h a l f b a k e r yBunned. James Bunned.
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Large pieces; milled iron for "black", milled copper for "white". The board is made of lighter and darker squares of rock and slate.
The attribute that keeps it from the "well-baked" pile is that the set can be purchased either with or without, a protective plastic coating to keep the pieces
from oxidizing.
Unlike the pieces, the board has a protective coating.
Thus, as it sits on the porch year after year, the colours change from black>red and copper>green.
Further advantage that when a piece is inevitably lost, it can be replaced in a couple minutes of simple duplication lathe-work.
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Geez, I was hoping for Osmium and Ytterbium... Black & White. |
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DU turns a lovely purple-plum colour when it oxidises ..... |
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Better to make the pieces from different metals. Platinum for the King on one side, Gold on the other ..... Cadmium gives a nice red colour ..... Uranium pawns ...... [+] |
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Frozen mercury pieces, for timed games. |
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I like the frozen mercury. I like the whole thing! |
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but the implication of the lathe duplicator is that these chest pieces are simple lathe turned items. Statuary-themed pieces would be wonderful. They could be based on real statues. Or unreal statues - a king comprised only of shattered visage and two vast and trunkless legs would be in keeping with the theme of gradual dissolution and all-conquering time. |
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Oh. I was expecting maybe Metallica. |
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I had in mind a motif that retains the "bar of solid iron/copper" feel while tending towards a "regulation" look, all without crossing over into a dissociative modern art thing or looking crude. |
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For statuary a good fit would be Easter Island figures... but they'd have to be well detailed to avoid looking like "my primary school shop project" with no relation to the famous icons. |
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