Hey brick fans! Earlier this month I picked up some rather
risque minifigures from Aliexpress for cheap. Some of them look like characters from anime and others like exotic dancers. I think someone on Reddit suggested that they belonged in a nightclub, and that sounded like a good idea. I just needed to make a modular building, but I wanted an understated building, not a flashy club with neon lights and such.
I planned on having the building sit on my Japan street, so I wanted to make a Japanese themed building.
In the Japanese anime called Initial D, there is a nondescript garage next door to the Fujiwara Tofu shop. Since I already made my own custom Tofu shop, I somewhat modelled my new building after that.
Here's my version of it. It sits on a 16x32 baseplate and has two floors.
I think it looks pretty good sandwiched between my custom crab and seafood shop and the Fujiwara Tofu shop buildings.
I had a ton of these corrugated panels in my brick stash, so I figured I'd use them here to make the building look more industrial.
I don't have much going on around back, with only a back door and a case of empty bottles to break up the monotony.
I quite like this ventilation unit on the roof, I don't remember where I copied the design from.
Being a modular building, the roof comes off and so does the second floor. I've made a preliminary interior for both floors but that may change in the near future.
On the underside of the roof, I've installed a light brick that gives off a blue light.
Here is the second floor interior. It has a main stage with stripper pole and a smaller stage in the opposite corner. I have a bunch of these old dark green tiles so I decided to cover the floor with them. Maybe I should have washed them first because they look pretty grungy. Access to the second floor is from the stairwell. I'll probably add an extra railing so that tipsy patrons don't fall down the stairs. I've placed a few of the exotic dancer minifigures here. Looks like the construction guys just got off work.
It's a pretty tight squeeze on the main floor because of the garage door and the staircase. The same dingy green floor tiles can be found here too.
There is another stage with pole here too with another dancer and some of her fans. I added some extra minifigures as servers.
This is the makeshift bar setup by the back door. It's really cramped so I have to figure out how to expand the bar.
During the day the building doesn't look like much but after hours, things start to get lively. The main floor is also lit up by a light brick.
I updated some of the faces and hairpieces of the exotic dancers, so they look a bit different now.
And here are some serving staff figures I made.
In addition to the exotic dancers, I made a few extra unsavoury characters to populate the building. They could be either patrons or the "help".
So after I made my dance club building, I realized I needed some wow factor for inside the club. I have this old set sitting around and it started life as the
Pantasy DJ booth. I've decided to repurpose it to make it the main stage. I added some flashing lights but the light string is really messy. I think the lights are for a Holiday train building block set that I don't have. Don't ask me how I ended up with the light string.
I made a little video of the flashing lights.
There's more I want to add to the dance club, like a DJ booth for real. And maybe a few tables and chairs for the patrons. Except I don't have enough room in the current building. Does it mean I have to already expand the build that I just finished? Arggh! I guess we will have to see what I can come up with later.
Let me know what you think of my unassuming strip/dance club! Thanks for looking, bye!
