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Greater Basilisk wrote:
Only ten ALSKs? 🙁
Yes. Ten that we will auction on Ebay. This is like what we do with the first ten of a new production color. That way we can auction them,(since we don’t have enough of them to sell direct) and still leave open the possibility that this (or a color similar to it)may be a limited production, or production color someday for the SK.
emerald212 wrote:Someone asked on another thread, but you haven’t answered and so it keeps getting bumped. I figured I be more obvious. 🙂
Also, will they be direct sales or regular production, if you do? Yes,and yes, they will be regular production.
I have trouble finding questions when they get buried. Just keep asking, ’till I respond!purpledoggy wrote:Will the OW be brought out in any new colors for regular production? Now that I have my scratcher I want to get an OW but of course I can’t find one (that I can afford). I’m not a fan of the ruby production color and I’m trying to decide what dragon I should save my money for. I guess I’m just looking for a hint if I should spend my time looking harder for a retired OW or just wait and save my money.
Oh, you are right, we need to do that one in a new color.. You want gold?
tfsculptures wrote:soooooooooo, considering the mass hysteria for the curls ( both old and new) that has been sustaining itself for quite a while and every place i call hasn’t had a curl for ages, are you considering bringing back the mama and papa curls in one or both of the new colors? if so i’ll stop the search for the oldies and patiently wait. regardless of my *needs*, they’ve been so popular on ebay, and they are an affordable size for buyers in shops to easily start their collection with or add to it…so what do ya think? although, what color egg would the mother have if she was painted in gold? a black egg? silver? hmmm. they’d look great in both colors!! (oh and violet flame too! ) squeeeeeeeee! thank you!
Yes, we will make those again(or at least the one with the globe) in some new color, sometime.
Dragon Master wrote:SPark wrote:No, because you’d still have the first white one ever made, DM, so no matter how cheap later ones get, yours would be worth more. Even without the number on it, I’m pretty sure it would still be worth more.
(And I’ll add that making everyone who dreams and hopes and prays for one of these unable to get one because they’re too expensive, just so that yours doesn’t get devalued, well…that’s not “fair” either. Life usually isn’t “fair.”)
sorry I just re read what I wrote I was not just talking about MINE being de valued I was talking about EVERY one sold so far being de valued since now they are selling for less thru an on line store. I guess it would all depend on how much the direct ones sold for. I was just thinking also would store ones even be possible? You said there is no drying space so what if you sell out and have a HUGE amount of back orders on them and can’t keep up with the demand??That is another reason to sell SK’s direct. So that we only sell what we got on hand. With regular production, we are expected to have in stock and immedialtely ship anything at any time. That wouldn’t work with these too well!tfsculptures wrote:awwwwww i love your thing about used to have a life.. i feel that way too, justifiably!!!!! wow, that should be my new slogan… as my b.f is out drinking with the guys partying it up on st. paddys day – i’m here in mismatched jammies, eating sardines, while chatting on here….. oh yeah babe! lol! we’re rockin! ahh, i like being by myself. people can get irritating sometimes!
mmm… sardines on rye with onions. Good thing to eat when alone.
drag0nfeathers wrote:I really like Violet Flame too. Autumn Leaf as well. I’m sure they will become production colors down the road SOMEDAY when Ruby, Black & Gold, Emerald Peacock, & Gold are retired 😆 You gotta plan ahead.
I’m still lying in wait for the Large PYO Dragon. That’s probably the only “keeper” I’ll ever own, LOL!Personally, I would love to retire “ruby”
and replace it with flame or violet flame.SPark wrote:Four questions about my FAVORITE color.
Quote:1. Was the violet flame SK a one of a kind, or could there be others?
That violet flame SK on ebay was a ooak.I may paint something similar in the future, such as a “blue violet flame” but never one exactly like that one.
Quote:2. Will violet flame ever be a regular production color?
Never say never, but I don’t think it will become a normal production color, it is a little over-the-top, color-wize.
Quote:3. If it’s not ever a regular production color, will you ever do a limited production run of something in that color?
A definite “maybe”.
Quote:4. Will you ever do violet flame fledgelings?
Squeaky firecats get the grease.
Quote:If I knew that there would be, eventually, a violet flame secret keeper that I could buy direct as a limited production sort of item, I would be SO very happy. That would be my dream. But even barring that, being able to get violet flame on something, anything, at a fixed price would be great. I really don’t like that just now the only option is hoping and praying that I happen to have extra money when one happens to sell on ebay and it happens to sell within my price range just then. (Not blaming you for that, of course, you run the business how you have to, I’m just saying that in an ideal world, I’d be able to save up for a year and just buy a VF SK. Although actually, come to think of it, in an ideal world you would recognize my worthyness and just give me a VF SK. *grin*)
I know. I’ll try to make SK’s more affordable..somehow.
Skylover wrote:I could be wrong, but I think that the very first hybrid emerald peacock old warrior sold for $4500.00.
I think it was too, but the high price isn’t listed on our ebay auction gallery. I think I remember it being a bluish one.You’d think I would remember something like that!
Snapdragon wrote:OK, I’m more awake now. I look back at all the things I’ve done in the last 12 years since I got out of high school, and I have to admit that the web hosting is the thing I enjoy the most. The problem is, it’s the most difficult task I’ve ever encountered.
I would say I’ve relied on self employment for about 70% of the last 12 years, I never stopped, even when working full time for someone else.
I have to admit that I’ve had thoughts lately of packing it all in, but even if I did, I’d still have to complete the back log of work, and then I’d be stuck paying off a bunch of expensive equipment myself, and I get really depressed when I think about all the work and money I’ve put in so far (basically over a year of my entire full time income from my last job).
I’m slowly getting things worked out, I mean, it’s hard when there is so much and you’re on your own. My GF wants to help but the reality is there really isn’t much she can do, if she takes care of the house and food and what not that is help enough but in her present state of hurting I spend most of my time telling her *not* to bend over and pick things up.. grr.. silly girl, I know she just wants to help and feels bad about it but c’mon, when you’re sporting a ruptured disc…
There’s lots of frustration in this house right now, and I just hope it doesn’t turn into something very ugly one day. If we can get through this year, get organized, get her all fixed up, then we can concentrate on buying a house and opening cafe #2 where I can move my office to, permanently! That’s been another big problem is being jerked around on my office space, I had to move three times in 2006 👿 Now it’s being done (quietly) through home but I know the landlord suspects something and it’s not allowed.. I’m just waiting to see if we get booted when our lease runs out in June… right when my baby needs to go for surgery.
But alas, don’t fear, I don’t plan on going anywhere. This is why I overspend on my equipment, it can handle whatever you guys want to throw at it and function without me.
Well, I am off to the cafe to build another server. 😉 This sounds very very familiar. John and I, and almost every one of our many friends that have their own buisinesses ask this constantly “Why am I doing this to myself?? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a 9-5 job, come home and turn on the tv, like Homer Simpson…instead of working every freaking minute of the day???.. and loose money doing it!(when you are jealouse of Homer Simpson’s life style, you know you are in trouble)
Ah yes. John and I talk about this a lot.
Charge more.Tyrrlin wrote:While at the on-post art (ceramics) shop, I was talking up the PYOs to the lady who works there. She might be interested in stocking some of the PYOs, but asked if they could stand up to the glazing process that the ceramics go through (I think) in order to create some of the effects they have. I wasn’t sure, but I said I’d ask.
So now I’m asking. Hopefully you know what she’s talking about because I don’t. 😛 The shop has a “class” every Tuesday night where people can come and paint ceramics that are then fired and glazed. (The part I don’t understand is the the unpainted ceramics are already fired/hard, so why would they be fired again?)
Would the PYOs be able to handle that kind of treatment?
No, you can’t fire gypsum.
Ceramic clay hardens because the high heat of firing drives off the chemically combined water in the clay body. This changes it forever, making it waterproof ( meaning it will never turn back into clay) and rock hard.
Gypsum sets up by itself with a chemical reaction that bonds water into its crystaline structure.
The glazes are painted onto the once-fired ceramic piece and then it is fired again. This turns the powdery glaze into a gorgeous glass coating.
Very cool.
We use gypsum instead of slip-cast clay for Windstones, because gypsum is one of the few materials that can be cast in a flexible rubber mold,which allows the sharp detailed undercuts. If you look at ceramic figurines, they will have very few, if any undercuts.
It is fun to go to a gift shop, or antique shop and analyze what each figurine is made of by the way it looks!
I love ceramics! It is totally fascinating.Making ceramic molds and casting them is so much fun.In the back of my head I still fantasize about setting up my kiln again.I have never seen that kind of crazing on any of the dragons we have here, which could mean … that it is caused by humidity? We have almost none of that here in So. Cal.
I really don’t have a clue what could be causing that.. We test the finish by soaking,freezing baking and refreezing pieces,and haven’t found this to happen, but that isn’t the same as years of humidity… and it seems to be most common on the bottoms?
What is the history of these dragons? Did you buy them new? Are they in humid environments? Any clues?Dragon Master wrote:you did this on this forum to help some of us feel like we belong to something special
You do!
