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I would love to paint one of your fine sculpts one day. I will drop hints when they ask me what I want for Xmass.

HAPPYNEWYEAAAAHH to all!

Allan Carrasco gets the spotlight for the post-holidays FIGONE releases!
Here's Capt’N Sapo, an already must-own “Allanesque” model...

This version has been painted by the Marc Masclans, a young Spaniard, whose name you'll see many more times this year.
This model will be the subject of a painting challenge which I'll let you know about soon...













Text by Yannick Degiovanni:

”Captain Sapo leads the Sewerworker Brigade with his palmed hand.
He's torn between the ambient darkness of the tubes and the greasy aroma of the machines which dot the small isolated rooms, like abandoned isles.
The water leaks in the various underground tunnels, the diffuse light of the torches barely piercing the confined air.
Only Team Frog is at ease in this element, like a tadpole in muck.
On this Fall morning, captain Sapo, a wry smile on his lips, gathered his troops for a new fumes-clearing mission in the DesTop-12 zone.
It'll be a gas!
Available, as usual, on the FIGONE store.”

http://www.figone.fr

If you’re curious, this picture explains why I dont show new projects since months
Soon …
You can also discover wich part of the world I ll cycle...



See you soon, JerMs

Introducing The Sapo Challenge, featuring the latest bust sculpted by Allan Carrasco for Figone Miniatures.

No sooner had we revealed the WIP pictures of this figure than some painters were already remarking on the creative potential of this bust which just cries out to be painted.

The range of possibilities offered by this magnificent piece should allow us to build an impressive gallery of painted examples and compare the styles and creativity of those turning their brush to the model. We therefore decided to organise a little challenge!

Rules:

• Each participant should send one or two pictured of their painted miniature before midnight CET, 31 marsh 2014 to jbonamant@yahoo.fr

• Each picture will be displayed in the Figone Facebook gallery and the website.

• Conversions are encouraged so don’t be shy

• The entrants will be judged by Allan Carrasco himself

So what’s in it for you?

Well…how about Allan’s next miniature for Figone; that’s to say the rather large miniature ROCCO (you already seen on it on Indiegogo) for the winner?

A number of other prizes will also be awarded depending on the number of participants.
So what are you waiting for?

http://www.figone.fr/en/challenge-sapo/

Jérémie Bonamant Teboul & Allan Carrasco

VERUS – FIGONE’s newest kid gladiator



Scale : 54 mm
Size : 45 mm
Sculpture : Ivan Santorio de la Uz
Painting : Jérémie Bonamant Teboul
Illustration : Felix Merticat

Additionnal information : Finest quality polyurethane resin, supplied unpainted.













AVAILABLE ON FIGONE’S WEBSITE

Additionnal information : Finest quality polyurethane resin, supplied unpainted.

Verus, small slave of Mesie, son of a slave, was working with his father under a dry and dusty sun. A slave trader spotted the young boy, strong for his age, and paid good money to his master to acquire him. A long journey to Rome the eternal followed.
At the gladiators market in the town square, the trader rubbed his hands: he sold Verus to a lanista for a substantial profit. Verus passes through the gateway of the ludus to starts his new life. He is barely 14 years old.
Two years follow during which he learns to be a gladiator, through training and increasing his body strength. At 16, he survives his first tournament in the arena. The first fight, the most dangerous.
Verus, small slave of Mesie, son of a slave, will build his legend in the circus. At the coliseum, he will earn his freedom.

Text from Yannick Degiovanni
Translated by Simon and Tibo

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Hello everybody,

The first piece of news is that STEPHANE CAMOSSETO will be giving a course on sculpting in Lyon, France on 24-25 May. If you don’t know who this maniac is then I suggest you go check out his work and judge for yourself

http://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/3321

http://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/3442

It costs only €60 for both days and 10 places are available and there’s the chance of a place to stay overnight for those needing it.
Reservations from jbonamant@yahoo.fr

Next up, Greg F who chose the “Troll” perk in the recent Indiegogo campaign has just finished his private painting lessons chez moi. On the program was ROCCO himself, which means that I got to finish painting the monster too.






The Sapo Challenge Wants You!

WIPs are appearing all over the forums & social networks. Here are a few with many more to follow :

Jean Paul Dana’s version:



Adrien Neumayer’s version:



Matteo Fago Golfarelli’s version:



John « megazord » Keys’s version:



And you? Where’s yours? You have until midnight 31 March.
More info here http://www.figone.fr/challenge-sapo/

While we’re on, let me show you some new photos of Artbox painted by Marc Masclans





And in the shop, two new pieces from Blackforest Miniature.
As you can see, Olivier Bouchet has been busy and you can see his growing talent in these two pieces. I can’t show you the others just yet but they’re looking good.

Troll Shaman
Sculpture: Olivier Bouchet
Painting: Marc Masclans
20 euros

http://www.figone.fr/wp-content/gallery/blackforest_shamantroll/img_11171.jpg " border="0" />

Kurgan the Barbarian
Sculpture: Olivier Bouchet
Painting: Hadrien Leloup
12 euros



Unfortunately there was a broken link in January’s newsletter – here it is again to get you salivating over some exclusives coming soon to Figone.



This summer the unmissable World Expo will be held in Stresa in north Italy, 11-13 July

Many of the world’s finest figurinists will be there. Come along and see the best of recent works in the flesh along with many exclusives reserved for the competition.
More info on the event’s site:

http://www.we2014stresa.com/en


In the meantime, here’s some eye candy from some exceptional artists:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/works-of-art-you-wont-believe-arent-photographs

Back soon with more news,

JerMS

PS : Remember to sign up for my RSS feed and to follow us on Facebook

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Oups, here the good link for:

Troll Shaman
Sculpture: Olivier Bouchet
Painting: Marc Masclans
20 euros

All aspects of the hobby are at an insane level in this topic! Do you guys make tutorials on how you sculpt these projects? I always continue to have trouble with green stuff

Here's a first selection of some of the nicest models from FIGONE and from other brands which can be found in the store, which I've seen floating online and in conventions.
Other great paintjobs will soon follow.
Find them in advance on our website: http://www.figone.fr/peintres/
Here's a first set:

BUSTE AVALONIEN : Emuse



CENTAURE : Raffaele « Picster » Picca



BUSTE LION : Serges Loisy



SLAINEGGER : Fabrizio Russo



MAULG : Raffaele « Picster » Picca



RHYMAISS : Jennifer Halley



BUSTE LION : Jean-Jacques Delorme



BUSTE AVALONIEN : Samuedio



MINOTAURE : Fabrizio Russo



AAHL : Vincent Bozzo



CARLOS : Roman « Jarhead » Lappat



ABYSSAL WARRIOR (Scale 75) : Lukasz Grzyb



AIRTICIA : Marc Munières



BUSTE AVALONIEN : Andrea Buratta



ATHENA: Pariset Philippe



MAULG : Mirko Cavalloni

The SAPO CHALLENGE is over!
The winner will get a ROCCO!
While waiting for Allan Carrasco to choose the pieces he likes best, pictures of the work done by the last entrants have been added.
You can see the entries of all contestants in this gallery:
http://www.figone.fr/challenge-sapo/



Olivier Raoul


Terry Cowell


Mart Ślusarska


Evelyne Henninot


Oyvind Willumsen Hauga


Antonin Delanoe


Olivier HERBIET


Mike "Shades" Schaefer


Torlarp “Thor” Intararangson

BUSTE AVALONIEN : Jérôme Otremba


DON HERNANDEZ : Richard Poisson


VERDURRICHIO : Edouard Negre


MAULG : Ben Komets
Site: http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.fr/
CMON : http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/white+rabbit?browseid=8481620


RHYMAISS : Bren


AIRTICIA : Yannick Degiovanni
Site : http://yandegio.blogspot.fr/
CMON : http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/member.php?3127-Yandegio



BUSTE LION : Thierry Moulinet
http://lamouline69.jimdo.com/




CARLOS : Martin « dread4mit » Gourmaz
Site : http://dre4mit.blogspot.ch/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/dreamit.miniatures.7


BUSTE AVALONIEN : David Neild


EINSTEIN : Fred « Minos” Bisseux

http://www.minos-lesite.fr/



BISHOP (Degra) : Trevis


FURGOL : Julien Steux


MINOTAURE : Guillume Emery


CENTAURE : Roman « Jarhead » Lappat

P&P : http://www.puttyandpaint.com/jarhead
Site : http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.fr/
CMON : http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/jarhead?browseid=8481385


MAULG : Roman « Jarhead » Lappat
P&P : http://www.puttyandpaint.com/jarhead
Site : http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.fr/
CMON : http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/jarhead?browseid=8481385


FURGOL : Fix

Hello everybody!
While awaiting the announcement of the winner of Rocco challenge, here is some Figone news:
For starter a very nice visual of Bill Tcherno:
 http://www.jeremiebt.com/TEMPjeremie/bill.jpg
The most observant one will recognize the inspiration taken from Raffaele Picca, who’s interpretation of “King Maulg” few years back was outstanding.
http://www.figone.fr/wp-content/gallery/maulg-de-raffaele-picster-picca/maulg_raffaele_picca-0.jpg
In case you want to give a stab at drawing, here’s an excellent website I stumbled upon:
https://www.facebook.com/TutoriaisDeDesenho?ref=stream
Due to some parts cracking during the first casting of Carmina, the miniature give-away to Rocco’s buyers, the deliveries will be a bit delayed.
I hope to be able to handle the shipping to all of you by the end of May!
Little musical interlude if your heart is so inclined: a little montage of my duo with Nathalie ESCALE ORDINAIRE (MEdley Lyon 2014) http://youtu.be/uH_ftFRwY50
 
And to en end this newsletter, I give you a selection of the best Figone pieces I happened to see circulating these past years.
 
I am almost done with the dossier I am preparing
 
B’bye
 
Jérémie


JOHN KING : Marion Ball




LA FIN DE LA BATAILLE (Origen Miniature) : Martin « dread4mit » Gourmaz
Site : http://dre4mit.blogspot.ch/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/dreamit.miniatures.7




BUSTE AVALONIEN : Mark Leach



MAULG : Fabrizio Russo
P&P : http://www.puttyandpaint.com/rusto
Site : http://sergeantblackart.com/




MINOTAURE : Raffaele « Picster » Picca
P&P : http://www.puttyandpaint.com/picster
Site : http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.fr/
CMON : http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/Picster?browseid=8481386




QUI LI QUIN : Davide Rapazzini




RHYMAISS : Zach Lanier
[img]http://www.figone.fr/wp-content/gallery/rhymaiss-de-zach-lanier/rhymaiss_zach_lanier1.jpg


SLAINEGGER : Sylvie




ABYSSAL WARRIOR (Scale 75): Max « Amon » Richiero :
P&P : http://www.puttyandpaint.com/amon




ABYSSAL WARRIOR (Scale 75): Iguazzu




AIRTICIA : Cyri Amy




ATHENA : Filoch




BUSTE AVALONIEN : Peter Bell




BUSTE LION : Roman « Jarhead » Lappat
P&P : http://www.puttyandpaint.com/jarhead
Site : http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.fr/
CMON : http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/jarhead?browseid=8481385



CARLOS : Raffaele « Picster » Picca
P&P : http://www.puttyandpaint.com/picster
Site : http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.fr/
CMON : http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/Picster?browseid=8481386




CENTAURE  : Jonathan Schulz



EINSTEIN : Florent




JOHN KING : Zawisza Alvarez




QUI LI QUIN : Max « Amon » Richiero :
P&P : http://www.puttyandpaint.com/amon




SLAINEGGER : Yannick Degiovanni
Site : http://yandegio.blogspot.fr/
CMON : http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/member.php?3127-Yandegio

I'm a little surprised that we're not seeing your Crystal Brush entry for this year.

Was it a scratch build? And if it was, did you cast her, so that the rest of us can have one?

 jeremiebt wrote:
Hi all
Here the last miniature sculpted by Allan Carrasco for Figone, painted by me
Available on www.figone.fr

Hop you’ll enjoy it

Man-bear-pig :O
I really like the big spartan shield >w< how can I get one xD

Hi !
Here are the 2 versions of Rocco I did.
I hope you like them
Available on Figone’s website with some new stuff !
www.figone.fr
Cheers
JBT

AMAZING!

I really liked the small step by step. Please continue your work

Hello everyone!

World Expo is in sight!
This summer, the UNMISSABLE World Expo will take place in Stresa, north of Italy, on July 11th to 13th 2014.
Many of the best miniature painters of the world will be present. Come appreciate the best of what’s been done these past few years, plus all the exclusives that the best of the best keep up their sleeves for this contest.
This takes place every three years, so don’t hesitate, if there’s only one convention to attend, it’s that one!
All the info on the event’s site.
http://www.we2014stresa.com/en
For the occasion, FIGONE rolls out the red carpet – see for yourself!
• Offers for only the weekend with TWO NEW RELEASES!!!! The next model by Allan is called “Kahar”. After Aahl and Haan, will you be able to guess the name of the fourth?
• A super schedule of painting and sculpting by some great artists, as you can see:
• And previews of releases for the next year!







Bubaye, JerMS

A NSFW tag on the topic would be nice.

Hello fellow mini painters,

We have unveiled our new project!

http://igg.me/at/figopedia-1

Hello guys,
Just a small post to keep you informed on Figopedia's campaign.
We've just unlocked the first stretch goal and the second one is pretty close!

The next one will give us more work: 8 more pages!
But the real objective will be to reach the third stretch goal for a new mini!

Hello fellows!
3 days left and the fourth stretch goal has been unlocked. Well.
We've decided to recycle an idea previously discarded for a last stretch goal at 30000€.

You're pledging for a book. So what could be more useful than a bookmark to keep track of where you are?

Then this will be the last stretch at 30000€. An exclusive Figopedia bookmark, only available through Indiegogo.




A book, a mini, three stickers... and maybe a bookmark for 35€ shipping included... worth the bargain!