't expect me to be able to draw anthros, it's not in my skill set (sorry!).
Disclaimers:
1) I cannot guarantee that all 25 pins wont have any flaws. It's likely <5 will have some sort of minor issue that I would personally consider a "seconds" pin if in my own stock, but depending what it is customers rarely find issue with. As a reminder, standard pins by my own grading means pins that have no visible flaws arms' length away. If the flaw rate is really egregious we can discuss a plan to approach the manu with.
2) Light print colors will look slightly translucent over dark enamel/metal.
3) Hard enamel colors are usually a bit darker than on the pantone swatch due to the curing process. I will match the colors to the best of my ability with that in mind, but screen differences may add even more discrepancy in shade. If you want a soft enamel pin, that's fine, it doesn't need to be hard enamel.
4) You can't request use of my existing molds or OCs for a recolor, this is for your own OC entirely.
5) I maintain the right to post images of the final pin, such as in use of my professional portfolio or this campaign's updates. Only social media I'd even consider sharing it to would be Bluesky.
6) The backstamp will include my shop name but can also include your name if you'd like!
7) If you DO want to do a commercial commission, please email me at [email protected] and we can negotiate!"
(the above is in quotes because I've copied it from the locked pledge tier with minimal updates)
This is something I was originally going to unlock once everything funded, but since I'll be doing a pt 2, if TV Cat is funded just fine via surveys then for all intents and purposes technically all are unlocked at that point...thanks to quantity adjustments made. Because commissions take quite some time, and then production will follow that, "free domestic shipping" is included in this as it will have to be shipped to you separately at a later date. If you live in the EU I cannot ship to you. If you live anywhere else not in the US I would need you to cover the difference in shipping cost.
I'll release more info about the planned pt 2 with the first survey lock reminder (so in about 3 weeks) when I have most if not all designs finished. O&C Detroit and Tekko are back-to-back mid-July (only 3 days rest between them...) so I may be too dead to have finished them all before launch, some could still be sketches. It will be a cross-collab campaign so I will also have another monster girl as a cross-collab reward.
Survey news, however, will be posted again once they're sent out.
Thanks for reading!
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