Hi Guys.

Just found this site while browsing the web and thought I would share my new project.

I started playing Talisman 2nd edition back in 1985 when I was11 years old.It was my favorite game ever.

I also played alot of D&D and fighting fantasy games.

As Life went on and other interests came along(Girls)I lost track of the game and it disappeared.

Afew weeks ago a few friends and I were reminiscing about the good old days and Talisman was brought up.

I didn't even know there was a third let alone a fourth edition out,so I went on down to my local Games store and picked one up.

Now I'm on a mission to design a 3D board to play the game on.

I wanted something practical that I could store under the bed and drag out and play with the kids so I decided on Styrafoam.

So here is the first mock up.

All suggestions and comments welcome.

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It's a good start, and full marks for attempting a cool project!

Just to give you a bit of encouragement, Ray Cameron made a 3D board some time ago, and it is of an epic scale!

http://www.talismanisland.com/3dboard.htm

Let us know how it all progresses and take lots of pics!

Good Luck Swampy. Looking great so far, make sure update with loads of pics.

My kids would probably try and eat the styrofoam so you can live my dreams for me.

Always figured the board should have been round rather than square... I mean, a world is round and flat right.... ?

Cheers guys.

Just a quick photo of the center piece.

The lava is a mix of PVA glue and red paint.It should dry darker and be not so pink.

More pics tomorrow.

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Oh, it's looking very promising.

Love the look of that volcanic rock. Gonna keep following this with great interest.

Good luck with your project =)

Have base coated the next region,still needs highlighting and I need to find some props for it too.

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That's coming along nicely.

Started on the next section.Hopefully get that part finished tomorrow.

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Looking really good. But have you changed the location of some spaces? The chasm seems to be next to the castle now? And depending on how the colors will turn out, It looks like the desert are on the hidden valley-side of the middle region right now.
It's a nice touch with the steps I guess is coming from the Sentinel and now goes up to the cursed glade, but there is enough space to still put it's default space there.

I guess you have it all figured out already though, and nothing is more annoying when creating, when a onlooker comments about obvious things that are not finished yet. So no need to answer my questions unless there is some interesting new ideas involved, or you actually thought "backwards" =D

Keep up the good work.

I Put the stairs in the wrong place,dont ask how.

I had it all layed out the way I wanted things and then after I had finnised cutting things out I reallised my mistake lol.

There will still be all the correct places its just that some will be in different locations in the middle regions.

I am also replacing the middle plains section between the city and the tavern with a new swamp location with a" roll a dice for outcome "

I was wondering what i was going to do about buildings when I came across an old wooden box puzzle so i used the pieces to make some buildings.

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The wood block'n'build was good idea for base constuction and further embellishment. Would've never thought of that myself, but I've not done anything close to this type creative pursuit. I'm interested to see what comes next!

does anyone know why my pics dont show up in the links anymore??

I can still see your pics by pressing on the link swampy....

I like the use of the wooden blocks. Very cool.

For links, I think you are just pasting in the url of the image and not using the "Insert/Edit Image" function of the forum software. You can see it when you are in the post editor.

When you insert an image you can also specify a good size for it to be. I usually make it 600 pixels wide for example so that it fits within the forum post.

ahh,was wondering what was going wrong.cheers

Just got some flocking to do and waiting on my tress to arrive.Should be done soon.

Looks great

Only the stairs are on the wrong side?

yep,alot of stuff is not where it should be because of my lack of planning but it should be ok.

Got most of the flocking done.

This is really cool, and is starting to get my creative juices flowing. What are the dimensions of your board? Can you dismantle it for storage or transport in any way?

the size is 800x800 or 32"x32"

It is all in one piece and can fit in the back of my car easy.

got my trees yesterday so im adding them now.

Youch! That's one big board.