A classic Staunton pawn, 51 mm tall on a 30 mm foot: tournament proportions for a set whose king stands about 95 mm. Foot, bead, bell-shaped body, collar and ball head, all turned round one axis.
The mold is exactly what our two-part candle mold generator builds for this shape, set to resin: two rigid halves with rubber-band grooves, pry pockets, a pour funnel on the head and a thin air vent. A turned shape always pulls straight out of a split that runs through its axis, which is why the tool's own seam check finds nothing stuck on this pawn and why you need no silicone.
A chess set needs sixteen pawns, eight of each colour, and that is what a rigid mold is good at: print it once, then cast pawn after pawn from the same halves. Cast them in black and ivory resin, or in plaster and paint them. The zip carries both halves, the pawn master as its own STL, the tool's own print-settings sheet and a recipe file that puts every setting back on the generator.
Shown as a 3D render of the printed mold halves pulled apart around the pawn they cast, not a photo.
What you need
- About 13 g of casting resin per pawn: the cavity holds 12 ml
- Mold release spray or wax
- Rubber bands or clamps
- A craft knife and fine sandpaper for the sprue
How to cast it
- Print both halves as exported. Clamp-strength settings: 4 walls, 40% gyroid infill, no supports. Sand the seam faces flat if your first layer came out rough.
- Coat both cavities with mold release and let it flash off. Close the halves and band them along the whole seam.
- Mix the resin and pour it slowly down one side of the funnel so the air can leave through the other side and the vent.
- Leave it to cure fully, as long as the resin's datasheet says, then open the halves at the pry pockets.
- Cut the sprue off the top of the head, sand it round and trim the thin line along the seam. Release again and cast the next pawn.
| Cast material | Resin |
|---|---|
| Total print time | 7 h 8 min |
| Printed parts | 2 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 40 x 49 x 70 mm |
| Filament | ~85 g |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm |
| Infill | 40% |
| Supports | Not needed |
| Printer | Sliced with PrusaSlicer 2.7.2: 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.2 mm layers, 4 walls, 40% gyroid, MK3-class speeds, the low end of what the tool's own sheet asks for a mold that gets clamped shut. PLA+ or PETG, no supports. |
| Download | ZIP: 2 printed parts (STL) + pawn master (STL) + print sheet + recipe |
| Added | 2026-09-24 |
Pro early access until October 24, 2026, then free with any account.
Free for personal use. Selling the pieces you cast needs a commercial licence (Pro or Founder); passing on the file itself is not permitted on any plan. Full terms.
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New to casting? Read the candle mold guide.
