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Monster Scouts is a real-life Scouting community of oddballs who love Halloween, Monsters, Making and playing games. It's for adults (and kids) and... monsters.
Mini-handbook is suitable for the pocket, Scouts satchel, or Dark Library
2017 COPPER GOBLIN SPIRIT BADGE
2017 SILVER SASQUATCH SPIRIT BADGE
2017 GOLDEN OWLBEAR SPIRIT BADGE
2017 PLATINUM VAMPIRE SPIRIT BADGE
2017 MEMBERSHIP CHEVRON PATCH
MONSTER SCOUTS CAMP CUP
This is a simulation; it'll look something like this.
2017 Camp Cup
PLEDGE LEVELS
COPPER GOBLIN
Get started with the Monster Scouts by snagging this fancy COPPER GOBLIN badge (Depicting WWI Military Goblin Hero Bloth Hopkins), Monster Scouts Membership Card and Membership Certificate (Signed by hand, by Monsters Scouts Founder Baron Davis, probably around 1917.)
COPPER GOBLIN 2017 Spirit Badge (Just over 1 inch, iron on backing)
2017 Monster Scouts Membership Card
2017 Membership Certificate hand-signed by founder Baron Davis.
SILVER SASQUATCH
Things get more PINEY with the SILVER SASQUATCH badge (showing long-time Tree-Scout "Dave") with everything the COPPER GOBLIN offers, along with
SILVER SASQUATCH 2017 Spirit Badge (Just over 1 inch, iron on backing)
2017 Monster Scouts Membership Card
2017 Membership Certificate hand-signed by founder Baron Davis.
Embroidered Membership Sleeve Chevron Patch
Soft-enamel Metal Pin (KS Exclusive) with Antique Silver finish
PLUS COPPER GOBLIN Spirit Badge
ALL STRETCH GOALS
GOLDEN OWLBEAR
We think that you'll agree that Owlbears are sacred and majestic creatures. That's why we oppose all who threaten or hunt them.
GOLDEN OWLBEAR 2017 Spirit Badge (Just over 1 inch, iron on backing)
2017 Monster Scouts Membership Card
2017 Membership
Certificate hand-signed by founder Baron Davis.
Embroidered Membership Sleeve Chevron Patch
Soft-enamel Metal Pin (KS Exclusive) with Antique Silver finish
PLUS COPPER GOBLIN, SILVER SASQUATCH Spirit Badges
ALL STRETCH GOALS
PLATINUM VAMPIRE
Rothram Vine (Feratu) rescued Baron Davis from a devastating fall down a crevasse (into a Wraithling grave), and subsequently saved his life. Rothram defended Baron with his platinum-laced blade, but he ultimately made the ultimate sacrifice in the process. This Hero is now known as the "Platinum Vampire".
The PLATINUM VAMPIRE patch honors the sacrifice Rothram Vine made to protect our Founder.
PLATINUM VAMPIRE 2017 Spirit Badge (Just over 1 inch, iron on backing)
2017 Monster Scouts Membership Card
2017 Membership Certificate hand-signed by founder Baron Davis.
Embroidered Membership Sleeve Chevron Patch
Soft-enamel Metal Pin (KS Exclusive) with Antique Silver finish
PLUS COPPER GOBLIN, SILVER SASQUATCH, GOLDEN OWLBEAR Spirit Badges
Enamel Monster Scouts Camp Cup
ALL STRETCH GOALS
PLATINUM VAMPIRE'S PORTRAIT (1)
This pledge level includes everything from the the PLATINUM VAMPIRE pledge level, along with an original painting by Daniel m. Davis. It's painted on wood with acrylics, and features an embedded leather patch (from Rothram's hat) staked on with 12 brass nails (from his favorite coffin).
An original painting of the original Platinum Vampire
PLATINUM VAMPIRE 2017 Spirit Badge (Just over 1 inch, iron on backing)
2017 Monster Scouts Membership Card
2017 Membership Certificate hand-signed by founder Baron Davis.
Embroidered Membership Sleeve Chevron Patch
Soft-enamel Metal Pin (KS Exclusive) with Antique Silver finish
PLUS COPPER GOBLIN, SILVER SASQUATCH, GOLDEN OWLBEAR Spirit Badges
ALL STRETCH GOALS
Enamel Monster Scouts Camp Cup
PLATINUM VAMPIRE original painting
ART SKULL BADGE (worth 300 points on the leaderboard)
PLATINUM VAMPIRE'S SATCHEL
This pledge level includes everything from the the PLATINUM VAMPIRE pledge level, along with Rothram Vine's "antique" canvas satchel. It features over 50 antique leather badges, hand-sewn Witch Stitches (along with his personal Blackberry signet stitch), and is custom-lined with a study brown canvas.
A unique relic from the Monster Scouts Archives
PLATINUM VAMPIRE 2017 Spirit Badge (Just over 1 inch, iron on backing)
2017 Monster Scouts Membership Card
2017 Membership Certificate hand-signed by founder Baron Davis
Embroidered Membership Sleeve Chevron Patch
Soft-enamel Metal Pin (KS Exclusive) with Antique Silver finish
PLUS COPPER GOBLIN, SILVER SASQUATCH, GOLDEN OWLBEAR Spirit Badges
2 Steel enameled Camp Cups
ALL STRETCH GOALS
PLATINUM VAMPIRE original painting
RELIC BADGE (worth 750 points on the Badge leader board)
Includes rare and unreleased prototype badges
Comes with the FOUNDER Badge, #36. A rare find in this market.
We call the leather badges "Antique" because they darken as they age
RELIC Spirit Badges only come on Relics. (Only 3 have been released so far.)
The back of the satchel features our credo
Inside is custom-lined with brown cotton duck canvas
Weather flap features custom Witch Stitches for protection
HOW DO I ADD MORE STUFF?
You can add more REWARDS by adding additional money (USD) to your pledge level. Later, in the survey, we'll ask what those funds were for.
Add $25 for each additional CAMP CUP (Retail $30)
Add $10 for each additional Mini-Handbook (Retail $15)
Add $5 for a Certificate + Card set (1 of each) (Retail $10)
Add $6 for each addition enamel pin (Retail $10)
Remember: Only Platinum Vampire level can add a Camp Cup.
You can add more of something from your pledge level or below, by simply adding more money to your pledge. (We'll ask later in the survey what that money was for.)
If you order 3 additional Camp Cups, please add $4 per cup for additional shipping. (I know, but shipping is EXPENSIVE.)
STRETCH GOALS
$51 of stretch goals unlocked for Silver and above
On the final Survey, we'll ask for links to your social media profiles so that we can check.
Follow these rules and we'll include this White Crow Spirit Badge with your pledge - for free!
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH BADGES?
Monster Scouts adhere them to all sorts of things... primarily their satchels, though we've seen them on hats, vests, jackets, sashes, uniform shirts...
BADGES IN THE WILD
Scout Mumbles & some of his badges
Yesteryear Every Year
Scouts Vinny, Ron, Megan & Melissa
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE FUNDS
If we're lucky enough to have success with this Kickstarter, we're going to reinvest the funds to do more Monster Scouts stuff:
We're going to have more Spirit Badges produced
We're working on a podcast from 1913
We're starting development on a Monster Scouts LIVE game
Less Comicons and more Monster Camps
HISTORY
Started in December 2014 by Daniel & Dawna Davis, of Steam Crow, the Monster Scouts started out simply as a line of Spirit Badges to accompany the other illustrated monster goods that they were making.
Soon, folks started to dress up as Monster Scouts at comic conventions, doing missions to earn free Spirit Badges, and then demanding Campouts where we could all hang out together.
It has been amazing.
In 2015 we made the move from leather to cloth badges, to keep up with demand, and did so through a successful Kickstarter.
MONSTER CAMPS
This August, we're doing Monster "SHINDIG" Camps in 4 more states.
We still have some camp site opening:
SHINDIG COLORADO - AUGUST 4-8
SHINDIG IDAHO - AUGUST 11-13
SHINDIG WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18-20
SHINDIG CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 25-27
WHO IS BEHIND ALL OF THIS?
We're Dawna and Daniel Davis, and we're the husband and wife team who run the brands STEAM CROW and the MONSTER SCOUTS.
Steam Crow is 11 years old, and we've been making art, exhibiting at comicons and doing what we love the whole while.
We've done 5 successful Kickstarters over the years, and hope to make this one a success as well. We've managed to deliver all of our Kickstarters on time, and our success is ultimately dependent upon YOU, and making YOU HAPPY.
Risks and challenges
Sometimes things can go wrong, but we're veterans of Kickstarter and making Monster Scouts stuff... and we'll adjust along the way.
We've worked with most of the suppliers for this project, and the art is done on just about everything, except the HANDBOOK, which we're working on right now. But, we should have it done by the time the campaign finishes, and we don't expect it to delay anything. (The book will only take 3 weeks to print.)
We're camping all of August with our Monster Camps, so it seems unlikely that we'll be delivering before September. (Our goal.)
In any case, these Kickstarters (basically YOU) are important to us, and we intend on delivering as our reputation (and your satisfaction) matters.
Your furry friend from the forest is the Silver Sasquatch!
It includes the exclusive Silver Sasquatch Badge, a 2017 Membership Card, Copper Goblin Spirit Badge, embroidered 2017 Sleeve Stripe patch, KS Exclusive Soft-enamel pin, and Membership Certificate, signed by Baron Davis, and ALL STRETCH GOALS.
A regal beast festooned with feathers and crown needs YOU!
It includes the Golden Owlbear Spirit Badge, the Silver Sasquatch Badge, a 2017 Membership Card, Copper Goblin Spirit Badge, embroidered 2017 Sleeve Stripe patch, KS Exclusive Soft-enamel pin, and Membership Certificate, signed by Baron Davis, and ALL STRETCH GOALS.
He's got style, he's got class, he just bit your... neck!
It includes the Platinum Vampire Spirit Badge, Golden Owlbear Spirit Badge, the Silver Sasquatch Badge, a 2017 Membership Card, Copper Goblin Spirit Badge, embroidered 2017 Sleeve Stripe patch, KS Exclusive Soft-enamel pin, and Membership Certificate, signed by Baron Davis, and ALL STRETCH GOALS.
He's got style, he's got class, he just bit your... neck!
It includes the Platinum Vampire Spirit Badge, Golden Owlbear Spirit Badge, the Silver Sasquatch Badge, a 2017 Membership Card, Copper Goblin Spirit Badge, embroidered 2017 Sleeve Stripe patch, KS Exclusive Soft-enamel pin, and Membership Certificate, signed by Baron Davis, and ALL STRETCH GOALS.
Platinum Vampire Portrait. Hand painted with acrylic paints by a tipsy slyph, there will only be ONE offered... this is it.
It was recovered from a Goblin Junkyard Shoppe, over in Tennessee, in 1938, but then was lost again in a gambling "accident".
A unique, one of a kind item, it comes with an Art Skull 3 badge - 300 points on the MonsterScouts.com leaderboard.
It includes the Platinum Vampire Spirit Badge, Golden Owlbear Spirit Badge, the Silver Sasquatch Badge, a 2017 Membership Card, Copper Goblin Spirit Badge, KS Exclusive Soft-enamel pin, embroidered 2017 Sleeve Stripe patch, Camp Cup, and Membership Certificate, signed by Baron Davis, and ALL STRETCH GOALS.
A vintage-style Monster Scouts satchel, outfitted with every "antique" leather badge that we could find, along with hand-sewn witch stitches and weathering. A unique, one of a kind item, it is a RELIC offering 750 points on the MonsterScouts.com leaderboard.
It includes the Platinum Vampire Spirit Badge, Golden Owlbear Spirit Badge, the Silver Sasquatch Badge, a 2017 Membership Card, Copper Goblin Spirit Badge, KS Exclusive Soft-enamel pin, embroidered 2017 Sleeve Stripe patch, 2 Camp Cups and Membership Certificate, signed by Baron Davis, and ALL STRETCH GOALS.