In Praise of Graeme Anthony - Australian Sculptor

LOVE IT!

Thanks again for your thoughts. I think both of your wooden sets are interesting and beautiful … and certainly more playable than mine! 🙂

I was fortunate enough to run across a listing from an eBay seller in Australia who put this 1975 copper and pewter cast resin medieval Graeme Anthony set up for sale, which I immediately purchased...the set is complete (!) And in great shape. My chess opponent friend is also a woodworker, and made me an appropriate sized board...

Thanks for sharing the same @powerdigit. That's indeed an impressive work to prevent such contributors from being forgotten.

I first got one of Graeme Chess sets in Adelaide back in 1988 and still in my family to this day.
It's a true treasure and I've been lucky to purchase a couple more of his sets.
Enjoyed a few phone call with Graeme and a very nice amazing man !!

Hi @TRAvghan and @nikhughes - thanks for the feedback and contributions. Graeme is indeed a gentleman and I have had many an email conversation with him; he is generous with his time and knowledge - albeit he has transferred the business on to Simon now.

@Powderdigit, very cool and refreshing thread! It reminds me of playing tabletop games with buddies back in the day. I feel like any of these would be awesome to use in a D&D campaign

Cheers @VTVX1V - it’s wonderful to rekindle memories of our childhood in this way. On a related point, I am a fan of the show Stranger Things - primarily because it takes me back to my childhood - gladly scaring myself watching the odd horror show or reading a Stephen King novel… and while I was probably 10 years too old to be swept up in the joy of D&D - the young characters in Stranger Things love D&D and it features widely in the show. Some people may wonder why an ageing gent like myself might watch such stuff and I put it down to joy and nostalgia. :-)

And back to Graeme Anthony and his love of Dragons … this 1kg 16cm high Sentinal Dragon was a recent local find … am I going to collect dragons - no! Will this sit in my bookshelf or in my desk to inspire fun memories - absolutely. Thanks Graeme and people on this thread for keeping the fun alive. Cheers to all. 🍻

Getting back to chess …

What a beautiful set! Those wizard's are so cool. \m/

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