Short ending

Just a final short update. I did finish the box. However, at the time I did not have the necessary funds to complete it with lights or models. I had hoped for some sudden influx of money, but alas my trips to auditions and such took the few thousand SEK I had saved up.
So this is where the journey ends. With a box with a hole.

Progress, problems and solutions!

As you can see, I am actually making progress! Soon the entire box will be complete, and I can start working on the more interesting parts.
In case you're wondering why the greenstuff is there, well... I needed something to fill the crevices where my cutting had been sub-par, and I though Liquid Greenstuff would do the trick. Well, it almost worked, it's just that I don't fancy buying the amount of greenstuff needed.
So instead, I just came up with another solution!
How, you ask? By cutting out "stripes" of the foamed pvc and glue them there! It'll hold well, support the structure and get rid of the crevices! It'll even act as alcoves upon which I can place the roof (one problem I had was how to get a detachable roof to sit tight - and now it just solved itself!).
So all in all, things are going at a good pace.

Progress 19th Jan

Just a little WIP picture...

First pieces cut and wokring!

Okay, so turns out I have no saw suitable for the task of cutting the sheets - and my local DIY shop has none! But fret not, for after having sawed with a sub-par saw for half an hour I accidentally noticed that by cutting deep into the sheet with a knife, I'm able to break the pieces perfectly! Hooray!

Slight miscalculations along with material!

So, finally I have gotten hand of some material. I bought six sheets of Foamed PVC from Antenocitis workshop (I think they are A3 sheets, they are one size bigger than A4 Edit: - They are actually bigger than an A3). I even starter marking some lines of where to saw. However, I noticed something. My measurements were off, too small.
So after searching around I found out that Malifaux miniature are a little bigger than I though. After finding the picture below, I had a better shot of calculating scale as well as having asked some of the friendly folks over at the forum Dakkadakka.

I thank Bluedagger for having posted this picture online

Now, let's see. I personally own a Moderator (the unpainted miniature), and she measures exactly... 33mm high. Now, that pink-dressed showgirl is even taller, almost to the tip of the gun, which is 39mm up. This fits well with facts I have receive from Dakkadakka, that Malifaux measures between 35 - 40 mm.
For good measure, I'm gonna call it 38mm. That's 3.8 cm.
And that means that I have to crunch numbers again.

Let's say that the Showgirl is 175 cm high "in real life" (probably a bit shorter, but hey, she got heels...). 175 divided by 3.8 is 46. That means that the scale is 1:46.
Copying the measurements I've taken before...

Width:
Full - Min. Stuff - Window - Pants
1900 1700 1100 850


Width:
Full - Min. Stuff - Window - Pants
41.3 36.9 23.9 18.5
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Depth:
Full - Min. Ditch
1150 1000

Depth:
Full - Min. Ditch
25 21.7
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Height:
Roof - Stage
1050 120

Height:
Roof - Stage
22.8 2.6

Finally, all done... Again. Every measurement in cm, and hopefully correct this time.
Wish me luck when I try to cut the PVC up.

Measuring and Application slight failure

So, getting my things together. I don't know if I'm on schedule or not, but I think I am. Have forgotten to check it.
Either way, I finally got a way to take measurements of the stage. I got my not-principal's (They call him "Artistical Leader" instead)copy of the blueprint of the stage. God do I feel awesome. It's only top-down view though, so I had to ask him about the height. He guessed 10 - 11 meters, and from floor and up it should be 1 - 1.5 meters.
Either way, I'm actually measuring right now and will write down the sizes here.

Full Width: 17 meters (+2 meters due to lines and stuff being in the way)
Full Depth: 11.5 meters (-1.5 metres at front due to the orchestra ditch)
"Window" width: 11 meters (window means the part of the stage that's actually see-able from the audience).
Pants Width: 8.5 meters (width between pants in a standard set-up)
Floor height: 10.5 meters
Stage height: 1.2 meters (guesstimating floor and stage height)

In addition, two of the walls are diagonal. The left wall from front is 1.5 meters shorter at the back compared to the front. The back wall is 1 meter deeper at the left compared to the rigth.

So, in short:
Width: Full - Min. Stuff- Window - Pants
19 17 11 8.5

Depth: Full - Min. Ditch
11.5 10

Height: Roof - Stage
10.5 1.2

Well, enough of that for now. Let's go to the bad news.
I've filed my request for money. Waited a few days. No answer, contacted her and she hadn't checked her box yet. Also due to some new rules, it's no longer the principal who are going to handle those. Apparently it's another teacher, the one in charge of the project course. My principal said she'd give it to her. Waited a few days, asked the other teacher, she hadn't received them yet. Today I'm gonna mail the principal and she what has happened.

Afterthought:
Well, I could just as well crunch some numbers regarding scale. The miniatures are 32mm in scale according to the company themself. Did a quick search for miniature model scale and a 32mm mini is 1:57.2 in scale. So 1cm equals to 57.2cm in real life. A mini is 3.2cm in height, meaning that in real life they'd be 3.2x57.2 = 183 cm. Ehh, a little too large for your common person. I'm gonna change it a little. 32mm would be closer to 1:54 in scale, making the minis 173cm in real life. A fine, average height.
That means the formula to get the right number for the scale would be by dividing by 54, or Size / 54 = Model. To control-check, I'm pressing in 173 / 54 on my calculator. It says 3.2. I'm happy.

Now, if we run the numbers on those measurements I took...
For easier to read, I'm adding a few zeros to get in in cm instead.

Width: Full - Min. Stuff - Window - Pants
1900 1700 1100 850
/54

Width: Full - Min. Stuff - Window - Pants
35.2 31.5 20.4 15.7
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Depth: Full - Min. Ditch
1150 1000

Depth: Full - Min. Ditch
21.3 18.5
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Height: Roof - Stage
1050 120

Height: Roof - Stage
19.5 2.2
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Whew, that was a mouthful!
I can honestly say though that I'm satisfied with these numbers and myself after this.
And that concludes the update for today... Now to send some mails to my principal regarding the application for money!

Edit: Well, oops. It seems my numbers are slightly wrong, as I measured a Infinity figure recently. She stands to 35mm, not 32, making a big difference. I don't know if Malifaux figures are as tall... but I believe they are. I will have to ask someone with an actual Malifaux figure of their actual height so that I may change my measurements appropriately. I noticed this whilst marking out lines for what was supposed to be the floor... it simply looked to small.

Doing my November part

So, this morning I *finally* did, erm, most of the things I was supposed to do in November.

What I did was that first I decided upon which stage I wanted to replicate in terms of size. I went with Lund's City Theatre in the end. It's bigger and more well-known to my school. Then I went and found an online retailer for Foamboard and all the other things I'm going to buy, with the exception of LEDs. I'll get to LEDs later, and I can probably buy them in Sweden anyway.
Either way, I decided to buy Foamboard as well as a few other things from Antenociti's Workshop. Great place for your scratchbuilding needs, really recommend it.
The shopping list from there looked like this:

Foamboard x7 -
Plain Sheet Styrene Black x6 (2x 1mm, 2x 3mm, 2x 2mm) -
Lim x1 -
= 16.68£
+ 15.56£ shipping
= ~32£

Yup yup. Not too much now that you think about it, but it's enough. With these I can manage to build the least amount needed to get a result I'm willing to show my classmates and be proud of... though I hope that I'll be able to fix the whole thing.
Next was the models, and a new can of Black Spray Primer... From Firestorm Games!

Malifaux Showgirls Box Set - 24.30£
Malifaux Angelica - 6.30£
Army Painter Primer Black - 6.35£
= £37.35
+ 0£ Shipping
= £37.35

Welp. At least I got some sweet, free shipping.
I decided to add another mini because that gives me 7 in total, and with 7 I'm able to do a V-formation on stage, which I hope will look pretty.
All in all, these orders come in at about £70, which is about 750 SEK. Sigh.
I estimate that if I go all the way with LEDs, batteries and cables I will easily break the 100£ / 1000 SEK line.
But boy, it's going to be nice.

The only part left to do in November is to request for money at school.