OK, so a little problem with the glow in the dark chess set I made and was so thrilled to finally have done.
The black king developed cracks yet again.
After some cursing under my breath and a little time to think, I decided to take another approach. Currently the glow is wrapped around the outside of the black. I’m guessing that there’s an incompatibility between the black and the aqua glow, possibly due to a COE shift in the black.
So, now that I’ve had a little wallowing time, I’ve decided to redesign the kings slightly. Rather than wrapping the glow around the black, I’m going to use a sectional, sandwich cookie approach where I develop the pieces in sections with glow in between. I’m going to take Anderson Coats’ advice and throw a little extra oxygen into the mix to see if that helps any.
Unfortunately, in redoing one king’s design, I have to redo the other one, and I’m running low on purple. So, until my supply order arrives, this set’s up on blocks. Below are some sketches of two designs I’m considering. I think the more rounded one is more in tune with the rest of the set, though I like the angles on the other one. Maybe for the next set.
The yellow areas are where glow glass will be.
Concept 1
Concept 2..I'm more inclined to this one.