Hello All,
This is an update on ALL outstanding projects. I am posting this everywhere so it is easier to see what’s going on as a lot of you have ordered more than one item.
I’ll get right to it. Didn’t get this up last night as planned because I was hoping for some additional info to come through but it has not.
BB Cowls: Final paint master Approved and the cowls are all in full production. I hope to have a solid ship date (to the US) nailed down this week I will post it when I get it. JAN-FEB to clients!
Bill the Butcher Sets - Hats and Boots. The molds on these will simply not work. Took them to 2 different casters and no one could get clean casts out of them. They are being remolded this week and I will be paying a premium to get them cast quickly so I can get all orders out. I am only sending two sets out to the ones who loaned me the heads for sizing. The rest are trash. PENDING
Dare Devil Sets - Glasses are still being worked out. Having the frames re-etched today. I will post pics if they come out well. If not I am commissioning someone else to do them asap. Lens have been sorted but I can’t do anything with them until I have good sets of frames. There was some issue with the stainless steel apparently.
DD Masked orders only - These are also being remolded but I do have a few ready to go out and I have found a new fabric that is not fraying so that has been solved. - Special thank you to @Jacob Rahmier re for help with this. I will drop what I can this FRIDAY
DD Fisk - Casts are pouring this week. Expect full payments to be due AFTER I have the casts ready to go. Should start going out within TWO WEEKS
Bruce Wayne Canes - These are too small of a project to run alone so I am trying to piggy back them on another yet to be announced factory project. So God willing this will be laid to rest soon as well.
FUTURE PROJECTS:
ZOD: Production planned for MARCH
Two-Face: Production planned for MARCH
I am currently planning to stop releasing any type of “kit” of multi piece sets or heads with accessories (and probably unpainted) moving forward. No matter how I try to explain it I seem to get blamed for peoples theft (cowls) mold and casting problems and broken promises from the manufacturing side.
I don’t keep all of these projects going in my garage. They are ALL out to other people and out of my hands. I understand that I am the lead on these and in the end it’s my responsibility but I am tired of the stress from promising something I am assured of then see it fall apart because something is not working out correctly. Especially after taking payments based on a delivery I am told will happen but doesn't.Then get bombed with the regular “Finish a project before you start another”. You know what? I’m tired of waiting too. So I’m not going this the way it has been done anymore.
I will continue to post my work on here but I am not sure what will be offered for sale - at least by me.
For now anything that will be released will be from private commissions which I am not currently taking or from a factory produced run.
This run of the Cowls has been a dream - the paint master took a little longer to approve that I liked - but after having a sample delivered to me yesterday… There it is. All done and I didn’t have to do anything other than send off the prototype. And they delivered. clean paint - perfect castings. Needless to say I like this method so it is my goal moving forward. I hope to do 3-5 pieces per year. If the process is smooth enough I may do more but we’ll see.
So that's it for now. No disrespect but if your question can be answered in this post I will not reply. If I did not cover something you are needing to ask then feel free and I will get with you asap.
I want to thank you all for your patience in this process and the understanding you have extended to me. It's help get me through some rough spots when all of this has gone to chaos a few times.
I will update more as I get it.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR BUSINESS!
