This could easily be a product having all chess parts fit together to save space for travelling haha.
Hey Michael - many thanks (again) for posting your very clever method for generating the twisted Queen shape. I added a bunch of my own code to enable generating all of the other standard chess shapes, and I found out that itâs not intuitively easy to predict what the effect of the twisted shape will have on the initial untwisted geometry.
Consequently I had to remove some details like a cross at the top of the Kingâs head, the slanted cut on the Bishopâs hat, and a crenelated border around the Rookâs top. Also I was unable to find a Knight head with enough thickness to withstand the twists, so the one I used is like the Pawn - solid. Nevertheless Iâm quite pleased with the final result. Although I donât plan on printing a complete 32 piece set Iâll be posting all the STL files so someone who wants to do that can give it a try.
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Hey Birk, these look amazing! Did you end up sharing the STL files somewhere? I really like to look of these chess pieces and think it would be cool to have a set where white plays with one half of the piece and black plays with the other half.
Also I do see how the knight would be hard to make into a twisting shape, but why did you not make the pawn twisting as well?
Yes - the STL files are available for free at
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/twistychess
If you donât have an ID there youâll have to make one - it is free to sign up.
I didnât make the pawn simply because it is so small and for that size the outside twisty arms would be too fragile.
I donât have the patience to make a full set, but let me know if you do. And thanks for your interest.