Hello, everyone! This will be the first of a few design threads that I will sharing with and soliciting advice from the PCF membership who like to participate in this type of thing and are also fans of the James Bond movie franchise. There will not be polls because this will not be a design-by-committee nor have anything to do with a group buy, but I am interested in your opinions and particularly the reasons behind them.
The overall project will be to design two roulette sets (7 players each, 200+20 chips per player). This thread will focus on assigning the available colours to each group, and an actor to each colour, within the design limits. Future threads will concentrate on the sticker art itself, and the custom roulette felt which will ultimately be made. The really hard part is already done: all the chips to be used have been gathered in sufficient quantity, milled, cleaned, and oiled to prepare. So here we go!
The 1st set will represent the 6 James Bond actors
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Craig
The 2nd set will represent the primary Bond Girl associated with each James Bond actor's first portrayal in their movie franchise
Ursula Andress
Diana Rigg
Jane Seymour
Maryam d'Abo
Izabella Scorupco
Eva Green
"But, Berny," some of you are already wondering, "If each set has 7 colours, why do you only have 6 actors for each set?" This is for future-proofing. No Time To Die (Bond 25) will be Daniel Craig's last film of the franchise, so there will be a search for another actor to carry on some time in the future, so one place has been left for whoever that will be, as well as the appropriate actor to pair off with them. The choice of female actors in the 2nd set is NOT up for debate. There will be plenty of opportunity to honour other actors throughout the 58 years that the movie franchise has been alive (so far) when it comes to designing the felt.
Here are the colours we will be working with:
Set 1 (left to right): Red, Fuchsia, Royal Blue, Black, Gold, Arc Yellow, Indian Blue
Set 2 (left to right): Apricot, Purple, Hot Pink, Orange, White, Chocolate, Forest Green
These are all Paulson THC solids, the majority of which are in Excellent condition, with many also being Near Mint, and also some on the high end of Very Good. The chips in the pics above are actually the worst condition barrels of the lot, and will be my "extras", and shows them after milling but before oiling, so the colours as they are right now are a little more consistent. Are these set in stone? Not necessarily, but I did divide the colours into the two sets to try to allow for a variety of brighter and darker colours, as well as playability reasons (so no two hues are too close together, that might cause a dealer to make an error when paying out). I will listen to arguments about colour switching between sets.
THE GREAT QUESTION: WHICH COLOUR SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO WHICH ACTOR?
This is, to me, the most important part of the design process, and which needs to combine practical aspects of playability with esthetic aspects like which colour represents which actor best, taking into account the positive qualities of the actor and/or their character as they were portrayed. Here are some of my initial thoughts to get started, so you know what I mean.
Set 1:
Gold: I am 98% reserving this for Sean Connery. Why? Because, as the first (and according to majority of polls, the best) Bond actor, he is the gold standard (rightly or wrongly) to which all other actors past and present and future will be compared to. Of course, he was also involved in the Goldfinger mission to prevent the destruction/radioactive contamination of the US gold reserve in Fort Knox.
Royal Blue: suitable for the character as James Bond is an officer in the Royal Navy. Even though most actors have had their share of aquatic adventures, the Royal Navy connection has really only been stressed in the portrayals by Connery, Moore, and Brosnan, with only a passing mention of Craig in his character's obituary in Skyfall. And if Connery is locked in as Gold, then this colour could be assigned to Moore or Brosnan
Indian Blue: most people will categorize this colour as a green, which, let's face it, it is. It could be assigned to Moore, as the bulk of the Octopussy mission was set in India. Or, with a different angle, this could be applied to Craig, as his character in Casino Royale was considered just newly qualified for "00" status, so hence his "green" status in that designation.
Arc Yellow: this is the brightest colour in the Set 1 line-up. Maybe a good placeholder for Moore, arguably the "brightest" intellectually, as over his 7 missions his character has shown most breadth in general knowledge in a variety of theoretical, applied, and social sciences, all the way from toxins derived from animal and plant sources to fine art history and appraisal.
Black: leaning toward Craig here, only because the overall physicality of Craig's Bond makes him seem the most dangerous in a straight-on dust-up. He also seems to be the most morally ambivalent, and thus suited for more of the "black ops" assassination missions.
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Set 2:
White: many possible assignments here. This could easily be given this to Andress, because of her iconic character introduction, walking out of the Bahamian waters in her white bikini. Rigg would be a strong contender, as her character Tracy married Bond, and killed on their wedding day while she was still wearing her white wedding dress. As an absolute innocent, d'Abo could also claim the white colour, as her musician character had really no connection to the world of espionage (except that her paramour, a Russian general, was using her as a pawn to set up a fake defection to the West).
Forest Green: I want to give this one to Eva Green, 1) because of her name, and 2) the dark colour alludes to her eventual betrayal, as she was extorted into being a double-agent by a false honey trap in the Quantum/Spectre organization. Could be switched for the Indian Blue in Set 1.
Chocolate: not a particularly strong connection, but could be given to Rigg as she and Lazenby's Bond end up playing out their movie in Switzerland, and the Swiss are fairly famous for their chocolate. This one might also be a good match for d'Abo, as the the wood colour can represent her character's cello.
Purple: another possible match for Rigg. Purple is the colour of nobility, and she could claim a title by her first marriage to an Italian count.
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Lots of work and decisions left to do. Would love to hear some thoughts on connecting these colours to certain actors.
The overall project will be to design two roulette sets (7 players each, 200+20 chips per player). This thread will focus on assigning the available colours to each group, and an actor to each colour, within the design limits. Future threads will concentrate on the sticker art itself, and the custom roulette felt which will ultimately be made. The really hard part is already done: all the chips to be used have been gathered in sufficient quantity, milled, cleaned, and oiled to prepare. So here we go!
The 1st set will represent the 6 James Bond actors
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Craig
The 2nd set will represent the primary Bond Girl associated with each James Bond actor's first portrayal in their movie franchise
Ursula Andress
Diana Rigg
Jane Seymour
Maryam d'Abo
Izabella Scorupco
Eva Green
"But, Berny," some of you are already wondering, "If each set has 7 colours, why do you only have 6 actors for each set?" This is for future-proofing. No Time To Die (Bond 25) will be Daniel Craig's last film of the franchise, so there will be a search for another actor to carry on some time in the future, so one place has been left for whoever that will be, as well as the appropriate actor to pair off with them. The choice of female actors in the 2nd set is NOT up for debate. There will be plenty of opportunity to honour other actors throughout the 58 years that the movie franchise has been alive (so far) when it comes to designing the felt.
Here are the colours we will be working with:
Set 1 (left to right): Red, Fuchsia, Royal Blue, Black, Gold, Arc Yellow, Indian Blue
Set 2 (left to right): Apricot, Purple, Hot Pink, Orange, White, Chocolate, Forest Green
These are all Paulson THC solids, the majority of which are in Excellent condition, with many also being Near Mint, and also some on the high end of Very Good. The chips in the pics above are actually the worst condition barrels of the lot, and will be my "extras", and shows them after milling but before oiling, so the colours as they are right now are a little more consistent. Are these set in stone? Not necessarily, but I did divide the colours into the two sets to try to allow for a variety of brighter and darker colours, as well as playability reasons (so no two hues are too close together, that might cause a dealer to make an error when paying out). I will listen to arguments about colour switching between sets.
THE GREAT QUESTION: WHICH COLOUR SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO WHICH ACTOR?
This is, to me, the most important part of the design process, and which needs to combine practical aspects of playability with esthetic aspects like which colour represents which actor best, taking into account the positive qualities of the actor and/or their character as they were portrayed. Here are some of my initial thoughts to get started, so you know what I mean.
Set 1:
Gold: I am 98% reserving this for Sean Connery. Why? Because, as the first (and according to majority of polls, the best) Bond actor, he is the gold standard (rightly or wrongly) to which all other actors past and present and future will be compared to. Of course, he was also involved in the Goldfinger mission to prevent the destruction/radioactive contamination of the US gold reserve in Fort Knox.
Royal Blue: suitable for the character as James Bond is an officer in the Royal Navy. Even though most actors have had their share of aquatic adventures, the Royal Navy connection has really only been stressed in the portrayals by Connery, Moore, and Brosnan, with only a passing mention of Craig in his character's obituary in Skyfall. And if Connery is locked in as Gold, then this colour could be assigned to Moore or Brosnan
Indian Blue: most people will categorize this colour as a green, which, let's face it, it is. It could be assigned to Moore, as the bulk of the Octopussy mission was set in India. Or, with a different angle, this could be applied to Craig, as his character in Casino Royale was considered just newly qualified for "00" status, so hence his "green" status in that designation.
Arc Yellow: this is the brightest colour in the Set 1 line-up. Maybe a good placeholder for Moore, arguably the "brightest" intellectually, as over his 7 missions his character has shown most breadth in general knowledge in a variety of theoretical, applied, and social sciences, all the way from toxins derived from animal and plant sources to fine art history and appraisal.
Black: leaning toward Craig here, only because the overall physicality of Craig's Bond makes him seem the most dangerous in a straight-on dust-up. He also seems to be the most morally ambivalent, and thus suited for more of the "black ops" assassination missions.
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Set 2:
White: many possible assignments here. This could easily be given this to Andress, because of her iconic character introduction, walking out of the Bahamian waters in her white bikini. Rigg would be a strong contender, as her character Tracy married Bond, and killed on their wedding day while she was still wearing her white wedding dress. As an absolute innocent, d'Abo could also claim the white colour, as her musician character had really no connection to the world of espionage (except that her paramour, a Russian general, was using her as a pawn to set up a fake defection to the West).
Forest Green: I want to give this one to Eva Green, 1) because of her name, and 2) the dark colour alludes to her eventual betrayal, as she was extorted into being a double-agent by a false honey trap in the Quantum/Spectre organization. Could be switched for the Indian Blue in Set 1.
Chocolate: not a particularly strong connection, but could be given to Rigg as she and Lazenby's Bond end up playing out their movie in Switzerland, and the Swiss are fairly famous for their chocolate. This one might also be a good match for d'Abo, as the the wood colour can represent her character's cello.
Purple: another possible match for Rigg. Purple is the colour of nobility, and she could claim a title by her first marriage to an Italian count.
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Lots of work and decisions left to do. Would love to hear some thoughts on connecting these colours to certain actors.
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