COAT OF PRIDE PRE-ORDER

SMOKE TESTS ARE OUT!
2 months ago – Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 02:10:22 PM

Dear amazing backers,

Thank you so much for your patience and support.

The day has come for us to launch our smoke test for our BackerKit survey!

What does this mean, and what is a smoke test?

Think of the smoke test as a test run for our survey that will help us make sure everything works fine with Backerkit's pledge manager before opening it to everyone. This means a few of you have received a mail inviting you to complete your shipping info on Backerkit.
After we make sure everything works fine, we will send the survey to every backer, so please check your email folders and spam if you may have received one of our survey mails yet and help us out by filling out your form as soon as possible so we may start sending out surveys to the rest of you awesome people ;D

We will send out another big update when we are ready to open the survey to all backers and will also open the BackerKit pre-order store for everyone who missed the Kickstarter. We will update you when all is ready to go!

In this survey you will be able to upgrade your pledge or add any add-ons you'd like. For the seasoned and weathered Superbacker, this may be old news, but for everyone who has never pledged to a crowdfunding campaign before (we have been there; we got you...it can be confusing from time to time), we have put together a little step-by-step guide on how to navigate your survey and claim your well-earned rewards!

                               Little, very not so short step-by-step survey tutorial

1. You will receive an email with an invitation to complete your shipping info and a link, which will bring you to the following page

2. Just click the "Get Started!" button to begin your survey.

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR PLEDGE LEVEL, this is where you will be able to do it! 

Simply click “Switch your Pledge Level”, located under the “Get Started!” button, which will open the following window.

3. Just choose your new pledge level and continue.

The price difference when upgrading a pledge will be paid by the end of the survey, while the amount gained when switching to a lower pledge will not be refunded; instead, you'll get a credit for the price difference, which you then can use toward additional add-ons.

Starting the survey, you will be brought to this page:

4. Here you can choose your preferred pin/or patch designs depending on how many pins and patches you pledged for during the campaign (excluding campaing add-ons, those come later ;D)

Just scroll down, choose your preferred design, and click the "Next" button at the bottom to continue.

Depending on how many pins or patches you have pledged, you will have to choose your designs for every single amount before moving on.

5. After this you will find several additional questions. They are not relevant to your pledge, and you can skip any of them to move forward. They are mainly for us to gather input from you about the campaign and future campaigns!

IMPORTANT FOR OUR LEGENDARY SUPPORTER BACKERS!

Here we will collect your email information to get in touch with you about your custom Coat of Arms design. You can type it in here, if you had not already shared your email with us. You can easily skip this step, if you have given us that info already!

IMPORTANT FOR OUR PRELAUNCH MAILING LIST BACKERS!

Since we have been asked before, where you can redeem your code for a FREE Kickstarter Exclusiv Sticker Set, when supporting our campaign through our mailing list. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN ENTER YOUR CODE, which you should have received with your first mail. If you do not have a code, just skip this step and move on through all the other questions until you reach this page:

This page will show you all your add-ons purchased during the campaign, depending on what and how many add-ons you chose you can make your selections of specific extra patches and extra pins by clicking the "Select Style" bar, next to the according add-ons.

If your hunger for extra pins and patches has not been satiated yet, this page is where you can purchase additional items at the special Kickstarter rate to add to your hoard! They will be charged together with your shipping cost at the end of the survey.

Scrolling down you will find all add-ons available during the campaign, as well as additional goodies! We added special sales offers for our bestsellers from our webshop and Prehistoric Pride Series, as well as our limited Custom Coat of Pride Commission, which was only available to the Legendary Supporter Tier, where you get to design your very own Coat of Arms with us, according to your vision!

Moving on to the next page, you will be asked to confirm your shipping address. Should you need to update your shipping info, you can do so until we lock the surveys (which will be by the end of this year). After that no more changes can be made to the survey and your shipping info.

At the end, double-check your pledges, add-ons, and additional orders and finish the survey by entering your card information and placing the order with BackerKit and paying the shipping fee.

We will receive your survey and update you when we are ready to ship!

I hope this helps, and should you still have any questions regarding your pledge, the survey, add-ons, or anything else, please feel free to contact us or the BackerKit support team!

Alright, let's do this, everybody!

Thank you so much for sticking with us on this journey... Sorry that it took a bit longer than planned...

Take care, everyone.

Cheers!

J&H

News and Updates on the Survey
2 months ago – Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 12:36:15 PM

This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.

COMMISSION PLEDGE!
3 months ago – Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 02:32:29 AM

This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.

Sticker Production, Payment Issues and Timeline Update!
3 months ago – Sun, Aug 02, 2026 at 01:56:17 PM

This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.

THANK YOU! WE ACTUALLY DID IT! THE CAMPAIGN HAS ENDED!
3 months ago – Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 01:32:00 PM

Hello there, you amazing, awesome people :D

We actually did it; the campaign is officially over and just...wow...just...woah...when we started, we at least wanted to get the first five designs out into the world, but man, you guys just crushed it!

Not only did we unlock ALL THE 15 DESIGNS, but we now can also turn these guys into PATCHES and even went as far as to help us get 6 ADDITIONAL DESIGNS unlocked within a matter of days at a point of the campaign where we were preeetty confident we would have to settle with like three extra designs unlocked. Nah, not with you guys :D

889% funded with over 35k is still mind-blowing to us. This is our first project of this scale, so I do not understate when I tell you how much thsi means to us how overwhelmed we still are by the result, the fact that we get to produce and share all these beautiful creations as things that will actually exist in the world, and you will be able to hold and share, and we truly owe it all to you!

So from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you all so very, very much, not just our amazing supporters and backers, but everyone who shared and lifted our spirits, left comments and thoughts of kindness, and shared excitement, but who also granted us input and inspiration for our designs and the creative process (shoutout to all the lovely queer Reddit forums out there. You guys are amazing!)

So, what comes next?

With the end of the campaign, we can now start focusing on preparing for the next phase. Our fulfillment of our promise to you to make these pins happen and to have them all shipped to you safe and sound.

But how does that work?

When do I get to choose my pins?

Can I add anything to my pledge if I would like more or even change my pledge level?

Well, we got you covered, introducing:

BackerKit is an amazing post-campaign tool that is extremely powerful and allows us to give you a TON of power over your pledges and changes you may have in the coming weeks!

We are sure many a seasoned super backer is very familiar with this process, but when I first backed a Kickstarter, I still remember the confusion. So we will keep it simple.

FUNDING

Kickstarter is now going to attempt to charge your cards—if your payment has an issue, they’ll let you know and give you a chance to fix it and reminders aplenty. So please check if everything is in order with your payment.

Kickstarter then is going to take approximately 2 weeks to release the campaign funds to us.

SURVEYS

-Once we have the funds, we’ll be sending a survey (via Backerkit) to the email you used to back the campaign! We've gotten a few messages so far asking us where you tell us what your selection is--this is where you'll do that! This will also apply to all your add-ons you got during the campaign. You didn't miss it, so don't worry.

-The survey phase is when you tell us which items you want, your shipping address, and pay for shipping.

-Since Backerkit is AWESOME, if you accidentally pledged for the wrong level during the campaign, you’ll be able to change it once surveys go out! Don’t worry about that.

-If you wanted a specific number of pins/patches/combos that weren’t in a tier, you’ll be able to add that to your order in BackerKit when surveys go out, no problem. We have got all the add-ons for Extra Pins, Patches, Sticker Sets, and even limited Custom Coat of Arms Commissions, which you can add to your existing pledge!

-For all our pre-launch mailing list backers who wish to redeem their code to receive their FREE Kickstarter Exclusive Sticker Set, you will be able to enter it in the survey, and we will add the set to your pledge free of charge!

Once these surveys go out, we will wait for you guys to come back to us with all the info we need. This will usually take around a month, since we want to be sure everyone has enough time to fill their survey out in peace and give us a good picture of how many pins and of what kind we need to produce.

We will, of course, keep you all updated about each step of the process, and remember kids: there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers, so should any questions still arise, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via Kickstarter or via our e-mail:

[email protected]

Late Pledges

Also, if you really wanted to support our Kickstarter but arrived too late to the party, worry not ( I know the pain deeply and am too familiar with it...). We will allow late pledges until the 15th of August!

So stay tuned, as more updates and news will drop in the coming weeks! This has been such a learning expierience on all fronts and if it may seem that we are a bit slow, it is just us wanting to make sure we do everything properly so you can have the smoothest and best experience getting your well earned rewards!

So for now, sit back and bask in the glow of knowing that all of you guys made this possible :D This is on you!!

That said, we are still blown away by all this love and support, and thank you yet again for making this project a reality!

Take care of each other, love thyself, and thank you all so very much!

Cheers!

J&H