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Eloe2000
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Haha, man how in the world did you remember this and pull this out haha.
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Casa Mango | Cash - CPC (CSQ) (1 Viewer)
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Haha, man how in the world did you remember this and pull this out haha.
The 18xx community would approve!
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Please confirm whether the police were called by neighbors when you set up lighting on the backyard stump to take the OP pics.
Also,
Also,
...other than the green $20, I'd be interested to know what other design changes you wrestled with and/or made after the design was submitted.
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Eloe2000
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I started off the entire set with the idea of doing a DG Peach $5. By a wide mile I spent the most amount of time on this set trying to make the Peach base happen but I just couldn't make it work since I was trying to incorporate so many shades of yellow/orange/red. With Peach being right in the middle color wise I thought there just wasn't enough contrast. But @Rbonus012 's $5er with Peach and Arc Yellow showed me I was actually wrong and how nice that combo is. But I spent a lot of time just trying to decide on the right colors on the $5 even knowing exactly what spot pattern I was going to use.
I took a little convincing that it was worth the money for the premium premium hub inlay on the $5 chip. But I am glad I made that decision.
I was stuck for a while on the spot pattern for my $20 but in the end It wasn't a aa deciision that concerned me too much.
I debated doing Bright White and Retro Blue spots on the $1 instead of Light Green for more of the deep blue ocean appearance. In the end I think the additional contrast may have flowed better if I had made that choice.
Overall, my very first mockup are really close to where I ended up. Below were my very first mockups and what I had sent to @ReallyGoodUsername for my first feedback.
Awesome!! Great looking set and great job Evan as always
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This must be what actors not named Daniel Day Lewis feel like when they have a movie come out in the same year as him.
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Eloe2000
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As a fan of DDL as well as PTA movies I say this comment is gold.
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Love it!
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Those poor murdered non-denom Casa Mango inlays.
I assume CPC doesn't let you order individual chips with one inlay design per chip, so that's why you had to go the Gear route? Could you have ordered the chips without inlays for slightly less cost, or would you then have to mill them?
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Eloe2000
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Those poor murdered non-denom Casa Mango inlays.
I assume CPC doesn't let you order individual chips with one inlay design per chip, so that's why you had to go the Gear route? Could you have ordered the chips without inlays for slightly less cost, or would you then have to mill them?
Correct. You can’t really do seating chips directly with CPC. Popping out CPC inlays is super easy though. Way easier than milling and way easier than Paulsons. And you want one side of each seating chip to be NCV anyway so this isn’t a terrible approach. It will do the trick for sure.
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Yes you would.
Was about to ask why, but obviously so people can't pick their seats, so one side has to be "covered".
Just scrolled back up and stared at the unlabeled quarter pie.
I'd nickname them creamsicles...
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Eloe2000
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I realized after the fact that I forgot to take photos of the chips racked showing the edge spots. Not crucial but I know there had been a lot of fuss in 2021 about split spots on CPCs, particularly with DG base chips. I just wanted to give my thoughts on the QC of squashed and split spots. 5 out of 6 of my chips have DG base. David had a direct chat with me about the potential for split spots and which chips may be more of an issue. I had ordered extras for this possibility and or for sample sets anyway. I ordered just over 1200 chips and after a thorough check I only found 4 instances of split spots (2 were Blurple spot on DG Pink base, and 2 were Light Green spot on DG Peacock base). And even then, the splits were only on one spot per chip and were relatively minor. I really had to seek these out. In general I view squashed spots as an attractive element of clay chips and I am incredibly happy with the overall QC of the spots of the chips. CPC provided many more extras to compensate for issues like that even though I am totally happy putting those into use. It is worth noting that I found one instance of a bubbled inlay that created a spinner. But again CPC more than covered that in extras. I’ll admit I was a little nervous placing an order with so many DG base chips after that thread popped up. But I am incredibly happy with the service and product I received.
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Did you pay the split spot premium I had seen mentioned before?
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Eloe2000
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Nope. I just let her rip as a normal order. I ordered something like 30 extra per denom to allow for swapping out less desirable chips and for sample sets. The one spot that David was particularly concerned about the possibility of splits was the Retro Red on DG Arc Yellow base. But I didn’t find a single instance of a split there in the end. The very few split spots “defective” chips I had were more than covered by the many extras they sent me anyway.
I loved the set before these latest pics, but those hundos racked are insane. I think it's the best use of this insert pattern I have seen.
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Yep. I waffled on using that pattern. Now I wish I did. Always next time 
On another note, that green is poppy
On another note, that green is poppy
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Eloe2000
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A completely accurate description would be to say CPC delivered my set and the quantity ordered with zero issues, including extras with zero issues for free. But they also decided to throw in some of the "defective" chips anyway for fun on top of my zero issue set. They shouldn't get dinged for including some defective chips for fun on top of my zero defect set.
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Eloe2000
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On the hundo? That is DG Arc yellow. It looks so much different on the hundo than on the 5er right next to it. It is an illustration of how much the surrounding colors change the look of a color.
Oh no the $25 base
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Eloe2000
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Agreed. I think the flecks make the contrast between the weighted and non-weighted alternating colors look incredible on the hundos as well. Just another facet for me to take into account now. I'm convinced I'll be tinkering with my mock-ups in perpetuity. For now, I blame you and your extremely HQ pics.
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Eloe2000
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It is the tinkering that is fun. I am already tinkering with secondary chips and another set
Oops… lol no swear it was nothaha. hopefully that wasn't a subtle dig
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