MichaelBubly
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Well, here is the sad story of my first custom set attempt that has been sitting in limbo, waiting. I originally ordered and paid for the labels back at the start of June after joining the queue at ChipUp in May. Originally ordered through ChipUp in the hopes to have the set done in time to use at my Bachelor party, but that didn't happen. After months of waiting and missed timelines, finally my labels were completed and shipped in September. About 13 weeks after ordering instead of the 3-6 week estimate. Sadly, the color matching on the quarters had an issue and they ended up not matching at all. No problems, ChipUp agreed to remake the labels and said they could be likely be redone at the end of the week.
Sadly, after a little over 2 months, this is the last update and this project has continued to sit idle on my shelf. I've been so excited to share this set and it's lessons I've learned from it, but I wanted to wait until everything was finished. But at this point, it looks like the finish line could still be months away. Sounds like ChipUp has had a rough go at life in the past 6 months so I've tried to remain patient, but I can't help but feel frustrated that instead of just getting a refund I got strung along with 6-7 different updates of "hopefully this weekend. Hopefully next week" and yet I still don't have a playable set after 6 months.
Will likely give up waiting and order the remaining labels that need to be redone through Gear. This will take some time for Chris to match the original labels and the colors together, but will be well worth it to finally finish this set off!
So anyways, after that ramble. Here's the set.
The Shoreline Cardroom
Named after the small boardwalk "Shoreline Trail" where I proposed to my then girlfriend, now wife, back in September of 2022.
The label artwork went through a few variations and after @aaron2786 worked some magic I was sold.
Got some custom cut cards done by @Potsie1 which turned out perfect! And some Acrylic DB coming in the next few months.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the semi-final results. Obviously, the quarter need to be redone with a matched inlay. And still need to clean and oil some of the $1s and $5s.
The $1 chips seem to have been really dried out after the ultrasonic cleaning and unlike the $5s don't seem to want to restore themselves after several thorough pilings. Not sure if I wrecked them or if they were just like that originally. The sides are very rough to the touch. But the colors are still quite nice.
I do wish I added a bit of buffer between the edge of the shaped inlay and the color match. They don't look quite right, but still quite good overall.
Very happy with the label quality ChipUp did eventually send. The textured laminate feels great and the colors are very nice.
I also do wish I didn't pickup a set of milled inlay chips as cleaning off the remaining labels remnant's has been laborious and didn't turn out very good on quite a few. Nothing that ruins the set, but small nit-picks that I've noticed even after applying the labels and oiling.
But overall, I think it's a great first dable with a custom set and happy with the near final product.
Thanks to those who have contributed to this!
Sadly, after a little over 2 months, this is the last update and this project has continued to sit idle on my shelf. I've been so excited to share this set and it's lessons I've learned from it, but I wanted to wait until everything was finished. But at this point, it looks like the finish line could still be months away. Sounds like ChipUp has had a rough go at life in the past 6 months so I've tried to remain patient, but I can't help but feel frustrated that instead of just getting a refund I got strung along with 6-7 different updates of "hopefully this weekend. Hopefully next week" and yet I still don't have a playable set after 6 months.
Will likely give up waiting and order the remaining labels that need to be redone through Gear. This will take some time for Chris to match the original labels and the colors together, but will be well worth it to finally finish this set off!
So anyways, after that ramble. Here's the set.
The Shoreline Cardroom
Named after the small boardwalk "Shoreline Trail" where I proposed to my then girlfriend, now wife, back in September of 2022.
The label artwork went through a few variations and after @aaron2786 worked some magic I was sold.
Got some custom cut cards done by @Potsie1 which turned out perfect! And some Acrylic DB coming in the next few months.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the semi-final results. Obviously, the quarter need to be redone with a matched inlay. And still need to clean and oil some of the $1s and $5s.
The $1 chips seem to have been really dried out after the ultrasonic cleaning and unlike the $5s don't seem to want to restore themselves after several thorough pilings. Not sure if I wrecked them or if they were just like that originally. The sides are very rough to the touch. But the colors are still quite nice.
I do wish I added a bit of buffer between the edge of the shaped inlay and the color match. They don't look quite right, but still quite good overall.
Very happy with the label quality ChipUp did eventually send. The textured laminate feels great and the colors are very nice.
I also do wish I didn't pickup a set of milled inlay chips as cleaning off the remaining labels remnant's has been laborious and didn't turn out very good on quite a few. Nothing that ruins the set, but small nit-picks that I've noticed even after applying the labels and oiling.
But overall, I think it's a great first dable with a custom set and happy with the near final product.
Thanks to those who have contributed to this!