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rilke 28-Jun-08, 07:34	Name your own chess board and color pieces. Instead of the traditional board and and black*white pieces colors; use your own and ideal colors. Here is mine: Red vs Black. same board colors. Red moves first.
-zoe- 30-Jun-08, 15:04	here is my fave of all times.. www.lotr-chess.co.uk isn't it amazing? especially when you are LotR fan, like me
rilke 01-Jul-08, 02:45	Zrinka Very kool set.....
sanktlucifer 14-Jul-08, 00:58	LotR I actually have this chess set and it's really amazing zrinka
-zoe- 14-Jul-08, 04:24	Wow scaredstiff, from my point of view, you are a very lucky guy! I have one chess set with Roman army soldiers, and its pretty cool (but also very fragile and unfortunately pieces are not very stable).. but LotR chess set is something special for me. Do you use it for playing?
sanktlucifer 14-Jul-08, 07:15	zrinka I used it once with my son, but nothing's better than the Staunton design to play a serious game. Anyway the LotR pieces are made of lead and will probably last for generations.
-zoe- 16-Jul-08, 09:05	I must agree with you, for a serious game - a serious design.. simple (but still beautiful) shapes of pieces to keep concentration on the game itself
sanktlucifer 16-Jul-08, 12:47	... I usually play with staunton pieces ( ebony, double weighed, leather felted ) on a pallissander board. GORGEOUS .
cyna 23-Jul-08, 02:06	Hi Zrinka, I hope you do eventually get your wish - your very own, beloved Lord of the Rings chess set, it is awesome!! When you do, let me know how you like it, and if it's fun playing with the incredible pieces... I always loved that movie series, and especially like the actor, Viggo Mortenson, who played Aragorn. He is so sexy. Well, I suppose 'good-looking' or 'handsome' are better word choices for this 'family' forum... (sorry kiddos, you have to wait until you're legal to understand what I mean). Take care & keep smiling, Cyn
rilke 25-Jan-09, 21:23	Glass White glass pieces vs purple glass. Same for the board.
cyna 25-Jan-09, 21:42	Glass vs Wood We have a glass chess set - the pieces and squares on the board are clear and cloudy white glass. It is quite difficult to play on this set, as the colors (dark vs light) are very difficult to distinguish from one another. Personally, I like the professional boards the best - in solid wood, of course. I really like online chess the most, where I have time to think... GK is #1
rilke 09-Feb-18, 10:21	Tall pieces Just like the gigantic pieces and board used in the first Harry Potter movie .
the-sigularity 09-Feb-18, 20:43	I had made my own A chess set with clear colored marbles red and white. Black wood for the black and natural color wood for the white pieces. Medium size marbles I used as the body of the pawns, with a wooden base, and smaller white marbles for the top. The dignitaries with large marble bodies, and with wood head and base, I used epoxy glue to hold the wood and marbles to the wood sections, and this was what went wrong. Very soon the pieces began to fall apart because the epoxy glue would not hold the wood to the marbles. I was very sad and discouraged, so I put everything in an old sock, and put them away somewhere. The reason I had used epoxy, is that I had seen it used holding other materials to glass bottles in a store, and it worked really well. I figured the problem was that the marbles were too slick, and the glue has to have something rough to attach to glass, but to this date, I have abandoned the idea of trying to try again because of my big disappointment, and I do not want to go through that again. If the project had worked, I would have sent a picture for you to see.
kewois 25-Apr-18, 06:54	Magnetic metal chess set I fancy owning a chess set with pieces made of metal (maybe brass vs. aluminum) in their natural colors installed with magnet on their bases, played over board made out of steel sheet with dark brown and white squares.
lord_shiva 25-Apr-18, 07:27	Nuts and Bolts Wing nuts for the knights, etc. I thought about a set like this then saw one. Also thought of making one from spent bullet cartridges. You need a pretty serious lathe for turning metal rod for solid pieces. The aluminum will be much lighter than brass, of course.
lord_shiva 25-Apr-18, 07:31	Sand Blasting the marbles would create a rough surface for the glue. There are some glass epoxy glues that work well--my wife uses them.
lord_shiva 25-Apr-18, 07:41	Board Alternating squares of slightly rusted mild steel and polished magnetic stainless. These would have to be glued or tack welded to a base and, of course, tack welds would slightly discolor the squares. You could make the light squares out of thin aluminum, but they will weaken the magnetic hold against the steel base plate. I have spray painted steel boards. I am experimenting with oven baked enamels. The first time I tried it a chemical reaction stained the enamel. You really need very clean plates, and probably a clean oven too.
lord_shiva 25-Apr-18, 08:37	Marble Cut stone, not glass. Green and white marble pieces on a marble board. That is my heaviest set. I also splurged and bought a professional staunton chess set, roll up board with weighted plastic pieces, and a time clock, with its own black carrying case. But one set I am interested in is the very old one found in England, of ivory pieces carved in Norway. I think they were ivory. Will post a link: www.etsy.com This is the famous Isle of Lewis set. I think it is about 1200 years old.
kewois 15-May-19, 09:50	metal pieces www.chessworld.com.au elegant pieces, beautiful board/box
rilke 02-May-20, 18:53	Traditional chess boards on wooden tables.

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