Legronchess Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Hello everyone ! In this post, i will present my first chessboard realization which goes from virtual to real bricks: The Classic It's my third realization in virtual but my first creation in real. It's start now 3 years old and will end next month (order to be made...) This chess contain approximately 800 pieces. Chessboard history: I started by create the board and then i design the game pieces: echec 3.3 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr but i was not completely satisfied witch the result (pieces too big / taller for the board) and i thereforce copied as faithfully as i could the "classic" pieces that exist in wood, which gives this: echec 3.18 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr And in the chessboard: echec 3.19 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr After that, i waited a long time before i decided to realize it which gave me that once i went from 3D to real LEGO bricks : echec LC 1 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr echec LC 2 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Pieces: Towers: echec LC 7 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Riders: echec LC 8 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Crazys or Bishops: echec LC 9 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Queens: echec LC 10 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Kings: echec LC 12 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Pawns: echec LC 6 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr I stayed that way for almost 3 years and i came across an Yoshihito Isogawa video with magnets... I had concerns about stability (the slightest shock knocked down all the pieces of game) that i wanted to solve and a small modification of the board (design) to do what fell perfectly ! Follow this modifications, the chessboard looks like this now: Placement of the magnet in the game pieces (same principle in board): echec LC 14 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Echec LC 1 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr That all for the moment with this chessboard ! More next month ! Thank you for reading me and if you have any questions / criticisms, don't hesitate ! Edited February 7, 2021 by Legronchess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mEan Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) Hello, really beautiful chess set. I am working on a similar project and I will inspire by your pieces. I see you are using 2 2x4 tiles as chess squares, but on last picture you switched to 1 2x4 and 2 1x4 tiles. Can I ask you the reason behind this? I am thinking about using 4 2x2 tiles for the sake of symmetry. Edited January 11, 2021 by mEan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmynick Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 4:01 PM, mEan said: Can I ask you the reason behind this? Imagine it's to fit a magnet in the centre of each square - not possible if you use two 2x4 tiles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mEan Posted January 12, 2021 2 hours ago, jimmynick said: Imagine it's to fit a magnet in the centre of each square - not possible if you use two 2x4 tiles. Oh yes. I missed the part where he describes magnets, thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legronchess Posted February 1, 2021 Thank you for your answer ! For the square it's for magnet yes. New pictures to my chess: Classic Chess 2 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Classic Chess 8 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr Classic Chess 5 by Legron Chess, sur Flickr And more on my album => here If you want, you can support this creation on LEGO Idea => Thank for your support ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
