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Title: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on August 25, 2014, 12:21:42 AM
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427052189/rainbow-illusion-playing-cards

Hello I wanted to let everyone know that my latest deck of playing cards will be live on Kickstarter tomorrow Monday the 25th at 4:00 pm AZ time. Please Check it out. Thanks Landry
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Nurul on August 25, 2014, 07:44:05 AM
Could you possibly tell us a bit more about it? maybe show us some of the cards? What's so rainbow illusion about them? Any other info please
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on August 25, 2014, 12:07:10 PM
Hello sorry I did not post much last night I did not have time. Here are some more pictures. I love playing cards and I have been getting tired of the standard deck. I love custom decks and I wanted to do something traditional, easy to use and still be custom. The name came from the card backs when fanned out they reminded me of a rainbow. The metallic deck is a Pantone color deck with blue metallic and golden metallic, the other deck is CMYK. The limited metallic deck comes with a signed numbered playing card from the standard deck. It will be in a PVC card protector. Thanks Landry
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on August 25, 2014, 12:10:47 PM
Queen of Spades
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Fess on August 25, 2014, 12:16:53 PM
Interesting from what I see. I'll definitely check out your KS later today. :)
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on August 25, 2014, 01:37:13 PM
Wondering if anybody has any suggestions for my box. I know it is missing something but I can't figure out what might work.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Will W. on August 25, 2014, 01:44:35 PM
Wondering if anybody has any suggestions for my box. I know it is missing something but I can't figure out what might work.
A total redesign.....  The look of the card backs would be a good start.  I like what I see except for the tuck box. 

Edit:  also, the card backs remind me more of a kaleidoscope than a rainbow.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: hecrob on August 25, 2014, 01:57:02 PM
As someone who works on the design field  8)

I would recommend trying to implement the back design into the front of the tuck box.
Those "feather like" forms are too good to not use them.
Also check tuck boxes like the Ultimate Deck to get some idea of how to implement your design into the box (maybe like a bleeding effect? from the back to the front?) :karrit:
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Don Boyer on August 25, 2014, 07:19:42 PM
A link, perhaps?
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Fess on August 25, 2014, 07:57:04 PM
If it launched, I don't see it.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Don Boyer on August 25, 2014, 08:00:46 PM
If it launched, I don't see it.

Yeah, this is an hour past due.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on August 25, 2014, 08:31:42 PM
Very sorry I know I said 4 but as noted above I wanted To fix up my box. I do have a rough image of the front and the sides top bottom will have a black border the back will be full image. I think I will launch now and just leave any box pictures off until i finish them up don,t want to rush the need to look as good as evry thing els.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on August 25, 2014, 08:41:09 PM
Rainbow Illusion Now Live Please Check It Out
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427052189/rainbow-illusion-playing-cards
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Fess on August 25, 2014, 11:39:48 PM
Yea launching at the hour you originally informed us about would be good, haha. Kind of an odd start to things when you don't do what you say you're going to do for whatever the reason.

Looking forward to seeing your tuck redesign.  :)
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on August 25, 2014, 11:46:23 PM
My apologies things do happen sometimes.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: rousselle on August 26, 2014, 01:30:32 AM
It's up:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427052189/rainbow-illusion-playing-cards (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427052189/rainbow-illusion-playing-cards)

Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Will W. on August 26, 2014, 08:59:29 AM
In reference to the tuck.... I think you should do away with the white background completely.  Something more reminiscent of your card design is what you should be going for.  More like the T-shirt design on your kickstarter page.  I am going to back your kickstarter because I really do like the cards and I think you have the talent and creativity to make the tuck look awesome as well.   :)
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on August 26, 2014, 10:08:28 PM
Hello I have been working on the front of my box and would love to know what you think. I was going to wrap the back design around to the sides and i was thinking that i would wrap the top half design on box 3 to the top and tuck of the box. Thanks Landry.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Paul Carpenter on August 27, 2014, 09:08:08 AM
the typography on your tuck is not doing it any favors. I bet if you lose that rainbow type, which comes off as a little too childish, and focus on the very cool pattern you have it will look far more sophisticated. I'd also suggest removing the gradient glow, that's kind of a trend which died. Sometimes less is more. :)
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on September 03, 2014, 01:10:30 PM
Latest Box Ideas
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Paul Carpenter on September 03, 2014, 02:01:12 PM
That's looking a lot classier. You might want to put the two lines of text a little closer together and make sure they are the same number of curve degrees. Looks like the "Rainbow" is currently more curved than the "Illusion"
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on September 03, 2014, 10:49:39 PM
I think I have the final design for the standard deck. Time to work on the Limited Deck. I do think that the lettering needs to come down some.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Nurul on September 04, 2014, 07:18:31 AM
The design on the front of the deck reminds me of Zenith. Did it inspire you by any chance?
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on September 04, 2014, 11:44:47 AM
I really think the zenith deck looks cool and wanted to do something similar.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on September 04, 2014, 05:24:29 PM
Here is the Box for the Rainbow Illusion Metallic Deck. I think the smaller design is the one to go with. Any thoughts would be great thanks Landry
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Don Boyer on September 05, 2014, 12:07:20 AM
Here is the Box for the Rainbow Illusion Metallic Deck. I think the smaller design is the one to go with. Any thoughts would be great thanks Landry

Glad to see you took some of my suggestions and ran with them!

I think that the second is too large and the third may be too small.  Number one appears to be a good size - but there's really only one way to know for certain...

Try printing all of these out on plain paper and cover a few tuck boxes from cheap decks you don't care about with them to see how they will look in your hands.  That's a good way to judge which scale you feel works best.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on September 06, 2014, 01:02:42 PM
The second box is the limited edition playing cards and will have 2 metallic colors. The box is going to have a UV coating that will give the Pantone inks a shiny look.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: Rose on September 07, 2014, 10:41:53 AM
Here is the Box for the Rainbow Illusion Metallic Deck. I think the smaller design is the one to go with. Any thoughts would be great thanks Landry
Landry, these new box designs look amazing! Seriously well done, the colors really stand out against the black so much better. I think of the three designs either the 2nd and 3rd.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: sprouts1115 on September 07, 2014, 11:59:29 AM
The cards are ok.  Would it be to premature to say these are going to be snatched up by http://www.collectableplayingcards.com (http://www.collectableplayingcards.com)
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends
Post by: lms_jam on September 07, 2014, 04:40:40 PM
If you are asking if I have contacted some online stores to talk about selling my decks I have. As far as them taking over my cards and doing something with them, it's not going to happen this is my deck and I want it to be successful. 
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on March 30, 2015, 01:02:41 PM
Hello everyone I have been retooling my Rainbow illusion deck and have some more pictures to show off. I would love to know what you think of the Special Edition black deck now. I am still working on the standard deck. More on that later. Thanks again Landry
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: loldudex2 on March 30, 2015, 05:27:25 PM
I wouldn't put the pips in the bubbles. I thought that 5 of clubs had only 3 pips for the longest time.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on March 30, 2015, 06:25:50 PM
I was thinking the same thing. I will see what else I can come up with.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on March 30, 2015, 08:26:48 PM
I have a new layout for the pips now. I think it works any thoughts? Thanks
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Rob Wright on March 30, 2015, 11:39:01 PM
I like where this deck is going. The circle back will look pretty good in a fan.
The one downside I see is having the 4 indices colors bleed to the edge. That could be an issue for poker players. For me, I just wouldn't use them for poker.                                       
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on March 31, 2015, 12:42:40 AM
This is what I have in mind for the Standard deck. Not sure about the courts yet I think the one with the color behind it makes the court less visible not my favorite. Thank you for your Input.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on March 31, 2015, 12:46:14 AM
Not sure about this idea. To much color I think.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Don Boyer on March 31, 2015, 03:53:17 AM
Not sure about this idea. To much color I think.

Try to avoid having faces that will be printing into the bleed like that, especially when you're dealing with a four-color deck.  Those colors will be visible from the edge of the deck, effectively becoming a marking system for suit.

Put the indices further into the corners.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on March 31, 2015, 11:54:21 PM
Don't Know how this looks or if It will work or not. What do you think?
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Don Boyer on April 02, 2015, 11:11:40 AM
Don't Know how this looks or if It will work or not. What do you think?

It's an improvement.  Go just a bit higher with the index.  Use a pack of plain Bikes for comparison.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on June 17, 2015, 06:39:43 PM
Hello everyone I am getting ready to launch Rainbow Illusion playing cards on Kickstarter real soon and would like to hear your thoughts before I launch please check it out https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427052189/1283396644?token=9ea2465d   Thanks Landry
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Don Boyer on June 17, 2015, 07:49:21 PM
Looks good from here.  The color patches on the indices works nicely - it also looks like you've worked out having a two-color deck and a four-color deck.  Sweet!

The big question here is - what's the intended goal?
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Cardfool on June 18, 2015, 01:22:02 AM
I'm definitely in...any possibility of higher tier early birds, say for half and full bricks?
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on June 18, 2015, 06:41:15 PM
Thanks Don the intended goal is to print both decks but I have been noticing that even some really nice decks are struggling to reach a large goal on KS and I was hoping that if I got one done I could always do the other later. I need to raise $5800.00 to print just the Standard Deck. I don't think I will have any higher early birds at this moment does not sound logical at this point. I was thinking about doing a 2 deck wood card display I just need to work on a sample and see how it looks, More on that later.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Cardfool on June 18, 2015, 06:59:22 PM
Though I do like the deck, the limited number of tiers and per deck pricing will limit the amount of decks that I will want to purchase.  As you mention, there are a lot of other decks out there and $14 for a single deck is quite high (imho) and though the pricing does come down as volume goes up, I don't see myself getting more than 1 or 2 decks at the moment unless there are EBs for higher tiers.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on June 18, 2015, 07:15:54 PM
once the second deck is unlocked I will open up more tiers to include both decks.
Title: Rainbow Illusion Now Live on Kickstarter
Post by: lms_jam on July 01, 2015, 02:32:40 PM
Hello Everyone my next deck is now live on Kickstarter. The Rainbow Illusion deck is a four color suit deck but it still has two suit colors white for the hearts and diamonds, black for the clubs and spades. Come on over and get yours now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427052189/rainbow-illusion-playing-cards-0/description
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Now Live on Kickstarter
Post by: Don Boyer on July 01, 2015, 06:22:16 PM
Hello Everyone my next deck is now live on Kickstarter. The Rainbow Illusion deck is a four color suit deck but it still has two suit colors white for the hearts and diamonds, black for the clubs and spades. Come on over and get yours now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427052189/rainbow-illusion-playing-cards-0/description

Thanks for letting us know - but please keep it all to one Plethora topic!
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on July 01, 2015, 11:32:24 PM
Thanks Don forgot I had a post already.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Fess on August 25, 2015, 10:18:46 PM
I've just doubled my pledge in hopes these fund. I urge anyone who has seen the many Rainbow campaigns come and go to give these a solid look. They've come a long way from what we first saw long ago and may grab your interest a little bit.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: PrincessTrouble on August 26, 2015, 10:33:21 AM
Thanks for the reminder, Fes.  I just upped my pledge as well.  Here is the link to the current KS:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427052189/rainbow-illusion-playing-cards-metallic-relaunch

Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on December 29, 2015, 02:03:32 PM
Thanks to all who supported this project sorry I have not been on in a while to the forum. Here is an official image of the tuck proof I posted an update on KS a while back and now the cards are being printed. Thanks Don for the advice you gave me hope we can talk again when things calm down I am working on a new deck and I will make a post in the forum soon. (https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/004/975/390/3b0c2fbb6b5f53866b12c12a2b80f61b_original.jpg?v=1448411817&w=639&fit=max&auto=format&q=92&s=67eef4d6871b7e2c4e347de5629612ee)
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: alvinhy on December 29, 2015, 04:21:48 PM
Is that the same tuck material as the Legends Rock n Roll deck?
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: lms_jam on January 04, 2016, 06:41:17 PM
Is that the same tuck material as the Legends Rock n Roll deck?
Yes I believe the tuck is the same material it is a Rainbow Holographic paper.
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Fess on February 17, 2016, 04:21:43 PM
These came together pretty well. I received mine earlier this week, so they're getting out there now.  :)
Title: Re: Rainbow Illusion Playing Cards Printed by Legends (KS)
Post by: Cardfool on February 17, 2016, 06:16:28 PM
These came together pretty well. I received mine earlier this week, so they're getting out there now.  :)

Awesome! :D  That means mine are on their way, can't wait...thanks Fes!