[TheEMan]

Very nice pic´s =)

[bolgenmod]

Great pictures and VERY good advice from VAR. Welcome to CT and remember -- it is your friends who are crazy, not us....

[pkf655]

As everyone has said very nice pics, the DG Yellow on my monitor is very representative of the actual color of the chip. More of a dull yellow if you ask me. Again very nice pics.

[w16227]

Originally Posted by ntp

Hi all! And damn you and this forum, even idling has been too much.

I played quite happily with my metal slug plastics just two months ago, although I had always liked my dozen old casino clays and have shuffled them thousands of times while doing other stuff by my computer. Then I got those free NJ ceramics from PSO, but weren't that satisfied yet. And today came some ASM clay samples. Clay all the way for me. Now I just need to deside on chip designs and get some money from somewhere. Even playing with those online chip designing softwares is fun.

Here's a link to some of my chip pron for you guys anyways. Even my poker playing friends think I'm nuts already, but atleast you may appreciate these. Nothing special yet, but some decent pictures..

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~pennane2/pokeri/poker.html

Nice pics - and welcome to the most expensive message board out there. Like some have said, be patient with designing your chips. If you intend to go the custom route, you will be investing a lot of $$$ and you want them to be as nice as possible to avoid any later regret.

Check out the group buy section as well - many times the board teams up on a "custom" order to drop the price. The chips are still fairly unique, but cost a lot less than a single set fro an individual. Also, if you are looking to get your feet wet quickly, Palm Imports (one of the sponsors) may have a low cost customizable clay chip out soon (if not already).

Your first set will also not be your last (I said that this was an expensive board).

[ntp]

Thanks for the warm welcome and good advice guys!

I'm surely not rushing my clay purchase, it will probably not happen for months, atleast not in full custom mode. And maybe just a few hundred clays without inlays for starters. I'll definitely follow the group buys, some of those designs have been quite impressive.

[Jmat]

Great pics, thanks for sharing. Get ready to spend alot of money on chips to go with that nice table.

[PatoLanda]

Nice pictures, are you a profesional photographer? .

[ntp]

Originally Posted by PatoLanda

Nice pictures, are you a profesional photographer? .

Err, no. It's just my third hobby along with hometheater and movies & poker. Using a tripod and turning the camera flash off helps alot.

[Brewster]

That is a nice collection you have to start with. As the others have mentioned, do not rush into things quite yet. Get some samples from various manufacturers and see the difference in person. Many of the site sponsors will run limited time offers that will open up previously unavailable options (new inserts for ASM, tons of new options for BC, etc). Soon enough the right deal will happen for you and you will be able to get the (first) set of your dreams.

Welcome to Chiptalk.

[99%evil]

Welcome! As others have stated...samples. Check the M2M section for chips too. If you want custom clays Bluechip or ASM is the way. If you like Paulson, check out the new hot stamps, they can be labeled too...

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