MegaChess Plaster, 16" Tall, Oriental, Unfinished

See the individual pieces for this chess set

Complete Chess Set with 16-inch King (MR16UF)

^$358

Qty	Piece	Width			Height		Weight
2	King	5	½"		16	"	6
2	Queen	5	½"		15	½"	6
4	Rook	6	"		16	"	6	½
4	Bishop	5	½"		15	½"	5
4	Knight	5	½"		16	"	5
16	Pawn	5	½"		12	½"	4
32				Totals			154
Qty is the total quantity per piece. Width is the side of the base, not its diagonal, and Height is the distance from the base to the highest part of the piece, all measured in inches. Weight is the weight of each single piece in pounds. The total weight is for the 32 chess pieces needed for a game, not including shipping materials. All measurements are accurate to ±20%

Let your artistic side show through this plaster chess set. You can paint them black and white or get fancy using the emerging field of faux finishes. The hauntingly real oriental faces leave no boundaries.

The unfinished MegaChess plaster set comes with a 16" king and all the rest of the 32 pieces to form both sides of a chess game.

Plaster MegaChess pieces are ideal for the emerging art of faux finishes. Faux finishes make plaster look like marble, granite, alabaster, wood, and many other materials ideal for a stunning MegaChess set, but at a tiny fraction of the cost. Amazon.com shows over 8,000 books on the subject.

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You can also go modern with plaster. Metallic flake and fluorescent paints for that breathtaking evening game.

Remember that you can experiment on the same piece over and over by just re-applying the base coat and trying one idea after another over it. Most acrylic paints are water-based, making for family fun that is easy to clean up. And if you want kids to play chess, consider the effect of a giant MegaChess set they made.

King

Knight

Queen

Bishop

Rook

Pawn

Warning: Unlike most MegaChess sets, unfinished plaster needs a waterproof coating for the pieces to be left out in the rain.

You can make a permanent outdoor chessboard for this chess set using 8" or 12" floor tiles available in thousands of colors at your local home improvement store. If you prefer a portable chessboard, the kind you can bring to birthday parties, picnics, parks, and BBQs, take a peek at the chessboards below, selected to match this chess set:
Blanket	A soft cotton fleece blanket with chessboard squares.	^$89
Foam Tile	Foam tiles interlock to form an indoor chessboard.	^$119
Nylon Tarp	Cheap, rugged, and light, but it does bunch up on a lawn.	^$69
Plastic	Simple, interlocking plastic tiles.	^$149
RolaBoard	Commercial-grade ABS plastic. Strong enough to park a car. Easy storage.	^$239
Teak	8" teak tiles for the elegant grain lines of the most beautiful wood in the world.	^$469