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Post by davkir on Oct 19, 2004 16:10:53 GMT
I have a question with regard the base sizes on all of your chess sets?
Currently all of your sets have a standard size for King and Queen. A slightly lower base size for the Bishops, and roughly the same size for the Knights, Rooks and Pawns.
This doesn't follow in the normal scheme of chess pieces when it comes to the actual game and power of each piece. The most powerful is obviously the King as to capture it is the object of the game, then in power order comes the Queen, the Rooks, the (Bishops and Knights) are regarded as equals, and then lastly the Pawns.
However, I believe your chess sets would be even more attractive if the bases were all the SAME SIZE, and the height of the pieces follow in the order given above.
What is your response to this? And what are the chances of Price August developing a set as suggested above.
Thanks...
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Post by Prince August on Oct 19, 2004 18:19:39 GMT
Well, I have been asked about future releases but I have never been asked to change the bases profile. The king and Queen have the largest base, the bishop has a smaller base then the knight even smaller and finally the rook (if it has any base outside the actual figure design). The pawn is always a very flat base. This makes it easy enough to distingish between the pieces if you were not familiar with them. Say you were playing with a set that all had the same base as the king. Then you might confuse a bishop with the king in some of our more unusual sets (like the egyptian set coming out.) The king and the queen are the same as they cannot be mixed up (Anyone disagree??) If the figures themselves were different scale on top of the base I think it would make the 54mm scale a bit incorrect. While rooks are always going to be the odd one out in scale (flags, castles, pillars) the rest are scaled to be very similiar. This helps carry the illusion of using an army. I doubt we would change this formula. I like it myself. Still my boss may decide to experiment if enough support is shown for a particular style.
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carl
PA Lieutenant
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Post by carl on Apr 30, 2006 21:06:14 GMT
I myself like the King and Queen to stand out so I've always added a thick washer to the bottom of the pieces to make them a little taller than normal. I like the bases to be different also since I'm old and I like things to look completely different to make them easily detectable.
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Post by paul79sydney on Jun 18, 2006 11:29:21 GMT
as for the washer i have also had to add a washer to the base to make them more stable on the board.
does prince august have any thoughts on making the base area of the chess pieces larger?? as in more wider for stability.?
paul
p.s.. i think the washer idea is more ideal as it make the piece have a lower centre of gravity.. not as easy to tip them over.
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allan
PA Private
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Post by allan on Aug 16, 2016 22:11:32 GMT
I have used the new penny piece polished then stuck to the base with araldite, looks OK to me, you need to lacquer the coin once you have polished it to stop it going dull
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