Help with designing first custom inlay- Italian theme (2 Viewers)

 
Shopping at Costco today and I see the following. What is this font? I want it!! In Gold letters!!
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I like the Roma with the “v”. Is that Latin then? If so does that change the name.
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It is because of this I have to go with “olive oil” font. Bring on your best “olive oil” font??
 
 
Thanks for the confidence steam train. Look at the “T” in this March Madness font. It subtly guides you right this way to 5th street!!
I want my players to look at the chip and see the “T” and think, “yes I will keep calling”, lol.
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Value of hands from high card to royal flush:

Carta più alta
Coppia
Doppia Coppia
Tris
Scala
Colore
Full
Poker
Scala di colore
Scala Reale


Other terms :

BB= grande buio
SB = piccolo buio
no limit = senza limite
fixed limit = limite fisso
mixed = misto
bet = puntata
raise = rilancio
All in : Ai resti


Other terms are used in English and not translated to Italian (ex: Nuts) Beware to not do literal translations
Ex. Tight player in Italian is ORSO (ours) a literal translation will be "Giocatore stretto"


As per subtle touches with history and art there are a few very reconizable things that could be used in the inlay backound like

Coliseum
Pisa Tower
Il Duomo, Milan
Il Duomo, Firenze
Pompeii
Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Fountain of Neptune, Florence


as for art

David (Michelangelo)
Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci)
The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)
The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)
The School of Athens (Raphael)
 
Please please please DO NOT use photographs of art, monuments, or architecture for your inlay. I really think that this option tends to make chips look like cheap mass produced souvenirs for know-nothing tourists to buy. If you must use something based on a photo-real image, modify if somehow: silhouette it, vectorize it, abstract it, transform it somehow.

Yes, this means I *do not* like certain chip sets like PNY and some Strip hotels/casinos.

For my own James Bond-themed roulette set, I will be starting with photo portraits of actors, but I will be vectorizing them all so it looks more like flat two-tone line art. Incorporating this idea also onto a custom roulette felt in the future.
 
I have been spending a lot of time thinking about these edge spots. Interested to hear your thoughts and any advice on the T500 chip.

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Edge Spots

.25- The Food chip. I decided to remove the red because of the 5 being red but also think that the colors remind me of the basics of breads, pastas, sauces, cheeses. The grey adds a “stone ground “ feel.

1- The Flag chip. Also the “flagship” of the cash set. Self-explanatory. Afraid to pay for all of that bright white but it is what it is.

5- The Ferrari chip. I feel like this chip captures the essence of the beauty of the sports cars of Italy. It even kind of looks like a race car driver’s wheel.

25- The Po Valley or Parma Chip- I played professional baseball in 2002 in Serie A, Italy’s highest level. My team was based out of the city of Parma which is in the Po Valley known as the “land of ham and cheese”. Anyway, this chip reminds me of Prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano Reggiano, world famous ham (pink) and cheese (white) from Parma.

100- The Art Chip- Out of the darkness of the black chip comes all of the primary colors responsible for Italy’s art which we all know has been world famous for centuries.

500- ?????- Not sure if I can tie this chip into the set or not. I just really like how this 500 looks. Open to any suggestions here.

1000- The Team Italia Chip- This chip look like it could be made from a portion of the Italian soccer teams jerseys.

For the inlays, I am still thinking Quinta Strada and something very simple like a “Quinta Strada” road sign or something. Thanks again to everyone who has responded and will respond.
 
500: Go for Purple/Lavender base instead.
1000: Going for regular Blue instead of Horizon Blue/Peacock might be a better idea.
 
500- ?????- Not sure if I can tie this chip into the set or not. I just really like how this 500 looks. Open to any suggestions here.

What do you think about idea of a purple "lavender" -chip?

"The name Lavender was derived from the Italian word lavarsi, meaning simply to wash oneself, as the plant was crushed, added to olive oil and then used as a primitive soap in Roman times to improve its suppleness."

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Zikariz said:
500- ?????- Not sure if I can tie this chip into the set or not. I just really like how this 500 looks. Open to any suggestions here.

What do you think about idea of a purple "lavender" -chip?

"The name Lavender was derived from the Italian word lavarsi, meaning simply to wash oneself, as the plant was crushed, added to olive oil and then used as a primitive soap in Roman times to improve its suppleness."

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Love this! Thanks for the help.
 
All chips are great!
Going with the Bright White for the 1 is going to cost you, but that's your fate man, accept it!:LOL: :laugh:
The DG Peacock blue 1000 is lighter than that of the Squadra Azzura, but still produces a better contrast with the rest of the colors than a darker blue, so I would leave it as it is.
The red 5 is perfect.
About the anyway beautiful Blurple 500 , I agree that it might be even better as Lavender.
Finally, the 25 is too pale overall and needs a little more contrast. Try a darker green (depending also on the color of the felt you 'll be playing on). You may also change white for some yellow (lots of types of Italian yellow cheese), since the repeated combined use of green, red and white might produce some "dirty stacks".
 
Coyote said:
All chips are great!
Going with the Bright White for the 1 is going to cost you, but that's your fate man, accept it!:LOL: :laugh:
The DG Peacock blue 1000 is lighter than that of the Squadra Azzura, but still produces a better contrast with the rest of the colors than a darker blue, so I would leave it as it is.
The red 5 is perfect.
About the anyway beautiful Blurple 500 , I agree that it might be even better as Lavender.
Finally, the 25 is too pale overall and needs a little more contrast. Try a darker green (depending also on the color of the felt you 'll be playing on). You may also change white for some yellow (lots of types of Italian yellow cheese), since the repeated combined use of green, red and white might produce some "dirty stacks".
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Thanks for the advice. I will look into a darker green. I may also look at Imperial Blue for the 1000.
 
Imperial is a heretical blue, and a tad greenish (so not supposed to border any green spot). If you go darker than DG Peacock, try the plain "Blue" (perfect for Squadra Azzura purposes:)) and make your spots, in that case, DG Green and Mandarin Red, to maintain contrast.
 
If you 're as anal as me, you may want to stick to a tri-something spot progression pattern, and make the 25 a 3V12 if not a 3TA316 too.


By the way, the Horsehead mold begs for a Prancing Horse - Cavallino Rampante inlay (Ferrari's logo).
HF, Lancia's legendary sports and racing cars badge, would go with the H mold.
Brutto Ritmo (if meaning Bad Beat indeed in Italian) would go indeed with the B mold.
Among other ideas here, I 'd prefer Ai Resti (All In), to go with the all time classic and always readily available A mold.
 
Yeah, I'm not sure your translations cross over right. You may want to talk to a native Italian speaker. I only looked at one, but it wasn't good. Bad Beat does in fact translate to Brutto Ritmo in google, but Brutto Ritmo translates back to English as Bad Rhythm. Probably not the phrase you wanted.
 
Nope. Like San Marino.
The Vatican have exclusive dominion, sovereign authority and jurisdiction ruled by an ecclesiastical monarchy while Italy is a mess I mean is a Republic.
 
I can't believe no one has mentioned "Don't mix cash and tourney chips" yet. Plus it's an excuse to add a $20 chip to the lineup. ;)
 

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