Was hoping to have good news but due to International Workers Day I'll get the update on the 5th or so.
Here's the basis though:
Previous colors that had no color matching issues between the two case pieces will ship first - Black, Crimson Red, Pink, and Silver. The Ultra Violet/Black and Ultra Violet/Pink kits will also ship since there wouldn't be a matching issue.
Here are some images of those colors:
Can't find a picture of the black, sorry.
I've also opted for the 3 Olive kits to come too. I won't be revisiting this color, and don't want to produce anything in it, so there is no point getting it in the second batch if the color matching might be off then too. There has always been a push on color matching, so hopefully these turn out well.
This means Blue Gray, Dark Gray, and Ultra Violet will ship at a later, currently unknown date. I do not want to deliver cases that don't match after all this time. I'll be ordering some other projects with these colors to make sure color matching is as good as possible before finally delivering this. I would rather experiment with newer stuff that has less emotion etc. into those projects than this which has gone on for a long time.
I received a good sample of Dark Gray, please compare to the previous effort.
Older case - X60 R
Newer sample - 268.2 Aluminum
The anodizing supplier said the X60 R was within tolerances, but I made it clear it wasn't near enough, and it seems like they've improved, but it is a one off and I'd like to test further.
Blue Gray and Ultra Violet are self explanatory and require more testing.
Ultra Violet looks fairly close there, but it was worse in person and I wouldn't be comfortable delivering it.
I also opted to change Pantones for some colors. With the previous factory, I chose the Pantones as I know what the outcome would be, however this factory puts out slightly different results, so I adjusted them to get the best outcome in person.
- Black - no Pantone required
- Blue Gray - 8181 C - changing, waiting on samples, something like 19-4028 TPX Insignia Blue
- Crimson Red - forgot previous one Pantone - changed to 188 C (image shows 187 C, which is a shade lighter)
- Dark Gray - 8401 C - no change
- Olive - 8341 C - no change
- Pink - 1895 U - no change
- Silver - no Pantone required
- Ultra Violet - 18-3838 Ultra Violet - changing to 269 C
I know most people will want to hear solid dates that I can get things out. For the colors with no issues, I estimate
mid to late June to receive them. For the latter colors, since there is still work to be done, I'm not sure but I hope you can understand. I could deliver sooner, but I worry about the anodizing. These boards are permanent, and rushing would put the quality in jeopardy.
Also I know refreshed invoices are again close to running out, so I'd like to offer to refresh them once again if you'd like. I'll PM everyone a form that is eligible. This will be done before May 7th due to the new fee refunding process by PayPal.
Thank you for all the patience and allowing me to get this right. Memes aside, I haven't had any issues with participants, and I deeply appreciate this. I hope to repay it by delivering the best possible boards. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.