Btw: Has anyone experiences with working/crafting with silicone?
If so: I could sculpt figures and you (yes you!) could do silicone molds for resin casts. It would be soooo badass!!!
I´m only professional with sculpting, my molding/casting skills are…its really a mess…
If we discount pawns, there’s only 8 positions and 5 factions. Assuming everyone gets at least 1 representative, there’s only 3 spots left, so at best 2 factions will miss out on a second pass. 
Even splitting the factions between teams doesn’t work out neatly since there’s an odd number of the buggers. But, took a run at making both sides Battleborn teams, with a different angle on things:
UPR, ROGUES & ELDRID
King = Ghalt (as before)
Queen = Reyna (as before)
Bishops = Orendi & Miko (Orendi has a sweet pointy hat!)
Knights = Thorn & Mellka (knights jump over other pieces, so, two ladies that jump a bunch ;))
Rooks = Montana & Toby (swole patrol + big construct)
Pawns = little Oscar Mike clones (
)
vs
LLC & JENNERIT
King = Kleese (sits at the back desperately trying not to get killed)
Queen = Phoebe (nobility, moves like crazy, murders everything on the board)
Bishops = Ambra & Deande (chess bishops, much like Deande, sit at the right hand of power)
Knights = Caldarius & El Dragón (leaping over other pieces with a jetpack + flying luchador)
Rooks = ISIC & Attikus (gotta go large)
Pawns = Minion bots (
)
I am loving that this topic took off and will 100% be buying or paying for a copy of this Battleborn Chess set!
P.S. Pawns = Little Oscar Mike Clones = GENIUS
Rather than Faction vs Faction, I’d rather do good vs bad.
Also, I’m against having the same piece be two different characters. And I’m trying to take character shape into consideration.
King = Ghalt (Still trying to figure out King and Queen)
Queen = Ambra (Still trying to figure out King and Queen)
Bishops = Marquis (rifle pointing up, not out)
Knights = Benedict
Rooks = Toby or Kleese
Pawns = little Oscar Mikes
King = Lothar Rendain
Queen = Deande (Yea, I know, but still)
Bishops = Verelsi caster demon thing
Knights = ISIC … bad guy form
Rooks = Arachnis
Pawns = little Varelsi
Maybe something to do with Nova? I’m not sure. I don’t want it to be TOO busy, but I also don’t want just black and white.
Also, I would buy this any amount under $70 for sure. I would heavily consider it for up to $120
PS - Montana is not on this Board… and it makes me sad. in my ideal world, he’d be King.
So I know Chess typically only has 2 sets (white and black)…but for a Battleborn version, I can’t see why we couldn’t have 5 sets:
JENNERIT
ELDRID
LLC
PEACEKEEPERS
ROGUES
Naturally the minion bots could be the pawns. I just think having multiple characters be the rooks or bishops could become confusing.
Huh… That’s a REALLY good point, actually…
What about a customizable set with a base that designates the type of chess piece? You have basic Minions, Varelsi or Thrall available for use with the basic pieces, but for the others you can pick which Battleborn you want for each role. Just pop out whatever character is in that piece and pop in the one you want. Why limit things? This will also allow for the chess set to be upgraded when new Battleborn characters are released.
Nice - but I had to sculpt & paint every figure per hand, so 5 sets would be not solveable >.<
Yeah a nice idea, but I wanted to sculpt/craft the figures per hand and it seems a bit much 
I really love the set combinations though!
Pawns: Primal Thrall, Blade Bot, Varelsi Skulk
Knight: Thrall Gunner, Gun Bot, Varelsi Marksmen
Rook: Thrall Bonecrusher, Ronin Bot, Varelsi Berserker
Bishop: Thrall Beastmaster, Deadeye Bot, Varelsi Hunter
Queen: Thrall Brute, Elite Bot, Varelsi Defiler
King: Warlord Nix, M1.Sentry, ConsDefiler
LLC
King: Kleese
Queen: Phoebe
Bishop: Marquis
Knight: El Dragon
Rook: ISIC
Pawns: Minions
Jennerit
King: Rath
Queen: Deande
Bishop: Ambra
Knight: Caldarius
Rook: Atticus
Pawns: Primal Thralls
Eldrid
King: Melka
Queen: Thorn
Bishop: Miko
Knight: Boldur
Rook: Kelvin
Pawns: Stone Guardians
Peacekeepers
King: Ghalt
Queen: Galilea
Bishop: Benedict
Knight: Oscar Mike
Rook: Montana
Pawns: Assault Drones
Rogues
King: Reyna
Queen: Shayne & Aurox
Bishop: Orendi
Knight: Whiskey Foxtrot
Rook: Toby
Pawns: just Shayne or mech-less Toby
Just my two cents. Would have included the DLC characters but that would’ve meant kicking some characters down to Pawn-status.
***Why not have them all as set pieces?***
Like picking your team?
Think about it:
The pawns will be color coded by faction and since the main pieces there is only King/Queen/Bishop/Knight/Rook just like the number of members in each faction(Talking about the original members, NOT the new ones like Alani and Pendles)
for example:
Rogues:
ORANGE MINION BOTS as PAWNS for the Rogues
King: Reyna
Queen: Orendi
Bishop: Whiskey Foxtrot
Knight: Shayne & Aurox
Rook: Toby
Jennerit:
RED MINION BOTS as PAWNS for the Jennerit
King: Deande
Queen: Rath
Bishop: Ambra
Knight: Caldarius
Rook: Attikus
UPR:
GREEN MINION BOTS as PAWNS for the UPR
King: Ghalt
Queen: Galilea
Bishop: Benedict
Knight: Oscar Mike
Rook: Montana
LLC:
BLUE MINION BOTS as PAWNS for the LLC
King: Kleese
Queen: Phoebe
Bishop: Marquis
Knight: El Dragon
Rook: ISIC
Eldrid:
TAN MINION BOTS as PAWNS for the Eldrid
King: Melka
Queen: Thorn
Bishop: Miko
Knight: Boldur
Rook: Kelvin
P.S.
and so they can make money (GBX) every new Battleborn can be bought separately they come in 2 just in case they want to treat them as Rook/Bishop/Knight or King/Queen by just using one of them.
Well, because I need to sculpt every figure single per hand, which would be a lifetimes work with so many characters >.<
I´m a sculptor working only manual, I sadly lack the abilities to make 3D-models/ 3D-prints…
If GBX would do it it would be AMAZING, but as fancraft its simply to much work.
I´d do it if they´d hire me though 
It would be amazing, but I´m quiet sure I´d be unfit to craft such a huge amount of tiny figures 
scary, we almost had the same team, and didnt even scroll up to notice your post, O_O
True true, but the fan-artist within me screams “MINE MINE MINE MINE!!!” xD I love such crazy projects…
Would definately support an offical chess version!
I would learn to play chess JUST for this.
In an ideal world, ISIC could be the clock and say something horrible about orphans every time you switch or take too long.
Wait a minute… duh. That’s it! 3D Models! If we can get the files made, then anyone can take the files to a 3d printer and have their own set… they can even paint them with whatever skin they want!
I have a friend that’s into that… We might still be able to make this happen on a large scale.
That way, it’s as simple as downloading the model pack that you want.
AND if someone wants a custom (or hand crafted model)… well…
Some of the Battleborn would be difficult to create with just models though.
Phoebe and her floating swords and ISIC’s head in a jar come to mind.
Sure, but that’s going to be hard to do with any media (except digital).
I need to look into getting some of that polymer clay stuff…
I really want this to happen.