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Rats: a vampire's companion

Created by The Bestiary

A collection of pins around horror-themed rats, both spooky and cute.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

All the freebies explained!
6 months ago – Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 08:16:20 AM

I wanted to show off all the freebies you may be get when backing the project!

firstly, returning backers will be getting two cool (and exclusive to returning backers only) holo stickers! Ive picked the death rat and 'flying rat' design for these, but if you're a returning backer and think I should use another design, feel free to ask! They will either be 2.5 inch or 3inch.
Secondly, anyone who backs in the first 48 hours will get this cool multilayered keyring for free. (which will also be an add-on, at £8 each)


Third, Back this project and the Haunting Elegance project, and get these two pins free!
The monster rat girl will be from me, and the Frankenstein rat will be from them.

Click here to take a look at their project:


Finally, if you back this campaign AND two (or more) other pintoba campaigns (so 3 minimum) you will get this cute little sugar mouse pin!
You will also get a free pin from all the other campaigns you are backing! So for every extra campaign you back, you'll be getting more and more free pins!!!
Should we get 50+ people taking part in this 'trick or treat' free pin adventure (aka backing this project and two or more others), I will offer alternate colourways of the sugar mouse! Then you will be able to pick what colour you want at the end!

Traditionally, sugar mice come in pink(strawberry), white(vanilla) and yellow(lemon), but other colours may be an option. Should we hit that point, I will do a poll on what color(s) to unlock.     
I picked pink to start as it's my favourite type :)  




I think that's everything for now! There's a preview of all the pins we hope to unlock if you look at the launch/teaser page!  

Reworked the Rat king design!
6 months ago – Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 10:28:20 AM


Hello all! Just wanted to share the new version of the rat king! Basically the same but with the following changes: 
face changes and tweaks to make them more rattty! 
two-tone shadows instead of one (the previous one looked too dark and bold, hiding the details) 
lighter tails to match their paws and ears. 
Still planning on using black nickel plating but the effect I was using to try and give a metal effect was drowning out the lines and making them hard to see so I've removed that effect in the artwork. 
 
For the most part the project is almost ready to go! Just got to get quotes from the manufacures so I can work out price goals etc. You can expect the pins to be around £14 each (excluding postage) (discounted if you get a 2 pack or 3 pack) If this changes for whatever reason I will let you know. 

I will do another post closer to the time to show you all the freebies! :D 

feel free to comment any questions and so on! 

Last poll! (for now!)
6 months ago – Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 02:33:08 PM

Last poll for now to vote on the 5th unlock! This is also the preview to the last two pins that I am revealing before launch! The 'angel rat' and the 'devil rat!' (There are a couple of others being worked on, but those will be a surprise!) The remaining pins will go in an order of my choosing based on previous poll results :)  
Also if there are any other pin ideas (or other items) in the theme of rats/vampires/Halloween that you'd love to see me make feel free to comment below!

next poll!
7 months ago – Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 02:04:32 PM

Ok so the death rat (followed by the 'my fiend' pin) won the last poll so they will be the next two unlocks!
so it'll be:
rat king, death rat, my fiend!
So which one will the fourth pin on the list too unlock?!

Here is the full art of the next four options! -tweaks to the designs might still be made, but if there is it'll be minor)

rat-infested vamp skull


naked rat!

Nosferatu (1922 version)


flying rat (aka vampire bat)


on another note I am also working on two designs for sticker books! These will be reusable notebooks, you can display any stickers you want inside! Perfect for all the stickers you end up with from the pintober event! (reusable means you can remove the stickers at anytime without damaging the special paper and put new ones in) 
 
I will also be doing a sticker pack which will contain most/all of the main pin designs, maybe with a few extra exclusive designs if I get the time :) 


Poll -help me decide what order to unlock pins!
7 months ago – Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 06:58:10 AM

With the rat king design being the first unlock, which one would you like to see go next?!
The top two results will be the second and third unlocks!
 


Rat king:

you have four to pick from currently in the below poll!  here is the full images to help you decide!
death rat:

Rat-infested Vampyr skull

Nosferatu -Count Orlok (1922 version)

My Feind 

Anyone can vote on the poll, and there's about a week or so to vote since we have a little while to go before October! Once the second/third one has been chosen, there will be another poll for the next choices with more designs reveiled!