I regret the loss of Sleipnir from the poker deck.

/bama

Check out Ruby Lane/Two for his Heels, there's two Elaine Lewis Decks for sale:
http://www.rubylane.com/shop/twoforhisheels/ilist/?samedb=1&db=twoforhisheels&q=elaine+lewis&sb=1

/bama

Quote from: Justin O. on May 18, 2015, 05:02:40 PM

Just got my survey for Emerald and am really pleased to see a place to include my deck numbers from the Scarlett project which KW will try to match with my Emerald decks. I think this is a really great touch!

That is nice - I hope he's not doing that for every one of his prior backers, though.  Not that it's a bad thing - it would simply be a severe test of one's sanity!

If you pledge and received a Scarlett Tally Ho Legacy Edition from the last Kickstarter you may request to receive the same numbered deck for the Emerald Tally Ho Legacy Edition.

So its just for the 50 Legacy boxed decks.

/bama

Is USPC doing his gilding?  Or is he having a third party do it?  Last I heard, USPC used paint for gilding, not leaf.

I like more Tally Ho out there - but I'm missing the more traditional faces as well as some of the classic back designs.  Most people don't even realize the numerous different TH backs that were made over the years - they see Circle Back and Fan Back and think that's the end of it.

Jackson, from the Scarlett thread on PCF:
"USPCC did all of the gilding for this deck, UUSI does every single one of there decks by hand and also with 24 Karat Gold. Not that USPCC did a poor job on the Scarletts, but the quality bar is always much higher with handwork and also top shelf materials... and also price. If I gilded my cards by hand and with 24 Karat Gold I would also charge UUSI prices for gilded decks...

FYI I will have hand gilded decks with 24 Gold leaf for Legal Tendar "

I came very close to not backing when I saw that price tag.  In the end, I chose two Limiteds and two Displays.  $20 a pack for the limited is HIGH.  Yes, he's only making 700 of those, but in all variations, there will probably be about 2,000 decks made and every single box contains the exact same cards.

Here's a couple more ways to look at these decks. First, somehow Jackson got USPCC to make gild a fairly small number of decks, and is probably paying a lot for those, and reselling them for a reasonable amount. At least compared to Uusi's gilded decks.

Second, the limited deck is $20 because of the tuck, not the cards. Honestly, the Scarlett has the most gorgeous tuck I've seen, and I'm sure it cost a bunch.

Third, backing for either the gilded or limited decks is the ticket that lets you buy a lot of display decks at $7 a pop, or $70 for a brick, which is very, very reasonable.

I think this is a great formula for both collectors and folks who actually want to play with the decks, and I hope there's more Tally Ho campaigns coming sometime down the road.

/bama

Quote from: bamabenz on April 25, 2015, 07:35:01 PM

At the risk of sounding negative, I don't appreciate getting email spammed about the coin when I'm not a backer of this campaign.

I think I only sent out one email to people on my newsletter about the coins?

Huh, I must have signed-up for your newsletter and completely forgot about it. Sorry about that.
/bama

I just realized that the gilded version is slightly shorter than the non-gilded version. Does anyone know why?

/bama

From the comments:

"the playing cards are 310 gsm (linen) MPC playing cards"

/bama

I pledged for the gilded set as well. It will be interesting to see if Chris can actually pull it off, as from all accounts its a hell of a lot specialized handiwork, and Palladium is a bit unusual as well. This could be Chris' gilded cage...

I pledged from another account for just the poker decks to be sure of getting them mid-year.

/bama

Well the art is interesting, but there are so many warning signs...how can set the goal w/o specifying who will be printing the deck?
And when asked, he responds by updating the FAQ to say...nothing...then updates it again to mention LPCC an EPCC.
There must have been hours of planning that went into this campaign.

Quote from: bamabenz on January 23, 2015, 02:20:31 PM

Quote from: JacksonRobinson on January 23, 2015, 01:38:45 PM

Not all rough and gritty styles are necessarily stained or weathered. This was a specific choice combining two of my favorite art styles. It is a mixture of both Japanese watercolor, hand lettered Japanese typography and one of my favorite oil painters Richard Schmid. I also was very inspired by the Japanese conceptual art of the Metal Gear Solid franchise. Oh and there will be old and historic elements as well.

Richard Schmid Gallery
http://www.richardschmid.com/Articles.asp?ID=254

I agree that MGS is fantastic, but isn't the artist Ashley Wood, who's Australian?
I love all of his work. Not to digress, but the absolute best Japanese artist is Yoshitaka Amano.

/bama

Bama, I think you might have made an error.  He's not claiming that Schmid is the artist of the Metal Gear Solid conceptual art.

For me, it's simply a matter of wait and see.  I like much of what I'm seeing thus far and find it to be a welcome departure from the style of your previous work, Jackson.

I often make mistakes.
But in this case my point is that MGS was not drawn by a Japanese artist, so its not really Japanese conceptual art.
I was being nitpicky, my bad.
MGS is great. Schmid is great.
I'm sure this deck will be great.
Can't wait to see the pip cards.

/bama

Congratulations!

Remember, you can spend you money on wine, woman and playing cards OR you can see it go to waste.

/bama

I bet's its just a typo. I think c571121 is a business person,not at all shady.

I see elsewhere that you're looking for some original Blue Blood decks.
I think c571121 has some a couple for $99. In November I think he offered them for $80, so if you're willing to pay that much you might send him a message (at the time I offered him less and he declined).
He's pretty good at combing shipping.

I actually bought a deck for $50 on eBay in December -- I will buy as many as I can at that price.
I have a half-dozen of them, all bought on eBay in the last year.
I think that these will only increase in price over time, as they should as it is a fantastic deck.

Sorry for wandering off-topic. I didn't want to comment on your ISO post as I wish you luck finding a deck.

/bama