War in Heaven Deck 2021

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War in Heaven Deck 2021

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Hello Cardists,

We have been working on a deck of cards inspired by the War in Heaven, the Book of Revelation describes a war in heaven between angels led by the Archangel Michael against those led by "the dragon", identified as the devil or Satan, who will be defeated and thrown down to the earth. The concept of War in Heaven deck is to have equal ranks of Angels and demons or devils from their hierarchy in each suite. So for example the Seraphim Cherubim Thrones is matched with the Trinity of Evil (Beelzebub, Lucifer, and Astaroth). We have been making this poker deck for quite some time. We are planning to release it this year but would really love inputs on it to know where we lack and what is missing.

I would really appreciate and be grateful for your thoughts and feedbacks on this!
Thank you so much and hope everyone is well.

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Re: War in Heaven Deck 2021

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That's great artwork! Like truly impressing.

Only thing I would change is to scale the courts just a little bit bigger so that they would fill the cards a little bit more.
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+1 for Roope's comment. Cards are small and your illustrations are very detailed. Don't make'em too small.
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Re: War in Heaven Deck 2021

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Very nice. The corner pips could be larger as well. The rectangular background in its current state takes away from the image in my opinion.
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Re: War in Heaven Deck 2021

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Thanks everyone! Will definitely revise this!
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Re: War in Heaven Deck 2021

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Fantastic!! Very nice artwork. Congratulations.

I would just ditch the black and white version, it doesn't add anything and may distract you from the amazing work you are doing with the colored version.
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I made updates to the design! Its been such a crazy week and thank you so much for the feedbacks!!!
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These are beautiful. I will be backing your campaign without hesitation.
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MaxPower wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:46 am These are beautiful. I will be backing your campaign without hesitation.
Thanks! That would really mean a lot! we are really trying to finalise it. We saw issues with manufacturing companies these days so we are trying to make sure that the artwork can show well enough!
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More updates on the deck!

We hope to launch this soon.
If anyone is interested feel free to follow our instagram at war_inheaven.
We plan to make an early bird slot for the first 50 backers in the kickstarter.
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We also decided to make some add ons to the deck.
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These are just amazing. Congratulations. The detail is amazing. Is it deliberate that the background behind the court card characters heads is like a creamy grey paper colour rather than white? On the black version, it is solid black everywhere in the background. It is a very minor point and still looks amazing anyway but I think personally I'd prefer it solid white background to match the black
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Squiddle_Ink wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:18 pm These are just amazing. Congratulations. The detail is amazing. Is it deliberate that the background behind the court card characters heads is like a creamy grey paper colour rather than white? On the black version, it is solid black everywhere in the background. It is a very minor point and still looks amazing anyway but I think personally I'd prefer it solid white background to match the black
Thank you! That made our day. Yes, it was a design choice as we felt it helped the color dynamic.
We will definitely take the input!
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Re: War in Heaven Deck 2021

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I actually like that background, as it gives the angelic characters an "aura" of sorts. Though it might look better if it were of a slightly different hue than the courts' faces.
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MagikFingerz wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:14 pm I actually like that background, as it gives the angelic characters an "aura" of sorts. Though it might look better if it were of a slightly different hue than the courts' faces.
Well noted! I guess it can make a better contrast.
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I agree with Tom, making more of a contrast between the faces and background would make these perfect. Really looking forward to backing these. I think you have done an amazing job. Any news on the printer yet? I know you were thinking of going the Noir route but I honestly think you would get more funding going elsewhere.
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justplaycards wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:42 pm I agree with Tom, making more of a contrast between the faces and background would make these perfect. Really looking forward to backing these. I think you have done an amazing job. Any news on the printer yet? I know Nicolai was trying to persuade you to go down the Noir route but I honestly think you would get more funding going elsewhere.
We are using EPCC and currently we do have deal with them. Really appreciate the support!
We are launching at 30-31st as Kickstarter is still reviewing the campaign.
Thank you so much, please have wonderful day!
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Re: War in Heaven Deck 2021

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Hello everyone,

We are launching today at Kickstarter, if anyone is interested here is link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/48 ... ying-cards

Thank you so much for your support and feedbacks!
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