A personnal miniature hobby blog with a focus on kitbashing and grounding fantasy and sci-fi worlds.
And who will stand to greet the blinding light?
It's lonely when there's no one left to fight.
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Le Dépôt (The Repository) – Godling at Selva
Earlier in December, Martin McCoy reached out to ask if I’d be interested in creating a diorama for Godling, an interactive exhibit he was putting up with Shane Brockway and Joe Aquilina. For a few days at the end of January, the exhibit would showcase artworks from a couple dozen hobbyists from the US and abroad at Selva, a gallery space in Brooklyn which also… Read more
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New year card and Godling art show in Brooklyn
Hello, visitor of the Sacred Forest. First off, Happy New Year! Twenty-twenty-six is already here and time continues its inexorable rush forward, leaving me dazed and trying to keep up. I hope this new year will prove to be a good one for you. At least on a personal level, since the broader context makes it difficult to conjure up any positive adjective when thinking… Read more
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Painting a Saints’ cranium for the Community Skull Painting project
The amazingly talented miniature painter, premier horse hater and overall terrific being (but possibly the Mothman in disguise) Matt – a.k.a. squared_paints recently set up the Community Skull Painting project. To those interested in participating, he sent a copy of a plaster skull to be painted and/or converted, with no particular rules besides a deadline. Myself and 31 other people responded and we were all… Read more
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Get inspired: Eugène Lacoste
Eugene Lacoste was a fantastic illustrator born in Paris in 1811, who spent most of his career designing a vast amount of beautiful costumes for various operas, ballets and plays. From 1876, he became the exclusive costume designer of the Opéra de Paris, until his resignation 9 years later. Upon stumbling on an artwork of his, I was immediately captivated by his style. Keen on… Read more
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Bruegel’s progeny – Part 1
I have been a big fan of Andrew May‘s miniature sculpts for a few years now, and have been aquiring quite a few of his sets through a series of successful kickstarter campaigns he has been running. One of his ranges, Black Crab, has been designed hand-in-hand with illustrator Moritz Krebs, who draws stunning black and white character illustrations. I have been really fascinated by… Read more
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Isles of Insanity – The painted miniatures.
Last night, I was able to finish the two miniatures I created for the Isles of Insanity Warhammer narrative event which will take place on the 29th of August in Chicagp. As is usual with me when it comes to painting deadlines, this was down to the wire : the minis needed to be shipped today to make sure they’d arrive to Chicago in time… Read more
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Between the Bolter and Me x Nemessos
The Three Wise Kings of the Hobby – A.K.A. the Wier brothers – from the Between The Bolter and Me blog, were very kind to invite me to chat on their podcast, Dragged into Turbolasers. During our lovely chat, we talked about quite a few things including the recent creation of this very blog, our love for grounded and realistic fantasy and sci-fi figures, the… Read more
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Isles of Insanity – A letter from Lope, bodyguard to Don Felipe, to his aunt.
Dear beloved aunt, I am writing to you on this day to let you know that I am of good health, with thanks to our benevolent Myrmidia. In the last four years, I have been able to make a good living as an actor and travel across many kingdoms with the theater company of Don Felipe de Cordova y Priego, to entertain most of the… Read more
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Isles of Insanity – The playwright and his bodyguard.
At the end of the month, Ex Obscuris and Canticus Troili will be hosting Isles of Insanity, a Warhammer gaming event inspired by INQ28. Focusing heavily on the narrative aspect of the hobby, attendees will “embark on an expedition to a mysterious archipelago somewhere far off the coast of the Kingdom of Ind […] a land of untold riches, wonders of magic, golden cities underground,… Read more
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Welcome to the Sacred Forest.
Hello, and welcome to Nemessos, a blog revolving around the 28mm miniature hobby. Nemessos (sometimes written Nemossos or Nemossus), is an ancient Gaulish word meaning Sacred Forest. It was the name of the Gallic village which became the city of Augustonemetum after the Roman conquest, then Clermont in the middle-ages, and now Clermont-Ferrand, in the Auvergne region of France. Nemessos was located at the top… Read more
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