239. Llama. This is another compound from my "Fifth Circle" collection, and one that I created before I was aware of the Camel-Pawn compound of the same name. In this case, the (1,3) leap of the Camel is combined with the (3,5) leap of the piece I dubbed Klipspringer* -- so I'm not sure what else to call it. (CNX)
Even more than its namesake, I suspect that this Llama isn't much use outside fairy chess problems -- though someone could surprise me. After all, there are games with non-compounded Camels, and the Klipspringer's leap can simply be a bonus for crossing a large board quickly.
On this model, I probably need to rework the ears a bit, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with it.
*Gilman calls it a Gimel, the name of the third letter in the Hebrew abjad (consonant alphabet); while this Llama is, in his parlance, a Colookout. I may or may not feature the Klipspringer at some point; among other things, the current model on Thingiverse is still in my original style of putting a pre-existing model onto a pre-existing base.
239. Llama. This is another compound from my "Fifth Circle" collection, and one that I created before I was aware of the Camel-Pawn compound of the same name. In this case, the (1,3) leap of the Camel is combined with the (3,5) leap of the piece I dubbed Klipspringer* -- so I'm not sure what else to call it. (CNX)
Even more than its namesake, I suspect that this Llama isn't much use outside fairy chess problems -- though someone could surprise me. After all, there are games with non-compounded Camels, and the Klipspringer's leap can simply be a bonus for crossing a large board quickly.
On this model, I probably need to rework the ears a bit, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with it.
*Gilman calls it a Gimel, the name of the third letter in the Hebrew abjad (consonant alphabet); while this Llama is, in his parlance, a Colookout. I may or may not feature the Klipspringer at some point; among other things, the current model on Thingiverse is still in my original style of putting a pre-existing model onto a pre-existing base.