Thursday, December 20, 2018

Countdown 'til Christmas Krampus Style


I took part in a Kickstarter campaign for the release of the 2018 Attic Cards Inked Nightmares Krampus set and just got the cards, perfect timing. 

If you aren’t up on your European folklore, Krampus is punisher of bad children. He travels around punishing bad children by some severe measures like spanking, chaining them up, eating them or tossing them in a sack. In some tales he travels with good ole Saint Nick during the Feast of St. Nicholas. Unlike Santa and his cold milk, Krampus is offered Schnapps so he has that going for him.

The set from Attic Cards is made up of 9 base cards, 3 metal cards and sketch cards. There are also printing plates and progressive proofs for parallels and 3 promo cards. I went with one of the lower end donations, so I got the base set, 3 metal cards and a sketch card but they tossed in the 3 promo cards and 2 progression proofs so that was a nice add in bonus.

The cards have a UV coating and are highly detailed with the full sized image on a red background, it appears like a burlap sack texture but it is smooth, and the backs are a snow globe type appearance with the front image repeated in the center but a closeup.

Base cards:
















 

Progression Proofs:



4 comments:

  1. Those are really nifty. Are we gonna get to see the sketch card?

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    1. I will be posting the sketch tomorrow morning

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  2. Very nice! Looks like you avoided the Krampus this year!

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  3. Kinda glad my parents didn't raise me with Krampus. That guy would have given me nightmares.

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