stéphane halleux

so, the word steampunk gets thrown around nowadays with an irritating regularity (nerd alert). regardless, i guess in this case it's appropriate. based on thirty seconds of research (google search "stephane halleux marc caro") and a little artistic intuition, it appears as though he might have had some hand in production design for city of lost children. (this assertion is in no way based on fact.) anyway, mix that aesthetic with a tim burton character design, and put it in an elaborate victorian tank or jetpack, and that's about what this is. that's not to belittle it in any way, though; these miniatures are really awesome, and despite their steampunk classification, they're not the kind you arrange on a hexagonal grid and roll dice at.