I am a junior at Dublin Jerome High School, and this is a chess game designed around an Ocean/Under the Sea theme with custom shaped pieces.

Supplies

The only Supply was Autodesk Fusion 360.

Step 1: Sketching Piece Ideas

The first thing to do was to come up with what shapes would go with each piece. After some brainstorming and sketching, the pieces ended up matching like this:

King: Merman

Queen: Mermaid

Bishop: Dolphin

Knight: Seahorse

Rook: Castle Tower

Pawn: Coral

Step 2: Model the Pieces

The way I modeled each piece was by creating different parts of the piece and combining them using the combine bodies tool.

For instance, for the dolphin, I created the body, tail, base, and fin in the same design and used combine bodies to put them together.

The way I created each of these parts was by creating many different sketches (keeping measurements in mind) on many different planes and using the loft tool to build them. If the end result after the loft seemed wrong, I adjusted the sketches and did it again.

Each piece ranges from 1.5 - 3 inches tall, the pawn being the shortest and the king being the tallest.

Step 3: Finished Pieces

Here are each of the finished, modeled pieces.

Step 4: Make the Board

Next was to model the chess board. This step was fairly easy; I took some measurements, made some sketches and extruded them to make a 3D Board. I also used fillet to make the edges look nicer.

Once the board was made, I colored the faces using cherry wood for the base. I separated the top face into squares by using the split face tool. I then colored the squares blue and white to match the Ocean theme.

Step 5: Add the Pieces

The final step was to add each piece into the board design. I did this byclicking show data panel and clicking on the project that my pieces were in. I right clicked the piece and chose insert into current design. Once the piece was in the design, I used the move tool to move them onto the square that I wanted. I repeated this process for each of the pieces.

Once all the pieces were placed in the correct spots, I colored them blue and white to match the squares!