I think I gonna just open the chess piece base file each time to create every type of piece (king, queen, etc) individually in own blend files and then append/import them objects into one file with board for final scene. I gotta folder set up for my materials and textures, etc in main “chess set” folder hierarchy. seems simple and straight forward enough so . . . yup, I suppose :P. oh, to create me pawn here I extruded out of base top and then did me loop cuts and stuff and used bevel (ctrl+b) to do ball on top mostly. yup, yup, enjoy :).
