We generalize a compactification technique due to C. Simpson in the context of G(m)-actions over the ground field of complex numbers, to the case of a universally Japanese base ring. We complement this generalized compactification technique so that it can sometimes yield projectivity results for these compactifications. We apply these projectivity results to the Hodge, de Rham and Dolbeault moduli spaces for curves, with special regards to ground fields of positive characteristic. (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.