The West Wing Commemorative Chip Set (1 Viewer)

[Broadway Str8ght]

I was thinking about how much I love the show & the fact that it will soon be 20 years since it was on our screens & so I was wondering because I am also a poker nut if any arty fellow chip collectors had any suggestions on a classy west wing themed poker chip design that encapsulates the class, wisdom & elegance of the show.

TL;DR Looking for a classy west wing inspired poker chip design for a custom commemorative set.

 

[Psypher1000]

I was thinking about how much I love the show & the fact that it will soon be 20 years since it was on our screens & so I was wondering because I am also a poker nut if any arty fellow chip collectors had any suggestions on a classy west wing themed poker chip design that encapsulates the class, wisdom & elegance of the show.

TL;DR Looking for a classy west wing inspired poker chip design for a custom commemorative set.

Did a TL;DR after a single sentence.

If we don’t have enough attention span to read a sentence, we’re doomed.

 

[detroitdad]

I only made it about 1.5 seasons through the show. Everyone seemed to be speaking from a pedestal. I thought Sorkins "News Room" was much better even though it was a similar tone.

Maybe focus the chips on the white house and surrounding landmarks? Similar to a PNY set?

 

[Phantom]

Maybe focus the chips on the white house and surrounding landmarks? Similar to a PNY set?

Yep, this ^^^^.

 

[upNdown]

I only made it about 1.5 seasons through the show. Everyone seemed to be speaking from a pedestal. I thought Sorkins "News Room" was much better even though it was a similar tone.

Maybe focus the chips on the white house and surrounding landmarks? Similar to a PNY set?

Well now we know what happened to @jbutler

 

[upNdown]

edited
I should save such comments for the politics board

 

[detroitdad]

Well now we know what happened to @jbutler

not quite. I believe he pretty much disliked everything Sorkin did. I liked WW. Just not enough to continue watching it. I loved News Room. So much that I plan on re watching it at some point with my wife.

edited
I should save such comments for the politics board

good call

 

[dew4au]

So I figure you have two ways of going about this.

1 - You can do a specific white house theme where different rooms are featured.
- Cabinet Room
- Oval Office
- The Queens Bedroom (Given that you're from the UK)
- Family Dining Room
- Outside picture of the White House
2 - As aforementioned, the White House itself and surrounding monuments. More of a DC theme really.

I'm stuck at home with strep, so I made these.

 

[Psypher1000]

So I figure you have two ways of going about this.

1 - You can do a specific white house theme where different rooms are featured.
- Cabinet Room
- Oval Office
- The Queens Bedroom (Given that you're from the UK)
- Family Dining Room
- Outside picture of the White House
2 - As aforementioned, the White House itself and surrounding monuments. More of a DC theme really.

I'm stuck at home with strep, so I made these.

View attachment 134454

These are both solid ideas for a themed set and have potential to be quite nice. The toughest thing might be finding the right picture for each room/monument. That could actually make or break the set.

 

[dew4au]

The toughest thing might be finding the right picture for each room/monument. That could actually make or break the set.

Very much so. I don't like that image of the White House very much, but it was the only one I could find in short order that might accept a denom.

This type of set may be perfect for a two sided inlay. 1 & 1/6 for sure.

 

[Psypher1000]

This type of set may be perfect for a two sided inlay. 1 & 1/6 for sure.

FDL would be thematically appropriate, too, since DC architecture and area layout was influenced fairly heavily by the French.

 

[pedrofisk]

So I figure you have two ways of going about this.

1 - You can do a specific white house theme where different rooms are featured.
- Cabinet Room
- Oval Office
- The Queens Bedroom (Given that you're from the UK)
- Family Dining Room
- Outside picture of the White House
2 - As aforementioned, the White House itself and surrounding monuments. More of a DC theme really.

I'm stuck at home with strep, so I made these.

View attachment 134454

I think it could be even better to focus on the Monuments of DC, there are already three in there. Then you leave out the WH and Congress.

 

[dew4au]

Here's my go for a direction for the room based set.

.25 Queens Room
1 - White House
5 - Cabinet Room
20 - Oval Office
100 - Briefing Room

The Queen's room is obviously an odd duck compared to the rest of the group, but it looks good with a pink frac.

Personally after seeing the both, I think it would be easier to pull off the White House plus monuments, but it all comes do to your preference.

 

[crussader]

I would put in the situation room over the Queen's room.

 

[dew4au]

I would put in the situation room over the Queen's room.

Totally agree, but the Queen's room ads UK flair and matches the pink frac.

 

[crussader]

Is the Queen's room in the west wing or east wing?

 

[dew4au]

Is the Queen's room in the west wing or east wing?

It's in the west wing.

 

[Lemonzest]

I think the monuments like the White House and Lincoln look cooler as central images than the rooms. Rooms on their own kind of lack life/personality imo.

 

[bergs]

If it's really a West Wing tribute set, why not just have a $1K chip with Leo Spencer on it (since he's dead it'll never see play) and every other denomination featuring Josh Lyman? A Bradley Whitford tribute set would be FAWESOME (except when I say "fawesome", I really just mean "retarded").

 

[RainmanTrail]

I remember many years back sitting at my parents house with a roomful of friends waiting for my brother's scene to show up on an episode of The West Wing. We saw him in the background of a scene (someone cut his tie to give to a main character), then all of a sudden he was gone. All his lines got cut! lol, we were so bummed out Good times, good times