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Hello my beloved friends!

As you may have noticed, I have been less present these last few days for personal reasons. I sincerely apologize. Nothing serious, rest assured, but it concerned things that had to be settled immediately.

So I am here tonight to give you a little recap of the projects, get your opinion and define with you the next weeks! :)

First point: Hot Wheels / diorama Back to the future!

New buildings are currently in work. It takes me a little more time than I thought, because this time we are talking about a strip of 4 buildings side by side, which requires more work and planning. On the other hand, the project is progressing well. I just want things to be perfect, or almost, like I usually do.

Now the second point; Let's talk about something that is coming "soon" for all of us; Christmas!

Although Halloween has not yet arrived, we all know that the Christmas period is very busy for all of us. My question is very simple: Do we start launching the Christmas designs now? I have a TON of ideas and projects, all I need is to know when you want to start printing them! Leave me your comments below.

Third point: The database, better known as Dropbox!

Another thing that is currently taking me time is my search for a better way to host the files. Ideally with a clear directory and thumbnails to see the projects. It's coming, I'm on it with my sweetheart, and in a while I should be able to migrate to something more user-friendly.

Before it goes into the comments: Unfortunately, for the moment I don't want to go with MyMiniFactory.

For several reasons of my own, including this one:

When I started, I used several platforms including MyMiniFactory. Of all the platforms I've tried, this one is by far the least profitable and I've even lost money on it. Unfortunately, MMF is very good at sharing dragons and articulated minis, figurines and other similar models that are the big trends, but when it comes to promoting other types of designs, the visibility is almost zero and I haven't had any good results with MMF. To give you an idea, for the same period, when i started creating models, Cults brought me more than 10x more income than MMF. One of the admins of MMF wants me to send him an email so we can discuss about it but for the moment I'm not at all convinced and I'm looking at other options.

Finally, since I have been absent these last few days, I have a lot of private messages to answer. I ask you to be indulgent if possible, I will come back to you all one after the other by tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest. I thank you very much for your understanding.

Thank you all for loving what I do and for being so many to support me! It is truly wonderful to create for you and I promise to put stars and magic in your eyes for Christmas time!!!

I wish you all a fantastic day and a wonderful week!!!

Pascal.

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sharon haley

Would love Christmas files now!

Thomas Jannicelli

I'd love to start doing Christmas stuff Possibly an old Christmas delivery truck like a pickup

Brandy

I’m ready for Christmas anytime of the year! Love what you do for us😊 Anything GRINCH😊

Maureen Nemetski

Any chance for a Chanukah design? Thank you!

Jake Flynn

Personally I like the Patreon+Dropbox method better than anything else I’ve seen. But also understand the potential for something that lets one browse easier. Good luck on the search!

Tvhawk

A solution that still allows bulk download capabilities would be nice too.... i don't always keep up to date and it is nice to be able to grab everything I have missed all at once.

Trisha Brown

I've been debating printing your old Christmas stuff, and would love new "additional " inserts for the bobble

S3D

Yes now is the time for Christmas stuff. It is already all over the shops so if we're going to play in that market we need to be putting stuff out now (as much as it pains me to say that).

Jeff Robinson

I share the same view, Christmas items now would be great!

Game Box Designs

As others are saying, Christmas. I'm pretty much done with my Halloween prints and will be starting my Christmas prints soon. If you've had issues with MMF, you may want to look at Thangs.

Over The Hill

Definitely start Christmas now. Need time to test, tune, photograph, list and print inventory

The Dragon Burrow Designs

I for one vote for Christmas as soon as possible. I am already starting Christmas prints and need time to get them made.

Mia Bagger

I'm really glad you're considering something other than Dropbox. Google drive could be an option.

MARK J PERLMAN

Hex3d has a nice website with everything you mentioned. Maybe you could reach out to him and find out who hosts it.

Joanne LeBlue

I’m so glad you aren’t going with MMF . I subscribe to 3 patreons, none that use mmf. Hex 3d is one. I like that we have access to the entire catalogue. I went for about 6, or more, months where not one of the files interested me but I had lots to print from the back files so I kept pay

Frédéric Lallement

For me Dropbox is not an issue ... Simply keep a " one image thumbnails index" per month is enough I shared on Facebook the full "one page thumbnail index" up to June 2024 ... And I find it already very useful to browse and find past projects... So ...is the time and energy needed to move out of Dropbox worse it ? No sure And Small remark... Yesterday I posted the officiel launch of the Google drive "sharing remix" for your (us) Patreon community

Jane Bygrave

I've already been printing Christmas for the past month so yep any new designs send our way. I'm happy with Dropbox and don't have a problem accessing the files, thumbnails would be great though. I'm not a fan of mmf myself and would prefer to stay on patreon but you have to do whatever you want to do and I will follow 😂

Shredder3D

Yes for the Christmas stuff! We will start printing Christmas around the 15th of this month, Would love to see something that takes about the same time on printing that the coffins did, something with a lid that snaps on to put small items in, not really thinking Christmas gift box as there will be multiple of those, but not sure what else, maybe also a advent calendar of some sort that isnt tooo detailed that it takes along time to print, but something that we can keep in the 20 range when printing to sell. Coffins have been a huge hit, we have sold almost 500, I have a system for gluing down pretty good at this point! lol

Shredder3D

Oh and I love dropbox!!!

Sharon Devereux

I can't wait to start printing new christmas stuff!

Bla Bla

Yes for the Christmas stuff!

Tvhawk

It's a 'self hosted' forum software and he's got a whole admin team that manages everything with it. Forums require a LOT of upkeep and monitoring.

Pascal

Noel tout de suite svp

Kelley G

yes for Christmas !!

Rebecca Beale

I love the fact you don’t use myminifactory! I hate that site. I would also be a go for Christmas items! Back to the future hot wheels? I’m totallly down for that! Thank you for all your hard work!

Mike Boock

Yes ready for Christmas! Maybe a Christmas Mansion style house? I only have 1 other Patreon and he switched to Thangs and I have to say I really like that. Thanks for all of your designs, You are the best!

Nekuian

Incredibly excited for the Back to the Future release!

Kirk

Im ready for Christmas

Mrstrikerace

Yes, would love to see the Christmas stuff so I can start printing now. <3

Connie Clinton

Yes definitely CHRISTMAS! Need Christmas please!

Rune Drange

Christmas soon , just printing some off your old designs . I am hoping for something nice for the xmas tree

Adam Jones

It would be great to get started on Christmas projects. Time flies by so darn fast, and Christmas will be upon before we know it!! Thanks for sharing all of this with us, and also thanks for all the hard work you & your sweetheart do for us!!!!

Bernadette Kruk

Would love to start printing some Christmas now. Thank you for asking.

Charlie Kent

Yes to releasing Christmas now. Holy cow, I’m glad you released Halloween early because it gave me a couple months to build up prints. Then did one event and got wiped out. 😁

Gwynnevere

Very excited for the Back to the Future fun! Ready for Christmas goodies to be released, too :) Thanks, Pascal

Courtney B

voting for Christmas stuff now please! Loving everything from you!

Mattis Matters and More

since I joined after Christmas last year... I am right now catching up on all the Christmas stuff from last year and before... so yes Christmas soon!! :)

David

Hot wheels more hit wheels. lol but yes Christmas now lol

Ian Holloway

Halloween, while fun, doesn't sell in my area. Our local $ stores are very busy and buyers throwout their decorations each year - no interest in a cool / quality decoration. Christmas is a different story as there some customers collect but ALL give gifts. I vote to get started ASAP.

Jake Ezzo

Yes to christmas! I'm reallllly hoping for a dreidel or hannukah-themed fairy house and/or countdown this year. SOOO many people in my area have requested it.

SubSector3d

I vote Christmas now, holidays always come up super fast and time is more limited due to holiday events etc.

M_Dragonsblood

I have a few Jewish people who have been asking for these items also. I think if I carried both Christmas and Hanukkah items it would please both sides. Even a menorah would be great to have then it can be printed in sizes to suite people's needs.

Darknynja

I don't know if you've heard of Hex3D Patreon but he has a very nice way of organizing his files. Out of all the Patreons I sub to his is the easiest to navigate but, it does seem like it may be a big undertaking to switch over to that type of catalog. I'm perfectly content with the way yours is now but on the other hand I can imagine it's a bit overwhelming to new subscribers.

Jake Ezzo

Yes! I decorate my classroom with a lot of these things, and live in a heavily jewish area and they always ask. I reprint the winter stuff in Hanukkah colors, but I'd love something for them specifically.

Miss3D

A big YES to Christmas! It would be great to have a Christmas market for the Xmas village, just an idea :P

TinyRiots

Yes, Christmas now! =) Can't wait!

Tan

Can you also do general "winter" stuff and not just Christmas? I'd like things that can be used for a few weeks after too. Like a fireplace (the Gothic tea light fireplace with minor adjustments would be AWESOME!), a wreath, some snow themed things. Maybe a snow globe? I'd love a winter fireplace tea light, and you pretty much have one already. Maybe some cocoa mugs instead of pumpkins, a sock or a garland to hang or display, or some mistletoe.

Joan Dubois

New subscriber. I don’t have Dropbox. If you can provide files with pictures in another format I would greatly appreciate it. Great job on the Christmas countdown. I printed it with zero issues - so thankful. Yes to more Christmas.

dkev

I just printed the desktop fireplace. Gingerbread Train and ornaments are next. So yes. More Christmas prints please.

Kevin 3D Prints Stuff

you don't need dropbox to access the files. Dropbox is hosting the files. You just need the password, which is in the pinned post. You can download the whole folder to your computer after accessing it.

Schmantz

A few others use Discord to access their files. It seems to be user friendly on our end. Not sure if you have checked it out. It might be a good solution...

Lisa Bergeron

Yesterday for Christmas stuff. I’ve been selling Christmas stuff already!!

Joe Flood

New Christmas stuff ASAP would be fantastic.

Joey

A big Yes on Christmas stuff

Brian & Michael Johnson

I just found you so I'm swimming in beautiful prints, but I agree - MORE CHRISTMAS!

Shelley Harding

was the back to the future one ever finished? I have a friend who would die for it!