Something a bit wonky with the lighting, though. The lighting on the bottom of the chess piece led me to believe it was a hollow bronze armlet at first glance, 'cause the head is saying that the light is coming from directly to the right.
As usual, I could be mistaken, but I had to voice my thoughts anyhow :)
Man, I had to stare at that for a while to tell it was a chess piece. :P Looks like a boot to me at first. Other than that, awesome idea, and cool style!
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Clever and well done. Like the style.