Okay guys. You got your cross on top of the king. I hope you are happy :-)
I've done a lot of tweaking on the bases to make them more alike. As you can see in the second picture there is still some unevenness in the ranks. Maybe I should just pick the base I like the best, delete the rest, and then duplicate and re-size the one I chose.
haha, nice solution to the moldable crown issue, and great shot of the bishop's awesome arms.
Lovemagnet, how do you feel about that cross on the king? I think if there's going to be a cross it needs to be smaller. AND if you remove it completely I'm afraid the distinction between the king and queen might be lost. But kudos to you for the moldable crown. Boy, was that unmoldable crown ever nice tho! Before ditching it completely I would research how difficult it really would be to mold the previous crown. It was quite something, really distinguished the king, and really made this set more 'expensive' looking, and thus sellable for a better price for you. This new filled in crown will not sell at the sell price, I'm afraid.
One more thing. The dot on top of the pawns. From this new side view it looks like the dot is actually like a bird beak. That's just a trompe d'oeil right? Its just a trick\illusion of the photograph? The dot is actually a dot, right?
I'm so glad those pawn shields didn't last very long. They were awful. I love the way bresando put it. Adieu and bons debarras, stupid shields.
If you see a bird beak then I assure you it is just an illusion. The pawn is 100% symmetrical.
thanks.
205thsq wrote <Now when it comes to your current design (kudos on the kings crown, you nailed it, and the more ornamentation the better, i think your design definitely warrants it) but i like how you had the king and queens heads different shapes in the 1st design and i think you should go back to that idea. Since they already have arms (which you've won me over on) give him a nice square chin and jaw>
very interesting. I went back to the original first pic and there's def something to what he's saying. I'm finding the current king, esp with the filled-in crown, not masculine enough, not distinguished enough from the queen. I believe the problem could be solved exactly as 205thsq says, by making the king's head a different shape from the queen, perhaps the original king's head shape, that sort of angular quadrilateral. It was quite striking, tho I'm glad those dangerous spikey crowns are very gone. ;->
I find it odd that all the chessmen seem to have the same (or a very similar) base diameter. This will undoubtedly impair stability of the higher pieces, and scaling the base diameters similarly to the original Staunton pattern would in turn make the pieces too big for the square size they are currently matched with. Also, the queen should probably have a more slender "body" shaft than the king, and perhaps a just slightly smaller "head" ball as well. Just a few thoughts of mine.
about the uneveness in the bases in the last picture, LoveMagnet no worries. The bases do not have to be identical in size. On my set my king queen, kinghts etc all have different sized bases. Its the style that matters, there has to be consistency of style, and you've nailed it. Even tho the current pawns have a slightly different base, they work imho.
i don't think this LoveMagnet even realizes he is going on an ego trip
I don't think you realize nobody cares about your bs. Good effort though.
jaaas' comment on the bases and king's/queen's head... we posted simultaneously, and we agree. Add jaaas' comment to mine about the king's head...different size or shape of the head will def be helpful. I didn't think the queen torso should be more shapely; but I thought the king torso is now too shapely, and needs some masculinizing.
It's not that I want them to have the same size. I want them to have the same general shape. The "collars" should have the same dimensions. They should have roughly the same bulge and the same amount of concavity (if any). Of course the base of the rook will be more squashed than the others and so on, but I think it is very visible when one is even a little off from the style.
I've been thinking about the kings round head myself. Maybe I can make him a bit more masculine. I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for the comments. I'm done for today. Later.
good idea, ego trips can be exhausting
You are just showing off your little computer designs. You are not really going to make the chess set, you know it and I know it. I don't know why everyone is humoring you, when you are just doing this to show off. Especially annoying is the ostentatious manner of writing and vocabulary you are using. Who are you trying to impress lol?
you responded to me with profanity and accusing me of kicking babies when I criticized you. very mature lol. I obviously hurt your ego, the same ego that motivated you to make this topic in the first place.
i don't think this LoveMagnet even realizes he is going on an ego trip
I don't think you realize nobody cares about your bs. Good effort though.
hey, LovaMagnet, check this out when you get back to this. www.kickstarter.com A friend just told me about this bike lock and showed it to me and its awesome http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1051734209/tigr-titanium-lock-as-cool-as-your-bike?ref=search
and it exceeded its funding need on kickstarter. There are a few novelty chess items on kickstarter; nothing like yours. I think the ticket to financing is on there.
Also, on another note, I just looked at the beautiful 'unmoldable' king's crown on previous pics, and I encourage you to revisit that crown. I have seen all kinds of intricate molded plastic shapes for next to nothing for sale, so I imagine that the crown is do-able. It is very very beautiful, as I and others have told you. Someone wrote "its amazing" and I agree. Don't compromise on the king. Really. Forget about moldability at this point. Create a beautifully designed set, as you're doing. That is what is going to sell; a beautiful set. A 'cheaply moldable crown' will not sell.
Btw I've gone over the evolution of that bishop's arms and my bugging you to fix it, and I'm very impressed at how you changed the elbow and the forearm by taking out the curve and making them more human like, and the problen was solved. Big compliments to you on that solution.
And, for the record, I'm another poster who didn't like the arms at first, and now I won't let anyone mess with them! :)
Ok, we've all seen your set, we've all seen your 100's of posts about how good it is.
Are you now going to produce it or do want more admiration ?
Chesshole is right when he says it's nothing more than an ego trip.
Either produce it or bin the idea.
actually, we're still working on it. There's a bunch of us who are working on it. Its okay if you don't want to help. Weird trolls. They check threads they're not interested in. Weird pleasures. lol.
Your chess set is lovely.....why not go on a business adventure? try and see how it goes....you never know! Best wishes
I have to have it, I could get it printed on a 3D-printer if you would like that...
Ok, we've all seen your set, we've all seen your 100's of posts about how good it is.
Are you now going to produce it or do want more admiration ?
Chesshole is right when he says it's nothing more than an ego trip.
Either produce it or bin the idea.
First of all, the set can still be improved, so there is no reason to rush producing it. Second, and more important, even supposing the set will not be produced in the end, we're having a good time suggesting improvevents and seeing the set evolving, so i won't regret participating to the thread anyway. It's not like LoveMagnet is forcing us at gunpoint to comment, on the opposite he is very willing to listen at suggestions and hewelcomes constructive criticism. And in any case I couldn't care less whether his ego is being boosted by our comments or not; is the answer is yes, well that's good for him.
i don't think this LoveMagnet even realizes he is going on an ego trip