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[toad94]

I have 3 error Rumble Bounties from the rack I ordered. You are welcome to one of them. Happy New Year!

I'd love one. If you don't already have an error $11, I'll bring one for you.

I was wondering about the edge spots. If either of you want the error chip, I can bring it to the Divide this Fall!

Thank you for the offer but I just counted and I have three left so I'm good to go!

 

[toad94]

Time for new pics of my Silver Dust Casino BCCs. Also several shots from the old CT thread would be very difficult to duplicate so some old pr0n is included here as well (ewww, old pr0n... (n) :thumbsdown

The Silver Dust BCCs were originally going to be the big do-all set (until the TRK colors prompted the massive Cedar Room set). Later on I ordered a few new denoms ($2, $3, $10 and $25K) and secondaries for the $1 and $5.

Sadly out of 460 $3s ordered over 60 were warped or very bad spinners; I needed to pick out a few "best of the worst" I could live with to complete the fourth rack. With the secondary $5s I ordered 120 and they were even worse than the $3s, but I managed to get 40 that would work. Coincidentally I ended up with 460 quarters so it looks like the two barrels were planned to complete the fifth rack, but I'm just lucky it worked out that way. A bit OCD, I know. The $2s were another mess but I'll save that for the follow up "error chip" post.

Concerning the oversized chippies: the $5000 is supposed to be 50mm but it actually mic'd out at 49.50mm. The $25K was ordered later and came in at 50.74mm. I wish they were the same size but if they had to be slightly different I'm very glad the $5000 is smaller. If it were the other way around it would definitely tilt me. It's funny what dark places a chip addiction can take me to.

So enough typing--here's the pics!

I took this pic in Crystal, Colorado which inspired this set:

I like the short focal plane shot, in case it's not obvious.

Oooh, lighting flare. (y) :thumbsup:

The 50mm under/over:

New In Box, dry as the Mojave from whence they came ::

 

[toad94]

Old pr0n

 

[toad94]

Error chips! Woot!

The inlays, Captain. They drift astern!

Wrong spot order. Love 'em.

And then there were $2... This is the original artwork for the $2. I wanted a dark wood-tone background to contrast with the Adobe base color. The mock-up showed that. Even BCC's proof showed it. But then someone in production (I think Mike did the inlays, but I don't know that for sure) must have gotten the idea to try to color-match the background to the base color and the result is the washed-out, blah $2 I have. It could have been a stunner. Oh well. I'm not complaining that hard; the clay itself is nice and at least they're flat.

 

[nitzilla]

Anyone else think the Horseshoe Cleveland folks stole your $100 for their $5000 colors???

 

[slisk250]

Wow! I can't wait until the Divide to get those Silver Dust in play!!!!! Only 7 months away!

 

[BGinGA]

Stunning sets and pics, sir. Bravo.

 

[pokerplayingpisces]

I've been fortunate enough to visit the Cedar Room many times, and get my hands on many of his chips! It's always exciting to arrive, and see which one of his sets is going to be on the felt that night! All of his customs are well-designed, with great themes, but my favorite is the Silverdust chips! I should've of got a set way back when offered members to join his order, back on the blue wall. I am honored to have a full sample set of those chips, compliments of the "King of Customs" himself! Besides having a wealth of knowledge about chips, Mark is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. I hope those PCF members in the area, and those that may pass through, get a chance to visit the Cedar Room. As it is a sight to behold!

 

[bigblind]

awesome

 

[mike32]

Love Blue Chip poker chips. Beautiful sets even with all the crazy things that came out of that factory!

 

[dew4au]

Great Update! I know you had your issues with BCC like most folks, but your sets are a prime example of the great sets they could produce. On the other end of the spectrum is AD's set that was so bad he refused to show it to anyone.

 

[FoldKing72]

Drools... wow

 

[mattduck]

Amazing - when does the Casino open?

 

[toad94]

Here are some of my favorite old chips. The appeal of the first two should be apparent:

I saw this one on eBay last year. I like that it has the quad-diamond pattern I've used on a lot of my custom chips. I looked up what the quad-diamond symbol means and the only reference I could find referred to an apothecary's handbook where this symbol was used to denote "addictive" substances. Given my penchant for chips and gambooling, I'd say that fits perfectly.

1. I'm an American. 2. I like the simple but classy inlay. 3. It looks like the cut-line is visible at the top edge of the inlay (error chips = cool). Good stuff.

 

[chipjoker]

Good lord, thats O Lot O chips....

These old chips are cool, the frog leaning on the mushroom is cool.

 

[toad94]

Yeah, I love that chillin' frog. But I can't tell if he's chewing on a weed or smoking a skinny pipe. And if he's smoking a pipe is that an extremely well-formed puff of smoke coming out or is a mushroom stuck in the top of it? Lots of hallucinogenic stuff going on there, perhaps. (To say nothing of the fact that he could be one of those toads that people lick...)

 

[Toby]

All your sets are amazing but the BCC sets are stupendous. The pinnacle of custom set design. Anyone looking to create a set of their own would do well to take a long look at the Cedar Room and Silver Dust chips. Amazing stuff. Love the array of colors, spots and oversize chips. In the OED dictionary, under the entry for 'epic' it says "see @toad94's BCC custom poker chip sets"

 

[toad94]

In the "Best Green Chip" thread @RowdyRawhide pointed out I don't have the Silver Dust Casino ASMs in this thread yet. So I pulled out the camera last night for some new pics. I checked CT for when I first posted SDC-ASM pr0n and it was Feb 10, 2009, 8 years ago almost to the day (close enough). (y) :thumbsup:

This was a small set I made after a trip to Crystal, Colorado. In a book about Crystal it tells of winters in the mountain town where the snow would cover entire houses except for the chimney and townspeople would dig tunnels to each other's houses and stores (as well as air shafts up so they could breathe fresh air). That's a lot of snow. Anyway, here's the pics:

I even found a couple pics on CT still:

 

[toad94]

I fixed the picture problem, they should be clickable now. I also added an index to post #1.

 

[toad94]

This was my first BCC set. For those who don't like secondaries (or tertiaries) or incomplete racks, it may be best to skip this post. I didn't have a good plan on denom quantities at the time, I just knew I wanted some BCCs so I split the minimum order quantity across five denoms.

I later added secondaries and a solid set. I guess I wanted to get the most mileage from what I thought was pretty high artwork fees (especially since I do my own artwork--but hey, no getting around the artwork fee). Once the TRK colors came out I added the $2, $4, $10, $1000, and $5000. Anyway, the quantities are a bit hokey but I make it work. (y) :thumbsup:

Any guesses what my last name is?

The incomplete racks trigger my subtle OCD tendencies but I just breathe deeply and move on...

My favorite of the bunch:

No oil vs. oil. (BCCs demand oil.)

 

[toad94]

These were the mock-ups for the original order:

The original $5 was a tribute to Harvey's Wagon Wheel in Central City, a place I liked to play table games and poker at many times. When the TRK colors came out, the TRK Light Turquoise was close enough to make me want to try the Wagon Wheel $25. The $1 was a given at that point, too, but I wanted blue instead of green. Hey, it's a tribute, not a replica.

Error chip time! The first two are inlay-shifts, obv. The $10 has some red clay in the Sky Blue spot. The first hundo on the left has a Blood Red spot (supposed to be Royal Red) and the next two hundos have an errant Horizon Blue spot (supposed to be Dolphin Blue). The last hundo fought the lathe and the lathe won.

How. Just. How... Twice. :

Let's get artsy fartsy!

 

[BGinGA]

The incomplete racks trigger my subtle OCD tendencies but I just breathe deeply and move on...

I suppose having a wall of stellar chips helps a bit.

Great stuff, sir. (y) :thumbsup:

 

[Trihonda]

Holy Eff Balls!! Just saw this thread, and the chips and photography are stunning!

 

[dew4au]

Holy Eff Balls!! Just saw this thread, and the chips and photography are stunning!

I'm pretty sure @toad94 takes his chips to Sears for photos... That's where all the best pr0n comes from, amirite?

 

[Mr. Cheese]

Amazing sets and great photography skills! Congrats on some of the coolest customs out there!

 

[beaver]

This thread is incredible.

 

[Poker Zombie]

This was a small set I made after a trip to Crystal, Colorado. In a book about Crystal it tells of winters in the mountain town where the snow would cover entire houses except for the chimney and townspeople would dig tunnels to each other's houses and stores (as well as air shafts up so they could breathe fresh air). That's a lot of snow. Anyway, here's the pics:

Toad: the only person that calls an 800 chip set "small".

 

[Steve5k]

I've had to shut off my screen saver because I just keep staring....

 

[twonky]

Just makes me drool! Awesome photography and fantastic chips.

 

[dickzapper]

what. the. fuck. I didn't know chips could get this good. I want to go to this casino night.

Actually you're most of the way there, why not just open your own casino?