Some custom chips, I could use some advice on (2 Viewers)

Natskule

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This is the current mockup.
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This would be a tournament only set.

I need some help with the inlay, as I just made it in PowerPoint. But the general idea is there. Who are some folks that I should talk to about the inlay?

Going to use the same inlay on some Milano/Majestics, to keep some costs down for the really big tournaments. I will add some 10,000 gray plaques for the big ones as well.

Can't decide on the 2,500 chip. Maybe make it 2,000? Yellow or Orange?

Any advice so far?

Here is a picture of my cash set, from Game On. Lurked on here when I had them made, figured I'd tap into the collective wisdom on these.

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First of all, welcome to PCF!

Second, I looked up Belgrade, NE. How do you find enough people to play poker? :D

I like the label design, but it could use a little dressing up, maybe? What software are you using for your design?

That T2500 is fantastic! Seems like T2000 would be more useable.

Regarding the edgespots: the progression doesn't make sense to my eyes. 314, tri-moon, then the 3TA316 for the last three denoms, doesn't flow well, IMO. I should state, however, that when I think of tourney sets, I like consistent edgespots, or even solids. My opinion is therefore biased, so dismiss it if you must.

It's going to be a cool set!
 
I would not use a non-standard denomination like T2,500. IMO, you would be better served with a T1,000. Also, if it were my set, I would drop the T5 and add a T5,000. You can then play more standard structures with a 10K starting stack of 8/8/4/7.
 
Make it T2000. Use whatever colour suits your fancy and the rest of the chips.

If starting at 5/10 blinds and doing T2K tourney with 10/10/7/3 breakdown, your T2K chips will be your rebuy, no?


For tournaments, we start with 1000, 20/16/5. Blinds at 5/10 or 10/20 depending on the time we actually get started. Rebuys/Addons are with 5 100s and 1 500.


First of all, welcome to PCF!

Second, I looked up Belgrade, NE. How do you find enough people to play poker? :D

I like the label design, but it could use a little dressing up, maybe? What software are you using for your design?

That T2500 is fantastic! Seems like T2000 would be more useable.

Regarding the edgespots: the progression doesn't make sense to my eyes. 314, tri-moon, then the 3TA316 for the last three denoms, doesn't flow well, IMO. I should state, however, that when I think of tourney sets, I like consistent edgespots, or even solids. My opinion is therefore biased, so dismiss it if you must.

It's going to be a cool set!
Yeah, Belgrade is a bit rural, but that works out as I'm a farmer.

Label needs help, consider it a rough sketch, I just used PowerPoint. It is basically what I want, but not very refined, I'll have a professional finish it up, as I don't have the software, or experience/time to do it correctly.

I understand what you are saying about edgespot progression, they actually are different, The 100 is a3DSA316, the 500 a 3V12, and the 2,500 is a 3TA316. But if they look the same, doesn't matter what they are. Having some issues with the 500, really like the 100 and 2,500, just not in love with the 500 in between. It's early, I've been playing with it, but nothing has stuck yet.

I would not use a non-standard denomination like T2,500. IMO, you would be better served with a T1,000. Also, if it were my set, I would drop the T5 and add a T5,000. You can then play more standard structures with a 10K starting stack of 8/8/4/7.

Never thought a T1000 was a good chip to buy, like the $10 bill, or a dime, thought they weren't real useful. As far as dropping the T5 and adding a T5,000, aren't we just moving a zero on the end, and basically the same? My tournaments have been with 5/25/100/500 chips, starting with 20/16/5. I want a bigger chip, mostly for 1 to 2 tournaments a year for the Rural Fire Department, where there will be up to 60-70 players. Looking at adding 10k plaques, wouldn't be necessary, but would be cool.
 
Your set is a bit on the dark side which makes your T2500 look out of place, eventhough I like that chip the most. If you haven't already, definitely pick up a CPC colour sample (either via the classifieds section or directly from CPC) as the colours look very different in person versus how they look on your screen.

Here is your lineup (under LED soft white lighting) with samples I have:

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As you can see above, Retro Blue, Black and Blurple almost look the same.


Just your base colours under the same lighting:

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Without changing your edgespots, using Light/Dayglo Green and Retro Lavender in place of Green and Purple would improve the contrast from chip to chip as well as the contrast within those chips as well:

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Thanks for the advice. They were kinda dark, I lightened some up like you suggested, having problems downloading the changes.

But I could link it. LINK

I liked the lavendar over the Retro Lanvendar, I'll see how they look tomorrow, thanks again. Be easier when I can look at samples, instead of pictures of them.
 
You'll need to move "Belgrade, Nebraska" away from the inlay edge. I would keep the same width of white space away from the edge like you have with your "Timber Creek" text. Save space with your "2000" denomination by omitting the comma.
 
For tournaments, we start with 1000, 20/16/5. Blinds at 5/10 or 10/20 depending on the time we actually get started. Rebuys/Addons are with 5 100s and 1 500.

That's a LOT of chips per player. Now, I have nothing against a lot of chips (far from it, in fact!), but this ends up being a very expensive proposition if you are thinking of custom CPC chips. You could potentially save a LOT of money by shortening up the stacks a bit.
 
Also a fan of starting with 25 as your lowest denomination. It’s more standard in casino use, so any of your players will be able to adjust easier to casino tournament should they choose. It also alleviates the monster number of chips used to create your set.

I also recommend ditching the 2500 chip and going with a 2K chip (Or more standard 1000/5000 denominations).

And lastly as already mentioned, Your text is too close to the edge of the inlay. CPC will require you to have more room between that and the edge.

Welcome to the forum, look forward to seeing your chipping journey. Don’t forget to take lots of pictures along the way
 
I also mirror the sentiment that 2000 > 2500. (I know... it's the new math).

Also, your mid range chips 25, 100, 500 are a little drab compared to the bright DG Tiger soon-to-be-2000 chip. Perhaps a little canary or DG yellow spread around on one or two of the others to make them pop a bit more.
 
Thanks for all the input.

Working with someone on the inlay. I understand the text on the bottom needs moved, that was just a rough sketch.

Don't know if I've seen the light, but I did change the 2,500 to 2000.

It was Sheaphead night, so I'll play with some colors tomorrow night.
 
If you opt for a more standard 1000, you will need a little less 500 and more 1000, 4:6 ratio of the 500 and 1000
 
Never thought a T1000 was a good chip to buy,.

Normally I would agree with you. There are examples of a number of sets with 2k chips. And when crafting my tournament set, I toyed with the idea of doing that as well. It certainly fits with the consistent multipliers found it in the other chipsets. However, I think the casino standard seems to be a 500/1000 progression. I also think a few people with 2000 chips in there sets have commented that there is sometimes confusion with The non-standard denomination. That said, it’s your set and you should do what you want. I don’t think that choosing to do a non-standard 2000 chip is a mistake if that’s what you want. Just understand the issues going in
 
I'm quite interested to see what you're gonna do for your 60-70 player tournament set! I'm guessing you'll need several thousand chips.
 
Normally I would agree with you. There are examples of a number of sets with 2k chips. And when crafting my tournament set, I toyed with the idea of doing that as well. It certainly fits with the consistent multipliers found it in the other chipsets. However, I think the casino standard seems to be a 500/1000 progression. I also think a few people with 2000 chips in there sets have commented that there is sometimes confusion with The non-standard denomination. That said, it’s your set and you should do what you want. I don’t think that choosing to do a non-standard 2000 chip is a mistake if that’s what you want. Just understand the issues going in
I guess I'm one of the few where my friends don't have any problems with my T2000 chip, although they initially had problems with my chips having actual denominations on them coz they're used to non-denominated dice chips. They also usually go with a progression of T10, T20, T50, T100 and T500... I KNOW!!! :banghead:
 
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I guess I'm one of the few where my friends don't have any problems with my T2000 chip, although they initially had problems with my chips having actual denominations on them coz they're used to non-denominated dice chips. They also usually go with a progression of T10, T20, T50, T00 and T500... I KNOW!!! :banghead:
Sad to say, there are some guys that I occasionally play with had a hard transition from every chip is a quarter, to actual denominations. Have to go through the arguments on how denominations are confusing and that if they are all the same it is easier. The fear of denominations on chips was shocking, wondered how they ever used change to buy coffee.

I wasn't really clear in my earlier post. I use a 20/16/5 breakdown for one table, maybe 2. For the bigger ones, life the firehall benefit, I'd go 10/14/6 or something along those lines. I have some flexibility depending on the size, time and other factors. I'm not getting CPC chips to run a 60 person tournament, probably just around 1000 chips, the bigger tournaments will also use some Milano/Majestics, that I'm working on putting on inlays.

Working on the inlays with palindrome currently. Also running some spreadsheets to make sure my chip breakdown will support several different scenarios.

I'll get back to colors and spots in a few days. BTW I lived in North Vancouver for awhile, good folks and pretty country, but the farmground is better in Nebraska.
 
Your inlay concept with the half-moon shaped graphic kind of reminds me of the Blue Ridge set, one of my favorites:

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Very nice start, love the color combo on the 100. I would echo the sentiments from @LinkyBabe regarding the darker colors on the 25 & 500. Get those samples. DG green or DG arc yellow for the 2/4/6 spot on the 500 would look nice too.

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For inlay design help, this thread has some info on artists. There aren't too many at moment, a few have taken a hiatus from design work.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/inlay-artists.34484/
 
I grew up in North Vancouver, work there, and live close by. Does this name ring a bell?

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Sure does. I worked at Cypress Mountain.

Your inlay concept with the half-moon shaped graphic kind of reminds me of the Blue Ridge set, one of my favorites:

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For inlay design help, this thread has some info on artists. There aren't too many at moment, a few have taken a hiatus from design work.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/inlay-artists.34484/

I like those Blue Ridge chips, might steal some ideas from them, thanks.

Getting some inlay help from a forum member Palindrome.

Thanks for the help, this site delivers!
 
How do you download the proofs off the Poker Chip Design Tool? I've saved them as PNG, but I can't find the download, nothing in the browser. It worked the first time in the OP, but not since.

Here is the current iteration. Link
 
I don't have a problem attaching files, I have a problem downloading them from the Poker Chip Design Tool.

Thanks for posting them.
 

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