I know it's been a minute since my last release. I wanted to share a few things with everybody regarding what's happening right now.
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TL:DR I <3 Excalibur and new releases will be slowed down a bit for a while.
Firstly, as always a big thank you to all of you. All the feedback and happy new RL REMA holders really make this endeavor a lot of fun for me. I do regret to say that new releases are going to be slowed down a bit for a while. The store will still remain open and all my items will still remain for sale, but new models won't be every 2(ish) weeks like it has been. My family is currently going through some serious medical issues and is occupying most of my free time. The stress of this situation is making it very difficult for me to find the time or motivation to run the 3D printers all day. I plan on still designing things during this time, so there will be more releases when this situation settles down. Thank you for understanding.
Second thing I wanted to share was regarding this release. Excalibur was not a very highly requested item by the community, but I decided to make one for myself. Excalibur has always had a special place in my FFXI life. Paladin and Dark Knight were my 2 favorite jobs. I liked the duality of playing both jobs. My love for Paladin honestly started with my first interactions with Rooks. Back in 2003-2004 Rooks was awesome enough to help out my CoP static through the chapters 7 and 8. Rooks had his Excalibur and it was the first time I had ever seen a relic. Seeing this gorgeous weapon and how invincible Rooks was made me strive to reach that level. Excalibur was my first love, but my second relic. I finished my own Excalibur around 2010 and got to really enjoy it during the 75 content. It's always been one of my absolute favorites.
I know I'll get a lot of questions about how I finished this prop and got it to look so realistic. I had hoped to create a video highlighting how I did it, but with everything going on I didn't shoot any video. I'm not saying a video won't ever come out, but not just yet. The process really is not difficult, just time consuming.