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@ Bob Greenwade[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Sat, Dec 23, 2023 04:21 PM UTC:

158. Crab. and 159. Barc. This weekend's pair kicks off a week of pieces that are already familiar to most folks, I'd been putting off sculpting, either because I wasn't sure how to approach it or because the work I'd already done was horrible. I've tried fixing things up as well as I could, and I'm putting them here to see if anyone has any critiques -- especially specific suggestions for improvement.

The Crab even has its own Piececlopedia page; it moves forward like a Narrow Knight, or backward like a Wide Knight.

The Barc not only spells "crab" backwards, but also takes the move backwards.

That's the part you already know. But then there's this:

I think they at least are recognizable for what they are. Well, at least the Crab is.