jpower
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Post by jpower on Jul 29, 2017 20:18:21 GMT
I was hoping someone could help me with my project. I play a lot of board games and became interested in replacing the cardboard coins and victory point tokens with something of better quality. I have a TON of poker chips which I thought I would try to turn into gold coins. So far I've spray painted a bunch of them with gold paint. These chips are smooth right now with almost no texture. I'm not sure how I'm going to get a design on here but I have some ideas.
More importantly I'm interested in making the coins look a little weathered. Copper coins usually turn green with age but I have no idea about gold coins. What techniques and colours would one use to give a weathered look?
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Post by Sam on Jul 29, 2017 21:49:46 GMT
Gold is non-reactive and retains its appearance indefinitely. One reason it is valued. Usual weathering is actual wearing way of the metal or scratches on the surface. You could scratch the chips with a wire brush before you paint them, or wear down the edges with sandpaper. You could add texture, relief pictures, or value markings with putty or hot glue before you paint them too. Early coins were often pretty crude by today's standards. You could also make silver or copper coins, both which patina (color with corrosion) as they age.
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jpower
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Post by jpower on Jul 30, 2017 0:57:23 GMT
I never even thought to use hot glue to make a design that's a really good idea! Maybe I'll do that for another set and game.
This set I am making now I was planning on turning them into a universal set so I could use them in a variety of games. The poker chip has a border, then a little recess in the center of it. I was thinking of putting a design on the outer border. Laurel leaves would probably fit best. I was trying to decide on how to make a custom stamp so I could do a lot of these bc there's no way I can freehand paint lol.
I was planning on trying to make a stamp out of foam core but if you have a better idea that would be awesome.
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Post by Wyloch on Jul 30, 2017 12:27:05 GMT
Maybe just tqke a brighter gold and drybrush, knicking strongly at the edges of the coin.
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jpower
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Post by jpower on Jul 30, 2017 17:17:14 GMT
That's a good idea too. I'll try drybrushing with a brighter gold before putting the stamp on but I still don't have a concrete idea on how to make the stamp.
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Post by Sam on Jul 30, 2017 18:58:36 GMT
A wide variety of stamps can be found on-line. An old paint bottle with a pattern scratched into the lid can be used, or almost any type of sponge.
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DM Michael
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Post by DM Michael on Jul 31, 2017 11:53:14 GMT
Have you tried making texture with heat, such as a soldering iron or heating a piece of textured metal and pressing the chips hard on it? (You probably want to do this in a well ventilated area or outside.) - In order for drybrushing to work you need to have texture on the surface.
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Post by skunkape on Jul 31, 2017 13:09:25 GMT
You can buy pirate coins at most party stores. They aren't too expensive. I purchased a bunch a while back with the purpose of using them for coins in my fantasy campaigns. I've begun spray painting them for the various coin denominations I use in my game.
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sotf
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Post by sotf on Aug 17, 2017 14:52:09 GMT
While gold doesn't corrode, the softness of gold does mean that there are far more ways for dirt to get trapped in the recesses where it isn't as likely to be buffed out.
Wasn't used for coins, but I did try to make a fake gold trophy method for a local stores contest when asked.
Based in black, very heavy and wet layer of brown followed by one of a brighter yellow that's a bit less heavy. Then a darker gold followed by a bright gold, adding a few highlights with a very bright silver in places.
It worked rather well, though it still isn't quite as good as the actual metal of it.
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dossen
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Post by dossen on Sept 20, 2017 7:43:22 GMT
I never even thought to use hot glue to make a design that's a really good idea! Maybe I'll do that for another set and game. Another suggestion for adding texture and/or design to the coins could be simply to glue paper or thin card stock cut-outs on top of the chips before painting. The paper or card should be easy to cut into a fairly consistent design (perhaps print many copies of the design onto one sheet and cut out) and if glued down carefully it should look as part of the coin after painting. I'm not sure what glue would work best for that - you'd want to make sure that it sticks the paper on good and maybe brush some on top of the paper so that any wrinkles develop early and not while the paint is drying. Combine it with some distressing as suggested, and I guess they'd look quite nice :-)
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