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[Don Boyer]

@Don, I'll look into that when I'm adjusting the colors.

I just talked with the Poker Chip Manufacturer and the Chips will definitely be selling on his site after the cards launch!
I have some work to do because he asked if I could create some more color options, since a lot of Poker players like
a good variety of chips. The plan is to expand the Chips to 8 in total (2 different colors for each suit). I'll decide on the
new colors while making the adjustments on the original 4.

There will also be an ORNATE Dealer Button available at a 2" Diameter and at a 3.5" Diameter size.

thanks, Randy

You can add striping to the "higher-value" chips.  Keep the same basic layout but make them different enough to make them distinct.  Perhaps blue stripes, for the Sapphire deck?

[RandyButterfield]

Hey Everyone,

I finished up the 4 new Poker Chips and Dealer Buttons. Below is a flat layout of all the Fronts, Backs and Edgings. I also put together a new render to see how they all look together. I like how they turned out! To give all 8 a consistent look I decided to have the only differences be the denomination colors. The Dealer Buttons have a lot of freedom, like a Joker Card, so I had fun with the design and gave the Front and Back a look similar to the Sapphire and Scarlet Tuck Boxes. The big 3.5" Dealer Button Front and Back is seen a little at the Top and Left sides of the render. Those ones are so massive they dwarf the regular chips and smaller Dealer Button.

@Don - I played around with stripes a lot when I first starting working on the original designs. Nothing looked right until I scrapped it and went full steam ahead with the swirl patterns from the cards.

thanks, Randy

[NathanCanadas]

Oh, my effing gosh!!!!!!!! How. What. ?? I'm speechless. The colors are so vivid... This is really beautiful. Looks like I'll be cashing out on this although I'm not a poker player. Wow.

[Lara Krystle "Lane"]

DROOOOOOOOL.......
Those chips are beautiful! There are PINK/LILAC ones! OMGOMGOMGOMGMOG!!!!!!!

Great job Randy! Really great awesome awesome as always.
Maybe I should learn how to play poker so I can use these chips.

[Don Boyer]

I have to say - they look awesome.  I can't wait for them to go on sale.

[RandyButterfield]

Thanks for the compliments Nathan, Lara and Don!!

I can't wait for them to go on sale also, mainly because that will mean
the cards have been released as well!

thanks, Randy

[LeonJL]

I'm already a fan of the previous chips, with the four new colors, I'm definitely going to pick up a set! I particularly like the blue and orange ones or the new batch, maybe because blue is my favourite color! 

[Cipher Kai]

I really look forward to getting this on Kickstarter.  Gorgeous Randy!

[RandyButterfield]

I really look forward to getting this on Kickstarter.  Gorgeous Randy!

Thanks Cipher Kai! It won't be a Kickstarter campaign though.

thanks, Randy

[CBJ]

Hey Everyone,

I finished up the 4 new Poker Chips and Dealer Buttons. Below is a flat layout of all the Fronts, Backs and Edgings. I also put together a new render to see how they all look together. I like how they turned out! To give all 8 a consistent look I decided to have the only differences be the denomination colors. The Dealer Buttons have a lot of freedom, like a Joker Card, so I had fun with the design and gave the Front and Back a look similar to the Sapphire and Scarlet Tuck Boxes. The big 3.5" Dealer Button Front and Back is seen a little at the Top and Left sides of the render. Those ones are so massive they dwarf the regular chips and smaller Dealer Button.

@Don - I played around with stripes a lot when I first starting working on the original designs. Nothing looked right until I scrapped it and went full steam ahead with the swirl patterns from the cards.

thanks, Randy

Sorry, I'm late to the party..

Man, the chips look nice.

Randy, Have you contacted HomePokerChips?  They produce Chipco chips which are real casino chips.
http://www.homepokerchips.com/

I have samples from them, and I have to say that I am blown away.
I'm not sure on the quantity you are looking to produce, but it might be worth a call

CBJ

[RandyButterfield]

Randy, Have you contacted HomePokerChips?  They produce Chipco chips which are real casino chips.
http://www.homepokerchips.com/

I have samples from them, and I have to say that I am blown away.
I'm not sure on the quantity you are looking to produce, but it might be worth a call

CBJ

Hey CBJ,

Thanks for the kind words! I have some ChipCo samples (Apache, Rounders Casino and The Classics). I think they are great, much better than the Palm Imports set of mine. The manufacturer I'm going with is ABC (http://www.abcgiftsandawards.com/pokerchips.htm). Their website isn't very impressive but the Chips' quality really speak for themselves! Their chips are 10 gram and they also sell Nevada Jacks Ceramics.

When comparing the ABC ORNATE Chips with the ChipCo samples, I would say the ABC Chips are a little slicker than the ChipCos but the print quality is actually a notch or two better than the ChipCo printing. The ABC Chips really are very crisp in the details, their comparison page is on the money when compared to the Palm Import Chips (http://www.abcgiftsandawards.com/pokerchipcomparison.htm).

I have a sample set of Nile Club Chips also that are very slick. The ABC Chips aren't nearly as slick as those and they definitely don't slide around when stacked. Gene over at ABC has been great and I look forward to working with him.

thanks, Randy

[authorXD]

The deck looks great Randy, I will be a sure-fire backer all the way. The design really looks great, and vintage somewhat. I am guessing that there'll be two versions, right?

Full color decks are pretty rare. When will they come out, cause I'll defiantly buy this deck. Do you use a design program? I' currently working on a design for a stark deck, Email me @ alexevansauthor@gmail.com. (And yes, I really a a writer  )

[N3TL0@D3R]

Waiting so bad for this deck 

[RandyButterfield]

Hey Everyone,

Things are going smoothly with miscellaneous items like the Poker Chips, Art Prints and a few other goodies that will be available. The cards themselves have been delayed again. The delay is directly related to a 2-week USPCC shutdown! The release date now looks to be early-to-mid August.

So, as a way to make the time go by quicker (especially for myself!), I want to reveal a previously unreleased Card Design or Render on each Tuesday afternoon. The last reveal will be the release of the Promo Animation a week before the Cards' launch.

To start it off tomorrow's reveal will be two of my favorites, the ORNATE Jokers!

My family and I took a vacation to Disney World a couple months ago and we stayed at their Port Orleans - French Quarter Resort. The theme of the hotel was New Orleans / Mardi Gras and they had a lot of cool Joker statues and plaques all over the place. I was shocked when I saw an element that could almost be a double to the ORNATE Joker imagery!

Inspired by Don Boyer's contest last week, I want to have a little fun and have a CONTEST between now and tomorrow morning - 11:00 A.M. EDT. The first person to guess which element in the photo below is similar to the ORNATE Jokers WINS! HINT: It's NOT my daughter!

Here is a direct link to the image: http://www.midnightcardcompany.com/JokersHotel.jpg

The prize is an 11"w x 14"h Giclee Art Print. Only one guess per person please.

FOR THE FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THE JOKERS, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANSWERING.

thanks, Randy

[Don Boyer]

Inspired by Don Boyer's contest last week

Glad I could be inspiring!

FOR THE FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THE JOKERS, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANSWERING.

thanks, Randy

Aw, no fair!

[NathanCanadas]

I'm going for the statue behind your daughter (to the left of her), blurred out.

[CBJ]

I agree with Don.. no fair.

LOL

[Assassino13]

Top right joker on the plaque.

[Lara Krystle "Lane"]

I second Don and CBJ... meh.
Good luck guys! I can't wait to see who wins the print.

[MSimonart]

costume of the crocodile (red)

[RandyButterfield]

And the winner is... Assassino13!

I'll PM Assassino13 to get the choice of Art Print and where to send it.
No one actually guessed the correct element (the Joker's Head on the Staff),
but Assassino13 was the only on in the same section - the upper right image.

So, here is the reveal of the ORNATE Jokers! They are both shown in separate
Art Print Layouts. The image area for each image is 10.5"w x 13.5"h - the image
area for most 11"w x 14"h Frames and Mats.

thanks and check back next Tuesday afternoon for another reveal.
Randy

[Don Boyer]

thanks and check back next Tuesday afternoon for another reveal.
Randy

[pout]...which I probably can't play...[/pout]

[RandyButterfield]

thanks and check back next Tuesday afternoon for another reveal.
Randy

[pout]...which I probably can't play...[/pout]

Hey Don,

I probably won't be doing anymore contests, just the reveals. I might do one more contest before or after the Promo Animation reveal, but that will be something completely random for anyone to participate.

thanks, Randy

[Don Boyer]

thanks and check back next Tuesday afternoon for another reveal.
Randy

[pout]...which I probably can't play...[/pout]

Hey Don,

I probably won't be doing anymore contests, just the reveals. I might do one more contest before or after the Promo Animation reveal, but that will be something completely random for anyone to participate.

thanks, Randy

OK.  You can have contests if you want, I was just messin' wit'cha... 

[KPopFever605]

The mini Joker in upper left photo within the metal circle stating "Port Orleans". Good luck to the winners.