FLEX PAD CHESS BOARDS (thin type)

Speaking of green, I would be really tempted to buy a flex pad board that could mimic this veneered board with the green borders.

@DrChesspain I could probably help make images for it. I just got done making some other graphics for a chessboard but opted to wait a few months for my makerspace to open to make one myself (sorry Shelby). I still have the digital files if anyone wants to use them yourself. But I have a setup to do almost any combination of materials.

@DrChesspain what do you think?

@BH4WK Looks pretty sweet

Will you post some pics of the changed board?

@Bh4wk Good job!

Thanks. Hopefully, Shelby can confirm it's usable. I have a digital setup to do almost any combination of materials, borders, with notation and without - as well as the border being its own material. I'm currently setup for 300 DPI but i can do as high as 600 dpi with more setup. I don't check these forums super often so feel free to reach out to me on discord: BHawk#2058.

Thanks for posting!  Personally I like the checkerboard and blue squared ones the best, when not comparing them to the Drueke board. 

However when comparing the two (Drueke and Flexpad), it seems like the flexbpads light squares are much more of a yellow color, where the Drueke seems more cream colored. 

If I was looking at the Green flexpad board specifically as something that should look like the Drueke I'd try to dial in the light color a bit more. 

I feel you have the colors about right but I think the "linen grain" is overdone. In fact, I like the colors without any "linen look".  Also hard to tell the colors from pictures. Are the green squares as dark as the original board. I just got out my pristine Drueke board and I really do not notice the linen pattern hardly at all. 

My preference and I realize I may be in the minority is the same colors without the "linen look". When I was looking for a Drueke linen board of old times I really just wanted the match of the colors, it was the colors that I liked the best. 

@ShelbyLohrman

As I noted before, I am not a customer of these boards so I won't give too much subjective preferences. BUT, if the intention is to make a FlexPad using the Drueke board as inspiration there are some issues. 

I feel the printed texture is way too dark. It looks more like burlap than linen. Maybe try that tan color you used in the border of my Black&Red. It's a pleasing off-white. That color might be just enough to do the trick without texture. Not too yellow. Not too muddy. When people say "linen" they may be reacting favorably more to the color of the "linen" than the emphasized texture of linen. That tan border color from the Red&Black might do it.

And weren't the notations discussed to be lower case?

I actually prefer bold notations. When looking at the pieces on the board, the bold letters stand out enough that you can immediately see the bold notations out of the corners of your eyes while still focused on the pieces. You see the bold notations without looking away from the pieces and refocusing on the notations on the edges. When the notations are small and subdued, you have to take your eyes off the pieces and focus on the numbers and letters. Most people who want notations actually use the notations as a tool. People who feel the notations distract should just get a board with no notations instead of making them small and thin. But don't listen to me on that. This isn't my board. Just an observation of mine that might not apply to others. 

Capital letters for file labeling?  (Is this because the old Drueke has capital letters?)

Beat me to it. Just my .02 worth but it seems to me the 'linen' is too pronounced

Maybe we'd consider the flexboards a coarse linen and the drueke a fine linen

The red/black board in post #134 looks radically different from the beautiful red/black in post #81, to the point of "ugh".

Too many cooks in the kitchen at this point. 90% of regular customers have no idea what a linen Drueke board is. And will have no clue about what is being presented here with this product. A reproduction of a rough textured burlap looking cloth chess board? Why? It's fine if you are printing these on-demand. The people who want them, will have this option. It's great to have options. They will just have to wait a week or two for the custom order. 

Well, Shelby asked for feedback and feedback is what he's getting. True, I've never seen a linen board or even knew they existed until now. That doesn't mean if looking to replicate it on a mousepad board I cannot see the pronounced difference of the 'linen texture' of the reproduction and pictures of the real thing.

Oh definitely. Shelby specifically requested critiques. Bring it. In my previous comment, I'm just saying that I think Shelby is trying to please too many people with this product. And in so doing, it pleases no one (yet).

Here's to Shelby, the hardest working person in the American chess equipment world!