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Fantasy Coinage - Brilliant!

ScavengerScavenger Posts: 2,674
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Just wanted to mention how great an idea the new fantasy Coinage by Valanader is. It's one of the most ...obvious...but not done before products I've seen in a long time.

I mean, there's gold coins available, but some actual consistent money sets for fantasy or sci-fi...just amazingly obvious that it should be made, and brilliant to notice it hasn't been and to make it!!!

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  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,805

    I agree, that's a really practical product!

  • nelsonsmithnelsonsmith Posts: 1,337

    Yes, Bravo !

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,100

    No electrum shader? Sheesh, what a lazy bum.

     

    (Just kidding, awesome and cute idea. ;)

     

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,972

    Love it. A most useful item for sure!

  • jerriecanjerriecan Posts: 470

    Thanks for the heads-up - I would have missed this. :)

  • HeraHera Posts: 1,962

    Agree, totally Love it!

    Cash is king - especially these beauties! Very handy things!

  • mtl1mtl1 Posts: 1,508

    I love the inclusion of the Sci-Fi credit tokens :)

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    jerriecan said:

    Thanks for the heads-up - I would have missed this. :)

    As happens much too frequently, it took a while to show up in the main store page. It's there now, but there was no sign of it last night when I used the newsletter link to have a look.

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,418

    You know, it started as an attempt to make a massive pile of coins, but as I gathered reference images, I saw all sorts of differently shaped fantasy coins - and the idea of a "trade bar" for the larger denominations. So I made a whole bunch of coins of different shapes, and gave them different textures. :)

  • mtl1mtl1 Posts: 1,508
    Valandar said:

    You know, it started as an attempt to make a massive pile of coins, but as I gathered reference images, I saw all sorts of differently shaped fantasy coins - and the idea of a "trade bar" for the larger denominations. So I made a whole bunch of coins of different shapes, and gave them different textures. :)

    Do you think you'll make a second set? This product is probably scratching the surface in terms of satisfying a core niche :)

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,418
    mtl1 said:
    Valandar said:

    You know, it started as an attempt to make a massive pile of coins, but as I gathered reference images, I saw all sorts of differently shaped fantasy coins - and the idea of a "trade bar" for the larger denominations. So I made a whole bunch of coins of different shapes, and gave them different textures. :)

    Do you think you'll make a second set? This product is probably scratching the surface in terms of satisfying a core niche :)

    Not sure DAZ would accept a second set. It'd have to have something in it considerably different, for one, simply because it's so niche.

  • UthgardUthgard Posts: 889

    Well, more than an expansion--as the fantasy niche seems well covered--it could be something like "Paying through the ages". It could have trading tokens like seashells, ancient coins like Japanese ryou, credit cards, morphing banknotes with different denominations (if legality allows) and a peek into the future with credisticks or whatever catches your fancy. Just the morphing banknotes would be useful for so many scenes it would pay for the rest of the pack.

    Also, thanks, now my Planescape character can beg in multiple cultures :)

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,675
    Valandar said:
    mtl1 said:
    Valandar said:

    You know, it started as an attempt to make a massive pile of coins, but as I gathered reference images, I saw all sorts of differently shaped fantasy coins - and the idea of a "trade bar" for the larger denominations. So I made a whole bunch of coins of different shapes, and gave them different textures. :)

    Do you think you'll make a second set? This product is probably scratching the surface in terms of satisfying a core niche :)

    Not sure DAZ would accept a second set. It'd have to have something in it considerably different, for one, simply because it's so niche.

    Money-changer's set - scales, assay stone (for checking gold content), pouches open and closed, a lock-box, and some more coins - as a PA product perhpas since that sounds like a lot of atuff.

  • IkyotoIkyoto Posts: 1,159
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Valandar said:
    mtl1 said:
    Valandar said:

    You know, it started as an attempt to make a massive pile of coins, but as I gathered reference images, I saw all sorts of differently shaped fantasy coins - and the idea of a "trade bar" for the larger denominations. So I made a whole bunch of coins of different shapes, and gave them different textures. :)

    Do you think you'll make a second set? This product is probably scratching the surface in terms of satisfying a core niche :)

    Not sure DAZ would accept a second set. It'd have to have something in it considerably different, for one, simply because it's so niche.

    Money-changer's set - scales, assay stone (for checking gold content), pouches open and closed, a lock-box, and some more coins - as a PA product perhpas since that sounds like a lot of atuff.

    bloody brilliant

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,675

    Touchstone is the word I was looking for earlier.

  • ScavengerScavenger Posts: 2,674

    well, I can see uses for a massive pile of coins :)

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    Uthgard said:

    It could have trading tokens like seashells, ancient coins like Japanese ryou, credit cards, morphing banknotes with different denominations (if legality allows) and a peek into the future with credisticks or whatever catches your fancy.

    You've just caused my brain to create a joke maybe three people in the entire internet would get, involving a remote Pacific island where the currency is millstones...

    ...and an article in a local English newspaper concerning mysterious millstone thefts.  

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,418
    SpottedKitty said:
    Uthgard said:

    It could have trading tokens like seashells, ancient coins like Japanese ryou, credit cards, morphing banknotes with different denominations (if legality allows) and a peek into the future with credisticks or whatever catches your fancy.

    You've just caused my brain to create a joke maybe three people in the entire internet would get, involving a remote Pacific island where the currency is millstones...

    ...and an article in a local English newspaper concerning mysterious millstone thefts.  

    This is the Internet. There are kazillions of people who want to look like they get ALL references, and will incessantly google until they unbderstand the joke. :P

  • Joe WebbJoe Webb Posts: 837
    edited July 2016
    Valandar said:
    mtl1 said:
    Valandar said:

    You know, it started as an attempt to make a massive pile of coins, but as I gathered reference images, I saw all sorts of differently shaped fantasy coins - and the idea of a "trade bar" for the larger denominations. So I made a whole bunch of coins of different shapes, and gave them different textures. :)

    Do you think you'll make a second set? This product is probably scratching the surface in terms of satisfying a core niche :)

    Not sure DAZ would accept a second set. It'd have to have something in it considerably different, for one, simply because it's so niche.

     

    I have a few ancient coins. The most "considerably different" are a couple of Chinese sword coins from about 400 BC. They are a few inches long, and look like little toy swords.

    Post edited by Joe Webb on
  • UthgardUthgard Posts: 889

    Regarding the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yap And, as for the article (I have my doubts, as it appears there have been multiple millstone robberies, which is... disturbing): http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2013/01/theft-of-antique-mill-stone-from-historic-gabriel-davies-tavern.html So... Ha, I get it! XD

    Back on topic, Richard's suggestions are pure gold. It looks like there's a whole untapped market for you to exploit.

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,418

    And I believe some people were looking for this about two months back?

    http://www.daz3d.com/moneylender-tools

  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    Off into tge cart it goes. heart

    Darn it, there goes my plan to not spend any more money on the hobby this week! crying

  • Silent WinterSilent Winter Posts: 3,918
    Valandar said:

    And I believe some people were looking for this about two months back?

    http://www.daz3d.com/moneylender-tools

    I had the coinage in my wishlist, but was going to wait ... then I saw this and was going to add it to the wishlist ... then I realised that if I buy this now, I get the extra discount on the coins ... so even though it feels like I'm stealing at these prices (and even though it pushes me over budget) they had to go into the cart together wink

    I love how you don't just stop at weights and scales for the moneylender, but also include some coins, a ledger, inkwell, a loupe (!) and even the table (which I'm counting as the proverbial kitchen sink).  Hurrah for your attention to detail.

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,418
    Silent Winter said:
    Valandar said:

    And I believe some people were looking for this about two months back?

    http://www.daz3d.com/moneylender-tools

    I had the coinage in my wishlist, but was going to wait ... then I saw this and was going to add it to the wishlist ... then I realised that if I buy this now, I get the extra discount on the coins ... so even though it feels like I'm stealing at these prices (and even though it pushes me over budget) they had to go into the cart together wink

    I love how you don't just stop at weights and scales for the moneylender, but also include some coins, a ledger, inkwell, a loupe (!) and even the table (which I'm counting as the proverbial kitchen sink).  Hurrah for your attention to detail.

    Don't forget the slate touchstone. :D

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,034

    The acid bottles are missing - You need various strengths of nitric acid or aqua rega to use on the streak leaft behind on the touchstone.  You run the gold on the stone to leave a fine line of gold behnd, then test with the different strengths of acid to see which one either dissolves the streak, or causes a reaction. - example -  with an 18K gold object,  you won't see any change wihen using the acids calibrated to 9K , 10K or 14K, but you would with the acids calibrated for 18K or 22K ...   Older sets used sample needles of standard karats of gold  and one acid, but the principle is the same, you make a streak of the unknown gold, the one of each of the standard ones, labeliing carefully, and compare the acid reactions..

     

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,418
    hacsart said:

    The acid bottles are missing - You need various strengths of nitric acid or aqua rega to use on the streak leaft behind on the touchstone.  You run the gold on the stone to leave a fine line of gold behnd, then test with the different strengths of acid to see which one either dissolves the streak, or causes a reaction. - example -  with an 18K gold object,  you won't see any change wihen using the acids calibrated to 9K , 10K or 14K, but you would with the acids calibrated for 18K or 22K ...   Older sets used sample needles of standard karats of gold  and one acid, but the principle is the same, you make a streak of the unknown gold, the one of each of the standard ones, labeliing carefully, and compare the acid reactions..

     

    The main reason I didn't include them is that there are already several bottles in several sets that could be used - for example, the ones from the Vampire Hunter set.

  • hacsarthacsart Posts: 2,034

    Makes perfect sense... Thanks..

    Valandar said:
    hacsart said:
    The main reason I didn't include them is that there are already several bottles in several sets that could be used - for example, the ones from the Vampire Hunter set.

     

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704

    I like this set. Perhaps paper money of some sort might be useful in an expansion.

  • ScavengerScavenger Posts: 2,674
    hacsart said:

    The acid bottles are missing - You need various strengths of nitric acid or aqua rega to use on the streak leaft behind on the touchstone.  You run the gold on the stone to leave a fine line of gold behnd, then test with the different strengths of acid to see which one either dissolves the streak, or causes a reaction. - example -  with an 18K gold object,  you won't see any change wihen using the acids calibrated to 9K , 10K or 14K, but you would with the acids calibrated for 18K or 22K ...   Older sets used sample needles of standard karats of gold  and one acid, but the principle is the same, you make a streak of the unknown gold, the one of each of the standard ones, labeliing carefully, and compare the acid reactions..

    THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME POST EVER OF THE DAY!

    I had wondered what the "touchstone" was for, and you just boom, explain the whole thing!!

     

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,418

    Yeah, sometimes I forget most people aren't as gonzo about early Rennaissance life as I am and I forget to explain things. I had thought the "gold" streaks down it would be self explainatory, but I guess they're not...

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