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Playing Card Plethora / Re: EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: March 22, 2016, 12:37:49 PM »
Got a couple finalized decks from LPCC and took photos to share. These look really good, I can't wait for backers to get theirs!




Hope you guys like!

Vadim

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Bicycle 2nd Edition Lumberjack Deck
« on: November 19, 2015, 09:43:18 AM »
I can't find the Bicycle 2nd Edition Lumberjack anywhere and see people who have it.  I can find this deck anywhere. I have three of the 1st edition but I can't find the 2nd edition. I have searched online and at stores, but I still can't find it. Where can you buy it?

Hey jordanaaboss,

Thanks for your interest, but as the fine folks here have pointed out, the 2nd Edition was unable to make into production (with two attempts). That's not to say that there won't be a third time (because there has been a lot of interest in the deck), but at it won't be anytime soon. I have a deck that was recently funded called Eminence which is now in production and will need fulfillment. So my focus right now is getting that deck to its backers.

Just to solidify what Don and Cardfool said, the deck you saw in that video was in fact a prototype. I make those with every deck I design to send to reviewers. Only twelve 2nd Edition prototypes were made and they are all gone :(

If and when I relaunch the 2nd Edition, you can subscribe here to be notified of the launch!

Thanks,
Vadim

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: October 29, 2015, 11:29:26 AM »
Hey Vadim, Congrats on the success, I can't wait to get my hands on these! And so grateful the backs didn't change! ;)

Thanks Justin!

Got an email from LPCC. The cards are now in processing! I'll keep you guys posted when I know more.

Thanks,
Vadim

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: October 22, 2015, 10:15:32 PM »
Congratulations on funding!  I really like your courts in this deck, very colorful with an interesting style. :D

Thanks Fes!

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: October 22, 2015, 09:16:33 PM »
GUYS!

We're 100% funded! Thank you to everyone who supported Eminence, can't wait to have these printed!

I'll be posting updates and news at every step. So stay tuned!

If you haven't backed yet, you still have a small window!

Thanks,
Vadim

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: October 22, 2015, 01:54:27 PM »
Hey Guys,

Eminence is in it's last 24hrs and only needs 8% to be fully funded! If you haven't backed yet, now is your chance. We need your support to make this deck a reality!

Visit the campaign and grab a deck or two!

Hope to see your support,
Vadim

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: September 24, 2015, 12:29:05 PM »
There was a blue version???

Yep, there was! Originally I wanted to make 3 decks! a "Premium Edition", "Gold Edition" and a stretch goal "Platinum Edition".

The "Premium Edition" was blue, had blue backs (to fit in with the even more traditional blue rider back), no foil, no interior printing, no metallic inks, but featured embossing.

I later decided "why not offer the best decks right away" and axed the blue "Premium Edition". If you dig back into my Design and Dev thread, you'll see it there.

Thanks,
Vadim


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Playing Card Plethora / Re: EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: September 23, 2015, 05:53:13 PM »
Please don't change your card back, It is my favorite part of this deck. I like it considerably more than the ICONS back.

I'm not! He's has been blowing up my messages telling me to cancel and redo the back.

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Playing Card Plethora / Re: EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: September 23, 2015, 03:53:24 PM »
Love these, all of the charm of your Lumberjack deck done up in a more traditional style. Backed!

Saw that you back, thank you man, thank you!

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Playing Card Plethora / EMINENCE Playing Cards LIVE on KS
« on: September 23, 2015, 01:38:44 PM »
Hey Guys,

Eminence is now Live on Kickstarter! Hope to have your support!











Thanks,
Vadim

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: September 18, 2015, 11:19:11 AM »
I wish you good luck and will support this project

Thanks cardlover! I forgot to mention that it'll go live about noon to 1pm eastern.

Thanks!

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: September 17, 2015, 11:33:05 AM »
Hey Guys,

Wanted to let you know that I will be launching Eminence on Kickstarter next week Wednesday September 23rd. I hope to see your support!


Thanks,
Vadim

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Design & Development / Re: Mexican Themed Deck
« on: September 10, 2015, 10:10:08 AM »
Here are the modified suits and pips. Thank you all for always being honest and bringing things to my attention.

I've been lurking this thread since it's started and haven't posted because Don and others have done a great job steering this into the right direction. The changes that have been made to it thus far are all good.

I must say though that personally, I'm not a fan of the pips being mixed between standard and custom. I'm not sure of any other deck that has done this and maybe it's just me, but it's a bit jarring.

Just my .02c

Keep it coming!

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: September 01, 2015, 04:28:43 PM »

Normally, I choose 'silver/platinum/white metal/chrome' over 'gold' - but in this case I really do prefer your 'Gold' edition... :) It seems to resonate more with the colours in your deck, perhaps those courts parading in golden locks ;)

Bear in mind that you're seeing it in flat colors on a computer screen.  Will the inks be metallic?  Will this be foil?  If so, it can make a world of difference to the appearance.

The tuck will feature all gold foil on the "Gold Edition" and all silver foil on the "Platinum Edition". The cards themselves in both decks will have metallic inks on the backs and court cards along with the traditional yellow, blue, red and blacks!

Thanks,
Vadim

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 25, 2015, 11:35:04 AM »
I like these, I like these a lot.  ;D

One comment I would say is the frame on the tucks where it says Gold and Platinum. I think it would look best if they were of equal length with one another. The balance on the platinum tuck has a much nicer effect for my eye than the one with gold written in it. the Gold frame is just so much smaller than the Playing Cards frame at the bottom of the spade. Either way, I like these a lot!

Thank you Fes, glad you like it! I will see what your suggestion looks like! I think it'll work out!

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 25, 2015, 11:34:12 AM »

Tread cautiously in "multiple versions" territory.  Stretch goals are a great thing, but some projects start hitting the point of "deck fatigue," where it seems there's too many decks being offered at once - it's a wallet buster.  It can also cut into your bottom line, in terms of the costs associated with a separate print run and selling additional items.  That record-breaking project for the "Name of the Wind" deck ended up offering over FIFTY items in its reward listings and add-ons - a freakin' nightmare for mere mortals to keep track of, especially with that many orders to fulfill.

I hear ya and I'm actually going to probably do the gold and platinum only without doing the blue "premium" one.

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 24, 2015, 08:11:38 PM »
Hey guys,

Wanted to give you a preview of the "Gold" and "Platinum" editions of Eminence. Hope you like!



Vadim

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 21, 2015, 05:14:40 PM »
Good news and good luck :) It's been exciting following your updates in design mode, and I'm sure Eminence will do really well in launch mode :)
Looking forward to your final Queen...

cheers A.

Thanks! I did finish up the last Queen! Which means that all cards are done. BOOM! I've been in contact with LPCC to get some pricing quotes for everything I'm trying to do and I've begun building the KS campaign. Very exciting stuff. Man, there's so much that goes into it.

More info / updates to follow.

Vadim

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 17, 2015, 11:46:08 AM »
Fascinating to delve into the origins of card 'elements' :) I think the sheathed sword and bardiche work well - I also like how his moustache follows the curve of his throat... nice emphasis :) Also, after seeing your blue box and back, I have to say the coloured cards are my favourite.

*wave*

Thanks NineLives! I will be sticking with the colored cards. Everything is nearing completion, just need to finish the Queen of Spades and then it's pre-campaign time!

Vadim

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 14, 2015, 05:15:19 PM »
New Card!

The Jack of Hearts! I did some digging around because I wasn't entirely sure what the JoH was holding. I mean, I know it's a leaf, but why? I found an image of the evolution of the JoH and it looked like he was holding a sheath in one hand and his axe in the other. I guess over time it morphed into a leaf?

So instead of holding a leaf, I gave him a sheathed sword. I also changed the regular axe to a bardiche:


Thanks,
Vadim

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 13, 2015, 08:09:38 AM »


@Don: Well, there's always next year! This was the first year that I really became aware of the PCF Competition and when you mentioned it I don't think I had much to show. Maybe I'm wrong on that?

You didn't know about it last year?  We had a half-dozen entries!  The Evil Deck by Giovanni Meroni was the winner and is on sale now at the CARC store!  You were probably eyeballs deep in the Lumberjacks 2.0 project and just didn't notice it, but it was here early summer last year.  The topic's still on the boards if you want to search for it.

Yeah, I was probably knee deep in the 2nd Edition. Also, keep in mind that I took a 2 year hiatus after the 1st Edition. Mistakes were made :(

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 12, 2015, 03:37:11 PM »
I also finished up the Queen of Hearts today. I went with the red hair on her as well (just like the QoD) because Diamonds and Hearts are red!

Anyway, here she is:


Hope you guys like!

Vadim

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 12, 2015, 03:36:27 PM »
It's a shame you didn't enter the design in the 2nd Annual PCF Deck Design Competition.  There's only two official entrants and voting just began!  If you had entered, you would have stood an excellent chance of winning if for no other reason than very little competition.

I second that :)
Being one of the two entrants, I would have been thrilled to see more people enter... Added to that ... I really like your design!
Nice and clean tuck box too :)

cheers A

@Don: Well, there's always next year! This was the first year that I really became aware of the PCF Competition and when you mentioned it I don't think I had much to show. Maybe I'm wrong on that?

@NineLives: Thanks! You have my vote! Oops, did I say that out loud!?

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 11, 2015, 12:42:04 PM »
I've never seen chainmail in that pattern - it's more of a weave pattern.  Chainmail is as the name implies - an interconnected pattern of chains, which are made up of individual links.  No links, no chain, no chainmail.

Man, now I have to make links and chains and mail! You're right though, should've done my homework. I'll make some tweaks to it.

Thanks!

On second thought, I've removed and replaced the weave on the back design and tuck for something else (looked like a pie...). I'll keep the weave on the inside without calling it chainmail. All is right with the world again!

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Design & Development / Re: New Deck WIP - Eminence (working title)
« on: August 11, 2015, 08:18:24 AM »
I've never seen chainmail in that pattern - it's more of a weave pattern.  Chainmail is as the name implies - an interconnected pattern of chains, which are made up of individual links.  No links, no chain, no chainmail.

Man, now I have to make links and chains and mail! You're right though, should've done my homework. I'll make some tweaks to it.

Thanks!

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