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Hey Everyone,
Hope all is well. I had some delays but I am happy to announce that my Wild West Playing Card Project is finally ready to launch in June! We have completed the art work on the cards. Each deck will have all custom faces and backs. The Lawmen deck will depict Historical Wild West law legends and the Outlaw deck will depict Historical Wild West outlaw legends. Here are a few pics of the face cards and tuck boxes. Let me know what you think.
I wanted the images of the cards depict the real historical figures but I wanted to still have the "playing card" feel to the portraits.
Little Background on some of the Legends in the deck:
King of Clubs - James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok of the Lawmen Deck of the Wild West Playing Card Project.
"Wild Bill of the American Old West is known for his skills as a scout, lawman, gunfighter and gambler. He was a professional gambler who was involved in several notable shootouts. In 1876, Hickok was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon. The poker hand he supposedly held at his death has become known as the dead man's hand. There are a few hands that were suspected of being the Dead Man's hand but the most widely accepted was black aces and black eights." per Wikipedia
Outlaw Deck's King of Spades: Jesse James.
Jesse James was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, gang leader and was the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. The James brothers were most active as members of their own gang from around 1866 until 1876.
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