New stamps for the Paulson solids GB

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Dear fellow CTers,
Dear solid lovers,
Dear chip maniacs,

I hired a graphic designer to produce 4 series of hotstamps roughs for the French part of this awesome GB Toad is organising.
Feel free to join and use those stamps if you're interested.
Just a few more words before the pic :

1/ there are 4 projects with various propositions :
- a "cabaret" stamp,
- a "chat noir" stamp (i.e. "black cat", inspired from a famous French poster from late 19th century)
- an Eiffel tower stamp ("cercle" is French for "circle" - a cardroom is often called a "cercle de jeux", especially in Paris)
- and one (or more) tourney stamp

2/ Those are roughs, don't be too harsh (but suggestions are welcome !) : many things are open for discussion : the choice and size of fonts, the positions of the various elements, the denoms vs NCV, monetary symbols or not)...

3/ at this point, I wont be able to produce a new design for every suggestion (but I'll take them into account) : the designer costs time and money, and I need a few more preorders to get those finalised.
I just hope these stamps will make you decide to join in the GB (and post the quantities needed here AND in the poll thread - that's important). Rest assured we'll finalise the stamp between this stage of the GB and the actual order.

4/ Those stamps are available for everybody, but there's a small cost : $0,04 / chip order. I might add a very small fee for finalising the stamps ($5-$10).
Of course, I dont make any money in the process, it's all for the designer's time and efforts.

5/ thanks to Imthatguy for the chips mockups (since you made them available last time, I used them for this project, hope you dont mind).
Booyah D, I thought it might be simpler to start a new thread for this, hope it's allright with you.

6/ I hope I've been clear enough, post any question here in the thread rather than by PM (I'm not a CT supporter yet - shame on me - so it's 10 PM max in my box).

7/ Spread the word of the GB all around you, hunt the hidden CTers who didnt order their solids and harass them until they do... Preorders are still amazingly low, at < 20 000 chips. We can't miss this second opportunity !!

8/ Now I shut up ! Picture overview below, details are : here



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[YuriOrloV]

The Last Cercle Eiffel would be sick good.

[spike_woo]

Agree above. The 50c one is the best

[ovo]

very cool designs, not sure which i like the best.

[YuriOrloV]

Originally Posted by spike_woo

Agree above. The 50c one is the best

I think it is "€" not "c". :]

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Thanks for your first comments.
All monetary symbols are € at this point, but it could be turned to $ if needed.

[pug_in_chip]

Cabaret Mademoiselle or Eiffel FTW!!! Excellent! Well done!

[midnyte13]

I happen to play with 3 frenchmen who would probably $#!+ over these......very well done.

[ellased]

i actually like the chat noir idea best. though the eiffel is a close 2nd.
as far as the stamps are concerned, the eiffel`s are more streamlined and ready for the big time. i like the 1st cat stamp design, though i think the silhouette`s a bit off. i can`t put my finger on it, but something`s a tad weird. maybe i just need to see a bigger picture.

am i really going to have to get more chips??

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Originally Posted by midnyte13

I happen to play with 3 frenchmen who would probably $#!+ over these......very well done.

Go show'em : we need some lovin', we need some ordering

Originally Posted by ellased

i actually like the chat noir idea best. though the eiffel is a close 2nd.
as far as the stamps are concerned, the eiffel`s are more streamlined and ready for the big time. i like the 1st cat stamp design, though i think the silhouette`s a bit off. i can`t put my finger on it, but something`s a tad weird. maybe i just need to see a bigger picture.

am i really going to have to get more chips??

Oh yes you are. We all are.
About the cat silhouette : here is the original