Gettysburg Playing Cards (KS)

[rjtomlinson1977]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2060803491/gettysburg-playing-cards

Follow up to my 2013 deck, Civil Unrest. This deck will solely be based on the battle of Gettysburg.

[rjtomlinson1977]

Keeping myself posted. Here's the back to Gettysburg. First draft... a few changes coming.

[Don Boyer]

Keeping myself posted. Here's the back to Gettysburg. First draft... a few changes coming.

That right there is an attractive-looking back.

[rjtomlinson1977]

Here's the front of the tuck and a modified back. Someone suggested the middle needed better theme to tie it in to Civil War.

[Rob Wright]

Not a fan of the updated design.  I think it messes up a classy look of the first.

[rjtomlinson1977]

I like the first one too. On the other forum someone suggested I should tie in the them better in the middle. I came across a 75th anniversary of Gettysburg coin with the flag design and thought I would use it in place of the interlocking hearts. I might switch back before launching. I keep on modifying things until I'm happy with the results.

[rjtomlinson1977]

Here's the updated updated design with the Confederate version.

[Don Boyer]

Now those look much better than version 2.

If you use EPCC or LPCC, you can probably make a premium edition of these two printed with gold foil instead of metallic gold ink.

[fireshaper]

Oh, those look nice! Love those backs.

[EvanEssence]

Oh, those look nice! Love those backs.

agreed...updated backs are sweet

[rjtomlinson1977]

Gettysburg playing cards is now live on KS!! I know there's a lot of competition right now so I'll understand either way but at least give us a look!

[Will W.]

An excerpt from your Kickstarter....


"Up until this point we have produced all our decks with the United States Playing Card Company. We feel that USPCC has set the standard with playing card printing. But with high standards come high prices which in turn create high (and sometimes) unrealistic funding goals here on Kickstarter. My wife and I have seen countless numbers of good decks fail to reach their funding goals because of these high prices. Civil Unrest Gettysburg will be our first step towards producing our own brand. We're working closely with a production facility to produce a great quality product that will simulate the finishes and feel that comes with USPCC playing cards.

It is our desire to create a competitive yet comparable product to help not only ourselves, but other artists in creating more attainable funding goals.

As of right now, we plan on printing both decks... BUT if we hit the stretch goal of $22,000, we'll print the Union deck with USPCC and the Confedrate deck with us (the Tomlinson Playing Card Company)."



Can you elaborate about this?  Like what kind of card stock, finish, printer or whatever you feel like sharing.  Maybe how exactly it compares to USPCC.  Not a deal breaker for me... Just curious as I'm sure others will be..

[rjtomlinson1977]

I know I'm being somewhat secretive but I feel we have a winning product. This deck in a way will be our trial by fire. The stock is 310 linen from Germany and the finish is our own specifications... We call it Royal finish. We tried various varnishes... Amounts and drying times (temps) until we had something that felt right to us. Keep in mind, I'm not a magician or card juggler... So what's good to me and what's good to you might be different. I feel confident that we have a product that will come close to the quality of USPCC, EPCC and LPCC.  Will we surpass their quality? No.. Not yet. But we will be close. Rome wasn't built in a day. We establishing a cheaper place to get decks with all the bells and whistles done... Embossing, gold foil, inside tuck printing, etc. A place where artistic imagination isn't limited to dollar signs.

[Will W.]

I know I'm being somewhat secretive but I feel we have a winning product. This deck in a way will be our trial by fire. The stock is 310 linen from Germany and the finish is our own specifications... We call it Royal finish. We tried various varnishes... Amounts and drying times (temps) until we had something that felt right to us. Keep in mind, I'm not a magician or card juggler... So what's good to me and what's good to you might be different. I feel confident that we have a product that will come close to the quality of USPCC, EPCC and LPCC.  Will we surpass their quality? No.. Not yet. But we will be close. Rome wasn't built in a day. We establishing a cheaper place to get decks with all the bells and whistles done... Embossing, gold foil, inside tuck printing, etc. A place where artistic imagination isn't limited to dollar signs.

Thank you for sharing more about it... I like how you're thinking and I look forward to checking them out for myself.