u/Targ_Whisperer

I'm sure I'm missing something elementary here. I downloaded this mesh from CGTrader so I'm assuming it's a good one. I've been able to successfully layer a paper texture over a box, put a smart materials layer over it, put a metallic layer over that, mask it, and paint graphics onto it. I was very happy with the result - a graphic that looks like a tuck case for playing cards. However, now I've downloaded a mesh for a playing card, and I want to place PNGs over it, but I can't get it to display at all. I've uploaded a screenshot.

https://preview.redd.it/inb7czx8wd2h1.png?width=2012&format=png&auto=webp&s=b04449f3d24eeaace1a900428bf6838b3e0dc805

I am unable to get a password reset link from them, and my wife has been unable to register there. Nothing in the spam folders for either one of us. A poster there has been kind enough to ask the admins to help. I was told they had reset my account, but I'm still unable to get a password reset and I've been unable to contact them. I've also heard from a friend on the Kings Wild Discord that he was unable to register. Just wondering if anyone else is going through the same thing.

Last summer, I ran a very modest Kickstarter, a playing card deck. At first, I set a $3000 goal, but the project started so poorly that I canceled it and relaunched with a $1000 goal. It funded with $2740, so that turned out OK.

I've been reading this subreddit, and tried to take in the advice here about getting as strong a pre-launch campaign out there as I could. I have a far better deck, with some nice add-ons. Because I included a more expensive card stock for the tuck cases, and the add-ons include brass medallions and coins, my MOQ also rose, and my material costs soared to ~$9700. With this in mind, I set a funding goal at $12K.

Although I put links and updates into every playing card group and subreddit I could find, I barely had 50 followers at launch time. I tried Meta ads to drive more traffic, but I couldn't see an appreciable rise in pledges. Right now, I'm 10 days into a 30 day campaign, 38% funding. My follower to conversion rate is 21%, so I think I have more of a visibility problem than anything. I worked very hard on the campaign images and text, and think it's very solid. I contacted Jellop today and they sent a form letter, and I never heard further from them. No doubt the campaign didn't match the funding rate they look for. Since the deck and add-ons commemorate the 250th anniversary of America, I have expanded to what I probably should have done in the first place - finding as many history and Americana groups/subreddits as I can that allow self-promotion.

Because it's not Friday, I can't post a link, but the name of the project is "Banners of Freedom."

On edit: it's Friday, so here's a link:

Banners of Freedom — A Semiquincentennial Playing Card Set https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/srodelljr/banners-of-freedom-a-semiquincentennial-playing-card-set

Banners of Freedom is a 2-deck set commemorating America's semiquincentennial. Each of the suits is based on an early American flag: Gadsden, Pine Tree, Bedford, and Betsy Ross. As add-ons, the campaign includes a 3-inch antiqued brass medallion and a 4-coin set (1.5" each), also antiqued brass. Come check it out here, and thanks for reading!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/srodelljr/banners-of-freedom-a-semiquincentennial-playing-card-set

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