A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces
This is the story of a dream coming true after many years. Chess variants are nice to play on a screen with a keyboard or a mouse, but playing sometimes with real physical pieces is a real pleasure. In recent years some pieces have been made commercially available, but the choice is limited, not always satisfactory and the pieces are not easy to find.
In this respect, 3D-printing is a real revolution. This technique opens the door of a new universe. It is not very difficult to make your own design. There are many useful tools on the Internet.
This page presents my own collection. It is thought with coherence in size. The links allow to download the .stl files that can be read by most 3D printers. Those .stl files might also be modified with tools (such as Tinkercad, Meshmixer, Blender, etc.) to change their size or even to compose new pieces.
The standard pieces:
Most chessvariant set must include the standard FIDE pieces: King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight and Pawn. Here the classical Staunton design is used.
King
The King size is set to: height , base diameter.
Queen (Q)
Rook (R)
Bishop (B)
Knight (N)
Pawn
The basic atoms
Ferz (F)
Wazir (W)
Alfil (A)
Dabbaba (D)
Pieces for Shako
Elephant (FA)
Canon (mRcpR)
Pieces for Metamachy
Prince
Camel (C)
Eagle
also known as Gryphon
Lion (KAND)
Pieces for Zanzibar
Giraffe (Z)
also known as Zebra
Archer (mBcpB)
also known as Vao
War Machine (WD)
Buffalo (NCZ)
Rhinoceros
Duchess (KADGH)
Sorceress (mQcpQ)
also known as Leo
Soldier
Pieces for Very Heavy Chess
Amazon (QN)
Marshall (RN)
also known as Chancellor, 2 versions
Cardinal (BN)
also known as Archbishop, 2 versions
Centaur (KN), 2 versions
Admiral (RF), 3 versions
also known as Dragon King
Missionnary (BW), 3 versions
also known as Dragon Horse
Heroine
Popess
or Abbess
Pieces for Fantastic XIII
Troll
Mammoth (KAD)
Hawk (ADGH)
Squirrel (NAD)
Cheetah (CZGH)
Ship
Snake
Direwolf (NADCZGH)
Pieces for Patchanka
Kirin
Phoenix
Ram (RA)
Badger (BD)
Wildebeest (NC)
Okapi (NZ)
Bison (CZ)
Medusa (QAD)
More pieces
Crocodile
Cerberus
Page in construction. Be patient.
This 'user submitted' page is a collaboration between the posting user and the Chess Variant Pages. Registered contributors to the Chess Variant Pages have the ability to post their own works, subject to review and editing by the Chess Variant Pages Editorial Staff.
By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Last revised by Jean-Louis Cazaux.
Web page created: 2024-03-25. Web page last updated: 2024-03-31