From Monday August 14 until Friday August 18, 2023.

You want to learn the galaxy’s best kept secrets?

Come take part in a Figostock for miniature painters!
FIGONE is holding, for 5 days, at Jérémie Bonamant Teboul’s (Drôme, France), painting workshops with the best brushes of the miniature world.
Dozens of miniature fans are gathering to share the fun of getting better, under the sage advice of professional and experimented painters and sculptors.

Language : French

Capacity : 14 spots
Come with your own project (Model, bust, diorama, vehicle…), which you've started working on or not, and we'll tweak it together! Discussions via e-mail prior to the event will help prepare the week.
Jérémie will also complete one or more projects over the course of the week, from basing to the final touch!
Preparation
Bases and blending using acrylic
Light and color theory
Notions of contrast, focal points, harmony, composition... and practical uses …
Working the various textures which are specific to the miniature (skin, leather, cloth, clothes, freehand, NMM, TMP…)
Specifics of the model which will be chosen to be worked on…
... and any secrets which can be taught over 5 days.
Theory: Composition, dramatisation, narration, colored and luminous ambiance.
Practice: Rocks, earth, stumps, natural and artificial vegetation, flocking, roots, herbs, mud, water, snow, ice, pigments, coatings, powders, title, marble…

Language: French

An original concept will be produced by a professional illustrator under the artistic direction of Jérémie and the teacher.
Theriantropy (or zooanthropy) is the partial or complete transformation of a human being into another animal.
Capacity: 14 spots
A concept drawing will be given to all attendees
Fabrication of 2 tools
Study of position, composition, scale…
Organic and geometric shapes
Study of recurring elements: weapons, clothes, fur, leather, chainmail…
Working essential pastes: Milliput, Green Stuff/Duro, Fimo...
Anatomy notions (and practical uses …)
... and all the secrets that can be taught over 5 days.
There are no real prerequisites to participate in the sculpture workshop, but a minimum of experience will greatly facilitate the experience, such as having already handled clay or similar sculpting material, having worked with wire with pliers, having made carvings and cut-outs etc...

Language: French

Capacity : 14 spots
Preparation
Bases and blending with acrylic
Light and color theory
Notions of contrast, focal points, harmony, composition... and practical uses …
Working the various textures which are specific to the miniature (skin, leather, cloth, clothes, freehand, NMM, TMP…)
Specifics of the model which will be chosen to be worked on…
...and all the secrets that can be taught over 5 days.
You can also come with your own miniatures to paint in addition to the one which will be used for the workshop.

THE WORKSHOP:
Workshop with accommodation in a gîte: 490 euros.
Workshop with accommodation in the common room (mattress/bed not provided): 430 euros.
Course with accommodation in a tent in Jérémie's garden (tent not provided), in a hammock, in a truck or any other solution where you are autonomous: 410 euros.

If you snore, please take a solo accommodation or camping. Thanks for them ;)

This includes:
The hands-on teaching
Meals (morning, noon, and evening) from the evening before the first day until the morning following the last day of training.
The model the workshop is based on (for painting workshops)
Supplies furnished by the organization (see each workshop)
Accommodation from the evening before the first day until the morning following the last day of the course (5days and 6 nights).

This doesn’t include :
Drinks
The supplies for each attendee (see each workshop)

THE HOSTING – MEALS

Nights are booked in a hostel (shared dorm) 15 km away from the workshop location (toilets, showers and floor mattress included). Commute will be organized.

The 3 daily meals will be taken at the workshop’s location. They will exclusively be vegetarian, largely organic and locally-sourced.
But let us reassure you, there'll be plenty and it'll be quite tasty ! ;)

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Registration to the workshop will be made through payment for the event.
To register, fill out the form found here

Available spots

In case of cancellation:
In case of cancellation of an event from the organizers, you are fully reimbursed.
In case of cancellation on the attendees' part, Figostock does not reimburse any costs, unless the seminar in which you were registered remains full.
However, we’ll put those seeking a spot in touch with those no longer able to attend so that they can work things out between themselves. We’ll help with transferring, but will not refund registrations.

For those without a vehicle, a shuttle service will be organized the evening before the first day and the morning following the last day of the course to the train station of Romans-sur-Isère/Bourg-de-péages (15km).

Is there a minimum painting skills level required and / or recommended to participate?
None. Ultimately, it is better not to be too experienced in order to get the most out of it. The techniques are explained and demonstrated from the ground up. Demonstrations and advices cover a wide range, a very young beginner may not draw the quintessence of highlighting techniques, while the experienced painter may have an impression of déjà vu with the preparation aspects (that being said …).

What if I don't speak the language of the seminar?
We are sorry, but seminars will not be permitted to participant who do not understand the language indicated by the instructor. It will not be possible "just to watch".
To make it easier on the people who are teaching:

English workshops will only allow the presence of attendees who speak English.
French workshops will only allow the presence of attendees who speak French.
So that they don't have to repeat everything and run the risk of a mis-translation, or forget something important while translating a comment. They want to be able to give attendees 100% of their attention. Everyone attending a workshop is there to take part in it, there will be no gawking.

What will the "support" model for the workshop be?
For painting workshops, the support will be a model from the FIGONE line. We'll do all we can for it to be a recent release, and thus will not be able to reveal it far in advance of the workshop. But we promise you, it'll be really awesome! ;) For the sculpting workshop, an original concept will be made by a professional illustrator under the art direction of Jérémie and of the instructor. These will vary depending on what's needed according to them.

What do I do if I come by train?
The closest train station is Romans/Tollgate district (15km), and we will organize the carpool to pick up the trainees, so don't worry, you won't stay the night on the platform ;)
Everything will be specified in the workshop preparation document, which will be sent to you a few months ahead of time.

En cas d’arrêté préfectoral d'interdiction de se rassembler dans la salle des fêtes (pour cause de confinement ou autre), les stagiaires seront bien évidement remboursés. Concernant les recommandations sanitaires qui sont dans l'usage du moment, il n'y aurait pas de la part des organisateurs de demande particulière sur le comportement à adopter. Chacun est renvoyé à sa propre responsabilité: porter un masque s'il le souhaite, demander à ce que chacun respecte son espace les tables de travail sont suffisamment grandes pour nous accueillir. C'est ce qui a été adopté lors de la première édition de 2020 et tout s'est très bien passé.

When you have questions, first check that it has not yet been answered in the FAQ or the website.
Contact.

David “World of Krynn”, David Clabaut, Pierre-Antoine Passet and Joachim Geiser for the Website
Aline Clabaut for visuals
Sylvie, Marc, and Jérémie for the logistics
Octavio Fernández Suñer , Diego Rossi, Daniel Hubert, Thibaut Sesia, Eric Harlaux, Javier González, Javier Sevilla, Andre Winter, Marc Dettloff & Paolo Dragonpaint for the translations.