Related deviations:
dp3d - chess 2a
dp3d - chess 2 - queen detail
dp3d - chess 1a
dp3d - chessblocks car
dp3d - chessblocks castle

Once upon a time (a couple of years ago, and then some) I put quite a bit of work into developing a chess library for POV-Ray. I posted an image rendered using the Chessblocks pieces, and then I started developing my own "Ornate" set, of which I posted a preview of the queens. That was as far as I got with it; I obviously got distracted by something shiny and started working on other interests...

Then, yesterday, I started thinking about doing something more with POV-Ray. I opened up the editor, and this file was waiting for me. I decided I would render the same file twice with a couple of minor changes, in order to showcase the capabilities of my chess library, such as they are -- and also to show the full set, for those who expressed an interest in my queens...

This image shows my "Chessblocks" set (original design by Jim Cann of Chessblocks) sitting on an opaque perspex board. The other image in this set shows my "Ornate" set (and the knight does still need a little more work, I feel, to bring it into line with the rest of the set) sitting on a clear perspex board. The only difference between the code behind these two images is in the selection of board and set; nothing else changed:

dp3d - chess - 2a

chessboard_init(CB_CLEARPERSPEX)
:
chesspieces_init(CP_ORNATE)


dp3d - chess - 2b

chessboard_init(CB_PERSPEX)
:
#include "chesslib/chessblocks/cp_cbd_icon.inc"
#declare CBD_Icon_White = object { icon_kanji_white() }
#declare CBD_Icon_Black = object { icon_kanji_black() }
#declare ICON_Mode = ICON_Inlaid;
chesspieces_init(CP_CHESSBLOCKS_DELUXE)


(Of course, this causes the library to include different files into the rendering process... )

(Anybody interested in the non-chess uses of chessblocks might like to look at [link] and [link] from my scraps -- or not! )

Since both of these images represent essentially unfinished work (and because not a lot of effort has gone into making them "artistic") I shall probably slide them across to my scraps after a month or so...