Chess is a bit of a Big Deal here at the Formlabs offices, and pretty much every board we have has a sample rook or four as part of the set. Since we know we’re not alone in our love of chess, @Brian_Allan decided to make an official Formlabs chess set!
He’s the one with all the CAD experience, whereas I’m the digital sculptor so I was in charge of the knight piece. Introducing, the FormLab, Charlie!
This was printed at 100 microns for speed/testing it out, but I"m excited to do one at 25 at some point!
Looks great.
I just finished my chess set a week ago. Can´t show all at the moment. They look a little different then yours.
So here are bishops, knights, pawns.
Sorry I can´t share the models. 32. All different. They should remain unique for the moment.
They are created in zBrush, hollowed with meshmixer, printed on a form1+.
A little sanding. painted with matallic paint used for cars. black metallic, gold metallic, silver metallic for highlighting the contours.
Ciao
Klaus
@KlausLeitl it’s ok…
I’m always in awe by looking at artists that are able to make natural forms (I can only create technical stuff and fail miserably as soon as something can’t be defined with a few simple, geometrical rules)!
Really well done! I’m deeply impressed!
