I’m exaggerating. There are no bears (yet).
However, for those who are interested, there are first pass renders for the miniatures I’m having made for the project (being the kickstarter campaign for the Yarthe Campaign Setting),specifically for the Karkadann - an underworld creature which looks like a unicorn until it opens its mouth and displays all. Those. Teeth.
Apparently the teeth have been a pain to work on, but I think they’re looking good so far. Next we need the horn and the face. And, you know, the rest of the body.
I also did a short piece on the project on one of the gaming podcasts I’m part of - check out Mistworld (also on Apple Podcasts and Spotify) if you’re into real game podcasts, it’s a lot of fun. Episode 2 (of 6) came out last week.
For those of you who TikTok, I’ve (finally) posted my very first TikTok video, which is the snipped out 2 and a half minutes of me talking about the Yarthe Campaign Setting. For those who don’t Tok, the video is also on YouTube (here).
I have also also been fighting with Facebook’s advertising system in order to run a little FB ad, my first foray into actual paid advertising. Which. Let me just say that I hate their business side setup with the fiery passion of a thousand suns, and I really wish more companies (Facebook/Meta!) hired user experience consultants when putting these sites together. It is so frustrating to even find anything. Anyway. Rant over. Honest. For now. (I had to distract myself by writing 2000 words of the new novel, which was not on this weekends project list.)
Lastly, I have a cross-promotion set up with another Kickstarter campaign, which I genuinely think is pretty cool and awesome. They’re also doing steampunk-ish things, and I’m looking forward to comparing their project to mine when both are out.
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