DGT's new Modern Staunton

DGT recently introduced their Modern Staunton design, available (someday soon in NA, maybe...) in electronic (weighted and non) and non-electronic (weighted) versions.  What are your thoughts, CBE gentlefolk?

The knight looks way too angular/faceted compared to the other pieces which are rounded. Strangely undulating manes as well. And the king finial looks like a crude piece of rock.

I do like the design language of the pedestals though; the cone shapes with tapering towards the collars are nice. The crown of the queen looks undersized compared to her collar though, and compared to the king as well. Oh and this may be a fault of the digital cutout of the photos, but the collar of the bishop looks very sharp, unlike the other collars. I assume it has a similar collar—but if not, I don’t get it.

All in all, they look like pretty nice pieces to handle with the rounded edges and lack of sharp points, but the knight doesn’t follow that same principle, and some of the proportions and details are just off.

I really like the rook though. I think that’s the one piece that is absolutely perfect within the context of their intent.

I like the knight, but am not particularly impressed by the other pieces.

Absolute bs

I’ve always thought the Pegasus design was directly derived from the Timeless and World Chess designs. It’ll be interesting to see if these debut in a major tournament, or if they eventually replace Timeless sets altogether. I figure a change that big would ultimately fall to how they’re received by titled players, but given the dividing reception of Daniel Weil’s World Chess creation, I’m inclined to think the Timeless pieces are here to stay. I personally love and own both, but lean toward the design, playability, and visibility of the World Chess set. It’s by far my most personally-worn set due to many skirmishes on the 64 square battlefield! Does anyone here have experience with the Pegasus design? I’d love to hear your thoughts, as well as what everyone else in the community thinks!

I've never been a fan of knights that looked so plain. While durability is important, I do like me a little design in my pieces. Many of these "modern" templates look far too...plain for my tastes.

At least this set looks somewhat unique.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CJML2JJV/

Hahaha, I bought that very set after Conor mentioned one of his designs was available. I did scrub all the pieces with a sanding block for more of a matte finish - I like the result!

I do like the knight in this set. I think they should have used this knight for the FIDE set instead.

Which is the Centaur design?

I own a Centaur, these are its pieces:

Not my favourite ones...

Ah interesting! It looks vaguely Noj to me; a bit of BCE perhaps, with a hint of Varna Olympiad.

Care to elaborate?

Absolute bullsh1t. If you have taste you just see it. I can try to explain but his will not explain everything:

King top has irregular asymmetric unrecognizable shape.
Queen's top ball is like hemisphere, bishop's top ball is some small pointy thing (too small to make any difference) - no consistency.

Bishop shape is ugly combination of angular and curved shape. Cut in bishop's top is cheap, won't be visible from many angles.

Minor: "Collars" are of different thickness (compare Queen, Bishop, Rook) for no reason.

Pawn top is not perfectly spherical.

Nice set, dizzying price

Though I don't often agree with basketstorm I share their distaste for the aesthetics. I don't mind the different thickness of the collars as much as the different styles of the collars, each one has their own curves. The only thing holding the set together is the "apron" at the base, other than that to me each piece seems to be from a different set, no overall design language holding them together. If they were a band the rook would play heavy metal, the knight modern jazz, the King Vienna waltz, the Queen Mozart, the bishop Reggae and the pawn country music - not sure I'd like to hear the outcome of them playing all at once

Ah, all good and valid observations but you could have been a bit less strident, yes? I do hope you're not vying for DKW's infamy...

idk who's dkw

To my eye this looks like a wooden version of the Pegasus pieces, not the Centaur. I think its a nice contemporary design, and the knights are definitely better than the Centaur knights.

— when I first posted this I inadvertently swapped the names of the two boards . It's now been corrected. —

It's definitely the Pegasus design:

Even if the knights could be slightly better.