fennaixelphox

I'm Phox, and welcome to Jackass.

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What's up gamers, it's ya boi Phox. 23 yo furry, Pac-Man shitposter, Fennekin and Hisui Zorua appreciator, and occasional hobbyist. I exist, sometimes, also. I haven't decided yet.

I don't really post much of my own stuff, but I do occasionally share NSFW/kink stuff, so please be 18+.

Check out my ask blog! @ask-the-phox-gang

Current project: Exodus
Current icon by me!


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fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

During the pandemic of 2020, I, like many others, found myself with a surplus of free time.
Not one to be discouraged, I put it to good use by buying myself a big box of Sculpey polymer clay, and building equipment for one of my favorite board games of all time, chess.

I didn't want it to just be any old chess set you could just buy at your local game store for like, a buck, though, so I decided to make it special, by making (mostly) all the pieces look human.

Then, I had some clay left over, so I started making more pieces, from different variants of chess!

I'll make this a thread showing off all the pieces and their movement patterns.



fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

The King, the most important piece on the chessboard. Without him, there would be no game of chess. His loyal subjects have been tasked with upholding his safety, and threatening that of the other King. The King can move one square in any direction. (On this board, valid moves will be marked with poker chips.)


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

While the King is the most important piece on the board, you might find his movement to be rather lacking, in that it's limited to only one square. His wife, the Queen, is much more powerful, in fact being the most powerful piece available in vanilla chess. She can move any number of squares, in any direction, so long as her path is fully unblocked.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Bishops are the King's right-hand men, trusted to give him advice, both religious and tactical. I wanted to give them a sort of "scholarly" look because of this, hence the glasses. Bishops can move diagonally, for as many squares as they desire. This allows them to sneak around the board quickly and quietly, but it also restricts their movement to only half of the squares on the board, specifically all of the ones of the color they started the game on.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Knights are the face of chess for many players. Their unique horse shape stands out among the others, who look more like ornate pillars or columns. However, at the time, I couldn't figure out how to model a horse, and I wasn't about to just put a horse head on a regular clay figure, so I made the knights human instead, which is just as well considering that the knight is the person ON the horse, not the horse itself. I also had the dilemma of how to handle their armor, since it's all shining and silver. To compensate, I made both their cape and lance team-colored, so you can see which side they're on from either side of the table. Knights move two squares orthogonally, and then a third square perpendicular to the first direction they moved. Uniquely, they can also jump directly to their destination square without having to worry about pieces blocking them.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Did you know? When chess was first invented, the rooks represented charioteers, and were the most powerful piece on the board since they were the only ones who could move any number of squares. At some point, though, people decided that the rook should instead represent a castle. I tried making chariots to represent the rook in this set but quickly found that it was still too difficult, so I just made them castles as well. Rooks can move any number of squares orthogonally (forward, backward or sideways.)


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

The Pawns. Numerous, but low-ranking. Truly, a metaphor for the common man. They sacrifice themselves selflessly for their king, despite outnumbering him eight to one. Legend has it that the reason two pawns standing face-to-face will never kill each other is because they finally get a good look at who they are, the person they've become, by allowing their king to sway them into this war. Pawns move one square directly forward, but can move two squares forward if they have not already moved yet this game. Uniquely, they capture diagonally forward instead of the same way they move. A pawn that reaches the other end of the board can promote into a more powerful piece, usually a queen.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

SHADOW WIZARD MONEY GANG, WE LOVE CASTING SPELLS!

Now we're getting into non-standard pieces! The Wizard comes from a variant called Omega Chess. (His Omega Chess rendition is represented by a crescent moon, but c'mon, you can't show me a piece called the Wizard and NOT expect me to make him look like the wizardiest wizard who ever wizarded. Wizards can either make a (3, 1) leap, meaning three squares along one axis and one square along another, OR they can step one square diagonally. In either case, they, like the Bishop, are color-bound.



fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

During the pandemic of 2020, I, like many others, found myself with a surplus of free time.
Not one to be discouraged, I put it to good use by buying myself a big box of Sculpey polymer clay, and building equipment for one of my favorite board games of all time, chess.

I didn't want it to just be any old chess set you could just buy at your local game store for like, a buck, though, so I decided to make it special, by making (mostly) all the pieces look human.

Then, I had some clay left over, so I started making more pieces, from different variants of chess!

I'll make this a thread showing off all the pieces and their movement patterns.



fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

The King, the most important piece on the chessboard. Without him, there would be no game of chess. His loyal subjects have been tasked with upholding his safety, and threatening that of the other King. The King can move one square in any direction. (On this board, valid moves will be marked with poker chips.)


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

While the King is the most important piece on the board, you might find his movement to be rather lacking, in that it's limited to only one square. His wife, the Queen, is much more powerful, in fact being the most powerful piece available in vanilla chess. She can move any number of squares, in any direction, so long as her path is fully unblocked.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Bishops are the King's right-hand men, trusted to give him advice, both religious and tactical. I wanted to give them a sort of "scholarly" look because of this, hence the glasses. Bishops can move diagonally, for as many squares as they desire. This allows them to sneak around the board quickly and quietly, but it also restricts their movement to only half of the squares on the board, specifically all of the ones of the color they started the game on.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Knights are the face of chess for many players. Their unique horse shape stands out among the others, who look more like ornate pillars or columns. However, at the time, I couldn't figure out how to model a horse, and I wasn't about to just put a horse head on a regular clay figure, so I made the knights human instead, which is just as well considering that the knight is the person ON the horse, not the horse itself. I also had the dilemma of how to handle their armor, since it's all shining and silver. To compensate, I made both their cape and lance team-colored, so you can see which side they're on from either side of the table. Knights move two squares orthogonally, and then a third square perpendicular to the first direction they moved. Uniquely, they can also jump directly to their destination square without having to worry about pieces blocking them.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Did you know? When chess was first invented, the rooks represented charioteers, and were the most powerful piece on the board since they were the only ones who could move any number of squares. At some point, though, people decided that the rook should instead represent a castle. I tried making chariots to represent the rook in this set but quickly found that it was still too difficult, so I just made them castles as well. Rooks can move any number of squares orthogonally (forward, backward or sideways.)


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

The Pawns. Numerous, but low-ranking. Truly, a metaphor for the common man. They sacrifice themselves selflessly for their king, despite outnumbering him eight to one. Legend has it that the reason two pawns standing face-to-face will never kill each other is because they finally get a good look at who they are, the person they've become, by allowing their king to sway them into this war. Pawns move one square directly forward, but can move two squares forward if they have not already moved yet this game. Uniquely, they capture diagonally forward instead of the same way they move. A pawn that reaches the other end of the board can promote into a more powerful piece, usually a queen.



fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

During the pandemic of 2020, I, like many others, found myself with a surplus of free time.
Not one to be discouraged, I put it to good use by buying myself a big box of Sculpey polymer clay, and building equipment for one of my favorite board games of all time, chess.

I didn't want it to just be any old chess set you could just buy at your local game store for like, a buck, though, so I decided to make it special, by making (mostly) all the pieces look human.

Then, I had some clay left over, so I started making more pieces, from different variants of chess!

I'll make this a thread showing off all the pieces and their movement patterns.



fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

The King, the most important piece on the chessboard. Without him, there would be no game of chess. His loyal subjects have been tasked with upholding his safety, and threatening that of the other King. The King can move one square in any direction. (On this board, valid moves will be marked with poker chips.)


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

While the King is the most important piece on the board, you might find his movement to be rather lacking, in that it's limited to only one square. His wife, the Queen, is much more powerful, in fact being the most powerful piece available in vanilla chess. She can move any number of squares, in any direction, so long as her path is fully unblocked.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Bishops are the King's right-hand men, trusted to give him advice, both religious and tactical. I wanted to give them a sort of "scholarly" look because of this, hence the glasses. Bishops can move diagonally, for as many squares as they desire. This allows them to sneak around the board quickly and quietly, but it also restricts their movement to only half of the squares on the board, specifically all of the ones of the color they started the game on.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Knights are the face of chess for many players. Their unique horse shape stands out among the others, who look more like ornate pillars or columns. However, at the time, I couldn't figure out how to model a horse, and I wasn't about to just put a horse head on a regular clay figure, so I made the knights human instead, which is just as well considering that the knight is the person ON the horse, not the horse itself. I also had the dilemma of how to handle their armor, since it's all shining and silver. To compensate, I made both their cape and lance team-colored, so you can see which side they're on from either side of the table. Knights move two squares orthogonally, and then a third square perpendicular to the first direction they moved. Uniquely, they can also jump directly to their destination square without having to worry about pieces blocking them.


fennaixelphox
@fennaixelphox

Did you know? When chess was first invented, the rooks represented charioteers, and were the most powerful piece on the board since they were the only ones who could move any number of squares. At some point, though, people decided that the rook should instead represent a castle. I tried making chariots to represent the rook in this set but quickly found that it was still too difficult, so I just made them castles as well. Rooks can move any number of squares orthogonally (forward, backward or sideways.)



bazelgeuse-apologist
@bazelgeuse-apologist

I wanted to make a fun thing for plural folks to fill out that also doubles as a way to introduce yourselves! I tried to keep the questions light, general, and non-intrusive, but as always, you're welcome to drop any of them for any reason.

Feel free to remix, repost, rebug, and anything else. Credit not needed. Also, while I block and mute very freely, I do not mind if folks I've blocked/muted fill this out - that goes for any questionnaire I might make!

(And to make it absolutely clear: this is open to all plural systems, regardless of origin, diagnosis or lack thereof, or any other thing. We're inclusive here!)

Some logistics first...

  • Y'all's collective name and pronouns, if applicable?
  • Who are people most likely to be interacting with? What are their names and pronouns?
  • If folks in the system have their own Cohost pages, what are their handles?
  • Is there anything that people should keep in mind when interacting with you all? (Like if you have memory issues, terms to avoid, littles who might be around, and so on.)

Onto the fun stuff!

  • Describe the system in one sentence! (Use as few plural community-specific labels as possible - this is less about perfectly describing what type of system y'all are, and more about your vibes!)
  • What are some interests that y'all share? (Like fandoms, hobbies, dinosaurs...)
  • A weird fact about the system?
  • Any rituals or traditions (not necessarily religious ones) specific to the system?
  • What about in-jokes?
  • What causes the most controversy (non-serious) amongst y'all? (Like food opinions, which way the toilet paper should hang - little things like that.)
  • If your physical body could be anything that y'all wanted it to be, what would you make it?

Closing

  • Free space! Share something neat y'all have made or are working on. Or a picture of your cat. Or anything else you'd like folks to see.
  • Are y'all looking for new pals/mutuals/people to follow? If so, are you looking to connect only with other plural folks, or are you cool with singlets as well?
  • Lastly, where should folks go if they want to know more about you all? (Like a personal website!)

I recommend answering this in your own separate post instead of as a reblog addition to this one! Also, for new folks wondering what to tag their responses with: while there doesn't seem to be a single dominant tag, plurality, plural, and the cohost plural feed all seem reasonably frequented. Remember that you can bookmark multiple tags and browse all of them together in your bookmarked tags feed!

Raw markdown version for ease of copying:

**Some logistics first...**

- Y'all's collective name and pronouns, if applicable?
- Who are people most likely to be interacting with? What are their names and pronouns?
- If folks in the system have their own Cohost pages, what are their handles?
- Is there anything that people should keep in mind when interacting with you all? (Like if you have memory issues, terms to avoid, littles who might be around, and so on.)

**Onto the fun stuff!**

- Describe the system in one sentence! (Use as few plural community-specific labels as possible - this is less about perfectly describing what type of system y'all are, and more about your vibes!)
- What are some interests that y'all share? (Like fandoms, hobbies, dinosaurs...)
- A weird fact about the system?
- Any rituals or traditions (not necessarily religious ones) specific to the system?
- What about in-jokes?
- What causes the most controversy (non-serious) amongst y'all? (Like food opinions, which way the toilet paper should hang - little things like that.)
- If your physical body could be anything that y'all wanted it to be, what would you make it?

**Closing**

- Free space! Share something neat y'all have made or are working on. Or a picture of your cat. Or anything else you'd like folks to see.
- Are y'all looking for new pals/mutuals/people to follow? If so, are you looking to connect only with other plural folks, or are you cool with singlets as well?
- Lastly, where should folks go if they want to know more about you all? (Like a personal website!) 

(At some point, I might make a version of this that's more geared towards individual headmates instead of the system as a whole. Stay tuned...?)