I can (and I did, the coins are round and clips are not pieces of larger coins), but I try not to call on Brandon too often 'cause the man is busy, and he's got a lot more on his plate than Mistborn.
Most of the burden of research accuracy is on my shoulders, and he doesn't need to burn his time answering questions for me that could be answered by just reading the books thoroughly. Furthermore, asking him MB questions at this time draws him out of what he's working on right now (which isn't MB), and so I want to do that as little as possible. Certainly not for one or two questions.
I'm doing most of the reading myself, but every so often I just can't find a passage that I need. Brandon is notoriously scarce about descriptions, especially in his earlier novels... you might think this makes my job easier, but in fact it means every nibble of definition that IS written becomes that much more vitally important.
Many of the fans here have read the books more often than I have, and know the material well enough to remember things I miss, and so that's why I'm tapping you guys here. I want these designs to be as book-accurate as I can make 'em, and not just create stuff what I think looks cool. I get to do a lot of that anyway, but if I can make stuff that looks cool AND gets it "right", that's even
better.Most of the questions I have I can answer on my own. But when I can't, then I ask.