Backyard Birds Chess Set

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I liked IggiDee's original idea, but I also had a few ideas of my own about a couple of the pieces. Having little to no sculpting talent of my own, I am very grateful for the talent and generosity of the designers whose work I have leveraged here. With a little "cut and paste" help from 3D Builder and MeshMixer, I made the following adjustments to IggiDee's original set: 1. I added a crown to the King Fisher's head, using ["Crown Ring Size 10 by MrPlastic"](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:41133) 2. I converted the Queen from a swan to a pigeon wearing a feather tiara, using ["Two Bird Models by pmoews"](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:581185) 3. I created a new pawn piece by remixing the Rook piece and ["Parrot Egg by noahjbright15 "](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2831300), sitting the rook on the egg in a miniaturized version of ["Bird nest for Wingspan (holds eggs) by njeff "](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4521671) 4. I remixed the Bishop Bird Bishop into a Cardinal Bishop, using ["Cardinal on a branch (smoothed remake) by notazero"](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3129805) 5. I added a small crest to the head of the falcon knight piece, to echo the helmet worn by the squirrel knight piece in the ["Woodland Squirrel Chess Set"](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4609900) that I remixed and printed to play against these birds. 6. I scaled the relative heights of these pieces to my personal taste, by stretching their bases. 7. I added a hollow space into the base of each piece, into which I add BB's and Slingshot ammo for weight. The BASE pieces are for capping and sealing those holes. You may also be interested in my [Sectioned Magnetic Chessboard +Box, with Chess Notation Labels and 45mm Interlocking Squares](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4623351), which I designed to store these pieces.