My ASM Chip Design

farrell · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 04:31 PM

What do you guys think of these edge spot combos?

brown = $0.25
white = $1
red = $5
green = $25
black = $100

bmwguy525 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 04:40 PM

I think it's a bit boring, if you're gonna go with customs then make it really custom. Add a 312, a 4a14, and/or a 3d14 in there. Sticking with all one edgespot pattern and color just make it look like the rest of them out there.

farrell · #3 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 04:46 PM

my intent was to keep the design simple b/c I want the focus to be on the inlay. I'm hoping to create a set of chips that will become a family heirloom by using my family crest on the inlay.

bmwguy525 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 04:53 PM

I understand that, but I think you can still do that by at least changing the spot patterns. Maybe a 212 for the .25, a 312 for the 1, a 314 for the 5, a 414 for the 25, and maybe a 4a14 for the 100. Just in my eyes it would make for a more tasteful set, you know?

BigKyle · #5 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 04:56 PM

I agree. I would throw in a 214 and a 414a maybe.

viet rounder · #6 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 05:14 PM

The inlay will determine much of the overal design, but i must agree with the rest. Up to this point, the colors and progression do not excite me.

RTBrandy · #7 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 05:31 PM

I wanted plain ones too, so I wound up deciding to go [primarily] with 312's....mixed up the colors a little more, y'know...

ink_junkie · #8 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by farrell

my intent was to keep the design simple b/c I want the focus to be on the inlay. I'm hoping to create a set of chips that will become a family heirloom by using my family crest on the inlay.

They're your chips, so go with what you think looks best. I've got a custom set of ASMs in the works and went with a 414 edgespot on all denoms because i prefer that layout and i think the common edgespots make it look like a true set. However, I also went with more colorful edgespost, using almost all dayglo colors for the 414 spots.

I think mixing in various edgespot patterns can work, but I think it can also backfire and make a set looked pieced together. All comes down to preference. Like i said, your chips so make sure you like 'em.

bmwguy525 · #9 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ink_junkie

I think mixing in various edgespot patterns can work, but I think it can also backfire and make a set looked pieced together.

But the inlay is half of the chip, so won't it always look like it works? I think so. You see so much of the inlay that it would be pretty hard for the set not to work together, you'd have to pick some pretty ugly colors for the set not to look good as a whole.

ink_junkie · #10 (**permalink**) 03-30-2006, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwguy525

But the inlay is half of the chip, so won't it always look like it works? I think so. You see so much of the inlay that it would be pretty hard for the set not to work together, you'd have to pick some pretty ugly colors for the set not to look good as a whole.

If you're looking at the chips stacked up across the table you don't really see the inlay other than on the top chip, so (for me) the colors and edgespots are what bring the set together.

As far as picking ugly colors, I've seen it done

And what's ugly to one person might be perfect to another. It all comes down to personal preference, which is the point I was making in my original post. What you think is boring, I may find very cool (for example, i think having a cash game set of solids would be sweet!), and what you think is a great layout with lots of varying edgespots may look busy and overdone to me.

In short, it's great to get feedback, weigh all the options, and in the end choose the set that you like best. -m