Beaver Club Cash Set Mock Up (1 Viewer)

[James McGill]

Hello gentlemen, I originally posted this in the 'Mock up for fun/science' thread, but I think I'll have better luck getting this seen by creating my own post. I needed some feedback on a custom set I'm creating for my golfing group -- called the Beaver Club -- cash game. The original Beaver Club was formed in Canada by fur traders of the North West Company and Hudson Bay Company. I intend on having unique reverse side inlays for each denomination with some references to the lore of the original club. I was obviously inspired by the Rounders chips for the front inlay. Not sure about numbers for each denomination yet, and the $1000 is optional for me -- just wanted to design one out. See the mock up below, and thank you for your input!

 

[churlbut18]

Great job. I like where this is headed. A few immediate things jump out at me.

1) I love the $100 but don’t like the spot. I think you need to go from 1TA316 to 3TA or 4TA if offered. 1 spotted hundo isn’t enough.

2) I’d try to move the 1/4 Pie spot from the $1 to the “quarter”

3) Don’t bother with the $1k. The $500 is overkill as it is for a cash set.

 

[James McGill]

Fair enough, although I liked the unbalance gear look, like it's about to wreck the whole works. Here's a mock up with your suggestion. It looks great, but I was trying for something original. I've never seen a $100 like the one I proposed. For the quarter (still not sure if I'm getting that either), it's a hot stamp on a blank chip, so the 1/4 pie won't work there. The $500 is overkill, and I'll likely only get the smallest number allowed or none at all. Thank you very much for your input!

 

[Davism72]

I dig the design. How’d you simulate a hot stamp in the chip tool?

 

[James McGill]

I dig the design. How’d you simulate a hot stamp in the chip tool?

I appreciate that! I did all of this in Powerpoint like an amateur. I found a gold foil picture and used it as a fill color for the text and the shape. I also took a small screen cap of the blank chip, tiled it to form a bigger object, and then used that as a fill color for the back ground. All I had to do from there was save the objects as a pic and insert it as an inlay in the chip tool. I'm sure there is a much easier way!

 

[Davism72]

Good tips! Thanks.

 

[dmalhi1]

I really like these and thought the spotted 100 looks rather unique. If these were available I'd buy a set.

 

[BNM]

I like the unbalanced look of the 100. Love the hot stamped frac. That purple $500 is gorgeous. Change it to a lower denomination to get it in play more?

Good luck!

 

[sir bluffs alot]

Definitely keep the hotstamped frac. Love that. Feel like the $25 needs a second color on the spots. Only monochromatic edge spot in the set.

 

[James McGill]

I appreciate everyone's feedback. Here are some tweaks based on some of your suggestions and some cost saving considerations. My apologies to Tony Miltz for borrowing the look of his $10,000 The Shed chip. I love it.

 

[dmalhi1]

This is possibly a completely off topic question, forgive me, I'm really new here, but what does a custom set like this actually cost per chip?

 

[James McGill]

This is possibly a completely off topic question, forgive me, I'm really new here, but what does a custom set like this actually cost per chip?

I haven't broken down the cost for each one of my designs yet, but it depends on whether the chips are blank, with an inlay, with a shaped inlay, the spot pattern/colors. Here's Classic Poker Chip's price listing. The shaped inlays range from 42¢ to 84¢ additional fee per chip. To summarize, it's expensive.

 

[timinater]

I think your $100 just took a step backwards with the purple/pink-ish spots.

 

[ruskba]

First mock is much much better, imo. Keep the quarter pie $1.

 

[James McGill]

I think your $100 just took a step backwards with the purple/pink-ish spots.

First mock is much much better, imo. Keep the quarter pie $1.

LOL. This is going to be a long and difficult road, isn't it? I think I need to step back from the chip design tool for a bit.

 

[Lemonzest]

I think these 2 chips are perfect



My 2c is as follows:

make the 25c chip a lighter base color. I suggest hot pink or something in that range

Great colours on the 5. Continue the pattern all the way around making it a 3 spot pattern similar to what you did with the 100. I know it seems like a cool idea to make an off balance chip but I don't like it. Of if you do it make sure it is just 1 chip that has this.



work on the 25 edge spots and jazz them up a bit.

make sure the 1k chip base color is bright as possible. pic looks a bit flat.

 

[ruskba]

LOL. This is going to be a long and difficult road, isn't it? I think I need to step back from the chip design tool for a bit.

Just remember: there’s very few things that are actually wrong when designing a custom set. Everything else is personal preference, and the only preference that matters is your own.

 

[RichMahogany]

I’d go light green or dg green and dg tiger for your latest $25. I’ve mocked similar and think they look amazing together

 

[James McGill]

Version 3. Alright, I'm retired from fiddling for at least a week.

 

[davislane]

Did these ever get made?