Pins from the Metacosm

The campaign is over, and what a smashing success, especially for our first go at pins! Thank you so much to everyone who supported us!

What's next?

Charges should have gone out for most people, so make sure to be checking your spam (just in case!) over the next week or so as they roll out. You'll get an email either when the charge goes through or if it fails.

We generally wait about two weeks to send out surveys, and we'll be updating again when that's in the works. In case you're not aware of how BackerKit's surveys work, here's a primer: https://help.backerkit.com/article/390-390

The collab pins were just approved and put into production, so hopefully we'll have pics to share before the surveys go out.

Also, the pre-order store is open! Though you'll also have the option to add stuff as add-ons during the survey checkout process :)

Thank you all again, and we'll be in touch soon!

First of all I wanted to thank you all so much, from the bottom of our hearts, for your interest in our first little pin project. Though I (N) am an artist and I love making complex designs (I design the cover symbols for our books, after all), I wasn't sure how those would translate to pins or if anyone would be interested. So I'm very blown away by all the support :)

Also a little reminder that this is your last chance to snag a book or a bookmark at a discount!

Hey everyone! Last Meet the Pins + a general update! We only have a couple days left in the campaign, and we have been blown away by the support so far. 🖤
Here's our final pin, the Opal Sword for Tyyrulriathula!


This one is for Tyyrulriathula (you can call him Ty lol), our trouble boy. I really wanted to do a 3D pin and this one turned out better than I could have hoped, given its complexities. The main design element is a sword, since Ty is a Bladesinger -- male elven warriors who use the power of song to wield magical blades -- but it and the other design elements are choked by thorns, which represents Ty's deep unease regarding the Bladesingers and elven culture as a whole. The gentler plants represent Ty's hope that the bleak future he fears won't come to pass. While this picture doesn't show it, the indentation at the top will have a 3mm real opal cabochon, referencing the opals in Ty's garland (the circlet around his head).

Now for some art!



That's it for now, but we'll be back shortly with an end of campaign update!

A few of us Pintopians are heading to do a Twitch livestream tomorrow at 11am to talk about our art, pins, and whatever else! I dressed up last time if you missed it:


And I'll be dressing up again this time! Join us over at Sarah Forde's Twitch channel!

Time for the Big Boi of the group: Pheonix's pin!

This design, like Ara's, also has some hidden easter eggs for some future plot developments in the novels, so I'll leave it at that these are the Swords of Justice, precisely as they're named 👀 At three inches, and with a pearl gradient on the middle sword, this big pin is a must-have for anyone who likes weapons.
I don't draw Pheonix often because his armor design is so complicated, plus we didn't want to give him a canon face design. He does have a canon-to-us face (which we described in the books), but we didn't want people to feel constrained by that, as Justice means something different to everyone. So whatever Justice looks like to you, is correct!
Anyway, here's Pheonix:

Also, our collab pin with Mochiville is Pheonix's gauntlet, so make sure you pledge to both if you want it!