3D printing has allowed the hobbyist to turn out all sorts of interesting chess sets with either intricate details or things that are too specialized to warrant a full scale injection molded ...

This whimsical 3D-printed ensemble comes with such fun characters as Rolf the Wizard and Barda the Jester, though Gregorian the Dragon is clearly the coolest one on the board.

Custom, 3D printed chess sets are rather popular but many simply replace the pieces with a themed version (here’s one for Pokémon) or create an interesting board.This 3D printed chess set ...

Bryan Cera and Scott Kildall let you use a 3D printer to create your own copy of the hand-carved chess set of Marcel Duchamp, inventor of the Readymade.

The 3D print files are all clearly labeled, so there’s no doubt as to which character is meant to be which piece. That said, there’s nothing to stop you swapping them around, making Leia the ...

UltiMaker’s Thingiverse offers a vast library of 3D models, from functional household tools to artistic pieces. Each design includes print settings, helping users replicate models effectively.

On their own, Joseph Larson's 3D-printed creations look like ordinary chess pieces. But the 16 pieces from each side snap together to form two 4-1/4-inch "Chessbot Heroes," one black and the other ...

In 2010, Scott Kildall created an app that aimed to recreate Duchamp’s style of chess play.As a bonus, the app included a 3-D recreation of the Duchamp set. But that wasn’t enough for Kildall.

Lovers of architecture, Prosser and Flood developed their idea over a series of chess matches, modeled the pieces in 3D, and then 3D-printed them in injection-molded acrylic. Each piece is double ...