How large are the battle bucks from HBG?

@GeneralHandGrenade:

After using the IPC chips from IWNGU I can’t see wanting to use paper money again. They are much cleaner and easier to count. They take up less space on the table too. If only they were the same price…

Hahaha … if only we COULD sell them at the same price! Ah, to dream. ;)
/thumbsup

Man, that is got to be the sweetest looking war buck, I’ve seen. Fantastic job! :-D

@siredblood:

Thanks John! Im having issues with the plane, and not really happy with the sub…. too big I think. My plan was a land, sea, air kinda thing. 3 denominations, 3 units, just not feeling it. May have to go the face route afterall, getting crowded in the buck. Still tinkering, got all day!

The sample image you posted looks terrific!  I really like the air/sea/land concept too.  If the problem you’re having with the sub is its length, one solution would be to use a bow-on view of a major warship, which would occupy less space.  Something along these lines might do, for example:

http://www.kbismarck.com/photo090.html

http://www.kbismarck.com/photo017.html

@siredblood:

Thanks Marc! Going to try that out right now! … I just had “sub” stuck in my head

My pleasure.  (As a fan of large surface-combat ships, my biases guided my suggestion.)

By the way, just as a technical point: the phrase that you use in the currency sounds great, and is very similar to the kinds of official phrases found on real money, but there are a couple of adjustments that you might want to consider if you think they’re worthwhile.  First, such phrases typically include the amount as part of the phrase.  Second, the certificate says that the amount is being credited to the Treasury of Axis & Allies, but the purpose of the bill is actually to certify that the money is being credited to the player.  (The Treasury of Axis & Allies is in fact the issuing body, not the beneficiary.)  One possible way (and there are potentially lots of others) to address both points would be to use a phrase like “This certifies that 10 IPCs have been credited to the bearer by the Treasury of Axis & Allies”.  It’s a bit longer than the current phrase, but not by much.  There’s some free space to the left of the current line “This certifies that”, so there should be room to fit a revised phrasing.  Other than the minor quibble with that phrase, the design looks terrific and I look forward to seeing the other-denomination versions.  (The part that says “Redeemable to the bearer on demand”, by the way, is perfect.)  Thanks for undertaking this project!

And just to revise my own suggestion: such phrases usually use spelled-out numbers, so I should have said “This certifies that ten IPCs have been credited to the bearer by the Treasury of Axis & Allies”

Glad to hear that the ship picture worked nicely!

I own a set of the IWNGU IPC chips mentioned by GHG, and I agree that they’re a great product, both in terms of functionality and of their excellent design-and-production values.  That being said, I still have a soft spot for paper currency, which dates back to my childhood days playing both with Monopoly money and with Canadian Tire “money” (which, unlike the Monopoly money, actually was redeemable for a few cents of purchasing power at Canadian Tire stores).  It’s just a personal preference, but as I mentioned in another thread somewhere, there’s nothing like a huge pile of paper cash to make me feel rich, even if it’s only fake cash.

A question, by the way: The tank in your prototype looks like a Tiger II, and it sounds like you’ll be using the Bismarck as a ship – so I’m wondering what plane you’ll be using for the third denomination.  Do you have one chosen yet?  If the land and sea units are German, the air unit should probably be German too; otherwise, the distribution (2 German, one non-German) would look a little lopsided.  Off the top of my head, a Stuka would be a good choice: it’s iconically WWII and iconically German, and it’s a short, compact plane (from every angle) so it would be easy to fit into the picture space.

Those are wicked looking battle bucks Sired. If I wasn’t sold on the chips I’d be all over those like a fat kid on a chocolate bar.

@siredblood:

Marc, im still working on the phrase thing, didn’t get to it

No problem.  The caption identifying the Tiger II is a neat addition to the design.  I also really like the overall texture (if that’s the right word) of the bill, which looks quite convincing as a piece of fine engraving.  The coloured seal showing the number (red above and blue on the previous page) also works very well: it adds a nice splash of bold colour to the appropriately sober-looking green overall colour scheme, but without being overwhelming or cartoonish, which is an excellent balance to strike.  As somebody who never progressed much beyond drawing stick figures with crayons in elementary school, I’m very impressed.

Unless I hold it up to the light and see the watermark, I’m crying counterfeit!

@Wolfshanze:

Unless I hold it up to the light and see the watermark, I’m crying counterfeit!

Technically money is only counterfeit if it’s fake money that tries to pass itself off as real money.  Since IPCs have never been real money to begin with, I’m not worried.  I would even argue that sireblood’s designs are a considerable improvement over the original OOB IPCs, so they are much better, um, value for money.

I think sometimes you are too serious… You make me sad CWO Marc…  :-(

:wink:

@Wolfshanze:

I think sometimes you are too serious…

Only during business hours.  And even then, not uniformly.