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[crussader]

The oil is barely dry on my first custom set, and I'm already thinking about the next one.

I want to do a micro cash set with an old west motif. Denominations of .05, .25, 1, 5, and 20. For the inlay I'm debating between just a simple denomination, or a saloon name.

Here is what I've come up with so far...

 

[crussader]

Maybe do themed inlays for each chip....

The Prospector

The Gambler

The Cowboy

The Saloon Girl

The Outlaw

 

[JTBass]

Dance Hall Girl??? Dont You Mean Prostitute?

 

[FDLmold]

 

[MaxB]

you need a wanted poster chip .....maybe in place of the banker (every western has a bad guy) (y) :thumbsup:

 

[crussader]

Dont You Mean Prostitute?

Not at all.

http://www.hhhistory.com/2015/01/saloon-girls-of-wild-west.html

 

[detroitdad]

The oil is barely dry on my first custom set, and I'm already thinking about the next one.

Been there, done that.

 

[crussader]

you need a wanted poster chip

Bounty Chip (for the eventual matching tourney set)

 

[Nex]

Might want to make the gunslinger primary color gray to have yellow/canary free for the pergament-ish wanted poster then?

 

[crussader]

..to have yellow/canary free for the pergament-ish wanted poster then?

It shouldn't be a problem. A tournament bounty chip and a 5 cent chip will never be on the table together.

I was thinking about changing the quarter from green to grey. The banker really isn't an iconic figure of the old west, and I would really be looking for something else if I go the themed route..

 

[crussader]

The banker really isn't an iconic figure of the old west, and I would really be looking for something else if I go the themed route..

I am now thinking Merchant, Miner, or Gambler for the green chip.

 

[crussader]

Now looking for a saloon name...

Silver Strike
Silver Fox
Single Malt
Dusty Streets
Hidden Door
Rusty Spike
Silver Spike
Silver Fork
Firewater
Tanglefoot
Quick Draw
Last Chance
Swinging Door
Buckboard
Lucky Draw
DM's
Silver Eagle
Silver Dollar
The Watering Hole

?????

 

[crussader]

 

[EventHorizonVII]

Now looking for a saloon name...

Silver Strike
Silver Fox
Single Malt
Dusty Streets
Hidden Door
Rusty Spike
Silver Spike
Silver Fork
Firewater
Tanglefoot
Quick Draw
Last Chance
Swinging Door
Buckboard

?????

Last Chance Saloon has my vote

 

[crussader]

That choice even comes with a wiki...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Chance_Saloon

 

[WedgeRock]

Every time I see this thread, I start singing White Snake in my head...

EDIT: FDL is a smart man...

 

[crussader]

Just thinking out loud...

 

[crussader]

 

[crussader]

 

[crussader]

Needs some barbed wire or something around the text circle between the words. Still working on how to do that.

 

[crussader]

 

[AK Chip]

Now looking for a saloon name...

Silver Strike
Silver Fox
Single Malt
Dusty Streets
Hidden Door
Rusty Spike
Silver Spike
Silver Fork
Firewater
Tanglefoot
Quick Draw
Last Chance
Swinging Door
Buckboard
Lucky Draw
DM's
Silver Eagle
Silver Dollar
The Watering Hole

?????

Sluice Box ?

 

[dew4au]

I love the sound of silver eagle. Makes me think of a silver mining town.

 

[crussader]

Sluice Box ?

I like where you're headed with that, but it's one of those awkward words to pronounce; like croissant.

 

[crussader]

I love the sound of silver eagle. Makes me think of a silver mining town.

That's what I'm going for. Debating between eagle and strike

 

[dew4au]

Now looking for a saloon name...

Silver Strike
Silver Fox
Single Malt
Dusty Streets
Hidden Door
Rusty Spike
Silver Spike
Silver Fork
Firewater
Tanglefoot
Quick Draw
Last Chance
Swinging Door
Buckboard
Lucky Draw
DM's
Silver Eagle
Silver Dollar
The Watering Hole

?????

Crystal Palace
Buckhorn Saloon
Little Bear
The Westerner
Cactus Wine Cantina
The Tin Whistle
Tumbleweed Tavern
Dodge City Saloon
The Hand Billet

 

[crussader]

 

[links_slayer]

That's what I'm going for. Debating between eagle and strike

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This mine image is fantastic and needs to be the main attraction on this chip! Name and denom can take a back seat.

 

[dew4au]

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I really like the look of the silver ring, but be forewarned that the inlay cutting process will draw attention to inconsistencies in the cut. For my MD-50 Signal set, it's a look that I was intentionally trying to replicate due to the 1940s-1950s era I was trying to replicate. It all depends on the style you're going for. That inlay looks very modern and clean, so you may not want to juxtapose those two design elements.

I'd say about 65% of my chips look like the one of the left. The remainder look like the two on the right.

 

[crussader]

... It all depends on the style you're going for....

I would like something that would not be too out of the place in the pre-civil war west. I realize that edges pots and inlays violate that rule, but I would like to get as close as I can to the spirit of the time.

For textures, I am limiting options to parchment, leather, wood, and burlap.

For eagles (if I go that route) I'm selecting styles based on coinage of the period.