How do Gear Labels with a faux inlay look on a Silver Metallic chip (Paris $2) (1 Viewer)

[Carnth]

I have a few racks of Paris $2 coming in and would like to murder and label using @Gear labels.

Specifically, has anyone re-labeled a Metallic Silver chip using a faux inlay? Is there any pr0n of this?
As a side note, what about faux inlay on Metallic Gold?

Is using a faux inlay on a "metallic" chip a crazy idea that would never work?
HSI, IG, Jack sets have a faux inlays and I was thinking about making some interesting fracs.

Image courtesy of @djmarc

 

[harrysallout]

Curious as to how it would look as well.

 

[allforcharity]

If the inlay replacement is done right, the results are spectacular, regardless of chip base colour or spot pattern (or lack of one). I have not done this on a Metallic Silver chip, but I have done plenty on Metallic Gold. It is very difficult to tell that your aftermarket label is not an original inlay. Direction of grain on the laminate texture is probably the only giveaway (if you use it).

 

[Carnth]

I was hoping to get @Gear 's opinion

 

[harrysallout]

Getting labels as well and this was what was said regarding the metallic colors

“But please note the colour match won't be exact as our ink is not metallic...
We will get the grey in the correct tone, but it will be a bit duller than the chip because of the lack of metallic ink.”

I’m visual so can’t picture it on my head.

 

[Carnth]

Getting labels as well and this was what was said regarding the metallic colors

“But please note the colour match won't be exact as our ink is not metallic...
We will get the grey in the correct tone, but it will be a bit duller than the chip because of the lack of metallic ink.”

I’m visual so can’t picture it on my head.

Yeah, I was really hoping for some pics to see what it would look like.
Because it comes down to trying to match the chip color for a faux inlay or just sticking with White like the Paris labels already are. .... Or maybe #teamblacklabel would look great on silver?
Would love to see pics a black label as well.

 

[Tonysquander]

If the inlay replacement is done right, the results are spectacular, regardless of chip base colour or spot pattern (or lack of one). I have not done this on a Metallic Silver chip, but I have done plenty on Metallic Gold. It is very difficult to tell that your aftermarket label is not an original inlay. Direction of grain on the laminate texture is probably the only giveaway (if you use it).

I’m curious about this. What direction should the grain go IYO? The Paulson chip seem to have labels just slapped on to many sets with no uniformity whatsoever. I’m going to be labeling some chips as $5000 CDI98 soon, and was thinking I would just do random as opposed to uniform.

 

[allforcharity]

I’m curious about this. What direction should the grain go IYO? The Paulson chip seem to have labels just slapped on to many sets with no uniformity whatsoever. I’m going to be labeling some chips as $5000 CDI98 soon, and was thinking I would just do random as opposed to uniform.

It depends on the chip. If the chip has a textured face, then you might be able to see a textured label that's misaligned with the grain.

I generally prefer random alignment, too. But if I'm doing a large amount of the same chip, I might align half and do random with the other half.

 

[Boother36]

Has any one had anymore thoughts/comments/input on this topic?? I'm thinking about using the Paris $2 as my relabeled frac for my IG set and was hoping to find out more about the color matching of the new label....

 

[allforcharity]

Has any one had anymore thoughts/comments/input on this topic?? I'm thinking about using the Paris $2 as my relabeled frac for my IG set and was hoping to find out more about the color matching of the new label....

One of the big limitations is that you generally can't print in a "metallic" colour. So the faux shaped label will always look faux because base colour cannot be replicated to look seemless.

I'm sure most regular base colours can be replicated fairly accurately.

 

[upNdown]

I’m curious about this. What direction should the grain go IYO? The Paulson chip seem to have labels just slapped on to many sets with no uniformity whatsoever. I’m going to be labeling some chips as $5000 CDI98 soon, and was thinking I would just do random as opposed to uniform.

It depends on the chip. If the chip has a textured face, then you might be able to see a textured label that's misaligned with the grain.

I generally prefer random alignment, too. But if I'm doing a large amount of the same chip, I might align half and do random with the other half.

It's worth mentioning that the texture on Paulson textured inlays was a result of the mold, so of course a Paulson textured inlay will always match the "grain" of the chip.
Gear laminated labels, although very cool feeling, look different than original textured paulson inlays to the trained eye. So there's really no way to align them that will make them look original, if somebody's giving them a close examination.

 

[Nanook]

I have had @Gear make labels for me for some of the other non-standard colors like day green, for example.

He will tell you they won't match exactly and he is right. It isn't a perfect match, but I feel like for 98% of the people, it will be close enough that you will be happy with it. If you are super picky, like to the point of not liking the look of the mismatch of the crosshatching vs the textured labels gear makes then you might have a problem with it.

I think I am pretty picky, and I was fine with the minor color mismatch.

 

[Boother36]

One of the big limitations is that you generally can't print in a "metallic" colour. So the faux shaped label will always look faux because base colour cannot be replicated to look seemless.

I'm sure most regular base colours can be replicated fairly accurately.

This makes sense to me. However, the existing IG inlay colors do not match the base chip color all that well....check out the close up photo's TCR has for the original IG sale......so I guess what I'm angling at is if the gray can be print in a "fairly close" tone, will that be OK because the rest of the chips are "fairly close" to their base colors as well....or will the OCD in us refined chippers be on tilt with the variance??

OP for IG sale here

 

[Nanook]

This makes sense to me. However, the existing IG inlay colors do not match the base chip color all that well...

Lots of chips from real Casinos/Card Rooms where genuine Paulson faux shapes do not match the color well at all. In fact, some are just terrible... check out the JACK Cinci $100 secondary

.......or will the OCD in us refined chippers be on tilt with the variance??

I think this is sort of like a novice chipper asking if they will be satisfied with ceramics or China Clays etc. If you are unsure, then you just have to try it and see if you are happy with the results. If you are not, most likely someone else will be, so just sell them & move on.

 

[Boother36]

Lots of chips from real Casinos/Card Rooms where genuine Paulson faux shapes do not match the color well at all. In fact, some are just terrible... check out the JACK Cinci $100 secondary


I think this is sort of like a novice chipper asking if they will be satisfied with ceramics or China Clays etc. If you are unsure, then you just have to try it and see if you are happy with the results. If you are not, most likely someone else will be, so just sell them & move on.

Good call on both points...especially the secondary Cinci $100's!!