Giant Chess In The Garden

Thanks for your replies.

Yes. I've been playing chess for a while now and acquired a couple of the normal standard sets for the house, one made of wood, the other more ornamental being made of glass. Although I did obtain a couple of computer versions also. There is a raised lawn area (square in shape) in my garden, framed by a 'platform' or 'shelf' on the 2 open ends with 4 pots on each, a 3' fence on another side, and on the last a small ornamental wheelbarrow beside a 9'x 6' extension patio attached to the back of the house. There are 2 stairs in the middle of one of the platforms leading up to this area, but also a set of 4 stairs on the end of the other platform, with a storage area on the other side of the attached handrail. So, the 'blank canvas' is all ready for when I decide to include the chess game. I think to decide the size of the slabs, it will be necessary to eventually purchase the chess pieces and use them to get the required scale. I like the idea of using dark and light brown for the slab colours to soften the contrast between the game and the rest of the garden.
I have several other ideas of how to merge the back garden as it is, with the theme that I am trying to design, leaving the front and side garden for my roses and hopefully a nice japanese maple.

C.J.

Robbie

Hello there. Well, I wonder what the chances were of this happening ?

Chess pieces for the garden which have an AZW-theme, would require to be custom-made, giant-sized being quite expensive. I've considered my best option would be to use standard giant chess pieces, but use an AZW-theme in the rest of the garden, therefore maintaining a connection between both. Items in the garden therefore would be visually connected to the AZW, whereas the Giant Chess would be a playable representation of the battles - the use of strategy, defence/attack, etc.

Have you seen the small bronze AZW-theme chess set on the Littlehand Limited site ?

There are a few excellent pieces to give ideas.

Isandlwana is my main interest in the AZW Campaign, and I liked the idea of pieces relating to that (for a standard-size chess game), such as, Durnford or Pulliene (main pieces?) Melvill and Coghill (knights), the King, which is what the game revolves around, would be a bell-tent, representing the camp. Pawns being 24th soldiers, etc. (just ideas though)

Additionally, may I ask if you know what plants are most common in Zululand, which may be suited to the climate in the U.K. ?

Look forward to hearing more about your idea(s).

C.J.