Aug 21 2009Safety First: A Chain Mail Chess Set

This is a chess set made out of chain mail. It is impervious to arrows and sword attacks. Which is good because a lot of times I like to threaten my opponents with weapons while we're playing. You know, to keep them on their toes (beat me and you're dead). You ever been maced in the face before? I'm talking about the spikey ball not the spray. That shit hurts like a mother. But not half as bad as getting trebuchet'ed in the taint. AND I CAN MAKE THAT DREAM A REALITY. Checkmate.
Hit the jump for a bunch more shots.




Chess set that is ready for war! [crimsonlinks]
Thanks to Michael, who once beat Deep Blue. In the motherboard. With the candlestick.
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Reader Comments
1. deadbodyman - August 21, 2009 10:17 AM
Sweet! The game of kings and prisons...well, I guess checkers would be more appropriate judging from my personal experience.
2. Paulbot - August 21, 2009 10:18 AM
FIST!
3. Sidewalk Kid - August 21, 2009 10:18 AM
First of all I have to play chess with you GW!!!!
I call dibbs on it!
Second this is pretty cool.
4. Sidewalk Kid - August 21, 2009 10:20 AM
@2
Fist???
I think you mean First.
Smart one.
5. Kamaloalalalal - August 21, 2009 10:20 AM
FIRST
and this is coooool
6. naas - August 21, 2009 10:22 AM
Good friday morning everyone. I hope not to be as busy as the past few days so I can play with the rest of you today
Who wants a shot?
7. Fade - August 21, 2009 10:22 AM
That is awesome. I call loser on the chess game Sidewalk Kid vs GW!
http://fade-to-last.mybrute.com
8. Sidewalk Kid - August 21, 2009 10:23 AM
ME!!!
ME!!!!! ME!!!!
I have noothing better to do.
9. Paulbot - August 21, 2009 10:24 AM
no, I did mean fist. I like to imagine i would play this chain mail chess set with a clenched fist. (god i'm so mad right now)
10. Sidewalk Kid - August 21, 2009 10:25 AM
The last comment was directed to nass
11. Jaded Icon - August 21, 2009 10:26 AM
Be careful Sidewalk Kid, when naas says "play" its not what you think. Run child, RUN!
12. Stoned Wallabie - August 21, 2009 10:28 AM
@5 you fail on so many levels
13. Jaded Icon - August 21, 2009 10:28 AM
@ 9
Hmmmmm......nope...not buying it.
14. Paulbot - August 21, 2009 10:31 AM
FURTEENTH!
15. STOMPY - August 21, 2009 10:32 AM
@naas
I actually have a bottle of vodka smuggled into work today in a coffee containter... I'll do a shot if you do...
16. Ste - August 21, 2009 10:34 AM
Sweet.
Almost quittin' time for the weekend here in Ireland.
17. catch22 - August 21, 2009 10:35 AM
i like it
id never want to own it
but i do approve
18. Mr. cow - August 21, 2009 10:35 AM
Moo
19. ham bone - August 21, 2009 10:35 AM
not half as cool as my chain mail condoms ... on sale now.
20. GoSS Jerk - August 21, 2009 10:37 AM
And out comes the Tequila.... Salud!
21. Ollie Williams - August 21, 2009 10:38 AM
Reporter: Whatcha doing Ollie?
Me: CHESS!
End.
22. GoSS Jerk - August 21, 2009 10:40 AM
@ Stompy and Naas
i guess post 40 of http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/wonderful_news_robots_learn_ho.php
was unfunded.... were were you guys? locked up playing with each other is my best guess.
23. naas - August 21, 2009 10:43 AM
@10 well thank you, I have plenty to do today but nothing I can't finish while spending all my time on geekologie
@15 there you go - you're the man. I'm doing to coffee patron thing again, this bottle is taking forever to empty
@20 salud
24. naas - August 21, 2009 10:48 AM
@22 sorry lonely guy, yesterday got pretty busy for me & when you're in the 'taking bad people out' business sometimes that happens. FYI if you want to link a comment from a previous post, click on the number (ex 40) before your comment & post that URL. Whoever clicks on the link will have your comment at the top of their screen.
Also - tonight is when we lock up & play with each other, usually on thursdays we're looking for a place to mess up for the weekend
25. WickedKitty - August 21, 2009 10:48 AM
i'm bored. that would make me more bored. BRING THE LIGHTSABERS!!
26. Sidewalk Kid - August 21, 2009 10:49 AM
@nass
Sounds good to me!
@11
Trust me I know what i'm doing, i'm a big girl.
27. Jaded Icon - August 21, 2009 10:54 AM
@ 26
Oh? Your a girl and an adult? Then you are completely safe with naas....
28. Sidewalk Kid - August 21, 2009 10:55 AM
@27
I know rite.
29. naas - August 21, 2009 10:59 AM
Yeah Im' pretty safe with people, he's right. It's the kids you'll need to wory about. Coffee-tequila aftertaste btw................................... ain't so bad
30. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 21, 2009 11:00 AM
Do Want!!! I miss having people to play chess with.
31. naas - August 21, 2009 11:00 AM
I'M & worRy - it's strange how easy dropping the ball is after a couple of these little eye openers
32. In^Xanity - August 21, 2009 11:01 AM
Big deal, I've got pictures of a chain mail chest set. Oh, wait....
33. Jaded Icon - August 21, 2009 11:04 AM
I wish I could get drunk at work.....but, since I fire people all the time for doing that I guess I would be a hypocrite. Well, this won’t stop me from going to DDs Zombie Den this weekend.
34. Graf Zeppelin - August 21, 2009 11:04 AM
It's after work time in Germany, PROST everybody (now I just need to find a tequila)!!!
I once beat deep blue too. at WAY OF THE EXPLODING FIST! oh no, that was a zx spectrum.
35. Spikey DaPikey - August 21, 2009 11:09 AM
Hey GW, leave my balls outta this !
36. STOMPY - August 21, 2009 11:09 AM
@Jaded Icon
You are in Mpls? My hometown. I miss the bigger city stuff... Maybe I'll run into you someday over there and not even now it, and piss you off and not even now it, now that would be good times
@naas
whose balls are dropping now? I'm confused...
37. STOMPY - August 21, 2009 11:12 AM
and now for something completely annoying....
http://stayontargettrench.ytmnd.com/
38. naas - August 21, 2009 11:17 AM
@34 nice, good ol deutschland steppin up on a friday. Prost!
@36 yours my friend, yours...
39. Jaded Icon - August 21, 2009 11:21 AM
@ STOMPY
Yep, I'm a midwester. As such I would have to offer you a beer when you’re back in town. If you want to piss me off then you would have to order a pink squirrel instead.
40. AlannaTron - August 21, 2009 11:27 AM
I'm in MPLS TOO!!!
Maybe I'll run into some folks at DD's This weekend. it sounds like a blast.
41. naas - August 21, 2009 11:28 AM
uhh..... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kKpJRdXfZuA/Sn91SLb1H9I/AAAAAAAAGuk/48xsIBUubF8/s1600-h/ole5_timmmah.JPG
42. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 21, 2009 11:40 AM
naas - I can never go to your links. =(
43. Ollie Williams - August 21, 2009 11:46 AM
Who's going to fly me out to go drinking with them? I put out.
44. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 21, 2009 11:49 AM
43 - Lindsay Lohan? Damn. This whole time I totally thought Ollie was a guy...
45. STOMPY - August 21, 2009 11:56 AM
@naas's link
http://mrbodymassagemachine.ytmnd.com/
eeehhhhhhhhh what the hell
46. naas - August 21, 2009 12:14 PM
@43 just crate yourself to o'hare in chicago, I'll take care of the rest
@42 I hate the restrictive system, especially because my links aren't even bad or at least aren't without warning when they're nsfw. If I knew of a way for people like yourself to get around being blocked from youtube, sfw links, ect I would share that info
That link is a picture of a stormtrooper action figure in a kitchen washing a dish with a mini-me stormtrooper next to him about to climb under the sink(?) while a dog next to them watches a 3rd stormtrooper who appears to have been stuffed into the dryer. It's nothing special, but def a 'WTF' at 1st glance
47. i'm that dude - August 21, 2009 1:44 PM
pretty sure thats not a third trooper in the dryer but instead it's the firsts dirty laundry. too bad it's a total photoshop job. I can tell cause i'm a nerd and notice things like shadows.
48. naas - August 21, 2009 1:50 PM
@47 while I don't entirely disagree, wouldn't there be a guy somewhere off to the side in his underwear if that were the case?
49. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 21, 2009 2:11 PM
48 - So Storm troopers only got one uniform? Why can't it just be his other uniform and little gay lego fellator is contemplating humping the dog while ST makes him pancakes?
50. Dennis - August 21, 2009 2:35 PM
http://www.mailleartisans.org/members/memberdisplay.cgi?key=1001
http://www.mailleartisans.org/gallery/pics/10379crd-chess4.jpg
51. Eskimobob - August 21, 2009 2:42 PM
i do a little chain maille and although i think i could do this, i am way to addicted to video games to actually spend the 2 years it would take me to figure out the weaves to make such a thing.
52. injapan - August 21, 2009 3:14 PM
purdy. oh, and a mace is a type of club. the one with the spiky ball is called a flail. fail.
53. naas - August 21, 2009 3:31 PM
@49 they had cutbacks on ST uniforms at vadermart & can't afford more than one since the death star was blown up a 2nd time
54. Checo - August 21, 2009 5:06 PM
I want some of those please.
http://ubergosh.mybrute.com
55. mickey - August 21, 2009 5:14 PM
DO WANT
56. That one guy - August 21, 2009 9:42 PM
ok it doesn't really matter whats in the dryer... why the hell is the door to the under-sink storage box open? I've never seen a completely junk-free under-sink cabinet before, and that is by far the creepiest part of the pic.
57. SausageFingers - August 21, 2009 10:21 PM
NUMBER will be put there followed by a comment.... but realy i like it, its kinda cool... hopefully it dosent rust... yha...
58. matt bauman - August 22, 2009 12:11 AM
that would be so hard to clean. i guess compressed air would dust it, but... no way; bad idea.
59. geekogie - August 23, 2009 6:36 AM
Must See!
http://alturl.com/obg7
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60. G - August 23, 2009 2:20 PM
FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
61. Albatross - August 29, 2009 8:32 AM
That's a good set to use for play-by-mail games...