Bob Greenwade wrote on Mon, Jul 24, 2023 02:23 PM UTC:
8. Kimono Dragon. That's right -- I said kimono, not Komodo. I've seen that as an actual mistake a few times, but I came across it recently and immediately envisioned a dragon wearing a kimono. I just had to find some way to go with it.
For the figure's move, I wavered between a couple of other things I've done, but settled on the Samurai (yesterday's Piece of the Day) as the starting point for the "kimono" part (NcafmC). For the "dragon" part, using the traditional Dragon (NP) would've added just a Pawn's move, and I wanted something more impressive than that; then I saw that a couple of variant Dragons have Bishop (or Bishop-like) moves, so I decided to go with that, yielding BNcafmC -- basically, an Archbishop/Minister/Paladin/Princess with the Scimitar locust capture added.
I don't generally go in for full-figure forms with my pieces, but given that the kimono is an important part, I decided to go for it this time. The kimono, dragon's head, and katana were taken from three different sources (and hopefully don't look too incongruous together).
8. Kimono Dragon. That's right -- I said kimono, not Komodo. I've seen that as an actual mistake a few times, but I came across it recently and immediately envisioned a dragon wearing a kimono. I just had to find some way to go with it.
For the figure's move, I wavered between a couple of other things I've done, but settled on the Samurai (yesterday's Piece of the Day) as the starting point for the "kimono" part (NcafmC). For the "dragon" part, using the traditional Dragon (NP) would've added just a Pawn's move, and I wanted something more impressive than that; then I saw that a couple of variant Dragons have Bishop (or Bishop-like) moves, so I decided to go with that, yielding BNcafmC -- basically, an Archbishop/Minister/Paladin/Princess with the Scimitar locust capture added.
I don't generally go in for full-figure forms with my pieces, but given that the kimono is an important part, I decided to go for it this time. The kimono, dragon's head, and katana were taken from three different sources (and hopefully don't look too incongruous together).