Nuts And Bolts Chessmen

My dad had been telling me about how he had been wanting a set of chessmen. So I figured I'd make him one. I saw a similar idea online someplace and decided to build my own. Cost about $50 in parts and I already had the board lying around. Currently the black pieces are spray painted, but I'm planning on sealing them with something in the near future.

Step 1 The pieces

The pieces for a standard set of chessmen (per side) are
8 pawns
2 rooks
2 bishops
2 knights
1 king
1 queen 
One set of these needs to be a different color than the other set. I spray painted one set with black Valspar spray paint, but it is starting to chip.  

Comments

[amnartist]

I made one of these several years ago. I left one bunch the metal color and painted the others flat black. I guess I should have straightened them up a little for the picture. I was also thinking of something like flat washers to use to play checkers also. The board is a lipped wood base, big nuts for the feet, with a checkered bandanna and glass on top of that. The home improvement store guys were very curious what I was doing going through all the nut and bolt bins. Very nice job, it's not as easy as it looks!

[Biggsy]

Good idea :)

[cam42]

Thank you!

[BadGuyLabs]

This is really well done

[cam42]

Well thank you. I think the best part of it was seeing my dad's reaction on Christmas day.