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aldazar · « **Reply #50 on:** July 26, 2014, 11:25:22 AM »

Quote from: bamabenz on March 27, 2014, 03:20:52 PM

Wow.
I keep staring at the noses!
As someone with a big snout myself I find these faces strangely attractive...

Gotta admit that the noses (or what appears to me to be the lack thereof) are a bit distracting to me! Love the backs though!

bhong · « **Reply #51 on:** July 26, 2014, 12:24:08 PM »

Quote from: aldazar on July 26, 2014, 11:25:22 AM

Quote from: bamabenz on March 27, 2014, 03:20:52 PM
Wow.
I keep staring at the noses!
As someone with a big snout myself I find these faces strangely attractive...

Gotta admit that the noses (or what appears to me to be the lack thereof) are a bit distracting to me! Love the backs though!

Thanks for the feedback. The nose is there, but I prefer to render my artwork a bit differently with tone instead of a lot of lines for this deck. Just a stylistic difference.

bamabenz · « **Reply #52 on:** July 26, 2014, 12:48:51 PM »

Brendan,

So what's the story behind the pic? Will these make it to D&D/Art of Play for sale?

/bama

bhong · « **Reply #53 on:** July 26, 2014, 01:40:27 PM »

Quote from: bamabenz on July 26, 2014, 12:48:51 PM

Brendan,

So what's the story behind the pic? Will these make it to D&D/Art of Play for sale?

/bama

The pic is from a screenshot of the latest Coffee with D&D youtube video. I will admit that I didn't watch the whole thing, but it seems like they had a chance to hang out with Bill Kalush recently and got to see some of the recent stuff printed by EPCC in Taipei with The Hive being one of them being shown. I honestly knew nothing about it until someone shared the video with me and pointed out that I should check out the 26:25 mark of the video. I love what I created, but it's cool to see that others enjoy the artwork of the deck as well.

We've got a limited amount of 1000 decks of each colour (Red and Blue) so 2000 decks in total minus a small amount we're keeping for ourselves. All the decks will be sold on the Kings Wild Project website exclusively. We're got some more solid info and will be announcing a release date soon.

I got one of the sample decks a few weeks ago and they handle really well. The finish and stock is the same as the Exquisite and everything turned out better than I expected. It's been exciting and I'm glad that the deck can be release soon.

And thanks Sparkz! For posting the screenshot.

spindles · « **Reply #54 on:** July 26, 2014, 06:41:25 PM »

Quote from: bhong on April 29, 2014, 10:30:54 PM

So we got the uncut tuckcase proofs in. They turned out better than I expected.

I love the design on the inside. In general, I think its really cool when decks have a repeating pattern like that -- almost like wallpaper

bhong · « **Reply #55 on:** July 26, 2014, 07:42:36 PM »

Thanks!

It's the first deck I've ever designed so it's been an interesting journey and a learning experience.

spindles · « **Reply #56 on:** July 26, 2014, 07:56:37 PM »

Quote from: bhong on July 26, 2014, 07:42:36 PM

It's the first deck I've ever designed so it's been an interesting journey and a learning experience.

If you don't mind me asking, what is your background? Are you an artist by trade? The anthropologist in me is always curious to hear how people end up doing what they do. (Especially when they're awesome at it!)

bhong · « **Reply #57 on:** July 26, 2014, 08:14:24 PM »

Quote from: spindles on July 26, 2014, 07:56:37 PM

Quote from: bhong on July 26, 2014, 07:42:36 PM
It's the first deck I've ever designed so it's been an interesting journey and a learning experience.

If you don't mind me asking, what is your background? Are you an artist by trade? The anthropologist in me is always curious to hear how people end up doing what they do. (Especially when they're awesome at it!)

Thanks for the compliment.

I was lucky enough to do an interview with Ivan at Kardify when they revealed that I'm the artist for The Hive. Here's the link for it: http://www.kardify.com/2014/03/revealed-kings-wilds-artist-for-hive.html . I wish it was more interesting like my trait is something totally different from design, but in truth, I work as an illustrator so it's not that far off.

troy · « **Reply #58 on:** July 26, 2014, 08:39:10 PM »

Will there be a cap on how many people will be able to purchase. For example, Encarded did this with their Zeneith deck and capped it at 4. This allowed everyone (theoretically) that wanted one to get one. What's going to happen with the Hive?

bhong · « **Reply #59 on:** July 26, 2014, 09:24:04 PM »

Quote from: troy on July 26, 2014, 08:39:10 PM

Will there be a cap on how many people will be able to purchase. For example, Encarded did this with their Zeneith deck and capped it at 4. This allowed everyone (theoretically) that wanted one to get one. What's going to happen with the Hive?

We're going to make an announcement in regards to release date and stuff like that soon, probably before the end of the July so stay tune to the Kings Wild Facebook page.

As for trying to make sure everyone can grab a deck, I hope everyone that wants one can grab one, but there's no promise to that. It's a limited run deck, with less than 2000 in total for sale. I'm sorry if that doesn't answer everything. There are some things we're going to announce officially and I don't want to jump the gun before that.

spindles · « **Reply #60 on:** July 26, 2014, 11:34:42 PM »

Quote from: bhong on July 26, 2014, 08:14:24 PM

http://www.kardify.com/2014/03/revealed-kings-wilds-artist-for-hive.html

Thank you for sharing that interview. It was neat to hear about your background and the inspirations for the deck. It makes me appreciate it all the more.

Good luck with the release, Brendan

bhong · « **Reply #61 on:** July 27, 2014, 07:54:20 AM »

Seriously, thanks a lot for your interest. I love what I do, but honestly it only works if people like what I do too.

Everyone will get to hear more about the deck on Monday.

bhong · « **Reply #62 on:** July 28, 2014, 07:51:58 AM »

Hey!

For everyone that didn't catch the info:

The HIVE decks will be exclusively sold on the Kings Wild Website on Saturday August 2, 2014 @ 12pm Central with a delivery of mid to late August.

Here is how the price breakdowns:

1 Deck - $18 plus shipping
1 Matching Number Set (1 Red deck & 1 Blue deck) - $34 plus shipping
1 Mix Brick (6 Red decks & 6 Blue decks) - $200 plus shipping

http://kings-wild-project.myshopify.com/products/limtied-edition-hive-playing-card-deck

Less than 800 of each color will be available.

EDIT:

Here are some photos, courtesy of Jackson and Kings Wild, of the deck:

aldazar · « **Reply #63 on:** July 28, 2014, 09:12:07 AM »

Rough timing for those of us in Asia, but worth waking up for, I think! =)

bhong · « **Reply #64 on:** July 28, 2014, 04:20:52 PM »

Quote from: aldazar on July 28, 2014, 09:12:07 AM

Rough timing for those of us in Asia, but worth waking up for, I think! =)

Thanks for the comment and I'm glad to hear it. It's been a lot of work to create the deck, but the joy is see the other interest in it. I'm going to try to run a contest or something for a signed deck from me for The Hive. I've just got to think the logistics through first.

bamabenz · « **Reply #65 on:** August 02, 2014, 01:08:08 PM »

I went in for 3 sets.

Do early orders get low numbers?

/bama

troy · « **Reply #66 on:** August 02, 2014, 01:10:51 PM »

3x Limited Edition Hive Playing Card Deck - HIVE RED & BLUE Matching Number Set for $34.00 each

bhong · « **Reply #67 on:** August 02, 2014, 03:25:51 PM »

I want to thank everyone for their support. I swear I feel like a broken card, but honestly I'm not sure what else to say. I'm a bit speechless as I've been watching sales number on the site. It's pretty crazy and amazing. Now I know how Paul felt when the Zenith were out.

Anthony · « **Reply #68 on:** August 02, 2014, 03:59:35 PM »

Quote from: bhong on August 02, 2014, 03:25:51 PM

I want to thank everyone for their support. I swear I feel like a broken card, but honestly I'm not sure what else to say. I'm a bit speechless as I've been watching sales number on the site. It's pretty crazy and amazing. Now I know how Paul felt when the Zenith were out.

Gratz Brendan

Rob Wright · « **Reply #69 on:** August 02, 2014, 04:54:41 PM »

OK, I lied..............I bought 2 sets

Marcus · « **Reply #70 on:** August 02, 2014, 07:06:37 PM »

I love the court cards. This is a beautiful deck, Brendan.

aldazar · « **Reply #71 on:** August 02, 2014, 08:15:37 PM »

Couldn't help myself...ordered 2 pairs of decks! Congrats, Brendan on a beautiful deck!

bhong · « **Reply #72 on:** August 03, 2014, 07:49:02 AM »

Quote from: aldazar on August 02, 2014, 08:15:37 PM

Couldn't help myself...ordered 2 pairs of decks! Congrats, Brendan on a beautiful deck!

I'm happy that you changed your mind after all

Quote from: Marcus on August 02, 2014, 07:06:37 PM

I love the court cards. This is a beautiful deck, Brendan.

There's something amazing to be acknowledged by another fellow designer. Thanks a lot!

bhong · « **Reply #73 on:** August 03, 2014, 03:24:36 PM »

@bamabenz

I know you asked about the registration on the Mana thread, but I figured since it's Hive related. I'd answer it here as not to side-track the Mana thread. The Hive does have a thin border. I honestly don't know how thin it is without measuring as when I did the design on my computer, the file I was working with was probably 3-4 times the size of the actual size needed. The only two thin border deck I have on me are the Moriarty v1 and Black Whispering Imps, which both have thin borders and The Hive is just a slightly bit thinner.

I've only got two decks on me. One of each colour pulled off as "samples" sent before the main shipment to show us how the decks turned out. For the Red Hive that I have, if you do a riffle of the corner, it's really really good. There might be one or two card that "jump", but it's very small and really not noticeable unless you riffle a few times and are looking for it. I find the same thing for my Blue Hive.

Rob Wright · « **Reply #74 on:** August 04, 2014, 02:45:52 AM »

Brendan,
Looks like you guys where pretty busy Saturday. How did the weekend go?