Ollin Casino & Resort: Unveiling My Custom Aztec Themed Poker Chip Set (1 Viewer)

[Lopii9]

Hey everyone, happy to share the project I've been working on the last couple of months.

My dream has always been to have my own custom designed poker chip set.

I have been inspired by a lot of people here on the forum, but most in particular @Cratty & @MrRossKeys' colorful designs helped guide this project in the direction I wanted.

My custom poker chip set draws inspiration from the fascinating and intricate Aztec culture. The rich symbolism and vibrant colors of the Aztec civilization have always intrigued me, and I wanted to incorporate those elements into my design. I have been using this gold coin featuring the iconic Aztec calendar as a card protector for quite some time now.

I created this set to be able to host cash games in the near future. We usually play micro stakes 0.05/0.10 - 0.10/0.10 & 0.25/0.25 from time to time, but I wanted a set that could potentially grow and accommodate higher stakes too.

You'll see below how I came up with the name Ollin and the mockups of the chips.
I'll be certainly ordering my first sample set soon from Tina. Hope I'll find some help from EU people who've also ordered directly from them.
I think the Hybrid Greek Mold would fit the theme perfectly, but i'm not sure what size to go.

Sorry for the long post!

I'm really looking forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback on this project!

 

[Cratty]

Looks great! Very fun theme.

 

[MrRossKeys]

I am a huge fan of your cash set. Especially the black $1 and blue $100... but all of them are fantastic! Great job!

 

[DrunkleWade]

Nice work mate. I like it.

 

[Lopii9]

Thanks guys, appreciate it!

 

[CallingStation614]

Very nice design! I could see some dirty stack issues with those 5$ and 20$ chips, though.

 

[rrobyrrroby]

Fucking amazing design!
Congrats!

 

[Lopii9]

Very nice design! I could see some dirty stack issues with those 5$ and 20$ chips, though.

Thank for the input! I had the feeling the base color of the 20$ was prominent enough (yellow/gold) to not have a dirty stack issue with the 5$ purple.
If my memory doesn't fail me, I think @Cratty had similar neighbouring denom colors in his TMPT set ( 5c & 25c). Did you have any issues with those 2 by any chance?

Fucking amazing design!
Congrats!

Thanks man, appreciate it!

 

[CallingStation614]

Thank for the input! I had the feeling the base color of the 20$ was prominent enough (yellow/gold) to not have a dirty stack issue with the 5$ purple.
If my memory doesn't fail me, I think @Cratty had similar neighbouring denom colors in his TMPT set ( 5c & 25c). Did you have any issues with those 2 by any chance?


Thanks man, appreciate it!

The chips could be fine! They'll look a bit different from the mock-up in real life. This was just my first impression from the picture, since they share 3 colors. (orange, green, purple). You'd have to see them in a stack to know for sure, my personal experience tells me, to not risk it though and try to avoid too similar colors for neighboring denoms.

 

[Lopii9]

The chips could be fine! They'll look a bit different from the mock-up in real life. This was just my first impression from the picture, since they share 3 colors. (orange, green, purple). You'd have to see them in a stack to know for sure, my personal experience tells me, to not risk it though and try to avoid too similar colors for neighboring denoms.

Yeah I see it now that they do share 3 colors. Will have to look at this once I finally put in a sample order! Danke schön

 

[Cratty]

Just adding... my experience with Tina's colors would make me adjust your input colors to the following (did my best to match/forecast) if you want to actually get close to some of your render colors - knowing print comes out different than provided (especially w/ purples, some blues):

Note, just the main chip colors - did not do your alt/tourney.

 

[iLogik]

Love it!

 

[doublebooyah85]

Tina and PCF members changed the game. Good work everyone keep it up! @TheJestyr

 

[Lopii9]

Just adding... my experience with Tina's colors would make me adjust your input colors to the following (did my best to match/forecast) if you want to actually get close to some of your render colors - knowing print comes out different than provided (especially w/ purples, some blues):

Note, just the main chip colors - did not do your alt/tourney.

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Wow Cratty You didn’t have to do that! Thank you so much. I’ve been following your threads on the colormatching and it was definitely something I wanted to implement on my set to get as close to the colors on my screen. Again, thank you! I love this community.

Love it!

Thank you!

Tina and PCF members changed the game. Good work everyone keep it up! @TheJestyr

Thank you so much. This project builds on the great work of other PCFers before me. Let's keep pushing forward together!

 

[Lopii9]

The chips could be fine! They'll look a bit different from the mock-up in real life. This was just my first impression from the picture, since they share 3 colors. (orange, green, purple). You'd have to see them in a stack to know for sure, my personal experience tells me, to not risk it though and try to avoid too similar colors for neighboring denoms.

Weeeelllll, you are right. I saw no issues for these two because I was looking at them from the top. I've stacked them and put them side by side and they were still okay-ish to me, but the dirty stack happens when one of the two gets 'lost' in one of the stacks as you can see below.

So I guess its back to the drawing board for one of these two. I tried changing up some of the colors but I'm not happy with those results.
Will have to keep looking for (maybe new color in the lineup) one that keeps the same vibe/feeling of the rest of the set.

 

[MrWookie69]

Hey Lopii,

Love this inset design.

I have a sample set of my Akumal chips for sale for $12 - includes shipping. TINA Hybrid chips with the Greek Mold would be dead nuts perfect for an Aztek themed set of chips.

 

[Lopii9]

Hey Lopii,

Love this inset design.

I have a sample set of my Akumal chips for sale for $12 - includes shipping. TINA Hybrid chips with the Greek Mold would be dead nuts perfect for an Aztek themed set of chips.

@MrWookie69 count me in! I love the colors. I'll PM you

 

[MrWookie69]

@MrWookie69 count me in! I love the colors. I'll PM you

The colors are SO much more vibrant in person than in the photos.

Link to my: Akumal Inspiration and Design thread - Might help you sort through some questions for your own chips. At one point, I scrapped the chip colors and spots designs, and started over - tried to give the colors and spots a bit more thought. It's a fun process, so enjoy the ride and don't rush it. You'll be happy if you take your time - even if you miss an order window.

 

[TheWhat]

So good!

 

[Lopii9]

So good!

Thanks!


I’m still trying to figure out how to tackle the dirty stack, made some changes to both but i’m still not 100% convinced

 

[joeyshin]

Josh had some aztec chips

 

[Lopii9]

Josh had some aztec chips

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Wooowww those look amazing I’ll try to find a thread about those to see some more pics (hope Josh made one)

 

[gou1]

Great design, congrats! I love the attention to details in your project images. I plan to order directly from Tina to EU at some point so we might be able to share some tips.

 

[MrWookie69]

You need to add a "gold chip", like the 200,000 denom from Casino de Mexico

 

[Lopii9]

Great design, congrats! I love the attention to details in your project images. I plan to order directly from Tina to EU at some point so we might be able to share some tips.

Thanks man! I’m a bit meticulous when it comes to personal projects, sometimes too much, causing me a lot of headaches . Yeah I’ll gladly share all the info I have once I contact Tina to see what they need to get the project running

 

[Lopii9]

You need to add a "gold chip", like the 200,000 denom from Casino de Mexico

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Damn, my eyes are deceiving me because I see green instead of gold love that 20k chip though

I actually tried to incorporate a gold chip. The $20 dollar is supposed to be yellow gold, but don’t know if it’s obvious enough ->

 

[MrWookie69]

The gold flake can look green under certain lighting conditions/angles. There is a color "Gold" on the Paulson Poker Chip design tool.

There's is set of chips somewhere on here, with a Flamingo on the inset, and he used gold as a spot color - sand he said Tina nailed it.

If there's a chip you like, use it as inspiration and springboard to help design your spots.

 

[Lopii9]

The gold flake can look green under certain lighting conditions/angles. There is a color "Gold" on the Paulson Poker Chip design tool.

There's is set of chips somewhere on here, with a Flamingo on the inset, and he used gold as a spot color - sand he said Tina nailed it.

If there's a chip you like, use it as inspiration and springboard to help design your spots.

Wow now im curious to see that chip hope I can find it

 

[Lopii9]

Okay, so I’ve made some color adjustments on the green and yellow chips

Chose a ‘jungle green’ tone to fit more into the theme

Same for the yellow chip.
Thought the ‘Old Gold’ was seemingly better as the base color.

Also modified the $5 chip to a 3D14 spot with Red And Gold spotcolors.

I’m 95% satisfied right now with the overal design. Still finishing the production files for the first sample run and trying to implement the color forecasting for the new colors the same way (or approximately) @Cratty
did on the V1.
Will post updated pictures of the set tomorrow.

 

[Lopii9]

V2. (updated with correct mold mockup)

As promised. I think i'll contact Tina now to see how they want to receive the designs (inlay & chip seperate or same as the mockup).