Bob Greenwade wrote on Thu, Sep 21, 2023 02:44 PM UTC:
66. Centaur. This has been a topic of discussion before, and it's definitely a challenge. Generally the piece is represented by its alternate name, the Crowned Knight, based on its KN move.
I have my own Crowned Knight version, putting on the King's crown with the cross removed (to make it distinguishable from the Royal Knight).
But as for a Centaur, I really couldn't think of many ways to represent it short of trying to sculpt the full figure of a centaur (and trust me, the world is better off without me trying that). I did come up with two ideas, neither of them really satisfactory.
Given the option right now, I'd go with the horseshoe for most purposes, but I'm not ready to give up on the helmeted version quite yet if there are any ideas out there about how it could be better.
66. Centaur. This has been a topic of discussion before, and it's definitely a challenge. Generally the piece is represented by its alternate name, the Crowned Knight, based on its KN move.
I have my own Crowned Knight version, putting on the King's crown with the cross removed (to make it distinguishable from the Royal Knight).
But as for a Centaur, I really couldn't think of many ways to represent it short of trying to sculpt the full figure of a centaur (and trust me, the world is better off without me trying that). I did come up with two ideas, neither of them really satisfactory.
Given the option right now, I'd go with the horseshoe for most purposes, but I'm not ready to give up on the helmeted version quite yet if there are any ideas out there about how it could be better.