They were very nice, but bright silver, so I painted one set black and the other cream, then removed some of the paint once the pieces dried. I found a chess board image online which I printed out. It still needs thicker cardboard backing, but it's looking good....
I was looking for a small scale chess set that would work for my dolls, and came across a shop on Etsy that was selling sets of chess men charms. They looked to be about the right size for 1/4 scale dolls, so I ordered two sets.
They were very nice, but bright silver, so I painted one set black and the other cream, then removed some of the paint once the pieces dried. I found a chess board image online which I printed out. It still needs thicker cardboard backing, but it's looking good....
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kenaiqueen
4/30/2021 12:20:53 pm
Very cute! I found some great things on a dollhouse supplies website. Got a darling harp in a case for my custom Talia of Valdamar doll I modded.
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Martha
4/30/2021 04:00:01 pm
I looked at dollhouse miniatures as well, but they were too small for my 1/4 scale dolls.
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Dorothy
4/30/2021 01:24:34 pm
What a cute idea! I am already excited to see how this will be used in one of your stories.
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Martha
4/30/2021 04:00:49 pm
At some point my dolls will need to hold a chess tournament....
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Jay
5/1/2021 11:19:24 am
This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing the info. I'm totally going to steal this idea. Sorry!
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Martha
5/1/2021 11:32:02 am
No need to apologize. This is why I share the info.
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Donna
5/1/2021 07:28:16 pm
What a wonderful idea! Etsy here I come :o) I can just picture Ringo learning to play chess! Thanks for sharing another great find.
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Martha
5/2/2021 04:23:49 am
Looks like lots of dolls are going to be playing chess soon
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Lorna
5/1/2021 10:04:13 pm
I love this idea as well but the Etsy shop does not ship to the UK. I did however find the sets on Ebay and ordered 2 sets one in silver and one in bronze. Thank you for sharing the idea, after watching The Queens Gambit all my dolls have been longing to learn how to play :)
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Martha
5/2/2021 04:25:23 am
I got mine from the shop in Canada, but there were lots of these charms available from other sources.
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12/26/2022 08:49:23 pm
Etsy is great place to find chess sets. My shop sells 12inch, 10inch wooden magnetic hand crafted chess sets. We ship to UK, US, EU with free shipping. DesignerChess is the name of my shop.
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