Does anyone have thoughts on pieces? I have been thinking that metal pieces would look too randam.. can anyone give me some feedback on the though or using some of those Wizkids/wizard of the Coast pre painted mini's at all? I think they might be the right size but am unsure as I have never seen one.. you would want pieces similar in size, dragon may be a problem.. thoughts from people that have these in their colections??

Brette:)

I fully intend to paint minis for use, and may even create some variant rules for variant pieces/minis (hmmm.....).  I've got ideas for how to build a frame to hold the boards, but haven't made time to sketch them out for Pernille yet.  Over the Christmas holidays, hopefully!

That's a lot of pieces!  I forgot how large a game it was/is.  

Nice pieces and set up though.  

Let see from the picture...

The bottom board has dwarves and duergar, a fire and earth elemental, basalisks and howlers.

The top board has Hippogriffs, a silver dragon (not D&D) sorcerers on good's side.  I used spectres or wraiths, a red dragon and those rainbow snakes... (coatyl???)

The middle board is more complicated.  The good guys got elven guard as pawns...  I see blue dragonspawn, centaurs, armored monks (I think these are listed as fighters, rogues, clerics of cuthbert, a archwizard, a marshall (I think, female in plate) and the aspect of moradin.  Evil gets xeph warriors, otyugh, some mounted chargers, some other rouge/assassin, rangers?, drow clerics, I see the lich with the robe of eyes and Lareth the Beautiful, and a fire giant king.

My spelling and recollection is poor, but I think that is the idea.  I'm sure I could field better pieces as I've collected all the miniatures, from all of the sets...

Aluvial

bombadil wrote:Allan...I see your boards are ready for shipping.  This time, the individual squares received a lighter fusing treatment in the kilns, resulting in greater definition of the spaces on the board, a really nice touch.  They look fantastic.

Thanks Stephen, I'm really looking forward to these!

I've got two different ideas for how to structure the frames to hold the boards, and perhaps with some luck and skilled welding, they can be combined into a single board that'll serve both functions.  We'll see.  I'll send you and Pernille sketches once I get a chance to sit down and draw them out.

Any one have a picture of the fused glass dragonchess boards ? The old links don't work any more.  I am building a set out of acrylic and would love to see the glass  version.

I have been looking for a project, besides house remodelling, and I think I've just found one. I can't wait to see additional pictures.

Here are pics of my boards, made by Stephen's wife Pernille.  Each board is ~21"x15" with 1.5" squares.

1) The Air Board - the top/highest of the three boards, with light-blue and white squares.



2) Close-up of the Air Board - the white squares are opaque, but the blue are translucent. You can see the pad to raise the bottom of the board off of the table surface as well, in this shot.



3) The Oerth Board - the middle the three boards, with light-green and amber squares.



4) Close-up of the Oerth board, with its light-green and amber squares.



5) Underworld Board - the bottom/lowest of the three boards, with red and brown squares.



6) Close-up of the Underworld board: red and brown squares (which look closer to the amber in color when held up against the light than they do at the table).