Aquarella
almost 5 years ago
– Sat, May 08, 2021 at 01:47:13 PM
Dear backers,
I made the last changes on the Carlysle expedition aquarella in front of the Turf Club during the luxury reception given by Saad Zaghoul. I imagine this picture was painted by Hypathia Masters herself as a gift to her fellow Egyptian photographer, published in The Cairo bulletin. As Hypatia Masters and Dr. Robert Huston visited several art places, she was arboring copies of egyptian jewellery, we know that she works to entertain the publicity of the expedition be appreciated by her guests. In this perspective of public relation and social intercourses, I thought this aquarella could have been a special acknowledgment.
Behind the aquarella, she could have written with a pen holder " from a fellow photographer to the dear Mister Wassif ", and signed "Hypathia Masters".
Nigel Wassif could show it to the investigators and boast about his wonderful friendship with Hypathia.
Before I launch the prints, I would like to know what you think of this idea.
I would hand signed each aquarella then.
best,
Delphes
Coins Pre-production
about 5 years ago
– Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 04:05:46 PM
Dear Backers
The coins current situation : there is big change concerning the shipping fees.
In 2019 the coins could be sent worldwide for AUD $4. Now, due to COVID, this shipping is no longer available in Australia. The minimum charge is now AUD $21.
Campaign Coins was supposed to send you directly the set of 10 coins you ordered but this option is not possible now. (except if you want to pay this extra amount of money but I don't think you would. It's more expensive than the set itself for The Numinastic's pledge.)
I think that the best is that Campaign Coins send me directly the 300 coins and then I'll send them to you individually. I don't know yet how much it would cost; It would take longer for sure, due to the shipping Australia-France. We might find a way for Australian backers though.
Or, there might be another solution, another shipping mode. But it might be slowler.
I'll ask Campaign Coins to know all the options.
Enjoy the design: I had to find the graphic style that works the best to help the 3D render. We start the pre-production art with Campaign Coins. I might make some change if the 3D render doesn't look good to me.
I'll keep you posted.
Best,
Delphes
We know the Weird
about 5 years ago
– Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 03:55:14 PM
My dear backers,
It's been a long time since I wrote here. In this strange and disturbing times.
I must admit that I have a tendency to stay in my bubble, especially since the beginning of the lockdown, and not communicate with you as much as I should.
First, I want to send you my best wishes for 2021 !
I don't know about you, but I barely feel that this is a new year. I'm having difficulties with our actual calendar... I guess, when we can't improve what normally makes us feel alive among others, when we see parts of our "normal" world falling apart, you can feel an emptiness under your feet,
unless you've got something powerful like I believe we all have here : our imagination !
I don't know for you but for me, Fantasy is my safety.
In 2021, let's spread our fantasy so we can make a change for real!
Here we are on the project right now :
-Paper props : all the drawings are finished. I need to scan them and send my files to Campaign Coins and the Tattoo's producer. Yes, only that. That simple.
Next week, I meet my printer (I have to call him Monday afternoon and he'll tell me when I can come by); he has made all my paper props so far and has a former RPGamer, he's very into doing the best for the Cause ;) I will choose the right paper for the Portrait of the Expedition watercolor and we'll run some tests.
I will confirm with Mark, but I think Campaign Coins will need three months to make our coins and last time I checked, I would need a month max to get the tattoos and the watercolors paintings.
-Sculptures : I can't begin the production before I finish the mask I've been working on for two years, almost three. Six backers of The props of Nyarlathotep Kenya bought a wearable mask in silicon that gave me a loooot of technical issues. I had to re-sculpted it entirely since it was not good enough. Those people had paid a nice amount of money for this and I owe them the best quality that I could do. Also, I can't send out art that I 'm not satisfied with. I'm about to finish modeling and starting the mold making. I think I would need until the end of March (because unfortunately I have to work outside in order to make ends meet, and I can't work full time on the props) and then I can start the Australian/Shanghai pieces. I'm looking forward to painting this bloated woman, oh believe me. There will be so many soft and graded colors. It will be a great moment. Then, when I'll be starting the sand bat and the bloated woman, I will order the wooden box and paint them after reception.
I'll post some watercolors tests here at the end of next week. I would order the production of the printings on canvas after this.
You take care people and thank you, again, for your patience and support. And thank you Jeff for all your help.
Delphes
August 2020
over 5 years ago
– Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 06:30:57 AM
Hi eveybody
I hope you're all safe!
I know this is frustrating for you to wait and I'm sorry about that. I appreciate the support of all our backers during this slow gestation. I'm dealing with a challenging time because "The Idol of Cthulhu", another of my project has been more complex than expected and it takes me some of my working and mental charge-time.. So I have to resolve each problem in order.
The Covid-19 has also challenged my financial situation and I had to seek in emergency for new ressources because all my workshops were cancelled..; I've solved this economic matter in a large part, which is very cool and relieving!
I want to be proud of the products I create, and you to be satisfied with them then I need to do things well. The next steps of this project are these :
- Memorabilla Coin and Watercolor: after seeing my printer, there are still a couple of minor details to fix on the Carlyle's expedition drawings that need to be corrected. Paloma, my photoshop personal assistant (not a virtual robot, a real talented creative young woman who works for a big english graphic design compagny) spotted some visual conflicts on my coin's illustration that need to be resolved before I through them to printing and editing to Campaign Coins and my local printer. These are small issues and should be fixed in a couple of business days.
-Bloated Woman and the club : I need to resume production of the sculptures; the tests were made and technical issues identified and fixed so now, I 'm just waiting to make some room in my studio to launch the Australia and Shanghai statuettes.
-Painted boxes : I'll order them when I'll get some room on my shelves (after I send the 55 Idols of Cthulhus and their boxes).
Thanks for your support and staying involved despite my delay.
Delphes
On board
almost 6 years ago
– Fri, May 29, 2020 at 02:03:41 PM
Dear backers
Just a quick note to tell you that I’m still on board!
I’m sorry that I didn’t communicate with you during those last crazy months.
I hope everybody is safe.
We’re dealing with a lot of economic issues here but the lockdown has offered me a real and long quality time to work on my props.
I ended up finding technical solutions with props I had difficulties with and the results is better than what I excepted at the beginning.
I also have this tendency to improve my art when I work on a long period because my eyes see new details to work on and new solutions appears. Well it it seems obvious to say it like that but the more I create props the more I understand that time is a quality criterion.
I’m made a few changes on the drawings.
I’ll tell you more about my schedule deliveries in a next update. The printer I work with is also overbooked; I’ll give him the scans next week.
Take care!
Delphes
