Monday, January 20, 2014

Burninating the universe...


Hey folks... just a few images from the last week.  As I mention in the update on the Kickstarter (in long form), I have gone back to my original plan of burning all the disks myself.

The thought process had become more limited as far as what I would burn myself, such as the very 'rare' titles where only a handful would be needed.  However, with so many titles, having a third party do that was becoming more and more cumbersome.

In any event, I had to design some labels.  It was during this process that the realization was hitting me that the original plan would be better.  I had to come up with a label design that could be altered easily 106 times!

Also, the giant circular void in the middle of the disk eliminated a ton of the designs I had wanted to do.


Simplicity was working far better.  Since many people will have 20-30 disks to work with, it was most important to have the text do the talking.  If I had a giant picture of a miniature on each one, the only person who would know what the video was about would be me!  Not so handy.


So, I decided to go with the all text approach.  It was going to have to be that way for cost reasons as well (with a 3rd party producer), but I could tell right away that in a big stack of disks, it would be much easier to identify with a giant title.  I also wanted to acknowledge the manufacturers of the miniatures, since they were a big part of the kickstarter.


I have been burning hundreds of disks already.  Thousands more are en route!
Now I can finally make use of my $1500 paperweight!  Yea!


What I really like about this method is that I can now simultaneously pack and ship as disks are burned.  Otherwise, it was wait until the 3rd party was done, hope they were correct, and then sift through all that pile of plastic and separate it all!


14 comments:

  1. Is there any way that those of us who misses the kickstarter can get hold of the videos? Very interested in shaded baseboard and glazes!

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    1. Once I have all the backer's videos shipped out, then I can start getting them into the eager hands of other painters :-)

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    2. Awesome. I would love to purchase the whole set. I guess we just have to be patient.

      PS congratulations, James! This is quite an accomplishment.

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    3. There are 53 different titles in all :-)

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  2. Thanks for the update Mr. Wappel, the disc covers look fine. Nice, simple and to the point. Keep the updates coming and let us know when shipping starts.

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    1. Will do! The intention behind all this is to speed thing up by a matter of weeks :-)

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  3. That's great! Any news about the download-only version?

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    1. CoolMini is in charge of the downloads... getting an update from them...

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    2. Hi there! Sorry if I ask again but have you got any news from CMON ? Thank you!

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  4. hows things going? Been a month since a update.
    Kickstarter backers are starting to get antsy....

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    1. All the horrific weather has really hurt both aspects... the DVD's because my shipments have been delayed over and over. The ice storms in Atlanta have stranded the CooLMini employees away from their offices as well. I have a planned update tonight or tomorrow...

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