A L Raden
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Project Update: Surveys Close TOMORROW + Production Updates
Hello, Adventurers! We're coming up on the September 30 deadline for surveys, so a couple quick reminders and updates:
- If you already filled out your survey you should have received a 48 hour notice earlier today that the surveys are locking soon. This is your last opportunity to make any changes or additions to your survey. No action is required if you're survey looks like you want it to!
- If you have not filled out your survey, please fill it out as soon as possible. Any surveys filled out at this time will head into the 48-hour notice to lock as soon as I can after they are complete. I can't send you your pins if the survey isn't done!
- If you placed an order in the pre-order store, I am unable to send a 48-hour notice directly through Backerkit (sorry!), but your orders will be locked on September 30 with all the other surveys.
- I am leaving the pre-order store open until the pins arrive. I expect this to be sometime in mid- to late-October. If you missed the campaign and wanted to place a pre-order, please do so as soon as possible!
As a reminder, cards will be charged on Friday, October 3. I believe I'm able to send a 48-hour notice for that, as well, and will if I can. But if I can't, please note that that's the charge date.
Production Updates
We unlocked the dragon (thank you!) and ALL SIX pins (four bards + two mini pins) are running through the proofing process right now! A couple updates:
- The bards are coming in at 2" tall right now. I was a little worried they would need to be enlarged, but they appear to be doing okay. If they have to be bigger, I'm hoping we can stop at just 2.25" or 2.5" at most. But fingers crossed at 2"!
- The mini bard music box pin - the reward pin for backing 3+ Pin Quest campaigns - has been lengthened to 1.25" tall instead of 1" tall. Most of that height is in the lute neck above the music box. Both the blue swirl and all gold spots are glittery and it's looking so good!
- The text on the mini storytelling pin may require some small changes. It was a particularly jaggedy font that I chose, which is causing complications. I may try simplifying the font a little so that the pin can still be small, and the pin itself may still need to be slightly larger. This pin is automatically going to people who backed in the first 48 hours but I know a few folks ordered this pin directly, too, so I wanted to make sure you were aware that there may be some changes. More to come as we work through that. I'm hoping to keep the pin to 1.25" wide but it may go as wide as 1.75" wide, and the blue and gold on this pin will also be glittery!
All stickers (except for the journal sticker sheet) have been ordered, proofed, and should arrive here later this week! The 4"x6" journal sticker sheet needed a few updates to account for the cut lines around the stickers, namely removing one of the quill scrolls (it was close but just couldn't fit in with the cut lines) and adding a couple extra stars. I've also added some additional texture to the parchment pieces.
Reminder: More Mythical Bards Incoming!
If you need more Mythical Bards, I have a spooky edition of this Mythical Bard series launching on BackerKit as part of Pintober on October 21! Designs for a will-o'-the-wisp (playing a woodsy theremin!), cat sith, and haunted two-headed dragon (possibly amphisbaena?) pin are already underway AND I'm planning to post polls for additional bards and to determine the unlock order. There's also a spooky sweet bardic cupcake in the works as a special Pintober pin!
If you're interested, please feel free to follow the project now so you can stay tuned on more bards and add your voice to the early polls!
If you're interested, please feel free to follow the project now so you can stay tuned on more bards and add your voice to the early polls!
That's all for now, Adventurers! More to come soon.
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