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So, this might require some explanation. In the third year of the Gymnasium in the Swedish school system (Basically school year 10 - 12, though not mandatory years to study but everyone does it anyway) you are required to do a project withing whatever field you chose to study in. My education is, well... I've danced since I was 8 or something, and I still love it and intend to work with it, so I'm a dancer in education. That means my project must be related to dance in some way. But it's no fun doing a simple project in dance. Anyone could do a choreography and set it up on the street and see what happens. Besides, I get enough of the dancing in school to satisfy my needs As a result, I wanted to do a project with my hobby. It took me quite some time to figure out what I should do (Well, pretty much every student has troubles figuring out what they want to do for their project), but eventually I came up with what I consider to be a great idea: I'll build a stage. And that's pretty much it. Due to the rules of this course I have to do a diary so that my supervisor (every student gets a supervising teacher whose job is to make sure everything proceeds with the project and help me if I have any questions) can see my thoughts and progress, and to serve as a help for my memory when I'm going to write a report about my work and present it in school. However, I thought that maybe, just maybe there are others out there who might be interested in seeing how this progresses. In fact, I was thinking of you guys. So instead of getting a notebook, I got myself a blog over at blogger for my teacher to read. So why did I make this thread? Well, I intend to put all of my updates here too, for you guys to see. I love sharing what I do to others who are interested, and this will also serve as feedback, to getting advice and also motivation so that I can get it all done in time! And that's the explanation.
Now, this will surely be a slow-moving blog. I've got until March (I think) to finish, so I'm not in too much of a hurry, so updates might not be many, and there will probably not even be any pictures of modelling and painting until late December (I hope this is okay). But I think that for completeness sake it could be interesting having this blog here from start to finish.
I'll begin now. Over at http://makingministage.blogspot.se/, my "Diary", I already made two posts explaining my plan. I'll copy in them here below:
Spoiler:
The idea Okay, this is my first post, so I figured it'd be a good time to describe why I'm doing this (for those of you who don't know) and what I'm doing.
So, basically, during the last year of the gymnasium (as in 12th grade in school), you have to do a project relating to the line of studies you've chosen. I've chosen dance.
So, I had to do something related to dancing. But I did want to a project involving my miniature model hobby. And then my idea sprung: I would make a miniature stage.
So far I've figured out pretty much how I'll do it. First, I need a base of some kind. This will most likely be either foamcore or plasticard. Next are the walls - definitively foamcore, and a roof of whatever the base will be done of. The roof will be removable. Beneath the base will be a layer of magnetic sheet. On the stage itself I'll have a few example minis (I've chosen the Malifaux Showgirls:
These will have magnetised bases. To the sides of the stage I'll have a few legs. No, not real ones, legs on a stage are more like curtains (known as byxor, e.g. pants in Swedish), most likely made out of Plasticard glues to a fixed position. In the ceiling I'll have a few horizontal bars to serve as anchors for the LED-lights I plan on inserting there.
The LED-lights will be of different colours to serve as a way of testing different stage-lights so you don't have to try it on stage. I'll try and see if I'm able to turn them on and off individually, but it might be a little too much work for me. If it turns out to be too hard, I'm just going have them in groups based on their colour. The magnetized base-sheet and the magnetized bases will serve as a way to be able to try out formations on stage in advance. I'm looking for magnets weak enough so they won't be a hassle to move around and still not fall from their places if the stage is moved.
And that's my idea.
Spoiler:
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.
On a side note, does anyone have a place to recommend where I can buy Foamcore? Preferably with good prices and not expensive shipping, or someone who sells within Sweden?
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As a result, I wanted to do a project with my hobby. 
