dew4au
Flush
Hey guys,
I currently have a custom set that I use for a cash set. I'm looking at adding a tourney set based on the same theme. For those of you who weren't around for the original, the idea is based on an iron ore boom town from the reconstruction era that was close to where I grew up. The inspiration came from a beautiful piece of stationary from the hotel in that town.
The No Mold had just been mad available again, so I decided to make them a very basic crest a seal type. They turned out very well and I still like the set buuuuut.... I'm a chip degen, so naturally I want to tinker with it.
I'd like to bring the design into the 1940s with a MD-50 with basic spots treatment. My inspiration for this is the El Rancho Vegas from the 1940s.
Now the tricky part with the chip colors is the $25. The chip is listed as Blue/Grey, but in some scans it looks more grey, and sometimes (like above) it looks almost purple. I don't have the latest CPC color sample, but looking at my 2010 ASM sample, the grey looks like the best fit. Lavender looks a bit too dark.
Here is my first cut at a color and spot progression. The inlays are placeholders left over from the original Signal design work. I could definitely see using an inlay like this, but with updated fonts that look era appropriate. I don't believe there was a $500 in the series, so I'm open suggestion. My gut was to fall back to the Vegas alt color of white. Definitely looking for thoughts here.
UPDATE: I've settled on these colors.
Another option for the inlay is to use the most prominent feature of the building for the focus. The El Rancho and The Signal both have towers. Using the existing inlay layout, but swapping towers, something like this could be used. Maybe even swap out the stylized text of "The Signal" for something more era appropriate.
UPDATE: For designers, I'm going with the original artist, Machinelf from CT. He hasn't joined PCF yet, so maybe this will put him over the edge.
Anyway, If you have any suggestions or feedback I'd love to hear it!
I currently have a custom set that I use for a cash set. I'm looking at adding a tourney set based on the same theme. For those of you who weren't around for the original, the idea is based on an iron ore boom town from the reconstruction era that was close to where I grew up. The inspiration came from a beautiful piece of stationary from the hotel in that town.
The No Mold had just been mad available again, so I decided to make them a very basic crest a seal type. They turned out very well and I still like the set buuuuut.... I'm a chip degen, so naturally I want to tinker with it.
I'd like to bring the design into the 1940s with a MD-50 with basic spots treatment. My inspiration for this is the El Rancho Vegas from the 1940s.
Now the tricky part with the chip colors is the $25. The chip is listed as Blue/Grey, but in some scans it looks more grey, and sometimes (like above) it looks almost purple. I don't have the latest CPC color sample, but looking at my 2010 ASM sample, the grey looks like the best fit. Lavender looks a bit too dark.
Here is my first cut at a color and spot progression. The inlays are placeholders left over from the original Signal design work. I could definitely see using an inlay like this, but with updated fonts that look era appropriate. I don't believe there was a $500 in the series, so I'm open suggestion. My gut was to fall back to the Vegas alt color of white. Definitely looking for thoughts here.
UPDATE: I've settled on these colors.
Another option for the inlay is to use the most prominent feature of the building for the focus. The El Rancho and The Signal both have towers. Using the existing inlay layout, but swapping towers, something like this could be used. Maybe even swap out the stylized text of "The Signal" for something more era appropriate.
UPDATE: For designers, I'm going with the original artist, Machinelf from CT. He hasn't joined PCF yet, so maybe this will put him over the edge.
Anyway, If you have any suggestions or feedback I'd love to hear it!
Last edited:
