Hey everyone,
I've started to narrow down my first CPC cash set design, and welcome any thoughts/feedback as I refine the chip design/quantities and begin to think about the inlay.
Received good advice about SAMPLES (and it's a theme across the forum), so I bought the CPC mold & color set, plus a Rounders sample. These were my first true clay chips, so was a bit surprised initially at how dusty they were - after a quick clean all the colors came out, although Dayglo Orange didn't seem to have any... glo? I also received a bunch last week of plastic/ceramic/clay at different price points from a few vendors and was able to compare all of them:
My initial thoughts were for the cheaper end of the spectrum, the Pharaohs were definitely much sharper in quality than my current Nexgen Pro classics with beveled edges vs sharp, however, they were too smooth and actually felt more 'plasticky'. The Nexgens have a faux texture on them so although they don't look as good, they feel better. I wasn't a big fan of ceramics from a texture and sound perspective, although the colors were good - they just didn't feel premium. I was really impressed by the bright colors on the Jumers, however the chips themselves were really dinged up and some quite dirty, with some edges worn all the way down to the THC imprint - so that put me off (although I'm conscious you could probably try to buy 'minty' chips to avoid this). I like the Rounders chips for feel, but apart from the 25c & $100 High Society sentimentality chip, not a fan of the rest of the colors. With all that being said, I convinced myself CPC custom was still the best path.
I played around with the Poker Chip Design Tool and my first few iterations were more of a wannabe Tiger Palace / Casa Mango dayglo set as that was what I've been drawn to recently. Once I actually received the color samples, it changed my mind completely about what I was looking for. I was drawn more to the retro colors as the base, then using the dayglo to highlight.
I used the Canva color wheel to try and help give me an idea of colors that would be complementary/triadic etc, was fun and interesting to play around with that: https://www.canva.com/colors/color-wheel/
So here is my current Retro Revamp iteration: 25c Blue, $1 white, $5 red, $25 green, $100 Black:
Aaaand then came the sticker shock. Some of my designs were higher 'L' levels, so initially, I was in the $3.4k region. I simplified most to be <=L5, so we're averaging $3.27 a chip.
I'm still playing around and researching on the forum the quantities vs denomination. I plan to host 10 person single table cash games, with .25/.25 $25-$50 buy-in on the low end, however, would like to host/grow to mid-level $1/$2 games as well. I eliminated the $0.05 chip from my design after reading a bunch of other opinions here, and I'm keeping the $100 really just for MOAR chip vanity. Here's my rough table:
In summary, after back and forth and admiring some cheaper options like some of the great custom ceramic sets here, I'm getting ready to take the plunge and it's now or never really. I'll start researching how to approach the inlay design aspect next, so appreciate any guidance to specific threads or folk for that.
Cheers,
Kam.
I've started to narrow down my first CPC cash set design, and welcome any thoughts/feedback as I refine the chip design/quantities and begin to think about the inlay.
Received good advice about SAMPLES (and it's a theme across the forum), so I bought the CPC mold & color set, plus a Rounders sample. These were my first true clay chips, so was a bit surprised initially at how dusty they were - after a quick clean all the colors came out, although Dayglo Orange didn't seem to have any... glo? I also received a bunch last week of plastic/ceramic/clay at different price points from a few vendors and was able to compare all of them:
My initial thoughts were for the cheaper end of the spectrum, the Pharaohs were definitely much sharper in quality than my current Nexgen Pro classics with beveled edges vs sharp, however, they were too smooth and actually felt more 'plasticky'. The Nexgens have a faux texture on them so although they don't look as good, they feel better. I wasn't a big fan of ceramics from a texture and sound perspective, although the colors were good - they just didn't feel premium. I was really impressed by the bright colors on the Jumers, however the chips themselves were really dinged up and some quite dirty, with some edges worn all the way down to the THC imprint - so that put me off (although I'm conscious you could probably try to buy 'minty' chips to avoid this). I like the Rounders chips for feel, but apart from the 25c & $100 High Society sentimentality chip, not a fan of the rest of the colors. With all that being said, I convinced myself CPC custom was still the best path.
I played around with the Poker Chip Design Tool and my first few iterations were more of a wannabe Tiger Palace / Casa Mango dayglo set as that was what I've been drawn to recently. Once I actually received the color samples, it changed my mind completely about what I was looking for. I was drawn more to the retro colors as the base, then using the dayglo to highlight.
I used the Canva color wheel to try and help give me an idea of colors that would be complementary/triadic etc, was fun and interesting to play around with that: https://www.canva.com/colors/color-wheel/
So here is my current Retro Revamp iteration: 25c Blue, $1 white, $5 red, $25 green, $100 Black:
Aaaand then came the sticker shock. Some of my designs were higher 'L' levels, so initially, I was in the $3.4k region. I simplified most to be <=L5, so we're averaging $3.27 a chip.
I'm still playing around and researching on the forum the quantities vs denomination. I plan to host 10 person single table cash games, with .25/.25 $25-$50 buy-in on the low end, however, would like to host/grow to mid-level $1/$2 games as well. I eliminated the $0.05 chip from my design after reading a bunch of other opinions here, and I'm keeping the $100 really just for MOAR chip vanity. Here's my rough table:
In summary, after back and forth and admiring some cheaper options like some of the great custom ceramic sets here, I'm getting ready to take the plunge and it's now or never really. I'll start researching how to approach the inlay design aspect next, so appreciate any guidance to specific threads or folk for that.
Cheers,
Kam.
I'll need to chew on that one a little longer, although I'm leaning towards having a few too many than too few. I think part of my quantity vs denom challenge is I don't have an established game setup yet - so don't have a feel for betting patterns/ depth, and I'm happy to host smaller stakes/ ad hoc friendly games where folk are somewhat new to the game. I'll play around with the quantities and post an update.
