First test with lighting! Trying to get natural looking shadows but still need some tweaking. I’m using 6cm figures, so might need to enlarge those at some point to get the sharper shadows I want.
I’ve found the best way to achieve the look I’m going for is by using spotlights rather than point lights. This is the overhead look of my scene:
(Side note: I’m working on my own piece style taking inspiration from a draconic chess set, those cylinders on the bishops will be booleaned out)