{"id":11608,"date":"2015-02-01T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11608"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:22:21","slug":"kickstarter-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kickstarter<\/h2>\n<p>Well this is going to be interesting. Duncan Craig AKA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zombie_media\">Zombiemedia<\/a> AKA that <a href=\"\/tutorials\/\">bloke wot I dun a tutorial about<\/a> is doing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1465282247\/vigilantees-a-showcase-book-of-tshirt-design-and-d\">kickstarter about tshirt design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bleeee-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11610 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bleeee-small.jpg\" alt=\"kickstarter bleeee\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/chewie-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11612 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/chewie-small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"kickstarter chewie\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nub-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11611 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nub-small.jpg\" alt=\"kickstarter nub\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>So at this point you&#8217;re probably thinking &#8220;how much is he paying you to promote this kickstarter?&#8221; but the thing is, the poor fool asked me to help out with some of the pledge rewards.<\/p>\n<p>The kickstarter features artwork and exclusive t-shirts by a group of 10 rather talented bods and I&#8217;ve been brought in to sculpt some one of a kind figure based on the 10 characters designed for the book, plus theres a level where the backer gets to design a character, have it illustrated by one of the designers and then I&#8217;ll sculpt it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be baking these first three once the I&#8217;ve finished number 3, then moving onto the next batch. Once I&#8217;ve got a few done I&#8217;ll turn to painting them and awaiting the 11th design with trepidation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Below you can see the 10 designs of the t-shirts created for the kickstarter and its a really nice bunch of characters. One or two are making me a touch nervous but theres some saying about not getting killed and becoming stronger which probably applies here.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11608 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/blair_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blair_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blair_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blair_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blair_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/bleeee_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bleeee_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bleeee_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bleeee_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bleeee_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/cubik_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cubik_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cubik_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cubik_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cubik_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/d4n13l_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/d4n13l_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/d4n13l_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/d4n13l_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/d4n13l_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/doodle_dojo_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Doodle_Dojo_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Doodle_Dojo_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Doodle_Dojo_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Doodle_Dojo_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/jak_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jak_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jak_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jak_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jak_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/mekazoo_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mekazoo_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mekazoo_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mekazoo_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mekazoo_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/poop_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/poop_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/poop_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/poop_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/poop_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/ribman_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RibMan_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RibMan_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RibMan_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/RibMan_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/kickstarter-year\/robotrobotrobot_mock\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/robotrobotROBOT_mock-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/robotrobotROBOT_mock-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/robotrobotROBOT_mock-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/robotrobotROBOT_mock.png 930w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>By the way, the Star Wars figures in the photos are for scale and part of a silly injoke.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/backer-level.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11609 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/backer-level.png\" alt=\"kickstarter backer level\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/backer-level.png 700w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/backer-level-300x150.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/350;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><del>Read more<\/del> BACK IT here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1465282247\/vigilantees-a-showcase-book-of-tshirt-design-and-d\">Kickstarter<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Dredd<\/h2>\n<p>One of my current &#8216;other&#8217; projects that I&#8217;ve recently started is a Justice Dept helmet based on the helmets from the 2012 Judge Dredd film and I&#8217;m already working on the scowl.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreddv1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11619 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreddv1.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Dredd helmet\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreddv1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreddv1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dreddv1-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/640;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be getting a call to appear in any sequel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The plan is to cast it and make a few so I can do a Mega-city version (USA) and Brit-cit version (UK). A full write up will come once I&#8217;ve done it but basically it the same process as the <a title=\"Magnetic goddess\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/magnetic-goddess\/\">Magneto helmet<\/a> I made last year. A paper frame and then layered up with resin and car body filler, the new step will be once the shape is done, I&#8217;ll mould it with something a touch lighter.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m having to do most of the work outside at the moment as its too messy to do inside. Because of this progress is slow, this weekend has been cold and wet so nothing has been done.<\/p>\n<h2>The Horned God<\/h2>\n<p>One last thing I nearly forgot, the <a title=\"Horned God sculpture\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/horned-god-sculpture\/\">Horned God<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/CastingsofCthulhu\">now available on Etsy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kickstarter Well this is going to be interesting. 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