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Alfaerie SVG Piece Graphics. The Alfaerie set of piece graphics in scalable SVG format.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Apr 5, 2024 06:10 AM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from Thu Apr 4 11:21 PM:

In principle, yes. If these are not too different in style.


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Apr 7, 2024 05:00 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Fri Apr 5 06:10 AM:

I have some that I think are ok, but one thing I want is ski pieces and I haven't thought of a really satisfactory way to do those


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Apr 7, 2024 05:45 PM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from 05:00 PM:

Maybe this can help inspire you:


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Apr 7, 2024 06:44 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 05:45 PM:

I'm trying to avoid skis so I can also include ski-ski-pieces. Currently my best idea is two circles, one black and the other empty.

Another thing I'm trying to think of is how to represent visually KSNTCZ


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Apr 7, 2024 06:56 PM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from 06:44 PM:

I'm trying to avoid skis so I can also include ski-ski-pieces. Currently my best idea is two circles, one black and the other empty.

"Ski-ski"?

Another thing I'm trying to think of is how to represent visually KSNTCZ

It'd depend somewhat on what the piece is called.


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sun, Apr 7, 2024 07:02 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 06:56 PM:

Ski-ski such as [H?fR]

It'd depend somewhat on what the piece is called.

That's not clear either


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sun, Apr 7, 2024 07:26 PM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from 07:02 PM:

Ski-ski such as [H?fR]

I think there's another term for that, though I can't for the life of me remember what it is.

If I'm wrong, then a ski-ski would be (to my mind) relatively simple: put the piece on one ski for a regular ski, and on two skis for a ski-ski.


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Tue, Apr 9, 2024 07:42 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Fri Apr 5 06:10 AM:

I've got some I think are mostly good enough. How should I send them?


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Thu, Apr 11, 2024 12:09 AM UTC:

It would be nice to have a good Buffalo, but I haven't managed to draw it decently.


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Apr 13, 2024 02:09 PM UTC:

I have 46 pieces I'd like to have considered for this set


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sat, Apr 13, 2024 03:24 PM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from 02:09 PM:

I have 46 pieces I'd like to have considered for this set

A collection that big practically calls for its own page!


Bob Greenwade wrote on Sat, Apr 13, 2024 03:30 PM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from Thu Apr 11 12:09 AM:

I don't know if this will help, but I'd recommend using something between these two as a good starting point:


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Sat, Apr 13, 2024 03:34 PM UTC in reply to Bob Greenwade from 03:24 PM:

Most of them are just conversions of older alfaerie images and small modifications


François Houdebert wrote on Mon, Apr 15, 2024 11:07 AM UTC:

Do you think this svg could be added to the other beast section of alfaerieSVG?


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Apr 15, 2024 11:36 AM UTC in reply to François Houdebert from 11:07 AM:

The inside part should be colored #f9f9f9. Using the background color for inside the piece makes it transparent and impossible to recolor properly.


François Houdebert wrote on Tue, Apr 16, 2024 06:57 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Mon Apr 15 11:36 AM:

I modified it :

could these be of interest too?

vice general

go between


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Tue, Apr 16, 2024 04:16 PM UTC:

Here are some pieces I've made.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Tue, Apr 16, 2024 05:23 PM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from 04:16 PM:

@Daniel: your page is only visible by editors


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Tue, Apr 16, 2024 07:27 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 05:23 PM:

try now


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Wed, Apr 17, 2024 05:19 AM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from Tue Apr 16 07:27 PM:

@Daniel: thanks. They are well done and they fit with the set. I hope editors will add them.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Wed, May 15, 2024 03:30 PM UTC:

Hi. I need some more Alfaerie pieces for coding an ID for Obento Chess. Some are probably easy to do:

Silver Pashtun: from Silver General with 2 points instead of 1 on every direction

Gold Pashtun: similar construction

Silver Rider: from Silver General with points replaced by arrows (?)

Gold Rider: similar construction

Wildeguard (KNC): from NC with a star (?)

Is there any editor who could make them and add them?

Another one would require more work: Ostrich

Thank you


Daniel Zacharias wrote on Wed, May 15, 2024 06:08 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 03:30 PM:

For most of those, I have made some that I hope would be good enough. The only one I didn't try is ostrich


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Thu, May 16, 2024 05:28 AM UTC in reply to Daniel Zacharias from Wed May 15 06:08 PM:

@Daniel: this is exactly what I was hopping to see! Big thanks

@HG or another editor: would you be kind to add these to the existing Alfaerie folder?

Thank you


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