Day 23: Papercraft Old West Grand Hotel (and the whole town!)
Today was the final model in the Whitewash City Pioneer Set — The Grand Hotel. This was the most complicated model yet, which is why I saved it for last.
It starts out with a two-story rectangular building. Then there’s a side addition, with a roof, that gets attached. Then there are two bay windows in the front, two back-door roofs, a staircase that goes into a second-story side door, and the most fiddly part of all, the front balcony. The balcony is really what makes this model look great, but getting it in place and put together so that the whole model still came out straight was the most difficult part of this model, and I still don’t think I got it on there exactly straight. A chimney and two stovepipes complete the model.
After putting this together, I got out all of the other Whitewash City buildings that I’ve made over the course of this month and put them all together for a group shot. Here’s one picture, with a bunch more after the break. I think the whole town came out pretty good! Now I can’t wait to run a game using these models — probably it will be Gutshot, which I recently picked up a copy of.
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Mission accomplished. It must feel good to chave started and then completed this.What will you do with it now?
We’ll have to all come vistit the town when it’s done.
Nice job. And what a great way to kick out a bunch of pieces. Your group will enjoy playing in such a dusty town.