Labels for Club Cal-Neva Solid (1 Viewer)

[Kid_Eastwood]

Hi,

I've ordered to @allforcharity a small (200 chips) tournament set to play 6-max in breakdown 8/8/4/7(/2). The chips are original Roulette chips from Club Cal-Neva (Reno). See WTS here.

Day Green x 50 --> to be labelled as T25
Chocolate x 50 --> to be labbed as T100
Purple x 25 --> to be labelled as T500
Yellow x 55 --> to be labelled as T1000
Orange x 15 --> to be labelled as T5000
White x 12 --> to be labelled as Bounty

I've chooen "fair" chips (used chips with quite worn hotstamp) so that they can directly take a non-laminated label.

Here's the first mock-up for the label :



The white part would match the chip color and font color will be goldish to "simulate" an hotstamp.

My first question is: do you think it can look nice ? Isn't it "heresy" ?

Second question: I hesitate between this kind of chip or faux-shaped labels. The problem with faux-shaped labels is that - I think - they look nice when there is some kind of logo or image inside (e.g. Gold Course on the Dunes or the Horseshoe). However I don't feel that I'd be nice with just text inside. What do you think ?


(back color to be adapted to Day Green)

I also think that 'tribute' is written too small and would not be visible when printed. I'll increase its size in 2nd iteration of the mock-up.

—> Link to final version of the labels
Kid.

 

[ekricket]

I’m not a fan of the shaped inlay with this. I have some faux hot stamp quarters I’ll post a picture of.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Thanks, I would curious to see how it renders. Another option is to keep the white background instead of color match the back ground with chip color.

 

[allforcharity]

If using as a tourney set, I would tend toward keeping the white background (or whichever colour you choose) consistent between the chips, which would serve to visually tie everything together, considering the chips are all solids with no edge spots.

 

[ekricket]

Thanks, I would curious to see how it renders. Another option is to keep the white background instead of color match the back ground with chip color.

I think white is always going to look like a sticker.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

I've increased the "TRIBUTE" font size and made it normal (instead of bold).
I think it'll be easier to read on a chip.

I've also inserted "tournament" :


Idea was to replicate the Reno's Big Bet Club Cal-Neva $1 chip.

 

[Thomacetti]

I've increased the "TRIBUTE" font size and made it normal (instead of bold).
I think it'll be easier to read on a chip.

I've also inserted "tournament" :
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Idea was to replicate the Reno's Big Bet Club Cal-Neva $1 chip.

That is a very crowded label
I would not use 'Tournament' & 'Tribute', smaller font for location and no faux shaped labels.
Would prefer to color match the denom with base color.

 

[andy699669]

What's your needed label size? The picture link's dead.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

What do you mean by decal size?
The label size ? I hesitate between entired "recessed" area or just a little bit smaller.

 

[andy699669]

What do you mean by decal size?
The label size ? I hesitate between entired "recessed" area or just a little bit smaller.

Label size. And you mean "Reno's Best Bet" chips?

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Yes, I meant Best Bet, not Big Bet. ;-)

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

So here's some mock-up :

1) With denomination matching the chip color



2) As suggested by @Thomacetti , "RENO, NV" in smaller font, denomination matching the chip color and removal of "tournament" and "tribute"



3) Same as (2) but with initial font size for "RENO, NV".



Here's the redering on a CPC chip :

My preference goes for the version with words "TRIBUTE" and "TOURNAMENT".

I've also tried a kind of "faux hotstamp" label.

On the simulator, it looks good but I'm really curious to see how it'll look on a real chip ...

 

[ekricket]

Here are some

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Thanks for sharing !

 

[Davism72]

Here are some

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These look good!

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Some more mock-up :

Mock-up 1 : White back-ground, circled Tournament / Tributes


Mock-up 2 : White back-ground, circled Tournament / Tributes with denom matching the chip base color


Mock-up 3 : White back-ground, no Tribute / Tournament with denom matching rhe chip base color


Mock-up 4, 5, 6 : faux hotstamp with "golden" texture in the font


Mock-up 5 : Tributes / Tournament not circled


Mock-up 6 : Tribute not circled



I think it's quite important to at least write something like "TRIBUTE" on a label that uses a real, still operating casino name on a label. What do you think ?
Which elements from the different mock-up do you like ?

Do you have other suggestions ?

 

[ekricket]

Unless you are getting a metallic ink I’d skip the gradient thing or do it lightly. The chips I pictured above have the gradient and I’m ok with it but I think they would have been better with the single gold color.

I understand, but I don’t like the word tribute. I’d rather see dates, and if your not using $ signs I’d worry about it less.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Here's without the gradient :


And I also tried with a black label:



I also put the 3 back-ground on the CPC designer tool to see how it's rendering.
So first thing will be to decide on the back-ground :

• Faux hotstamp ;
• White
• Black

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Hi,

I totally changed direction. Here it is on the CPC designer tool.
What do you think ?

And the labels only :


Kid.

 

[JWC]

If it were me, I would use the following style, which I think is one of the best ever. (Image is from thechipguide.com)

 

[MoscowRadio]

I really like the new labels! The only suggestion I would make would be to put a little space between the letters in "Reno, NV". It just looks a little crammed, IMO.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

@JWC very nice simple inlay !

@MoscowRadio I’ll check this tomorrow. This bottom text gives me a hard time. The letters seem to be stuck together.

I’ll redo the path all over again.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

@MoscowRadio , do you think it's better ?

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

OK, so I've just tweaked a little bit the "TRIBUTE" word and I think I'm good to go:


@allforcharity , if you want to use them to sell your Cal-Neva Roulette, feel free to refer to these design in your sale thread. I can also change the denom and color-match them.

 

[allforcharity]

OK, so I've just tweaked a little bit the "TRIBUTE" word and I think I'm good to go:
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@allforcharity , if you want to use them to sell your Cal-Neva Roulette, feel free to refer to these design in your sale thread. I can also change the denom and color-match them.

Wow, thanks for the offer! I'll post a link to here on the sale thread!

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

I got great advice on how to optimize my design for better printing results.
So, I only kept from the logo the locomotive and took a font which is matching the Cal Neva text for less blurry results.

I also spaced the letters "TRIBUTE". It'll be easier to read.
I have also added some spacing between "RENO, NV" letters. I've been adviced to not have a black border on the denom. I've still to figure out what to do there...



What do you think ?

 

[1A25R]

Do you have one without the dots between the letter of TRIBUTE to compare?

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Do you have one without the dots between the letter of TRIBUTE to compare?

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/labels-for-club-cal-neva-solid.37098/#post-690282

 

[1A25R]

Sorry, I meant "with the spaces and without the dots"

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

I can do it but it'll be for tomorrow.
My computer is now shutted down.