Sarrisa Motel Part 1

So work has actually begun (the preliminary post can be found here ):

I painted the tops of the roof pieces of the main wings with house paint I had used on some other projects and then sprinkled on some sand. I have also laid out the acrylic parts to remind myself how they go together (and managed to break one of the stair cross-pieces in the process! I think I should be able to put the good one in the slot away from the stairs and the stair step will act as enough of a spacer.

I  made some colour choices as well but then I had to make some changes as there was a limited selection of paints (or at least paint I was willing to buy there were more colours in some more expensive ranges)

I primed all the non-stair components

And then masked off to paint the bathrooms and sprayed them -- I decided to do the first attempt on only one floor so I could learn from the experience for the others

Next the bathroom was masked so I could paint the floor.

Then the floor gets maksed to paint the walls (there was a lot of overspray through the windows but I didn't think that mattered -- for the others I might spray the whole balcony just to get a start on the concrete)

And finally I mask out the whole interior and then paint the outside

I still need to paint the concrete balcony and then add weathering and paint the doors and windows. There were a few places where the paint leaked either through the mask or through joins in the wood but I don't think they are critical especially as the hotel is supposed to be run-down.

I am happy with the results and it really wasn't a lot of work but it take some time and space (and required the weather to cooperate since I was spraying outside). I will now spray the 3 remaining room pieces and the office -- and I guess I can start on weathering and detailing this one while I do that.

Sarrisa Motel Planning

After playing the Walking Dead on the Labour Day long weekend, I decided that I need to paint up some more of my Sarrisa buildings. The grocery store is really cool but it is just too big for some games as its footprint is pretty much the same as one of the Mantic 20”x20” maps.

There is probably some planning that will need to go into this and what better way to do that than to post on my blog for the first time in a year and a bit!


In hindsight, it might have been better to spray paint some of the pieces before assembly but I think a lot can still be done with spray paint and some simple masking (at least I hope it is simple, I have never done anything like that)

Here is the motel -- I haven’t assembled any of the parts that have acrylic pieces since I don’t want to paint over them. One of the buildings was put together back to front (it still surprises my that it is possible since Sarrisa sells the left and right wings are different kits) -- this is annoying but doesn’t really have any aesthetic or game issues.


For the two wings my plan of attack is to put some filler on the ground to give a bit of texture and some sand on the roof and then spray prime black. For colour I am thinking a pale yellow exterior, cream coloured interior walls and red-brown carpets. I am not sure yet if I want to paint the balconies and support as wood or concrete.


For the reception building, I plan to have the same colour scheme and with any luck I will have my 3D printer running again and can print some signage.

The clear acrylic balcony and stair railings I plan to distress a bit with some sandpaper and give them a grimy wash

Hopefully I will have a bit of an update in the next week or so