Design review for the Pharaoh's Club Paulson chips

[TenPercenter]

I think a lot of people are as excited as I am about the new Paulson chip, but also very disappointed with our two dismal choices of inlay. You can pick the old James Bond design, but the inlay was too small for the allotted area, making it look odd. Or the other choice, a stock inlay design from trademark which is also a bit boring (to me), and which is also purported to be too small.

I decided that there is no reason why we can't organize another group buy for custom chips. I am determined to make this happen, and will not relent until the goal is met. There is no distributor lined up, there is no order started, and there are no prices yet. All of this will come once I see that there's enough support to order 100,000 chips. Yes, you read that right, 100,000 chip order. I will promise everyone two things:

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1. Everyone involved at the beginning will get a great price on the new Paulson chips.
2. The chip designs will be stunning and you will be proud of this unique chip set.
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This thread is not meant for organizing the order process. I know the discussion lead that way, but the first step is getting a design direction to follow. The chips you see here are the first step on choosing a theme. As you can see, I chose two "traditional" designs, as reflected in the polls here and on TexasHoldem-Poker.com. The other is more "fancy" as you can see.

These mockups are by no means finished. I "held back" my usual design direction purposely. I gave only a few visual cues and indicators for the graphic artists. I wanted new perspectives. I didn't want them to look like my other Egyptian set. Once I have decided on the direction to go, I will work with that artist to tweak the design and to continue the entire set. Knowing my knit-picking, he will be happy when the process is over. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

There will be 7 chips. 25¢ through $1000. Standard colors, unless I can get Trademark to let me change a couple of them. Each chip will have a different inlay shape , all of which I have determined already.

So please, let me know what you think!

OPTION #1


OPTION #2


OPTION #3


I'd like to get a lot of votes on this design, including the opinions of people that don't frequent this forum. Please feel free to ask friends, family, or anyone else to take part in the poll. If you frequent other forums, ask your friends to come vote. I'd like to hear from more than just my "chip snob" friends here. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Feel free to hot-link my images from thecagles.com to show people what we are proposing.

[thanks to MSPatton at http://holdempokerchips.com for the Paulson scan]

Ten

[Coleman]

Despite the poll results favoring the traditional inlay, the mold on this chip is more suited to the grand inlay. Would the poll numbers have leaned the same way if the chip and mold choice had been known?
That said, choice No.2 is rather fetching.
I much prefer an old-school Paulson (I play with a set of Discovery Cruise chips), but I would like to see this mold mocked-up with a grand or giant inlay.

You know, that design No.2 IS rather fetching...

[theRealMacoy]

Ten,

Go man go!
I am blown away by your enthusiam dude.
I only wish I had the cash to jump on the band wagon.
Sitting as a voyeur on the side lines will have to do.

cheers,
the Real Macoy

ps. how many chips can one guy possibly need....or more likely is your wife going to let you buy more chips?

[YTV]

Ten,

Im down for atleast 1,000 chips most likely. But would like to express some thoughts. Please try to take up as much of the inlay is possible, grand inlay would be awesome, but I know that probably wont happen. If possible keep the white and yellow chips at the top and bottom of the denomination ladder, as these 2 colors really start to look dingy after being shuffled with the darker colors even after a short period of time.
With that said, I have no doubt you will create an awesome looking set.

[rickw]

I vote for old school, simple classic, so #2 seems to be headed in the right direction for my tastes. #3 is too complicated (for my money, a design like that would look better on a chipco). #1 just didn't seem to do much for me.

Keep up the good work!

[bandfan]

By the time this gets off the ground I should be ready to commit to 1000-2000 chips. I was interested in the Egyptian ChipCo's but I decided I wanted to go with clay when i get a big, expensive set. I'm sure the design work will be of the same high quality, and I am definitely in for this.

[kgdakid21]

Nice work I voted for #2. I would also be in for around 1000.

[jojobinks]

#3 is just out. it's more the modern style, which i believe has already been done in the egyptian theme.

#2 pwns #1 on style. let me count the ways:
-the font is better
-in #1 the arched text doesn't work with the octogon inlay
-the watermark is sweet
-rounded edges on the inlay
-i dig the cartoony feel of the pyramids.

btw, i know this isn't the point of the thread, but if you're keeping rough track of things, i'm going to aim for 1000 of these. i doubt 100,000 is going to be a problem.

[SugarV]

Number two does it for me, as well.

1. I like the traditional style
2. I like the font (reminds me of vintage Vegas)
3. I like the rounded edges of the hexagon
4. I like the colors of the inlay...simple.

However,

1. I would get rid of the eagle behind the denom. (I'm sure many of you will like that. In my opinion, with an traditional design, the denom should be "stand alone")

2. With a small order (compared to casinos, I'm speaking) such as this...too bad we wouldn't be able to customize the back of them with a different design. Have the $.25 chips say "serf" on the back, then move on up the chain of command to the Pharaoh on the $1000 (or higher). It would be an entertaining, but very expensive idea. If they do give you the option of different art on each side...it might be something to keep in the back of you mind.

I'm sure that, with this being the first step, it will take a long time before we see these chips. Probably most of the people who got in on the Chipco's will have a bankroll saved up for another set.

I'm in.

sv

[Slow Play Ray]

Wow. #2 really stands head and shoulders above the others.