Retro Set with P5WOODY custom inlay (1 Viewer)

[Stephen Hixon]

Hey guy's looking for feed back on my retro set that I'm working on. I'm going for the 1950's theme and I think PWOODY nailed it. All opinions and critiques are most welcome. Trying to stay true with chip colors and edge spots.


Thanks guy's

 

[Trihonda]

The feedback I would give you, would be to export all of the chips together, so that you can see them next to each other in the image. It's a little hard to provide an opinion on the chip colors and spots without them next to each other. At first glance, Steve nailed the inlay. Looks good to me.

 

[Stephen Hixon]

Ok lets try this again............

 

[p5woody]

This might be little easier to see, what do you think?

 

[72o]

Just my personal thoughts.

1. Replace the light green on the dollar with some blue (any blue would work but I like regular blue).
2. Replace the charcoal on the fiver with (light) gray.
3. Replace the gray on the hundo with a yellow.

Do you care about the more complex spot on the fiver compared to the $25? Doesn't bother me but wanted to point it out.

Inlay looks cool.

 

[Joe E.]

these are sharp, I might be interested in a set

 

[p5woody]

Simple to more complex spot pattern. Not sure about the colors but wanted to show the spot pattern progression.

 

[dew4au]

I like the inlay, but it seems like it's missing "card room", "club", etc. to establish a setting. Not a requirement by any means, but just by looking at the design elements it looks a bit light. Not a problem, just my opinion.

In regards to colors and edge spots. If you look closely you notice that Vegas had not ironed out a color standard by the 50s. It's quite common to find all kinds of colors for the denoms well into the 50's so don't think you have to limit yourself to today's "Vegas colors." It wasn't standard at all.

Boulder Club 1958

Cal-Neva 1955

Binion's Horseshoe - 1954

On spots, I think you have some considerations to make if you want to keep it to the era. In the 1950s 314, 214, 414, and 312 ruled the day. There are a few here and there that did other things, but for sure the red chip and the black chip are out of place.

To get a better feel for the era, I'd suggest looking at this article about Vegas Casinos in the 1950s. Cross reference the casinos on that list with the list at the Chip Guide and you'll get the picture.

I recently did a set based on the 1940's so I made a lot of the same considerations. I decided to keep it true and I love how it turned out. Ultimately, it's your set and if you want to bend the rules a bit, by all means. Whatever makes you happy!

 

[Trihonda]

Simple to more complex spot pattern. Not sure about the colors but wanted to show the spot pattern progression.

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I like these far greater than the OP

 

[dew4au]

Simple to more complex spot pattern. Not sure about the colors but wanted to show the spot pattern progression.

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I like that simple progression, but I don't think it's consistent with the 1950s if he want's to keep it strict.

 

[Phantom]

Perhaps black 212 on the white so it looks like a bowtie.

 

[Stephen Hixon]

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Perhaps black 212 on the white so it looks like a bowtie.

 

[Psypher1000]

Just my personal thoughts.

1. Replace the light green on the dollar with some blue (any blue would work but I like regular blue).
2. Replace the charcoal on the fiver with (light) gray.
3. Replace the gray on the hundo with a yellow.

Do you care about the more complex spot on the fiver compared to the $25? Doesn't bother me but wanted to point it out.

Inlay looks cool.

Agree with all of this.

 

[Phantom]

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Looks sharp mate

 

[hod]

I like the inlay, but it seems like it's missing "card room", "club", etc. to establish a setting. Not a requirement by any means, but just by looking at the design elements it looks a bit light. Not a problem, just my opinion.

In regards to colors and edge spots. If you look closely you notice that Vegas had not ironed out a color standard by the 50s. It's quite common to find all kinds of colors for the denoms well into the 50's so don't think you have to limit yourself to today's "Vegas colors." It wasn't standard at all.

On spots, I think you have some considerations to make if you want to keep it to the era. In the 1950s 314, 214, 414, and 312 ruled the day. There are a few here and there that did other things, but for sure the red chip and the black chip are out of place.

To get a better feel for the era, I'd suggest looking at this article about Vegas Casinos in the 1950s. Cross reference the casinos on that list with the list at the Chip Guide and you'll get the picture.

I recently did a set based on the 1940's so I made a lot of the same considerations. I decided to keep it true and I love how it turned out. Ultimately, it's your set and if you want to bend the rules a bit, by all means. Whatever makes you happy!

This frickin' nails it if you're looking for retro. Chips look great though - just depends how close you want the feel to be to those described here I guess.

 

[MD Mike]

I am a sucker for the blue 212 on the $1 chip. Although a black 212 makes it look like a cute bow tie

 

[Stephen Hixon]

After some critique I think we are getting closer...

 

[SixSpeedFury]

After some critique I think we are getting closer...

Ship it

 

[Stephen Hixon]

Looking to see what ones you guys like the best......Thank you p5woody for all of your help with these. The inlay is money!!

 

[ceramicmike]

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Ship it

Yea what he said. Ship it with the sample sets (y) :thumbsup:

 

[SixSpeedFury]

Still the one I said. Fits with the 50s theme you're going after.

 

[upNdown]

I like the inlay with "Card Club" better. But I gotta say that it's probably difficult for me to see a top hat on any inlay, and not think of the Paulson World Top Hat and Cane inlay.

 

[dew4au]

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Ship it

Agreed. Fits the theme you're looking for. I love the card club text. I think I like the red text a bit more, but either inlay looks great. Spots are dead on. 414 was actually a "complex" spot for the 50s so I love it on the hundos.

Love it

 

[Meddler2]

The inlay confuses me. It says bow tie but the top hat is the most prominent elements.

Not a huge fan of "card club". What about social club? Something that is a little more classy to go with the theme of a bow tie or top hat setting.

 

[dew4au]

Not a huge fan of "card club". What about social club? Something that is a little more classy to go with the theme of a bow tie or top hat setting.

I agree, the name can be improved upon. I was just happy any text over the previous version.

I like:

Social Club
Turf Club
Supper Club
Card Room


Lets throw some more out there!

 

[Stephen Hixon]

Looking to see what ones you guys like the best......Thank you p5woody for all of your help with these. The inlay is money!!

I agree, the name can be improved upon. I was just happy any text over the previous version.

I like:

Social Club
Turf Club
Supper Club
Card Room


Lets throw some more out there!

We went with card room

 

[kmccormick100]

After some critique I think we are getting closer...

I think this was your best mockup by far. The only thing I might change is making the spot on the $100 light blue

 

[Stephen Hixon]

I am a sucker for the blue 212 on the $1 chip. Although a black 212 makes it look like a cute bow tie

I think this was your best mockup by far. The only thing I might change is making the spot on the $100 light blue

We went with the blue my friend...