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Domandi wrote:
Surpised no one has said grots for pawns.

grots are so terrible nobody even thinks about them in the army anymore, seriously its probably the worst unit in the game, a 2 point model moved to 5 points and actually made worse than they were in the last codex.

related to the topic though trying to think how to do it with knights other than fielding them on a novelty sized chess board

Pawn: Kabalite
Rook: Incubi
Knight: Mandrake
Bishop: Scourge
Queen: Succubus
King: Archon

 RedMesa2391 wrote:
Pawn: Kabalite
Rook: Incubi
Knight: Mandrake
Bishop: Scourge
Queen: Succubus
King: Archon

are the kabalites close combat?

are the kabalites close combat?

No, just low ranking. Could be replaced by wyches or wracks.

T'au Empire

Pawn: Fire Warrior
Bishop: Fireblade
Knight: Crisis Battlesuit
Rook: Broadside Battlesuit
Queen: Commander
King: Ethereal

Kroot Mercenaries

Pawn: Kroot Carnivore
Bishop: Kroot Shaper
Knight: Knarloc Rider
Rook: Krootox
Queen: Kroot Shaman
King: Master Shaper

As long as the bases of the models are white and black the models themselves can be whatever colors.

 G00fySmiley wrote:

related to the topic though trying to think how to do it with knights other than fielding them on a novelty sized chess board

Adeptus Titannicus models?

 RedMesa2391 wrote:
Pawn: Kabalite
Rook: Incubi
Knight: Mandrake
Bishop: Scourge
Queen: Succubus
King: Archon

I think Scourges are more suited to knights; in chess, knights can hop over other pieces, kinda like flying.

 Insectum7 wrote:

 G00fySmiley wrote:

related to the topic though trying to think how to do it with knights other than fielding them on a novelty sized chess board

Adeptus Titannicus models?

I'm surprised there isn't a GW licensed Chess game

Chaos Space Marines

Pawn: Chaos Cultists
Bishop: Marines W/Plasma/Melta gun
Knight: Warp Talons
Rook: Havocs
Queen: Terminator Lord
King: Dark Apostle

A lot of people have been making their biggest units king, I felt like the big beatstick needs to be queen

 thepowerfulwill wrote:

A lot of people have been making their biggest units king, I felt like the big beatstick needs to be queen

I prefer the king be the ranking officer (captain, lord, autarch) while the queen is a high level psycher (librarian, sorcerer, farseer)

Sure, the king is nominally in charge, but the queen is the one rearranging reality to suit their whims and tapping into literal cosmic power.

Doesn’t fit with every faction, but a good structure.

Krieg

Pawn: Guardsman
Bishop: Quartermaster
Knight: Engineer
Rook: Grenadier
Queen: Commissar-General
King: Company Commander

AdMech

Pawn - Rangers
Rook - Kastalan Robots
Knight - Serbrys Sulphurhounds
Bishop - Kataphron Breachers
Queen - Skitarii Marshal
King - Tech Priest Dominus

Friend of mine did this ages ago with all Phoenix Lord models. I used Tyranids.

Pawns: Termagants
Rooks: Warriors
Knights: Raveners
Bishops: Tyrant Guard (the perfect "bulldog" versions)
Queen: Tyrant
King: Zoanthrope

Guard

Pawns: Riflemen
Rooks: Bullgryn
Knights: Storm Trooper/Scion
Bishops: Priest/Psyker
Queen: Commissar
King: Officer

I'll have to do a pic tonight.