Plushes, Pins, and Pigs
Added 2019-12-16 15:59:01 +0000 UTCDear Insane Children,
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend wherever you are! Here in Shanghai, we celebrated Lucky's 100 Days and birthdays for myself and Yan's mom. Which made it a busy weekend full of babies and balloons. Yay!
Back in the Asylum...
Crowd Design Delay
We're moving our next Crowd Design Session to Thursday, Dec 19th, afternoon PST (Friday morning in Shanghai) so that one of our Insane Children Mods can be there to help with recording. I'll send out a proper notice with the topic, time/date, and info on our Discord server with the next Patreon Post. Apologies for the delay!
Another Insane Plush
Since we've finished Crowd Design on the Enamel Pins and will wait to start promoting those in February... I was thinking we might start looking at what comes next for a Collector Plush.
Omri reminds me that we previously held a vote on this topic and that Denial Dress Alice won... but I really have my heart set on a little Asylum Alice Plush. So I asked Omri to take another stab at the design of the Asylum Alice Plush... which you can see above.
For any new design, we'll seek out a new factory. I felt that we were hitting the technical limits of what the previous factory could do in terms of materials, shapes, and quality. And I'd like to push to make these plush dolls better and better as time goes on and we gain experience.
Let us know in the comments below what you think of this design. Would you like to place this in the collection with your Cheshire Kitten and Rabbit Plush?
Enamel Pins
The factory sent along an image to show where they will place the studs on the pins.
I did read a comment from someone on my Instagram who suggested that some of these larger pins might require two studs. That note was sent to the factory as soon as I read it... but they claim the molds have already been made. Too Fast!
So we have to hope that these placements work and that one stud per pin is sufficient.
We should have samples in hand soon. At that time we'll take pictures, talk about the designs, and see if any revisions are needed.
Mad Chaos
Our new addition to the art team is making excellent progress with his exploration of Hatter's Domain. Dario sends along a number of early sketches to show what Hatter's "exploded" domain might look like. And what the remaining structures look like floating around in the debris cloud.
Finally! We're starting to see what Hatter's Domain looks like with all these elements blown to bits and left floating around in a chaotic space of weightless weirdness. Yay!
Expect to see these fantastic locations detailed and colored in the next pass. Can't wait!
Dario also sent along this final color render of the Queen of Hearts Castle. So much "floating in space" goodness!
Oink!
So Hatter's domain is this place where space and time have been blown apart. Where Alice's imagination has come truly unhinged. So what sort of nightmares might a little Victorian girl imagine when the physics of her imagined reality are turned upside down?
Yeah. Some Pigs.
There's more of this where the pigs came from. Norm has created some FANTASTIC beasties to inhabit the ruined reality of Hatter's Domain.
But more of that... in the next post!
Let the team hear your feedback in the comments below!
From Shanghai with Oink,
-American
Comments
instead of normal alice
2020-01-14 21:04:49 +0000 UTCI want insane alice plshie pls
2020-01-14 21:04:43 +0000 UTCPlease I need the Insane Alice doll lol
2019-12-24 22:47:43 +0000 UTCSweet! Leather not Pleather, right? Or that plushie will not last. Yes to what Jessi St. Wrote. Except kid wants Asylum and Alice is one of her dresses. Seeing there are minis to the Insane Children. Why not bring out a Alice plushie with a couple dresses for them to change her in. You can do themed or collection...dress with accessory weapon. As well as an asylum Alice with a little rabbit accessory. You ever think of designing a pocket watch or locket watch as...lost train of thought.
2019-12-19 09:45:48 +0000 UTCLove the plush Aliceβ€οΈ. Can't wait to see the sample enamel pins, I'm sure they are lovely. The exploded hatter map artworks and the queens castle are marvelous, he's got that Alice vibe down. Norma pigs are both terrifying and cute at the same time. The long legged pig is the scariest somehow haha, perhaps it's the spidwry quality of the legs. Appreciate all the updates as always fellas.
2019-12-19 02:20:37 +0000 UTCHonestly, I would love this asylum Alice. I've seen figures of Alice already but havent seen this Alice design in any form. Also, this design would match the bunny and Cheshire better, in my opinion. I agree on making the stitching in black.
DitzyBat
2019-12-18 06:25:48 +0000 UTCI love my Cheshire cat and bunny plushies. When it comes to Alice I wonder if we could get a posable figure like the ones Figma makes. It could come with several accessories. Always loved the art of this game ever since I played the first one.
2019-12-18 06:04:51 +0000 UTCHappy belated birthday, American! ππ I saw a previous comment suggesting a classic Alice with additional dresses that could be sold separately at Mysterious. What if she came as Asylum Alice (bald and in the straight jacket), but also came with a felt wig and classic dress? That way, she can be both.
2019-12-18 04:37:31 +0000 UTCI would be very interested in this idea! Iβd love to be able to dress the doll in different outfits.
2019-12-18 04:21:58 +0000 UTCHappy Birthdays!!!! I love the Asylum Alice plush idea. Though I think there's too much red . The stitches on her head would look better black. Or change the eye blood black? Also the straight jacket looks more like a potatoe sack. More buckles maybe?
2019-12-17 13:49:45 +0000 UTCI like this denial version better than classic Alice. I'm not so sure about the stitches and blood though. Since she is in a straight jacket maybe there could be a small lock on the back to lock the jacket. It could have the Rutledge Asylum logo on it. Maybe the lock is a collector's piece that you can only get through Patreon.
2019-12-17 05:11:50 +0000 UTCReally awesome drawings, especially the Hatter Domain stuff! The plush... is probably not something i'd get in this design, too binding of issac and just doesn't seem like a good choice for Alice's first plush , i think the mad alice idea would be conveyed better in a statue or something, Also the fabric choices sound questionable for a plush that you would want to hold at all. Seems the consensus is do a recognizable Alice plush first at the very least.
RedBreloom
2019-12-17 04:19:35 +0000 UTCI also concur with a lot of other insane kids that the current design doesn't scream Alice from afar.
2019-12-17 03:37:36 +0000 UTCI love my plush collection soooo much, and I would be delighted with denial or asylum Alice. Since the denial didn't win as a pin, though, if I HAD to choose, I'd vote for a denial dress Alice. And I β€ the insane pigs!!!
2019-12-17 03:32:33 +0000 UTCI really want the denial dress, but I will given for the original dress...
2019-12-17 03:31:48 +0000 UTCI'm really into the denial dress alice or even the classic alice dress
2019-12-17 03:12:15 +0000 UTCIβm just going to be blunt: I need that Asylum Alice plush. I have always been fascinated withβold schoolβ asylums and how they claimed torture was treatment. I found Alices walk through the halls of that hellhole very powerful and the design of the plush is amazing.
Hookboy
2019-12-17 02:38:27 +0000 UTCI was really excited for the Denial Alice plush, so when I saw Omri was working on designing one for Asylum Alice, I was quite surprised. Unfortunately Iβm really not feeling this look. Perhaps it is the blood and stitches; but she appears more like another nameless, insane inmate than the Alice weβve come to know and love. I would really love to get the third plush to finish my collection, but I hope the team considers looking at alternative designs, even if that isnβt necessarily the Denial dress that the community originally voted for.
2019-12-16 23:08:26 +0000 UTCClassic dress please! ππ
2019-12-16 21:39:10 +0000 UTCSo freaking awesome. I have the other 2
2019-12-16 20:43:13 +0000 UTCAnother to add to the collection! :D
Sherrie Mora
2019-12-16 19:40:23 +0000 UTCI would love an Alice rag doll but I don't like this idea at all as it looks nothing like how I picture your Alice. I know it is the prequel with the extreme trauma but there are much better images that would make a more Alice like doll.
2019-12-16 19:33:44 +0000 UTCI love this Alice plush, more than a classic one with a dress. It sends me good vibes π
2019-12-16 18:32:27 +0000 UTCAsylum Aliceeeee pleeeaaassseee!!! I have a mighty, mighty need. SUGGESTION: maybe make her a bit more simple though, less massive detailing between stitches and blood.
Sarah Heist
2019-12-16 18:32:25 +0000 UTCThe Game is looking great so far!
Onion Knight
2019-12-16 18:14:05 +0000 UTCFirst, let me say I love the Asylum Alice look/idea, but I would also like a more classic "Alice"-looking plush...perhaps the Asylum plush could be next, and the classic look could be after? I think seeing those two sides of Alice brought to life would be an excellent addition to the plush collection!
2019-12-16 17:30:08 +0000 UTCI do not like the design of the Alice plush at all. It's just weird. I think that if we're going to do an Alice plush, it might be a cool idea to make the doll with a removable dress, and sell individual dresses on Mysterious. Now that's something I could get on board with, though I'm not sure anyone else would go for it.
Wendy Jaa
2019-12-16 17:05:02 +0000 UTCI'd love a Alice doll, but it is essential that it is clear that it IS Alice! And this resembles nothing to me. Sorry, but absolutely down voting this design! And please DO bring on another Alice doll design, cause I would love to have one! But it has to be absolute clear that it IS Alice!
2019-12-16 16:52:21 +0000 UTCNot big on this Alice plush design, it would probably make a better figure or statue than plush.
2019-12-16 16:46:11 +0000 UTCI'm not a huge fan of the plush. I don't really have the space to display or flaunt them. I prefer a pin because I can show it off everywhere.
2019-12-16 16:37:55 +0000 UTCI'd prefer the asylum Alice plush
2019-12-16 16:32:55 +0000 UTCI love the asylum doll in theory, but I'm not digging this design. I think it's because of the lack of hair. It doesn't read Alice to me at all. Could you maybe take it in a different direction? Maybe do late stage Asylum rather than just entered, hair shaved off Asylum?
Saucentric
2019-12-16 16:17:46 +0000 UTCI'm not a big fan of the revised plush. Maybe try a bloody classic dress or another Asylum design?
2019-12-16 16:14:44 +0000 UTCNot a fan of the asylum doll at all. I would love an Alice Plush with her in one of her dresses.
Christine Phillips
2019-12-16 16:10:52 +0000 UTCAbsolutely adamant about Asylum Alice. A+
2019-12-16 16:10:47 +0000 UTCYes on the Alice plush!!!!! β€οΈ
2019-12-16 16:05:41 +0000 UTCI love little Asylum Alice! I love what Dario is doing with the landscape art! Its gorgeous! Also happy belated birthday :)
2019-12-16 16:05:21 +0000 UTCDon't get me wrong, i like the Asylum Alice plush idea but still, i like the Denial Dress Alice more (i would love the Asylum version for myself but my 4 year old wanna have the Alice with the Denial dress....).
Jessi St.
2019-12-16 16:05:12 +0000 UTC
