Minis for chess,,need help!!!!

mikeofthenord · Post by **mikeofthenord** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:34 am

I am trying to make a chess board for my son for his birthday.
I am making the board out of ash and cherry inlay (I am a carpenter by trade). For the pieces I am using a variety of individually selected minis that I think best represent a classical look (medieval kind of look rather than say WH40K). Most of them are Reaper minis 25mm. I have picked out all the pieces except for the King and Queen. The problem I am having is finding suitable pieces for the King and Queens. I would like for them to resemble regualtion size chess pieces which would require at least 28 mm at the minimum but I would love to find a 30 or 35mm set of pieces. Any ideas on where to look????

KLK · Post by **KLK** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:58 am

check the new bretonnian figures from Games Workshop.

squiggoth · Post by **squiggoth** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:41 am

The new Bretonnian sorceress on foot makes a fine queen, and the new Leon Leonceur's upper body and head make a great king. Only his lower body is mounted on a Hippogriff...

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:25 pm

I concur. If you want old school Medieval... Bretonninas are the way to go. Maybe some Empire figs if you're really hard up.

Onion · Post by **Onion** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:14 pm

The old bretonnian king riding the hippogriff would be a pretty intense king. And the old Fay Enchantress on unicorn would make a nice queen. They're both mounted, so they'd stand out from the other pieces.

Melifaxis · Post by **Melifaxis** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:12 pm

Reaper makes a Warlord line that has a slightly larger scale:

Warlord Number 14005

Warlord Number 14093

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Norse · Post by **Norse** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:31 pm

This is quite the most incredible set I have ever seen...

clearly meant to be a Chess set if you buy 2 boxes worth of models..

wow, you have to love Rackham, the imagination is incredible..

sorry, not really mediaeval in style, but worthy of a mention I thought..

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Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:52 pm

Damn, thats a cool set. Rackham does it again!

Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 7:00 pm

GREAT !!

damn those are cool !!

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:40 pm

Those are awesome, why haven't they been posted here before?

mikeofthenord · Post by **mikeofthenord** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 2:02 pm

Those definitely are some cool minis.
I certaintly appreciate all the ideas and help (would love more) and I am still searching,,,althought the birthday clock is ticking!!!
Keep those ideas rollin.

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Minis for chess,,need help!!!!

Minis for chess,,need help!!!!

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