Those names look very strange for me. Well, English is not my mother tongue but what are they? Metropolitan evokes for me a ... subway. I guess you are thinking to something else, but what?
Ancress was an unknown word for me. By googling I see it is an obsolete form of anchoress, which is also not an usual word.
I think that if I had to use these 2 compound pieces, I wouldn't use these names.
As a matter of fact, I have already used these in a big Zillions file that I use to design my games. I'm using Asian mythologic names:
Qilin for Rook+Rhinoceros;
Simurgh for Bishop+Gryphon
In case someone is interested I also use:
Cerberus: Rook+Gryphon(a.k.a. Reaper);
Hydra: Bishop+Rhinoceros (a.k.a. Harvester);
Godzilla: Gryphon+Rhinoceros (not my proposal)
About the 3D design, I dislike the one you have on the right-side. It doesn't look at all Staunton-style. Also, it doesn't inspire any idea of its strenght, nobody would think that it is stronger than a Queen.
Those names look very strange for me. Well, English is not my mother tongue but what are they? Metropolitan evokes for me a ... subway. I guess you are thinking to something else, but what?
Ancress was an unknown word for me. By googling I see it is an obsolete form of anchoress, which is also not an usual word.
I think that if I had to use these 2 compound pieces, I wouldn't use these names.
As a matter of fact, I have already used these in a big Zillions file that I use to design my games. I'm using Asian mythologic names: Qilin for Rook+Rhinoceros; Simurgh for Bishop+Gryphon
In case someone is interested I also use: Cerberus: Rook+Gryphon(a.k.a. Reaper); Hydra: Bishop+Rhinoceros (a.k.a. Harvester); Godzilla: Gryphon+Rhinoceros (not my proposal)
About the 3D design, I dislike the one you have on the right-side. It doesn't look at all Staunton-style. Also, it doesn't inspire any idea of its strenght, nobody would think that it is stronger than a Queen.