And I'm not sure I could cope with the combination of minimalist pieces and a curved board, Dune-tastic as they are in cleverly different ways. — Read the rest The post 3D-printed Dune chess set ...

Of course, the coolest thing about a 3D-printed chess set is that you never have to worry about losing a piece again. Just print a new one!

3D printing has allowed the hobbyist to turn out all sorts of interesting chess sets with either intricate details or things that are too specialized to warrant a full scale injection molded ...

3D printing has allowed the hobbyist to turn out all sorts of interesting chess sets with either intricate details or things that are too specialized to warrant a full scale injection molded ...

The pieces in Joseph Larson's 3D-printable chess set fit together into what he describes as "the ultimate chess fighting robot" - two of them, actually; with inverted knights for feet and bishops ...

A 3D-printed replica of Marcel Duchamp’s chess set produced using Readymake: Duchamp Chess Set, a design created by Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera. Photo: Pete Prodoehl, via JS Online.

On their own, Joseph Larson's 3D-printed creations look like ordinary chess pieces. But the 16 pieces from each side snap together to form two 4-1/4-inch "Chessbot Heroes," one black and the other ...

Lovers of architecture, Prosser and Flood developed their idea over a series of chess matches, modeled the pieces in 3D, and then 3D-printed them in injection-molded acrylic. Each piece is double ...