Hi everyone!
Lots of news to share today.
ART OF GRANDMASTER
First, we've received the Art of Grandmaster dummy book from the manufacturer. The "dummy" stage of a project i...
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New Discord + New Art
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New Art Revealed: Those Meddling Heralds
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New Art Revealed: Nene Thomas
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Trivia Decisions and Special Circumstances
Hi everyone.
We've read all of your comments, have looked at the back-end data with BackerKit, and have reached the following conclusions for the trivia challenge:
First of al...
First, we've received the Art of Grandmaster dummy book from the manufacturer. The "dummy" stage of a project is a version with all of the paper, assembly, and details, aside from actual printed content. It lets us make sure that the paper, format, and weight are all correct. Then, when we send the interior contents, there won't be any surprises.
After much consultation with the manufacturer, as well as reading your comments about wishing that we had offered posters of the new art, we've made some upgrades and improvements to the art book! The art book is now larger, a whopping 9x12 inches. It will contain eight color pages (single-sided) and eight B&W coloring book pages (also single-sided). The color pages are on heavy-duty matt art stock and the B&W pages are a thick woodfree stock that's perfect for coloring. Every page is now perforated, so it can easily be removed and framed. The gold-foil cover will also be suitable for framing.
We will be printing 4500 copies of the art book and 4500 copies of Grandmaster Deluxe. This is the only manufacturing run we have planned for these books, so once they're gone, they're gone. We've made a 50% deposit with the manufacturer, who is currently purchasing materials for the run.
SURVEYS
Unfortunately, surveys still aren't quite ready. Normally we calculate and charge shipping later in the process, but we're working on simplifying our shipping tables and procedures so that we can do everything at once.
In the surveys we will collect the names for the Grandmaster credits, for everyone who qualified for the Loremaster credit in the book. That will be the final piece of content that lets us send the interior files to the manufacturer.
NEW ART
We have more original Valdemar art to share with you!
By Jabari Weathers in gouache paint, this piece depicts Vixen, Vanyel, Matya, and of course the world's most adorable spiderlings.
Speaking of Discord, don't forget to join the 650+ members who are now on the Official Valdemar Discord Server! There are so many great conversation happening and we'd love to invite you to the party.
Second, check out our latest Grandmaster painting reveal: "Sherra Reading" from the short story "Finding the Way." This comfortable slice of home life was created by Alyssa Nicole Trudel, whose portfolio quickly convinced us that she was a perfect match for the Hertasi.
The Grandmaster team is deep in the middle of manufacturing and survey logistics (as well as customer support), following a whirlwind two-week trip across several US states.
"Wait, why were you traveling, Ben?"
Great question! I visited Arkansas, where SJ Tucker and I wrote 14 songs for a new Valdemar album. Then I drove next door to Oklahoma to meet with Misty and Larry. We spent hours going over the Grandmaster campaign, the manufacturing plan, the art, and of course, grabbing some fandom goodies from Misty's archives for future surprises and rewards. You'll hear a lot more about this visit in coming days.
But today I'm writing to drop more art from Grandmaster!
This painting, by the brilliant Dasha Park, features the characters from Moving Targets, which is (spoiler alert) Misty's Scooby Doo tribute. Let us know what you think in the comments!
PS: We've onboarded more customer service help in anticipation of the upcoming survey release. Please say hi to Corvyn, who's going to make sure that your support requests get handled quickly.
