Showing posts with label king. Show all posts
Showing posts with label king. Show all posts

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

On to the king!

On to the king!

His Majesty will be 3.75" tall, which is 95mm (rounded down from 95.25); and he will be 1.50" diameter at the base, or 38 mm (rounded down from 38.1). This makes the base 40.0% of the height, which I'm told is the ideal.

As with the knight, I'm using the Zagreb, Berliner, Man Ray, and other notable Modernists as my inspiration.






Figure 1 Man Ray King (1962 version). It's the best picture I've got. The set is displayed in a YouTube video by Ancient Chess, if you want to dig it up.








Figure 2 The Berliner king.












Figure 3 The Abstract Abbey set, made with all cones.

I'm a wild & crazy guy; I'm starting with the cones in mind. Maybe I like it because of the knight.

Stay tuned...