Here's some concept sketches for steampunk'y chess pieces

As you can see, I've had a few nice ideas for the lower ranked pieces, but found it hard to steampunkify the King/Queen, since their distinctive features are their height and top adornments- I don't want to push the concept too far incase it confuses viewers.

And here's how the look modelled and quickly rendered in 3DS Max.

There're 2 versions of the Bishop because I got to a point where I could've gone 2 ways with the design, I found the second design much more aesthetically pleasing, hence the unfinished look of the 'tubby' Bishop.

And here's a little animated flythrough.