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Lotrek: Would be nice to get a heads up on the price slightly ahead of that 24 hour window

WHATEVER TIME IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, I'M READY.

Not long to wait then ....

5 pm EDT

By THE CRIMSON CRACKLIN' CRIKEY'S .... if we got to burn ....

LET US BURN ! ..... I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE !!



phew ! open a window someone .... !

Ok Lotrek, how did you manage to "reverse plate" the INFERNO deck? What was gold/silver foiled design on the black stock is now reversed so the skeletons, designs, etc. are now in the red card color?

I'm in a 5 pm!

Justin O. wrote:

Lotrek wrote:Image

Black foil!!? Black foiiilll????? Pleeeeasse be black foil.

Yes, and not just black foil that's matte / flat, it's metallic black, which is glossy / reflective.

As I have said, "somebody had to do it!".

Available in about two hours for 24 hours only.

He had not decided precisely what the amount will be last we spoke (yesterday), but I expect for Black Gold / Silver backers they will be add on for about the same price. New backers for Grotesk Macabre INFERNO only, maybe 30-50% more?

As I noted, it was not cast in stone yet. At 5PM EDT / NYC time, it will be.

Mike Ratledge wrote:

Justin O. wrote:

Lotrek wrote:Image

Black foil!!? Black foiiilll????? Pleeeeasse be black foil.

Yes, and not just black foil that's matte / flat, it's metallic black, which is glossy / reflective.

As I have said, "somebody had to do it!".

Available in about two hours for 24 hours only.

He had not decided precisely what the amount will be last we spoke (yesterday), but I expect for Black Gold / Silver backers they will be add on for about the same price. New backers for Grotesk Macabre INFERNO only, maybe 30-50% more?

As I noted, it was not cast in stone yet. At 5PM EDT / NYC time, it will be.

I would absolutely be in for an INFERNO only tier.

My wallet hurts from pledging for too many of Lotrek's projects, so I had to hold back from pledging for Black Gold/Black Silver...

But INFERNO. Oh no. I can't stop myself from collecting Red decks.

soryunjin wrote: But INFERNO. Oh no. I can't stop myself from collecting Red decks.

Red stock man! RED STOCK!

Inferno is up now. RED TEAM GO! RED TEAM GO!

The very second that clock hit 23:00 I confirmed the pledge change there is no way I'm not in the first 10, right? ...right??

I'll be happy with whatever number I get, along with the Black Gold and Silver decks.

(Please be low...)

pablo19 wrote:The very second that clock hit 23:00 I confirmed the pledge change there is no way I'm not in the first 10, right? ...right??

If you changed your pledge before he added the tier you might not, he was very specific about waiting until the tier showed up on the page and it looked like it was about 40/50 seconds late

pablo19 wrote:The very second that clock hit 23:00 I confirmed the pledge change there is no way I'm not in the first 10, right? ...right??

Actually you are the first!

I am in for 1 Gold plus 1 Inferno!

That Black Gold is stunning. That Inferno though... Pretty much PERFECT!

Lotrek wrote:

pablo19 wrote:The very second that clock hit 23:00 I confirmed the pledge change there is no way I'm not in the first 10, right? ...right??

Actually you are the first!

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also,

and

with a lot of
AWESOMEEEEEEE!!!

Lotrek wrote:

pablo19 wrote:The very second that clock hit 23:00 I confirmed the pledge change there is no way I'm not in the first 10, right? ...right??

Actually you are the first!

Congrats Pablo,
How you beat me I'll never know. Too slow again

Could not be more excited for the Inferno decks!

I am definitely one of the first in (I think ) and hope I can get matching numbers with my Black Gold decks since I was backer three

Lotrek wrote:

pablo19 wrote:The very second that clock hit 23:00 I confirmed the pledge change there is no way I'm not in the first 10, right? ...right??

Actually you are the first!

Damn, couldn't go 2 for 2.... Oh well! Still glad to be in for 2!

The thing is that we haven't been amazed by what the Gold, Silver and Infero tucks will look like yet.

Have your best Polaroids close !

Bikefanatic wrote:The thing is that we haven't been amazed by what the Gold, Silver and Infero tucks will look like yet.

@Bikefanatic,

Look at page 10 of this post to see the original Grotesk tuck pictures. Crazy deep embossing and color. Imagine that on these renderings since the originals and these were done by Lotrek in Greece.

I always like to improvise a bit with the tucks. To be honest I haven't 100% decided on the INFERNO tuck and I prefer not to show something than show something that will change. I guess you trust the tuck won't be crappy...

I predict that the Inferno Tucks will be Big Bang Remnant Stuff with Lorteks name on.
Good enough for this little black duck.
All Hail !

Bruno wrote:I predict that the Inferno Tucks will be Big Bang Remnant Stuff with Lorteks name on.
Good enough for this little black duck.
All Hail !

Nah, just a grey cardboard with the word inferno printed in a xerox. Gotta save money.

So, this grotesque beauty arrived today! Thank you Lotrek for the amazing work!
Did you recieve yours yet?

Lotrek wrote: Regarding the double shipping for those who backed Black mass, you have a point. What I can do is refund part of the shipping costs to Black Mass backers after the end of the campaign. I think this is fair and thank you for pointing it out.

For the shipment to EU and US, the difference is very small, about 1 euro/deck, dropping as you add decks to the package. Where it is way more expensive to send to US is the bricks. For bricks I have separate shipping costs for EU and RoW.

Just wonder if this refund has happened? or will this be done after everything is shipped?

Btw, is the shipping complete for these? Still waiting on my ICONS Imperial/Signature/Trial/Demo decks + Black Mass + Black Gold + Inferno. Dang that's a lot of decks coming my way...

4.of.Clubs wrote: Btw, is the shipping complete for these? Still waiting on my ICONS Imperial/Signature/Trial/Demo decks + Black Mass + Black Gold + Inferno. Dang that's a lot of decks coming my way...

Still waiting for all those myself.

PrincessTrouble wrote:

4.of.Clubs wrote: Btw, is the shipping complete for these? Still waiting on my ICONS Imperial/Signature/Trial/Demo decks + Black Mass + Black Gold + Inferno. Dang that's a lot of decks coming my way...

Still waiting for all those myself.

This is from his last ICONS update on July 12:

"Hi all,

This is a quick update to let you know about a little change in plans.

The system "little by little" doesn't seem to work. It's very time consuming and creates a mess with keeping track of who got what. I'm also constantly exhausted and this is very counterproductive. Therefore, apart from the decks that I've already sent, I'm preparing the rest of the packages to be sent all together. I'll be packing all week and I'll go to the post office on Monday and if needed on Tuesday too. Each backer will get their tracking number the same day I'll send their package.

Sorry for this little extra delay...

Thank you,

Lotrek"

I think with so many original decks, the extras that came with buying 1 or multiple decks, secret gifts, and all the TRIAL, DEMO, and Signature decks to sort who gets what Lotrek finally cracked and realized he had to slow down. Add to that he's trying to finish the GROTESK and INFERNO, no new update, he has to be INSANELY busy.

I got my SACRED decks from him so I'm not worried about not getting my ICONS (TRIAL, DEMO, Signature, and extras). I just want Lotrek to be ok.

Hi all,

I'd like to let you know that a few days ago, I collapsed. The continuous tension, stress and hard work burnt me out. I stopped doing anything and for a few days I barely would get off the bed. Seems that I reached a limit which I thought I could avoid. I saw this coming but I preferred to ignore it. For the past year I had been working much more and much harder than I usually do (and you are aware of only a little portion of the problems I faced during ICONS production).

But please, no need to pity me. I'm just telling you about my collapse in case you wonder "where's my tracking number?" Shipment was actually halted exactly when I was supposed to continue. Now I feel much better and I can carry on with fulfillment. Tomorrow I'm going to the post office in order to start shipping decks again. As you can guess I wasn't able to prepare all the packages as I intended to (this job is madness, I actually need an army of Dwarfs...) but I've gained (most of) my powers again, so I believe that without stretching myself too much I will finish shipment in a few days.

But let's close with a more cheerful picture...

Newest updated, hope he gets better soon!

Thank you 4.of.Clubs!

I'm much better and I have news regarding the Black Gold/ inferno. I'll post an update as soon as I can. Right now I'm finishing ICONS shipment so you should expect an update in a couple of days. The printing is AWESOME!