IOC props and scenario

JULY for you
almost 5 years ago – Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 01:34:44 AM

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Springnews
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 09:03:49 AM

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The light at the end of tunnel
about 5 years ago – Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 04:47:01 PM

Hi everyone !

Denys has already made what was originally ordered for him (​3​0 pages) and had limited availability to finish and complete the whole layout (60 pages+ cards and maps) 

He works mostly on weekends, so it's still going slow but the good news is that he will be free for a whole month in APRIL or MAY. So he'll dedicate all this amount of time for our project !

The estimate is 3-4 weeks to finish the scenario which would bring us to the end of MAY-mid JUNE. So, assuming the print proof looks good ( the print proof should take 2-3 weeks ) we should be able to ship at the end of Summer, maybe a bit after depending on whether we get that 4 weeks print time.

At this point, I'm still working on sculptures details and the user guide.  When I finish it, I'll upload some pix for you all.  

Thank again for your tremendous patience ! We get to see the light at the end of tunnel.

Delphes

Adios Weird 2020
over 5 years ago – Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 03:04:37 PM

• Dear backers of The Idol of Cthulhu,

First I wish you're all doing fine, sane and safe all along this worldwide pandemic.

Despite all the precautions I had used and social distances I had provided for my pupils and myself, I finally contracted the coronavirus in late October. My symptoms were mostly a huge fatigue and a lack of energy. After three weeks I got better. I recovered fully since then.

Nobody else had symptoms in my family. In addition, I never has been so creative in my life. The couple lockdowns had reinforced my needs of create, a need of sublimation in many ways. 

I feel more committed to my art than ever. 

Since september I’m back to give several art classes in school, right now which is a healthy thing for my finances even if it slowering down my props production.

Denys is also going very slow in the scenario because, as I explained before, he has to work on it on his free time which is sparce due to the need to survive in a wretched economy. This allows me to draw new stuffs to illustrate the scenario… like this Weird Tale style victim of the creepy beast !

I also had drawn some small "cul-de-lampes" (the strange french word for chapter's ornements which means litteraly "Lamp's Butt") to add some narrative pictures at the ends of pages.

like this one :

Your patience shall be rewarded: the scenario of the Idol of Cthulhu is already more sophisticated than it would have been if we had finished it two years ago.

I know it’s a pain to wait, and I'm sorry you have to wait; I hope it will be worth it !

I wish you all some merry holidays with or without family

 (we're considering to celebrate Christmas at Easter this year ;-) ) 

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Delphes

The Fleur-de-Lys
over 5 years ago – Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 12:40:55 AM

Thank everyone to be a part of this project. It's clearly bigger and more expensive to produce that we thought when we launched it. We're working totally for free for a while because of cost-overrrun. I made several misjudgement of certain people who were supposed to be better technicians than me, which, at some point lead to a mispricing. We are nevertheless working to complete the project (the layout is at 65% of completion) even if it takes more time than anticipated. We are learning from our mistakes… 

 Anyway, I truly hope you'll enjoy this campaign and its props, and I'm sorry to ask for more patience from you. 

I hope you're all doing fine.

Sincerely yours

Delphes