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WILD WEST Playing Cards - Deadwood & The Black Hills

Created by Randy Butterfield (Midnight Cards)

Fully-Custom Playing Cards that feature historical legends of Wild West’s Deadwood and The Black Hills regions.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Face Cards layout and Luminosity
over 5 years ago – Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 07:00:14 PM

Hey Everyone,

I wanted to give a quick update, and show you the layout of the Face Cards for both the Deadwood and The Black Hills Decks. They’re JPG Proofs of the print files I sent off to Legends last weekend. Legends should have Digital Proofs ready to look over in a week or two!

Thanks, Randy


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Print Files Submitted and EMBOSSING
over 5 years ago – Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 07:55:41 PM

Hey Everyone,

I officially posted the print files for the WILD WEST: Deadwood & The Black Hills Decks last weekend. We’re very close to the Embossing Stretch Goal, so I included the Embossing art with the print files. So both Tuck Boxes WILL BE EMBOSSED!

Here’s a closeup of the Court Cards for legendary sharp shooter, Annie Oakley!

Thanks, Randy

My friend, Will Roya of PlayingCardDecks.com, has a great project funding with art that’s been digitally handpainted from scratch.

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playingcarddecks/late-19th-century-playing-card-reproductions-vanit?ref=user_menu

FUNDED!!!
over 5 years ago – Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 02:12:09 AM

Hey Everyone,

I'm always a little late with these type of Updates, but I'm proud to say we're past our Funding Goal!! Thank you for your support!!! We're in great shape for the first Stretch Goal - Embossing on both Tuck Boxes. Which will be great!

I have a few minor changes to the Courts that I want to finish up over the next few days, but after that I'll be prepping the print files for Legends. I will have the print files posted for Legends by the end of this weekend, and get a headstart on getting these Decks into production!

For this project, I plan to add closeups for a couple sets of Courts for each KS Update. I'm proud of the work, and I hope you'll notice some of the subtle details.

For this post, I'm including 2 of my favorites - Wild Bill Hickok and Seth Bullock. Wild Bill is considered by many as the first gunfighter of the Wild West. He's a legend! Seth Bullock was Deadwood's first Sheriff. Seth was also good friends with President Theodore Roosevelt, and was instrumental in creating the first National Park in the U.S. - Yellowstone National Park!

thanks, Randy