Heads up about a potential delivery delay, are far ahead of time as we could let you guys know!
4 months ago
– Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 10:29:44 AM
Hey yall, Bryce here!
For those of you who have been backing Wraithmarked projects for a while, we hope that you have a sense by now that we build a solid amount of leeway into our delivery schedule to account for potential delays. While we tell you guys we expect delivery to be 14 months after the campaign ends, we usually managed to make that happen in 8 to 12, with a very few projects coming down to the wire.
Unfortunately... I'm here to let you guys know that THE RAGE OF DRAGONS may (it's still up in the air) be among the first project Wraithmarked has that delivers outside that estimated range.
I apologize that I can't go into significant detail because of the sensitive nature of partnerships in the publishing/artist space, but in short we are having some difficulty communicating with a member of the production pipeline on this project (who is not Evan), which is causing some... measurable delays in the process. Without this member communicating to us in a timely manner, we can't get the assets required to wrap design of this book even in the timeline we alot for, which has a good chance or resulting in a delay in delivery of the project.
To reiterate, this partner we're having some difficulty with is not Evan. Evan is great, and always quick to reply!
Obviously we're telling you guys months ahead of schedule while we still have some wiggle room, so this could all end up being no problem at all. However, given how long print queuing and shipping can take, even this far out a delay like this can start shoving the process back, so we wanted to let you know ASAP, rather than wait and see.
With luck, this won't be any problem at all. If it is, though, we just wanted to tell you as soon as we knew ourselves.
My apologies in advance, and thank you everyone for your patience and continued support.
Bryce O'Connor
CEO
A quick look at some more interior art!
5 months ago
– Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 05:43:38 AM
Hi Everyone!
We have a quick but exciting update for everyone today! A look at some of the other interior art pieces by the talented Paris Alleyne! Take a look!
Quick Check In...
5 months ago
– Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 05:33:01 AM
Hey Everyone!
We wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that you can access your pledge information using the following link and entering the email address on your Kickstarter account. Even though we're still a little ways out on production, it's never a bad idea to hop in to make sure your shipping information is up-to-date!
We'll post a few more reminders about this as we get closer to fulfillment, but along the way, if you have any questions please feel free to message us here on Kickstarter or via email at [email protected]. We're open Monday-Friday 8am-4pm (excluding US holidays).
Bookmarks Have Arrived!
6 months ago
– Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 10:26:58 AM
Hi everyone!
Quick update for y'all today, but we got the bookmarks last week and they look awesome! Take a look!
IMPORTANT: Cloth Binding Is Not Viable
6 months ago
– Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 05:59:24 AM
Hey guys! Important update for those of you waiting on Wraithmarked deluxe or Edge editions.
A previous printer of ours (not our current printer) had gone to lengths to assure us that our detailed (and usually full-color) illustrations would print well on cloth. Unfortunately we carried this belief over when moving to our current printer and failed to verify with them if that was the case, and as it turns out those promises from the previous printer were (in our opinion) extremely overstated, which we discovered in our recent proofs of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.
Please take a look below at the comparison of what the art should have looked like versus what it does look like printed on cloth.
We are showing you this to highlight our reasoning behind an important choice we have made moving forward: Starting now, Wraithmarked is moving away from cloth printing on the majority of our other deluxe/Edge editions in favor of high-quality paper (there will be some limited exceptions, like LEGENDS & LATTES, where the art works well on cloth), including projects we have currently in the production pipelines. In the interest of transparency, we’d also like to acknowledge that this means slightly cheaper production costs for Wraithmarked, but not as much as you think. We’re talking about pennies cheaper at the quantities we are printing, not dollars.
Regardless, you have our apologies for the failure to verify that cloth would work with these products, resulting in us moving away from cloth-binding in most of our projects moving forward.
If you have any questions, let us know in the comments below and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!
