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.
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- This is a blog meant to serve as a diary and log of my progress on my project for last year in the gymnasium. My goal is to make a complete miniature stage. Here I will collect my thoughts and description / pictures of my progress.
måndag 26 november 2012
lördag 10 november 2012
Time plan
Today, I finally sat down and made a time plan for all the way until the end of the Winter break. I realized I might now have as much to do as I first suspected (and feared).
My first thought was that I'd want to build the stage when school isn't there to bother me. And when is that? During holidays!
Naturally, the main upcoming holiday is Winter and Christmas holiday, so my plan revolves around me building most things during that time.
Roughly, the plan looks something like this:
November:
Estimate cost of material (I suspect this might go sky-high... Foamcore, Plasticard, Miniatures, LED-lights and everything else. Sigh.)
Demand monetary support for buying material (I'm able to get a few hundred SEK to help pay for the costs).
Pick stage to base my stage on (Either Lunds Stadsteater (City Theatre of Lund) as that's where I study, or Medborgarhuset i Eslöv (Citizen's House in Eslöv) as I live in Eslöv and has been on that stage a lot... Plus, it's smaller so easier to replicate).
December:
Buy materials (I am not looking forward to this...)
Take measurements of the stage. Sketch a blueprint in the scale I want it. Start marking the materials for where I'm going to cut it, and begin cutting it if there's time to do so.
Christmas Holiday:
Start building, and build at least all the main parts (Floor, walls, roof). I can save details such as the stage's curtain and lights etc. for later.
After that I'll make a time plan for the spring of 2013 based on how well I managed to follow this plan. Wish me luck.
My first thought was that I'd want to build the stage when school isn't there to bother me. And when is that? During holidays!
Naturally, the main upcoming holiday is Winter and Christmas holiday, so my plan revolves around me building most things during that time.
Roughly, the plan looks something like this:
November:
Estimate cost of material (I suspect this might go sky-high... Foamcore, Plasticard, Miniatures, LED-lights and everything else. Sigh.)
Demand monetary support for buying material (I'm able to get a few hundred SEK to help pay for the costs).
Pick stage to base my stage on (Either Lunds Stadsteater (City Theatre of Lund) as that's where I study, or Medborgarhuset i Eslöv (Citizen's House in Eslöv) as I live in Eslöv and has been on that stage a lot... Plus, it's smaller so easier to replicate).
December:
Buy materials (I am not looking forward to this...)
Take measurements of the stage. Sketch a blueprint in the scale I want it. Start marking the materials for where I'm going to cut it, and begin cutting it if there's time to do so.
Christmas Holiday:
Start building, and build at least all the main parts (Floor, walls, roof). I can save details such as the stage's curtain and lights etc. for later.
After that I'll make a time plan for the spring of 2013 based on how well I managed to follow this plan. Wish me luck.
Etiketter:
dance,
Miniatures,
models,
plan,
scratchbuilding,
stage
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