[MOD] Ultimate Chess Set (Just for fun)

[BrickOn]

Inspired by Kai NRG's recent review I thought I would post my own updated version of the chess set. For now mine has been kept together because I do actually use it for chess.

So without further ado, here are the players:

Bluecoats, on Flickr

Not too much to change here, except the pawns are upgraded with shakos and epaulettes and the small cannons (or maybe swivel guns) were added to the bishops to give some firepower to the bluecoats (it occurred to me while taking the photos that another white 2x2 brick added to the bishops would improve the height contrast of the piece, but I'll do that later).

Pirates, on Flickr

The Pirates saw a few more changes, the Grey skulls became the rooks, I like the build but the did not work for me as knights. Monkeys on ladders were used as knights, the shape is better and the set was lacking monkeys. and the bishops were made with catapults and the height built up with parrots.

The Pirates Side, on Flickr

The Pirate side of the board has had a bridge added as the main feature (my other half built this mid game one time and I just kept it as it was).

The Bluecoats Side, on Flickr

I built the soldiers side mid game, but it was rubbish, so I have torn it down a few times and raided this side for parts quite a bit, but as Stas pointed out in his pirate chess set, there really does need to be a prison somewhere on the board. Not sure mine is big enough to hold all the pirates though, which leads me to the storage compartments...

Swimming with the Fishes, on Flickr

Not big enough to hold all the pieces before I raised the level by a brick and now the pirates will be swimming with the fishes.

Buried treasure (and the former bluecoats), on Flickr

And on the beach side, some of the underdressed former pawns have been buried alive (presumably) along with a bunch of treasure chests.

Anyway thanks for looking, this was just a bit of fun I had with the game... it doesn't really fit in with the regular MOCs and MODs on the forum but I had fun changing this up in this set.

[Captain Dee]

This is definitely an improvement over the original - but I suppose it would cost more too.

To me, the ultimate (MOC, MOD or official set) would be Red vs Blue, with all the minifigs fully equipped. Or maybe even throw the Armada in for good measure, or Pirates vs Islanders - lots of options, really.

But this is still good, and it's nice to hear you actually use it to play chess (I think I've played, like, 8 games in my lifetime! )

[BrickOn]

Redcoats vs Bluecoats would be a good set to have, I guess it would not be so much a pirate chess set though. Perhaps Ultimate was too bold a statement, I guess I just meant I pimped my chess set, that's all. And yep it would cost more, I was not advocating that LEGO should have made the set like this, the set they made was fine, actually pretty good price per part wise.

[dr_spock]

Good MODs. I like the shark tank for the captured pieces.

[Staslegomaster]

It seems you followed an official set but made some nice changes. LEGO Pirate chess sets appear every 5 years. Have you seen my Pirate Battle island in LEGO Ideas, I wonder? Your creation looks like mine very much. Well, great minds think alike, don't they?

[iammac]

Great addition!