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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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Eoghann wrote:Hot damn that's shiny! Outside velvet or inside velvet tuck? Or both? :o :shock:
Outside velvet. Purple with hot stamped gold foil. Very Byzantine. ;)
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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That will surely be something to behold!
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sms69x wrote:Well, how about a hand drawn deck, with foil on the face and back and gilded edges, for the tuck I would go for rigid velvet (??) with gold foil or gold stamp on it.....
Almost got it right!!!

Can't wait to see it coming to life!! Great job (as always) Lotrek!
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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Whew, nice! Looking forward to these!
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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Question- will the tuck be a standard size or a little bigger?

Oh, and I can't wait to fork over my money for this.
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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vasta41 wrote:Question- will the tuck be a standard size or a little bigger?

Oh, and I can't wait to fork over my money for this.
It has to be just slightly bigger but almost unnoticeable. I got a sample today of what foil on velvet looks like and I'm very impressed to say the least.
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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Lotrek wrote:
vasta41 wrote:Question- will the tuck be a standard size or a little bigger?

Oh, and I can't wait to fork over my money for this.
It has to be just slightly bigger but almost unnoticeable. I got a sample today of what foil on velvet looks like and I'm very impressed to say the least.
I'm psyched! A little bigger is okay- as long as it's smaller than the MPC Impressions tuck (which barely fit in my card display but still fit nonetheless). Because I want to show off this deck for sure! Another question- are you wrapping the deck in cellophane and/or putting a custom seal on it, one that will stick to velvet?
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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I vote for sleeve again. a sticker will come off velvet at some point. Looking forward to seeing more of this deck.
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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I want people to be able to SEE this deck. So I'm doing whatever I can to help/encourage to this direction. There will be no cellophane, no sticker. Only a sleeve similar to V. Gold but from a different material. Plus, this time I'll offer a couple of display cards.

Last but not leas, the stock. I'll be using the high quality embossed stock that EPCC and LPCC use. This will spectacularly improve the handling.
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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Seals are like, SOOO overrated.
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I am all over this. Looks fantastic!
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Lotrek wrote:I want people to be able to SEE this deck. So I'm doing whatever I can to help/encourage to this direction. There will be no cellophane, no sticker. Only a sleeve similar to V. Gold but from a different material. Plus, this time I'll offer a couple of display cards.

Last but not leas, the stock. I'll be using the high quality embossed stock that EPCC and LPCC use. This will spectacularly improve the handling.
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Been meaning to learn the torn/restored trick.
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perfect for trying out a burning card trick.
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I doubt there will be a UC member discount this time, right?
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Re: ICONS Imperial edition: Byzantine luxury cards by HMPC

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Sigh. I usually stay away from the ultra limited, expensive versions but, gold and silver foil on the cards... purple velvet with gold... not sealed so I wouldn't feel guilty about opening them... I feel myself weakening...
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Just tell me when, where and how much...
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I feel a whole lot of drooling coming on any time now... :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Eoghann wrote:Seals are like, SOOO overrated.

I absolutely HATE them.

This deck looks awesome though and this special edition even more so (although I doubt I will be able to justify spending what is sure to be a pretty penny for a deck of cards). Can't wait to see it and decide either way! Great work as always.
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Lotrek's work is always impressive :o

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ecNate wrote:
Eoghann wrote:Seals are like, SOOO overrated.

I absolutely HATE them.
I love seals as a design element but when I realized that they prevent collectors from actually seeing the deck, I became less "hot" about seals...
Instead I'm working on alternative ways to "seal" the deck, like the band I used in Venexiana Gold. For low number print runs I can manually number the decks, adding to the uniqueness of each item but for large numbers I cannot do that.
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Just say when, I'm all there! Can I just pre-order now? :D
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I'm with you fellers, just tell me when and I'm in.
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Original estimate was for the ICONS Imperial edition Byzantine decks on KS on the 20th.
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Mike Ratledge wrote:Original estimate was for the ICONS Imperial edition Byzantine decks on KS on the 20th.
It still is. ;-)
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Imagine the red in embossed velvet.
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Lotrek, that is going to be amazeballs!
Lotrek wrote:Imagine the red in embossed velvet.
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Loving it! Just amazing!
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I wanna know what Strag thinks. :)
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This can be one of the year's decks, if not the ONE. AWESOME!!!
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