Valyrian Steel
Lord Bloodraven and Prince Aemon the Dragonknight before him carried the Valyrian steel sword named Dark Sister (TSS: 81, 137)

Final Longclaw Approvals

We received the final Longclaw approvals back from GRRM today. This means we’re really really close. There are a few changes we need to do, just minor things, but as soon as those are done and we have a proof we’ll get some photos taken, put them up, and start taking preorders.

The main change that I think you all may be interested in is that we’ve decided to make the plaque white on gray. As you may recall the idea is that a bastard will use his father’s colors in reverse, however originally we were doing white on black instead of white on gray, as would be the case since the Stark colors are gray on white. Once we had the first prototype though we noticed a mockup of a gray plaque looked better, and well, since it was technically more accurate GRRM agreed and we decided to go with it instead.

On the topic of preorders, for our International customers, could you please respond with what country you are from? We need to compile of list of shipping costs for Longclaw to various International destinations and I’ll make the countries of fans that post here a priority so that those ones are done when we first start taking preorders.

In Non-Longclaw news, the Needle concept art is nearing completion.

49 Responses to “Final Longclaw Approvals”

  1. Maulkin  Says:

    Hi, I’m from France, maybe some of the people here will be interested. ;)

    Anyway, I’m really looking forward to seing more of Longclaw soon, good luck with the neraly released sword! :)

  2. Ken  Says:

    I’d be interested in seeing Canadian pricing

  3. kogs4  Says:

    Looking forward to seeing the pics! Shipping costs to Australia will be nice….

  4. Sinisterroo  Says:

    Whoo. How long will it be until preorders are actually taken? I don’t want to miss out on this :

  5. Wiseman  Says:

    I’m from France too !

  6. dk  Says:

    Shipping to Australia would be great :-)

  7. Sam  Says:

    Ireland

  8. Jim  Says:

    I know myself and a friend both want a longclaw, a needle, an ice, an oathkeeeper, a dornish spear… ok 1 step at a time, we’re in the UK

  9. Jon  Says:

    Shipping cost to The Wall would be appreciated!

  10. Emmet  Says:

    Send some Valyrian Steel to ireland! I’ll take 7!

  11. Francesco  Says:

    i’d love to see shipping cost for Italy
    Thank you very much !!!!

  12. Eli  Says:

    Wondering how the shipping to the North would be, in Alaska

  13. Scott  Says:

    Canada please! :D

  14. Vipep  Says:

    Canada

  15. Davieboy  Says:

    Hi, London (UK) Calling!

  16. Paul  Says:

    Austria please

  17. Siempre  Says:

    Belgium here and highly intrested!

  18. Jason  Says:

    Canada Please!!

  19. Michael  Says:

    One more to Canada, please!

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    Jon Says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
    Shipping cost to The Wall would be appreciated!
    —————
    “The Wall”, eh? :)

  20. Adamuz  Says:

    If you could make shippings to Spain, that would be awesome.

  21. ChrisN  Says:

    Another for Canada!

  22. Vertius  Says:

    Ireland here. It’s good to see plenty of Irish ASoIaF fans out there!

    Great to see Longclaw coming together at last. I’ve been here since the start!

  23. Havy  Says:

    well i’d like to know the shippings for Germany.

  24. Becky  Says:

    Wahey! You don’t know how excited this makes me! *happy dances*

  25. valyrian  Says:

    Hey folks, I don’t need to know how many people from a country want the sword, just which countries have fans. So, if your country has already been mentioned, you do not need to mention it again.

  26. SA_Avenger  Says:

    Belgium too

  27. paolo  Says:

    Italy!

  28. Tim  Says:

    Here’s a different sort of request for ya… I live just 20 or so minutes away from Lansing and was wondering if I might be able to pick Longclaw up and skip the shipping time/costs all together?

  29. valyrian  Says:

    As long as you’re able to do it during business hours, it shouldn’t be a problem for you to come and pick one up from the warehouse sure.

  30. David  Says:

    Canada!!! Quebec/Newfoundland

  31. gerrod  Says:

    We in Russia too in awaiting ;P

  32. Gil  Says:

    Shipping to GERMANY, please

  33. Paul  Says:

    Count one more for Ireland

  34. canuk  Says:

    Oh Canada!

  35. scott  Says:

    I had no idea you guys were based out of Lansing! I’ll definitely be making at least one appearance while I’m up north. As soon as Ice and Dawn are available, most definitely.

  36. Robert  Says:

    USA

  37. Vox  Says:

    A fan here from the Netherlands. I see all our neighboring countries are already represented, but I’d still like to know shipping costs to Holland.

  38. Chris  Says:

    Germany too! I’d like to feel the steel in my hand!

  39. Bones  Says:

    yes, since you guys are in America, can you go ahead and post shipping costs on that one?

  40. Clare  Says:

    Yet another for Canada

  41. Gustavo  Says:

    mexico would be nice…in case ive left before getting one…

  42. tAVO  Says:

    mexico!!!!…PLEASE!!!

  43. valyrian  Says:

    I’ll have to doublecheck, but Mexico, I believe, forbids the import of swords. So there may be such shipping problems.

  44. Jay  Says:

    Hey Guy’s
    Great to hear that you are making wonderful progress. Longclaw sounds fantastic. Keep the updates coming. Fan from downunder!

  45. tAVO  Says:

    dat sux…in that case ill take it with me when i go back…but please hurry up…

  46. nyv  Says:

    Hungary

  47. Pete  Says:

    Singapore.

  48. Chelonian  Says:

    Argentina :)

  49. Rod  Says:

    West Virginia!

    Okay, okay, technically it’s not a foreign country; but I think the mail takes just as long to get over the mountains.

    Can’t wait to get my hands on Longclaw. My wife is keen on the Needle sword as well.

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