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**Arch-Daemon Drak'n'al**

So I'm making a 40k Chess set (Imperials v. Chaos), and I have most of the pieces planned out. However, I'm having trouble deciding on a suitable "Queen" for either side. Or, I could use the models I have picked for a king, but then I'd be out one of them.

Anyways, so you have an idea of what I've got so far:

IMPERIALS/WHITE:
Pawns = Imperial Guardsmen
Rooks = Terminators
Knights = Assault Marines
Bishop = Librarians
Queen =
King = Chapter Captain

CHAOS/BLACK:
Pawns = Cultists
Rooks = Terminators
Knights = Raptors
Bishops = Sorcerers
Queen =
King = Chaos Lord

Open to suggestions. =D

**Canas is back**

I think chaplains and dark apostles would be better bishops

**Hive Fleet Lazarus**

Maybe move the Captian down to queen and use a chapter master for king? Or a chapter champion/veteran 1st sarge for queen. For chaos maybe a warp smith for queen. Or move the chaos lord down and promote a DP to king?

**Nevelon**

Canas is back wrote:
I think chaplains and dark apostles would be better bishops

This. And then you can move the librarian/sorcerer to queen.

You might also consider using basic bolter marines as pawns, rather then IG/cultists.

**Evertras**

Why not a SoB model?

**Augustine**

St Celestine for queen, I'd say. Or female Witch Hunter.

For Chaos I'd go with Masque.

**Darios**

i'd go with the chaplain Dark Apostles for Bishops and the sorcerous ones for queens.

**d3m01iti0n**

Any BA for a Queen, done.

**rigeld2**

Move your current Kings down to Queens and use a special character for the Kings - Marneus vs Abbadon?

**MrMerlin**

Oh someone else is doing this too! I've got a zombies vs survivors game planned, with a supermarket parking lot chess board, fighting dogs as survivor pawns, evil scientist as zombie king etc....

Keep in mind that the king should be a "weak" character, as he only moves one field and has to be protected.
And the queen should be female.... after all, shes a queen... how about some SoB's for imperial and something slaneeshy for schaos?

**Snrub**

I'd order it like this...

Arch-Daemon Drak'n'al wrote:

Pawns = ~~Imperial Guardsmen~~ Tactical Marines/Chaos Marines
Rooks = ~~Terminators~~ Devestator Marines/Havocs
Knights = Assault Marines/Raptors
Bishop = ~~Librarians~~ Chaplains/Dark Apostles
Queen = Librarians/Sorcerers
King = Chapter Captain/Lords

**MrMerlin**

Snrub wrote:
I'd order it like this...

Arch-Daemon Drak'n'al wrote:

Pawns = ~~Imperial Guardsmen~~ Tactical Marines/Chaos Marines
Rooks = ~~Terminators~~ Devestator Marines/Havocs
Knights = Assault Marines/Raptors
Bishop = ~~Librarians~~ Chaplains/Dark Apostles
Queen = Librarians/Sorcerers
King = Chapter Captain/Lords

Nah.... they'd all kinda look the same. Pawns have to be distinctiveley weaker, so guardsmen and cultists work really well. Also, rooks should be a bit more massive, so termies are good there I think

**ENOZONE**

IoM Queen = Any Saint from the SoB
Chaos Queen = Either a fallen saint, or a Slanneshi Pantomime of one.

**Snrub**

MrMerlin wrote:
Nah.... they'd all kinda look the same. Pawns have to be distinctiveley weaker, so guardsmen and cultists work really well. Also, rooks should be a bit more massive, so termies are good there I think

Thats why you give them different sized bases. So you would start out with Pawns only getting a little base all the way up to the Kings getting a big honking base.

Although what about this
Rooks - Techmarines w/full servo harness or Warpsmith. Both are big and rook like
Knights - Marines on bikes.

**Calgar's messenger**

i like the idea of assault marines being
knights, because they both jump and
terminators as rooks because they are
just like a wall

**MrMerlin**

Snrub wrote:
MrMerlin wrote:
Nah.... they'd all kinda look the same. Pawns have to be distinctiveley weaker, so guardsmen and cultists work really well. Also, rooks should be a bit more massive, so termies are good there I think
Thats why you give them different sized bases. So you would start out with Pawns only getting a little base all the way up to the Kings getting a big honking base.

Although what about this
Rooks - Techmarines w/full servo harness or Warpsmith. Both are big and rook like
Knights - Marines on bikes.

Techmaries for Rooks sounds nice

Bikes could be bishops, I think.... They can race all across the board, after all....

still, I don't think space marines are suitable for pawns.... pawns represent the lowest kinds of infantry (in german they're called peasants, haha) So while the marines get to do all the "specialized" fun stuff, the guardsmen just march forward.

**NoQuestionzAsked**

i have the sudden desire to play some chess!

Honestly though i love this idea. Paint them to look like stone, old and weathered. Love it.

Thanks for posting

**Leigen_Zero**

I have got to agree with the general consensus here, make bishops into chaplains/apostles and then make the queens as librarians/sorcerors...