So I have heard ( unconfirmed) at the present moment that they have left GW
Yowsers! Didn't they do all The Lord of the Rings figures?
Quote from: Fenton on 29 June 2014, 08:52:24 AM
So I have heard ( unconfirmed) at the present moment that they have left GW
Blimey !! :o
Part of me won't be surprised IF that's true, Steve.
Cheers - Phil.
Feelers are out. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
I'm assuming this could be good news for historical gamers.
I thought they did only contract work for GW anyways. :-\
But then again, their Fantasy game is essentially dead, their SciFi game performing so well that they have shown -12 sales and -30 % income for half year.
Their latest edition change seems to severely backfire just like centralising all customer service in UK (which most of the time cannot be contacted!). Things are looking up for Pendraken and Co.... 8)
I thought they'd left a long time ago.
The Perry's what have left? (I'll get it in before FK does)
I had thought of it, but I'm too depressed to comment on illiteracy until term resumes.
Term hasn't finished here yet...
Quote from: Hertsblue on 30 June 2014, 07:59:50 AM
The Perry's what have left? (I'll get it in before FK does)
Ouch!
From The Perry's Facebook page:
"We are aware that there are rumours flying around that we have left Games Workshop! Thought we should set the record straight and let you all know that...we have! After 36 years, man and boy, working on Warhammer, 40K and of course, for the last 15 years LotR and the Hobbit we are now able to focus our energy on our historical ranges.This means more time to dedicate to Perry Miniatures, and of course Mr Jackson who we continue to make 54mm WW1 figures for. We had an excellent evening on Friday at The Trip to Jerusalem with GW, and ex-GW, colleagues and friends who got us very, very drunk - cheers!"
https://www.facebook.com/perryminiatures
Come on Leon, The Perrys are unemployed. Time to send them an email asking if they would like to move to Middlesbrough and do some sculpting for you ( after they have done the 6 week training course in Pembrokeshire first of course)
Quote from: Fenton on 30 June 2014, 10:36:56 PM
Come on Leon, The Perrys are unemployed. Time to send them an email asking if they would like to move to Middlesbrough and do some sculpting for you ( after they have done the 6 week training course in Pembrokeshire first of course)
I think "unemployed" is somewhat of a misnomer. :)
Some very nice, if seriously over scale, medieval figures up and coming for a start not to mention the bespoke work for Mr Jackson!
The Perries have 10mm experience under their belts so you would have to retrain them. You might have to pay them more by an order of magnitude though.
Anyone know why they left?
I know GW's revenues and profits are down significantly on last year...
I cant remember if it was the Perry chaps who did the 10mm Seven Years War range when it was still Guernsey Foundry
I'm sure they worked for the original Wargames Foundry, but I thought they left when that imploded. :-\ Is the Guernsey Foundry now defunct?
I thought Guernsey Foundry became Wargames Foundry though I might be wrong
Wargames Foundry became Guernsey Foundry, then opened another base on the mainland (Britain, not France), then closed the operation on Guernsey and relocated back to mainland Britain whilst at the same time readopting the Wargames Foundry name. That's how I recall things when Wargames Illustrated seemed to become their in-house magazine.
Quote from: Fenton on 30 June 2014, 10:36:56 PM
Come on Leon, The Perrys are unemployed. Time to send them an email asking if they would like to move to Middlesbrough and do some sculpting for you ( after they have done the 6 week training course in Pembrokeshire first of course)
AHEM !! What do we need them for? Pendraken have lots of highly skilled and dedicated sculptors, who are capable of producing far more than the funds will allow.
I will stop grovelling now, or I will get mistaken for FSN :)
I'm confident I could suggest a mission worthy of their talents.
Don't think you will get any of the sculptors interested in YOUR obsession FK
IanS
The dam' things are represented in every other scale. It's only this backwater dorsally aquatic special scale that somehow fails to cater to one of the great formative wars of the modern world.
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 01 July 2014, 10:59:44 AM
I will stop grovelling now, or I will get mistaken for FSN :)
I am on holiday in Scotland so am pleased you could fill in for me.
Quote from: fsn on 01 July 2014, 03:43:18 PM
I am on holiday in Scotland so am pleased you could fill in for me.
Ah that was you in the Centurion earlier round..... ???
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-and-Michael-Perry/143845885632753# (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-and-Michael-Perry/143845885632753#)
Quote from: Fenton on 01 July 2014, 12:01:03 AM
I cant remember if it was the Perry chaps who did the 10mm Seven Years War range when it was still Guernsey Foundry
There's a picture of some of Alan Perry's gorgeous 10mm SYW in the Black Powder rule book, page 174. And I, for one, would not discourage Alan from sculpting more 10mm.
I think the Perry's are doing OK as a goodly proportion of my 28mm Italian Wars stuff is courtesy of them, not to mention 100% of my 28mm WOR stuff.
Quote from: Techno on 29 June 2014, 01:17:53 PM
Feelers are out. ;)
Careful, you might get mistaken for Rolph Harris ;D
Hopefully not for two little boys.