Windwalker’s Chipping Journey in Pr0n0grAph1C Detail (9 Viewers)

[Windwalker]

The ES frac worked like a charm! Thank you for the suggestion.

 

[dmoney]

The ES frac worked like a charm! Thank you for the suggestion.

Curious - do you not have a $500? Are the $25 and $100 just used for tips or antes and the $1ks are the lowest "in play" chip? Just forget in the lineup photo (which I've done myself lol)?

 

[Rbonus012]

No, it’s a chip that gets very little use in the cash games here. It’s a “nuisance” chip. Most raises are so frequent and high, it’s easiest to use the $1ks post the hundos.

Curious - do you not have a $500? Are the $25 and $100 just used for tips or antes and the $1ks are the lowest "in play" chip? Just forget in the lineup photo (which I've done myself lol)?

Few pages back

 

[TheOffalo]

Curious - do you not have a $500? Are the $25 and $100 just used for tips or antes and the $1ks are the lowest "in play" chip? Just forget in the lineup photo (which I've done myself lol)?

No 500$ ?

No, it’s a chip that gets very little use in the cash games here. It’s a “nuisance” chip. Most raises are so frequent and high, it’s easiest to use the $1ks post the hundos.

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Few pages back

Jinx!

 

[dmoney]

Few pages back

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[Windwalker]

Few pages back

And in addition; the set needs to extend to sometimes allow for 25/50 and 50/100 with straddles.

 

[Ben8257]

Capitol City $5 might be cool, but I think that is a dupe spot pattern. Blue Hyattsville $1 might look nice but I think orange is the right selection. At the risk of incurring the wrath of @buffalojim, maybe...

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Blue Haysville $1? Brie has searched the corners of the planet for those and found exactly 1. Lol (also same spot pattern as the $100 here)

Disclaimer (Photo courtesy of our dinning room table and my cell phone, NOT the chip guide and anyone that wants to use it is welcome anytime)... sorry didn't want to get yelled at and chastised by old farts scouring the internet for stolen chip photos.

Also I think every chip mentioned is leaded and Krish specified not leaded.

Edit** I was two pages behind and didn't realize a chip has already won the position. Sorry for the irrelevant post Krish.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Blue Haysville $1? Brie has searched the corners of the planet for those and found exactly 1. Lol (also same spot pattern as the $100 here)
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Disclaimer (Photo courtesy of our dinning room table and my cell phone, NOT the chip guide and anyone that wants to use it is welcome anytime)... sorry didn't want to get yelled at and chastised by old farts scouring the internet for stolen chip photos.

Also I think every chip mentioned is leaded and Krish specified not leaded.

Edit** I was two pages behind and didn't realize a chip has already won the position. Sorry for the irrelevant post Krish.

...... I do that all the time....

 

[Windwalker]

I’ve started a new thread to consolidate all my Photoshop mock-ups and renders, and a future home for 3D renderings using a tool I’ve been working on for almost a year.

 

[Windwalker]

I went back through my Camera Roll to look at when I first started taking pictures of chips.

This was a friendly home game with my first clay set of Paulson Classics, before the table topper from @T_Chan, before all the purchases, and before the custom tables and cabinets.

Wow, that escalated quickly.

 

[Windwalker]

Revisiting some old photo shoots today, and found this mixed TRK set I had dubbed “the blue set”. Can’t remember if I ever posted it, but here it is in hires.

 

[paul sydney]

Its interesting how much difference there is in barrel height between the $1s and $5s.
Hard to believe that the faces could wear that much, as they don't appear to be in bad shape.
Is it possible that the older TRKs were originally thinner?

 

[Windwalker]

Its interesting how much difference there is in barrel height between the $1s and $5s.
Hard to believe that the faces could wear that much, as they don't appear to be in bad shape.
Is it possible that the older TRKs were originally thinner?

Good question. I think it’s because they’re more worn.

 

[Windwalker]

I’m starting to revisit old pr0n shoots and repost them in high-res. I don’t believe any true high-res pics of the RVCLs exist, so here you go.

 

[Pinkdan]

I’m starting to revisit old pr0n shoots and repost them in high-res. I don’t believe any true high-res pics of the RVCLs exist, so here you go.

Wow, these chips are phenomenal!

Is there image compression/ loss when uploading to PCF? Just curious. These look amazing but I always notice image quality loss when I upload

 

[asam2006]

Those purple 500's are particularly amazing as is the whole set.

 

[jr8719]

I’m starting to revisit old pr0n shoots and repost them in high-res. I don’t believe any true high-res pics of the RVCLs exist, so here you go.

If you don't mind me asking, were these a forum or off-forum acquisition?

I know I'm probably part of the minority, but I absolutely loved the two-tone / dual-shaped inlays.

 

[Windwalker]

If you don't mind me asking, were these a forum or off-forum acquisition?

I know I'm probably part of the minority, but I absolutely loved the two-tone / dual-shaped inlays.

These chips in the picture were a forum acquisition. I’ve since acquired an additional 2300+ chips for the set off forum. Have not taken a picture of them all together, but plan to soon.

 

[Windwalker]

Is there image compression/ loss when uploading to PCF?

there is, indeed.

 

[toothpic]

Is that a white hair on the 25s or is that a fiber from furniture?

Is the trick to get the pictures down to a size that doesn't require PCF to compress or reduce the size of the files for best resolution results?

 

[Windwalker]

Is that a white hair on the 25s or is that a fiber from furniture?
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Is the trick to get the pictures down to a size that doesn't require PCF to compress or reduce the size of the files for best resolution results?

Could be a blonde hair from my assistant

I upload to Imgur and use the "img" tag to include each picture.

 

[Grandmasturkey]

I never noticed the detail before that the gear-shaped inlay on the 500 looks like a boat steering wheel or whatever the fancy nautical term for that is!

 

[paul sydney]

I never noticed the detail before that the gear-shaped inlay on the 500 looks like a boat steering wheel or whatever the fancy nautical term for that is!

Yeah it's a Wheel inlay

 

[chicubs1988]

I’m still waiting on the pics for the forbidden sets that you got straight from the creator.

 

[paul sydney]

I'm still waiting to use my Golden Ticket .

 

[Windwalker]

I'm still waiting to use my Golden Ticket .

Couple more Golden Ticket sales will be coming up soon.

 

[BamaT8ter]

When do the aluminum ticket sales start up?

 

[paul sydney]

Couple more Golden Ticket sales will be coming up soon.

Woohoo !
Btw my comment was tongue in cheek Krish. I'm not owed anything and you've given away plenty of chips .

 

[softchewy]

If you don't mind me asking, were these a forum or off-forum acquisition?

I know I'm probably part of the minority, but I absolutely loved the two-tone / dual-shaped inlays.

I originally put together the RVCL cash set from several sources over the course of a couple of years.
$.50, $1s, $5s and some $25s were acquired off-forum. Some $25s and all the $100s and $500s seen above I bought from a member here who originally got them from an eBay seller.
Sold the majority of my RVCLs to WW.

I don’t believe any true high-res pics of the RVCLs exist

they exist .. hi-res images were used for the PCF Calendar.
http://softchewy.com/RVCL-Chips/

..PCF just crushes colors with compression, so I normally reduce file size so the colors don't get squashed

 

[Windwalker]

Some continued reposts in high-resolution of my favorite sets. I consider this the absolute crown jewel of my collection. I’ve posted the story of this ship before, but given the number of new chippers we’ve gotten in the last year, I’m including the story again.

Background

In October 1990, The cruise operator Stena Line decommissioned the Swedish-flag bearing ferry ship CROWN PRINCESS VICTORIA selling it to the Greek-owned StarLite Cruises, who bought the ship in December 1990, renaming it the PACIFIC STAR. The ship, built in 1968, had originally been a ro/ro ferry called STAFFORD, but since renamed, reconcepted and rebuilt many times over the years.

The redesigned PACIFIC STAR sailed first in Apr 1991, a red-white-and-blue trimmed, Bahamian-flag bearing gambling ship, promising the West Coast's first and only one-day gambling cruise experience.

The ship departed from San Diego's CST for an out-and-back 13-hour cruise including a 2 hour stop in Ensenada and Old Mexico, and then back to San Diego, by around half past ten in the evening. Up to 400 passengers could be easily accommodated on the 475 foot former ferry. It boasted sumptuous buffets, a full (but small) casino, sundecks, sports bars, hot tubs and Vegas-style entertainment. About an hour after leaving San Diego, the ship would be in international waters, when the casino became the main attraction - it had slots, video poker, blackjack tables, and of course -- two poker tables.

Sale and Decomissioning

Unfortunately, the PACIFIC STAR sailed for only one season, making its last voyage in November of 1991.The chips below are from the first and only season the ship sailed. StarLite sold the ship to Island Breeze International, who moved the ship over to Miami, and for several years after that, operated it as a day-cruise gambling ferry from Dade county.

This is the last known photograph of the ship, from 2012, when it was called the ISLAND BREEZE. The picture shows a ship in disarray and neglect, a far cry from the "glistening and regal" PACIFIC STAR from almost two decades before. I haven't been able to find out if the ship was so old and used that it was decommissioned soon after.

The high-res pics from across a couple of shoots.