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I would not be so quick to call James Spratt's comments arrogant. He is an artist who designs detailed figurine Chess variant pieces, and he is speaking mainly from his own experience. We should expect artists to have strong opinions about art and the artistic process. I agree with him concerning the artistic merits of these pieces, but I also understand that sometimes pieces are made from necessity by people who are not really artistically inclined, and I think that's the case here. These images were designed for Cazaux's book on Chess variants, and they are a step above the usual practice of using sideways and upsidedown pieces for fairy pieces. Although these pieces don't hold any strong aesthetic appeal for me, they are at least functional, and that may be all that Cazaux was going for.