Thanks Helshawk!

Hey Everyone,

April has been a little hectic, but I finally had time to finish up another Court - Pompey's King of Clubs! A lot of the freelance Deck work is out of the way, so I hope to get into more of a consistent groove with the Rome designs.

Here's a Link to a Hi Res version:  http://www.midnightcardcompany.com/ROMEKingClubHR.jpg

thanks, Randy

It is a very sad day. Susan and I wish sincere condolences to Judy and her family. Tom was truly one of the nicest guys I have ever met.

Randy

Hey Everyone,

I've been juggling between the Queen of Clubs and a freelance Deck, so she's taken longer than I had expected. I finally finished up Octavia's Queen of Clubs this weekend. Let me know what you think!

I'm switching over to the Tucks next.

thanks, Randy

Here's the Hi Res LINK:  http://www.midnightcardcompany.com/ROMEQueenClubHR.jpg

Randy - You're up to 2 stars now.  And yes the black in the diagonal of the courts breaks the rules and you make it work.  I can't believed you showed that card.  Thank you.  To know, that the black will be on the BackOfCard is great. I do think the Spade and Black needs to be switched.  Dominate Black on the top Left.  Light black on the right.  YOur red is perfect.  Heart's red top left.   

Hey Russell,

I think you're mostly referring to my reply to your comments on UC!!

I played around with the Spades and Clubs with the coloring you mention (and played around with them in Dark Blue also). The way I'm showing them looks the best out of all the options, and matches with the Red PIPs nicely.

Thanks, Randy

I finished up the second Court over the weekend - Mark Antony!
Now I'm jumping into Augustus, before tackling a Queen.

I also did some minor adjustments on the darkness of the Map background, making it darker in the areas to the right and left of the Court characters. Their names are also subtly added to the Map area, just south of Spain. I wanted to go with their full names, but they're much too long for such a small area!

Here's a link to a Hi Res version:  http://www.midnightcardcompany.com/ROMEPair.jpg

thanks, Randy

Quote from: Don Boyer on January 20, 2016, 12:39:42 AM

As I said above, you'd be surprised at what you can do with a properly-gilded deck.  Even faro shuffles aren't out of the question.  But the process of doing it well is VERY time-consuming and costly.

I haven't been able to find anyone offering it as a service, at least not for playing cards. Is it something that would need to be done yourself?

I know Gamblers Warehouse offers up Gilded Edges. Since they'll be handling the fulfillment, I've already inquired to Eddie about the prices for the Rome KS campaign. I'll probably get 100-200 of each Deck Gilded.

Thanks, Randy

Thanks Hank!!

Hey Don,

I guess that rules out USPCC!! Just kidding, but not really.

Legends will be printing them. Lawrence and I have been already talking over details on the printing features I want to use for the Tucks, and the Limited Toga Sleeves.

I'm being very careful with the color builds and size of the Black feather edge of the diagonal banner. The 30, 30, 30, 100 Rich Black extends a little over 1/8" into the banner area, before shifting to the dominant magenta and yellow inks that make-up the Red areas of the banner (and same with the future Clubs and Spades banner of a different color). That 1/8" "border" is probably double the width of the white feather border on the Empire Cards. It should be all good. Especially with the great registration of the LPCC / EPCC printer!

Thanks, Randy

Thanks Don and Sarah!

I'll try my hardest to make it an exceptional design!!
This is definitely a theme that interests me immensely.

I haven't been this excited about a theme since starting on the Imperial Deck (still my favorite of my designs).

thanks, Randy

That's VERY COOL!!!
I'm honored!

thanks, Randy

I'm happy to announce that MidnightCards.com will be opening Tuesday at 5:00 pm EDT!

The last of the original Draconians and Bowling Decks will be available, and also 56 Midnight Variety Packs. The storefront's opening design is purposely streamlined and clean. I will add features and pages throughout 2016.

There will be 5 different SKUs available at the launch:

Midnight Variety Pack - 56 available - $59.95 + Shipping
Draconian Pair - 80 available - $23.95 + Shipping
Bowl-A-Rama Pair - 85 available - $23.95 + Shipping
Cosmic Lanes Deck - 60 available - $23.95 + Shipping
Bowling Decks Trio - 100 available - $41.95 + Shipping

Below are some photos, and the copy explaining the Midnight Variety Packs. For anyone interested in some Decks, I'll see you tomorrow at 5:00 pm EDT!

Thanks, Randy



MIDNIGHT VARIETY PACK:
Years in the making! Each Midnight Variety Pack will contain 6 Decks and a custom 6-Pack Box. The 6 Decks will include 1 Draconian Spitfire, 1 Draconian Lighting, 1 Red Bowl-A-Rama, 1 Black Bowl-A-Rama, and 2 Mystery Decks from a pool of 112 Decks. I've been setting aside these Mystery Decks for years, waiting for an item such as this!!

10 of the 56 Variety Packs will contain a Chivas Regal Deck I designed back in 2007 for my day job (years before deciding on designing custom Playing Cards as a "hobby"). The Chivas Regal Deck was part of a holiday Gift Pack that contained a 750ml bottle of Chivas Regal 12 Year Old Scotch Whiskey and a Deck of the Chivas Regal Playing Cards. The Decks were never wrapped in cellophane, and I imagine they would be VERY difficult to find nowadays. Seeing as we're so close to Christmas, each of the 56 Variety Packs will be Gift-Wrapped. The perfect gift for a budding Playing Card aficionado!

Below is a list of the 112 MYSTERY DECKS and their quantities:


(10)  Chivas Regal Deck


(1)  TBC Blue Luxury Deck - HANDMADE Version

(3)  TBC Blue Luxury Deck

(6)  TBC Red Luxury Deck

(2)  TBC White Luxury Deck


(1)  Original ORNATE Sapphire Deck

(1)  Original ORNATE Scarlet Deck

(6)  Original ORNATE Emerald Deck

(6)  Original ORNATE Amethyst Deck


(6)  Honeybee Deck

(6)  Never Forgotten Deck


(4)  LUXX V2 Gold Deck

(4)  LUXX V2 Silver Deck


(6)  Unbranded White ORNATE Sapphire Deck

(6)  Unbranded White ORNATE Scarlet Deck

(6)  Unbranded White ORNATE Emerald Deck

(6)  Unbranded White ORNATE Amethyst Deck


(6)  Unbranded Obsidian ORNATE Deck

(6)  Bicycle Obsidian ORNATE Deck


(6)  Bicycle Black Imperial Deck

(6)  Red Imperial Deck


(4)  Brazil Deck


(6)  United Cardists Deck


(2)  Boardwalk Deck 
(I only did production and color work for the Boardwalk Deck)

Didn't Randy originally intend for this to be a single, stand-alone deck? And now there's three different versions?

In a way, yes. The Blue Deck was always my secret stretch goal item since the original campaign - always meant to be the Poker Pair for the Copper Deck.

I just had to play the Limited game to get there! The White Gold Deck is the item that wasn't planned for the first campaign (and switching the custom Brick Box to a custom 6-Pack Box).

Thanks, Randy

I have another piece of the puzzle!!

Thanks Fes!!

The Grinders KS campaign will consist of only 3 elements - the Deck, an Antique Copper Finish Coin, and a custom Brick Box. The Brick Box will use the same Black matte stock, Copper Foil AND Silver Foil as the Deck itself! Even with a double Foil Brick Box, the price of the Brick tiers are very affordable.

- thanks, Randy