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Thread: GarVa's Galactic Home Show, Thursday April 1st
ArtemisFawkes
Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:41 am
#67
What is the chess floor? What is used to get that effect?
Awesome btw!
AF
Laeren
Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:46 am
#68
Dojoden wrote:
Just from looking at that pic I'd say the floor is a combination of Exquisite End Tables and Ottomans. Truly remarkable.
Half right....the dark squares are really the "small table"s that are dark brown and octagonal, with the 4 legs. The white end tables overlap the edges of the small tables, giving the appearance of dark squares. 
I've had a number of requests asking how to make this board, so here's a shopping list and procedure I used to make this:
Chess pieces:
8 R2 droids (pawn)
8 R3 droids (pawn)
2 Protocol (king)
2 Medical (queen)
4 Surgical (bishop)
4 Probot (knight)
4 R4 droids (rook)
Of course divide them up between the two colors
The board:
32 Small Tables (dark brown, octagonal)
36 End Tables (white, master level)
16 Structural Modules (for the edges)
4 Chests (white, master level)
4 Tallbirch lamps (optional)
First thing to do is determine where the center of your board is going to be. Then on that center, you can place a polearm (wooden staff works best) so that you don't lose it. Then, build your chessboard outwards from there. The height of your board will be determined by the height of the brown tables, as they can't sink into the floor at all. Use the white end tables to define the edges of the brown tables, to make them look like squares (the white tables will have to be just a little higher than the brown tables, otherwise the brown will show through).
After you get all 64 brown and white tables down in your board pattern, use the structural modules to edge the table. These should also be a bit higher than the brown tables, as the edges of the brown tables will poke through otherwise. Finally, in the corners put one more white end table and then a white chest to cap it. I put in the Tallbirch lamps to simulate holoprojectors, but that's probably not evident.
Hope that helps those of you who would like something similar for your homes/halls.
Happy Decorating!
Faymar
Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:58 am
#69
This is clearly unbalancing to the game. Please nerf clever people so that the rest of us don't feel inferior about our interior design. The shopping list is very useful, but the mind that conceived that this was possible and how to implement it, well, I want one too!
(please tell me I don't need to add a smiley)
lamooreus
Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:33 am
#71
I had Fearie decorate my house on the Intrepid server. She did several houses in our city of Hardcore Village, Naboo. She did an amazing job. If you're on Intrepid come check out the houses of Omar, Akin, Kiroth (who did his own homes), and Teric.
Vaboz
Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:17 pm
#72
You guys got some great ideas! I am gunna have to save up some money and to have you guys come over adn decoreate my house!
Xanamiar
Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:22 am
#75
Very nice job Laeren. I've thought that since the first day I saw it, and it was only half way done.
If anyone want's to check out the chessboard, but isn't on our server, feel free to give me (Shaina) a tell, and I'll tip you the 100 credits to come out on the spaceport.... (please don't take advantage of this, it's for those who wish to come out and check out the chessboard.)
And by the way.. would love to play a game of chess.
Shaina Rayne (starsider)
Shynira Rayne (Starsider/Wanderhome)
Xanamiar
Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:29 am
#76
Actually let me just put a limit on that.. the next 60 people who give me a tell, and say "I would love to see Laeren's Chessboard" I'll tip them 100 credits... that's fair...
Ace-Con
Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:46 pm
#77
Hmmm interesting. I would just like to know what you used for the black and whitechess board flooring.
Ace-Con
Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:48 pm
#78
Hmmm interesting. I would just like to know what you used for the black and whitechess board flooring.