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[charitycase]

Listen y’all, and I don’t say y’all normally - Y’all need to call me.
Your art work is not where it needs to be, the colors, the pattern, the branding the stamp, the inlay.
Y’all need some help.

 

[elPadroni]

 

[Colquhoun]

 

[BarrieJ3]

No matter what, never will everyone be happy.

 

[BarrieJ3]

Kudos to whoever gets a housemold through a NAGB first.

 

[Cratty]

[Edit - was a response to an edited/removed post, but maintaining]

100% behind a good conversation on any chips and recommend people share their actual opinions and critiques, or ask for clarifications/thoughts from the designers on aspects if desired.

With any group buy or design, fully recognize that some themes will please some and not others, and some choices will be more divisive. I've personally also stopped giving a shit about mass appeal, I design for what I like and if folks like it too.. great. Ha

Take the Lucky's frac as an example, I fully knew along the way Barrie would hate it, but did so anyway because to me it felt right for the theme.

 

[BarrieJ3]

Take the Lucky's frac as an example, I fully knew along the way Barrie would hate it

Lies, you did not know that John Snow.

If it was a spotted yellow, then yes you would’ve known I’d hate it beforehand

 

[Cratty]

Lies, you did not know that John Snow.

If it was a spotted yellow, then yes you would’ve known I’d hate it beforehand

Ha, I've known you have had a distaste for brown fracs. Didn't we message on something to that effect before when chatting on my CPC samples? Lol

But I might be losing it these days, and too lazy to search PMs.

Edit: Hmm, maybe I made that up. Regardless, I had your distaste in mind!

 

[BarrieJ3]

Ha, I've known you have had a distaste for brown fracs. Didn't we message on something to that effect before? Lol

Ah maybe idk.

I truly have no eye for design so it changes over time as I’m exposed to more things.

Honestly I don’t know if there’s a frac I really love. IMO they’re the hardest chip to make meaningfully because in a perfect set they should be slightly more chill of a chip, yet would still be a chip you regularly see on the felt.

The battle is making it cool enough since it’s 1 of your top 2-3 chips in any set that has fracs yet needs to be simple if manifesting some sort of set cohesion.

 

[extreme517]

@Cratty I'm all for hearing design thoughts/considerations on the Lucky's chips!

I think you're right on to not care about mass appeal. That is not a parameter to design around in my opinion.

Most of the things I may question or ask about are simply because we have seen other sets recently and I would've ideally liked to see things most unlike the previous sets. But, I think it's okay to take a theme and design in a vacuum and not impose limitations because of other chip set spots and colors. So, these are not criticisms, but just my desires and/or questions for personal curiosity.

1) I love the spot pattern on the frac even though it's the same as the Faro Dunes frac. Oh well! I'm not big on brown chips, but it is a good frac color and I am anxious to see the bronze clay in person. I have a feeling I'm going to really like this chip! the spot pattern perfectly complements the 3 coin stamp and the colors are very earthy...I can't imagine ever getting tired of this look.

2) I like a non-standard $1, so I'm cool with the Lucky's arc dollar and wanting to see the stamp in person. I think I'll love this chip in play. That said, we have gotten other arc chips recently, so I would've rather seen something else. And, a different spot pattern would've been preferred or at least multi-color spots. But, I am seeing this chip is a huge crowd favorite and arc yellow is an amazing color so definitely not sad about it.

3) I absolutely love the $5! The dragon stamp and red/gold/yellow feels perfect and that spot pattern is cool to see utilized! The only thing I wonder is that Paulson has so many different red colors and we already saw royal red on the Faro $5. Still, keystone chip of the set and is truly great!

4) I love 3D14 and 4D14 chips. That said, the Lucky's $25 is a repeat spot pattern of the Faro $25 with so many other cool spot patterns in the Paulson arsenal. At the end of the day, a nice clean watermelon chip is all good by me anyhow! The cat stamp NEEDED to be on this chip...possibly best chip of the set if we never saw the $5...LOL!

5) I love the use of navy for the $100. It is functionally black and fills the role, but a nice little twist. Once again, spot pattern is the same as the Faro $100 and colors/spots are almost identical to the Rancho $20. These things are not bad at all, but would've liked to see something different. That said, if this is in a vacuum the Buddha 8 points, etc. thematically is great! Maybe bolder neon colors for the spots, but that might clash too hard with the navy base.

So, you can see most of my thoughts are just around repeat spots/colors from other recent sets and not really fair to impose on this one. I can see that this set could easily become my favorite of them all, but time will tell. I really love the Faro frac and blue dollar in play. The Rancho color scheme is bold and unique, so has a place of it's own. The 43mm cash set is simply elegant and classy. This Lucky's theme is probably the best of them all and your work on the stamps is truly the centerpiece!

Also, in my mind I wouldn't have chosen a red felt with red $5 chip in play, but I already know I am going to love the Lucky's felt with the Lucky's chips and the gold/bronze accessories (cut cards/button) are icing on the cake. This whole setup will be glorious!

And then my whole thing with card backs, too. I don't want the card backs to match the theme color-wise. I want the cards to stand apart from the felt/chips and be easily seen. So, that is a big part of why I want an school dark green/burgundy card back setup...just makes the most sense to me for functionality.

 

[extreme517]

Ah maybe idk.

I truly have no eye for design so it changes over time as I’m exposed to more things.

Honestly I don’t know if there’s a frac I really love. IMO they’re the hardest chip to make meaningfully because in a perfect set they should be slightly more chill of a chip, yet would still be a chip you regularly see on the felt.

The battle is making it cool enough since it’s 1 of your top 2-3 chips in any set that has fracs yet needs to be simple if manifesting some sort of set cohesion.

@BarrieJ3 I really want to felt an all arc chip set using the Faro frac, Lucky dollar, and Rancho 43mm $5. Aren't you the guy that wanted an all white chip set with different spot colors for each denom? All arc for the win!

 

[BarrieJ3]

@BarrieJ3 I really want to felt an all arc chip set using the Faro frac, Lucky dollar, and Rancho 43mm $5. Aren't you the guy that wanted an all white chip set with different spot colors for each denom? All arc for the win!

I read your first sentence and instantly thought oh no this poor guy, his ideas almost as bad as my all white set.

Then I kept reading

 

[extreme517]

I read your first sentence and instantly thought oh no this poor guy, his ideas almost as bad as my all white set.

Then I kept reading

Would everybody's retinas be burned out by the end of the night after playing with stacks of all arc chips everywhere on the table? There's at least one way to find out...

 

[doublebooyah85]

I assumed the OP was just being funny and pretty much satire lol!

 

[Cratty]

@Cratty I'm all for hearing design thoughts/considerations on the Lucky's chips!

I think you're right on to not care about mass appeal. That is not a parameter to design around in my opinion.

Most of the things I may question or ask about are simply because we have seen other sets recently and I would've ideally liked to see things most unlike the previous sets. But, I think it's okay to take a theme and design in a vacuum and not impose limitations because of other chip set spots and colors. So, these are not criticisms, but just my desires and/or questions for personal curiosity.

1) I love the spot pattern on the frac even though it's the same as the Faro Dunes frac. Oh well! I'm not big on brown chips, but it is a good frac color and I am anxious to see the bronze clay in person. I have a feeling I'm going to really like this chip! the spot pattern perfectly complements the 3 coin stamp and the colors are very earthy...I can't imagine ever getting tired of this look.

2) I like a non-standard $1, so I'm cool with the Lucky's arc dollar and wanting to see the stamp in person. I think I'll love this chip in play. That said, we have gotten other arc chips recently, so I would've rather seen something else. And, a different spot pattern would've been preferred or at least multi-color spots. But, I am seeing this chip is a huge crowd favorite and arc yellow is an amazing color so definitely not sad about it.

3) I absolutely love the $5! The dragon stamp and red/gold/yellow feels perfect and that spot pattern is cool to see utilized! The only thing I wonder is that Paulson has so many different red colors and we already saw royal red on the Faro $5. Still, keystone chip of the set and is truly great!

4) I love 3D14 and 4D14 chips. That said, the Lucky's $25 is a repeat spot pattern of the Faro $25 with so many other cool spot patterns in the Paulson arsenal. At the end of the day, a nice clean watermelon chip is all good by me anyhow! The cat stamp NEEDED to be on this chip...possibly best chip of the set if we never saw the $5...LOL!

5) I love the use of navy for the $100. It is functionally black and fills the role, but a nice little twist. Once again, spot pattern is the same as the Faro $100 and colors/spots are almost identical to the Rancho $20. These things are not bad at all, but would've liked to see something different. That said, if this is in a vacuum the Buddha 8 points, etc. thematically is great! Maybe bolder neon colors for the spots, but that might clash too hard with the navy base.

So, you can see most of my thoughts are just around repeat spots/colors from other recent sets and not really fair to impose on this one. I can see that this set could easily become my favorite of them all, but time will tell. I really love the Faro frac and blue dollar in play. The Rancho color scheme is bold and unique, so has a place of it's own. The 43mm cash set is simply elegant and classy. This Lucky's theme is probably the best of them all and your work on the stamps is truly the centerpiece!

Also, in my mind I wouldn't want a red felt with red $5 chip in play, but I already know I am going to love the Lucky's felt with the Lucky's chips and the gold/bronze accessories (cut cards/button) are icing on the cake. This whole setup will be glorious!

Yeah, look forward to explaining! I think when Mark's meetup ends we'll enough bandwidth from Jim and some of the folks who helped on color/spot selection and can do a nice post for sure. While I had a hand in some (namely $5 and frac), Jim led a lot of the colors/spots and design elements too, and don't want to comment for him on some things.

 

[Rieguy]

 

[extreme517]

Yeah, look forward to explaining! I think when Mark's meetup ends we'll enough bandwidth from Jim and some of the folks who helped on color/spot selection and can do a nice post for sure. While I had a hand in some (namely $5 and frac), Jim led a lot of the colors/spots and design elements too, and don't want to comment for him on some things.

Totally! I would love a big "behind the scenes" write up on the thoughts/goals/ambitions behind how the chips came together.

 

[iLogik]

Love the $5 looks like the mouth of a dragon