Anyone making a Zathura game?

And ultimately, I have no idea what to create out of this. It could be 3D printed, but then it needs to be painted as well. Maybe applying the artwork as water slide decals and painting in the stars by hand? Maybe 3D-printing or plotting airbrush stencils for some of it? Some metallic paint over that for the worn look? Vacuum forming might be an option as well (especially seeing videos of machines of forming plastic that already has artwork printed on it). Anyway, this was just a test to get it out of my system, so currently I have no idea if this leads anywhere.
I think they made artwork on the gameboard in several steps. 1) Painting out dark blue background, purple console and red asteroid. 2) Painting shooting star, small stars and paths (they used stencils for that, I think). 3) Making transparent stickers for the rest (more complex) parts of the artwork and sticking them to the board. 4) And then weathering was added.

I made such a conclusion based on what I saw on closeups of the board in the movie. You can clearly see edges of the stickers.
 

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Wow, nice catch. Yes, those definitely look like stickers or water-slide decals. The robot in the first image looks like it's not even a transparent sticker, just one with a matching blue background. Recreating these stickers will be difficult though, since you would need a white ink printer, which are rather expensive.
 
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I have been working on this project for several weeks and maybe i will made a replica of the Zathura game.
For the moment I have done a print test of the bridge, for the board base I will buy a large format 3D printer.
There's still quite a bit of work to do.

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I'm trying.
Next month, barring unforeseen circumstances I will order the new 3D printer.
And fortunately i can print white and metallic decals with old thermal transfer plotter
 
Oh, this is going to be amazing! I had been toying around with attempting to 3D print a board for a while now, but I'm so happy to see someone finally doing it! This looks great so far. If you ever decide to sell these in the future, I will gladly be the first in line to purchase one
 
I wanted the spaceship
 
Finally back on here after like a year! I finally have the motivation to work on props again. Legend642, AMAZING job on your printed board. It looks fantastic and is the closest I've ever seen anyone get to replicating the board. Speaking of, would you ever sell your print files for the board? I've been toying with the idea of printing one but haven't modeled it. I also know some people who can write code and I've been planning to make an actual mechanical board. I'm excited to finally get back into doing this stuff. The Zathura board is still my favorite prop of all time, and I'm so happy to see it get love.
 
So I just discovered that someone has done it. It’s finally been done. A fully working and interactive Zathura board. It’s on Kickstarter right now and sadly it seems not many people have backed it. I’m waiting for my next big paycheck and am backing it. It looks fantastic and is easily the best and most accurate recreation of my favorite movie prop of all time. I suggest you all check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-replica-of-an-amazing-board-game/description
 
So I just discovered that someone has done it. It’s finally been done. A fully working and interactive Zathura board. It’s on Kickstarter right now and sadly it seems not many people have backed it. I’m waiting for my next big paycheck and am backing it. It looks fantastic and is easily the best and most accurate recreation of my favorite movie prop of all time. I suggest you all check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-replica-of-an-amazing-board-game/description
This is really cool!!!
 
That Kickstarter campaign really does look amazing. I've been looking for an accurate Zathura board for years!
Same! I already put money towards it. I would definitely support it if you are wanting to get one, and try to spread the word I have been trying because I really want it to succeed!
 
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