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I have just signed off on my set to be produced through CPC. I have wanted a custom set for many years and have finally been able to make it a reality. It took quite a bit of time to decide on spot patterns and colours. I had lots of opinions from my wife and daughter. As documented in the original thread. Once colours and spot patterns were decided upon my wife Stacey, who is a graphic artist starting working on the inlay. My original idea was based on the classic Dunes with the green on it. I love those chips and my first set of chips was the original Dunes Commemorative group buy. I wanted something similar and there have been some variations on that idea. Three Putt Poker from @links_slayer and Carmel Casino from @Eriks which to me has a similar feel. I think both of these sets are fantastic and I wanted to attempt capture something similar for my set.
As a family we have been fortunate enough to have gone to Maui 5 times so I have a very deep feeling for the island and thought it would be fun to base a fantasy casino with regards to it. There is a Royal Mauian condo in Kihei but I doubt it could ever pass for a Casino. I won't go through how many variations we came up with but the final artwork Stacey came up with is terrific. She has done a really nice job with shading on virtually every aspect. The addition of the shadowy hibiscus flowers in the background I think really adds a lot to inlay. The text on each chips is represented in the edge spot or the base chip depending on how we thought the colours look the best. In total I have ordered 550 chips, More than enough for a 6 or 8 man tourney and if I can ever get back to holding bigger tournaments I can mix the Dunes set in with these.
As a family we have been fortunate enough to have gone to Maui 5 times so I have a very deep feeling for the island and thought it would be fun to base a fantasy casino with regards to it. There is a Royal Mauian condo in Kihei but I doubt it could ever pass for a Casino. I won't go through how many variations we came up with but the final artwork Stacey came up with is terrific. She has done a really nice job with shading on virtually every aspect. The addition of the shadowy hibiscus flowers in the background I think really adds a lot to inlay. The text on each chips is represented in the edge spot or the base chip depending on how we thought the colours look the best. In total I have ordered 550 chips, More than enough for a 6 or 8 man tourney and if I can ever get back to holding bigger tournaments I can mix the Dunes set in with these.