After what seemed like a long wait, they are finally here. It really wasn't that long... 12 weeks total, and only 8 from art approval to my door. What follows is a bunch of pics and a bunch of words. Without further ado.
Here are the "family portraits". From here on out, take the color of the red "5" with a tiny little grain of salt. My camera is rather I.R. sensitive (Canon 20Da), so the red really pops out, more than it looks to the eye. The inlays are precisely what I wanted, and Sandy did a great job of making sure they turned out great. The white ring must have been a challenge, but I think they make for a really bold looking chip.
The full family (including cousins) shows all six designs as well as the three chips that were the greatest inspiration for the design. I think it's pretty obvious that the Flamingo provided the black background and white ring. That one chip in my collection always gives me a warm fuzzy feeling when I take it out to look at. The California Club chips helped with the name as well as the text all the way around the edge of the inlay. Throw 'em in a blender (not really... relax) and I guess my design is what came out.
When I knew I wanted chips with inlays, I only had the name "The Lounge" and a general concept of the feeling I wanted (vintage Vegas and the late 50's and 60's lounge scene). Beyond that, I had no clue where to go with it and pretty well stalled out for probably two months. The C.C. chip helped push the thinking along.
And finally, (sort of) here they are all racked up and ready to go out and play. The idea here was a cash game as well as a tourney setup. We play a lot of .05/.10 and .10/.20 limit in my homegame, hence the large number of 5s (we're cheapskates). The set was designed such that we can pretty easily move to higher stakes if we get to it. The higher denomination chips are for tournaments. The set up can handle a maximum of 27 people to play a tourney with T1000 starting stacks. I made sure they only have the values, not true denominations, so I can make the 25 a quarter if I want, and so on....
And since there are a bunch of junkies for splashed pot pics, here's one just for you!
They showed up early in the day, but as I was leaving town for several days that afternoon, I ran home, unpacked them, fondled them, drooled over them, racked them up and took the beauty shots just for you all! They're sitting comfy at home just waiting to get put on a table and in play.
For the record:
350 - Blue with 214 White
500 - Mandarin Red with 314 Black
200 - Light Green with 414 Purple
100 - Black with 4A14 Yellow and Imperial Blue
65 - Lavender with 3D14 Red and Grey
35 - Yellow with 4D14 Orange and Chocolate
...as well as the usual ASM supplied extras to make up for not quite perfect chips. I also ordered some extras on top of that as well, just in case.
Glenda and Cathy were great to work with (as always), dealing with my changing the order a couple times as well as my general nagging. You know the routine... I'm sure most of you have done this. Sandy was amazing making the tweaks to my design to make it all work out once printed and on the chip. I suspect the inlay was a challenge for her to make sure it was right with the dark background and dark-ish details, not to mention that goofy white ring! A great big thanks to them, all the people plugging inserts into the blanks and fixing inlays and ultimately Jim B. for making this, and the really cool spot options we as Chiptalkers get, possible.
Isn't it sick... I'm already thinking of an add-on to this set. I've caught the bug and my wallet hates me for it!
[EDIT] I ordered a few matching dealer buttons from Joe at PI. I think they turned out pretty good, and match the inlays on the chips as designed. I need to get a game together that actually requires the use of a button (read, tournament... pretty unusual for my group) to be able to see them in play!
Two pics, one with the chips and a close-up with the button (and a couple cards).
Enjoy!
A.D. (Gil)
A.D.'s "The Lounge" custom ASMs. (PRON AHOY!!! Racked, Stacked and Splashed) 
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