Aly Morrison
Aly was born in “The North “a long long long long time ago,
he left school at the age of 17, before most other people were born.
He then started a career in Cartography, drawing most of the
world as we know it today. Having run out of ink and paper Aly decided to take
up a career in Dwarf chiselling, this having been a long time hobby he picked
up while drawing Norway for the Forestry Commission.
Finding Games Workshop lying beside the river Trent in a
place called Snottingham he joined them as a full time designer in 1893, his
great age ensuring he was a senior designer from day one.
In his time here he has made everything at least twice.
Aly still works for Games Workshop and now spends most of
his time working in the virtual world where he also listens to Death Metal,
Country and Western and Jazz.
When in the physical world Aly is co-owner and co-designer
for Great War Miniatures and the sole owner and designer of Shiny Toy Soldiers
and Little Britons.
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All the best. Aly
Hello Mr Morrison,
ReplyDeleteI've been enjoying your posts; smartly done all around.
Do you accept commissions to paint those 42mm shiny toy soldiers?
Best,
-Carl
Thank you Carl.
DeleteI am afraid I don’t accept commissions... I barely have time to paint my own toys.
All the best. Aly
Hello Aly,
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know. Best of luck with all your endeavors.
Regards,
-Carl
Mr. Morrison, I have a collection of 15mm miniatures from about 1979 that I am told might actually be rare Mikes Models ancients. I also read somewhere that you may have sculpted for Mikes Models. They were beautifully painted 40 years ago as an Arab Conquest army and still look great . Could I send some photos to you for your review? Thanks! -Paul Pecena
ReplyDeleteHi Paul...
DeleteMany apologies for missing your comment...
Yes I did sculpt for Mikes Models... mostly medieval, renaissance and seven years war... the ancients were mostly made by Mike himself...
There is a Yahoo Group dedicated to Mikes Models... The Fans of Mikes Models...
though I am not sure what is going to happen to it now that Yahoo are stopping their support for Groups...
All the best. Aly
P.S. if you want to send some pictures, PM me through The Lead Adventures forum... I am registered there as AlyMorrison
I just posted some photos on the Lead Adventure Forum. I was not sure how to send pictures using IM!
ReplyDeleteDear Carl
ReplyDeleteInspired by Irregular Miniatures and Aly's STS, both of which I own armies of, I also manufacture unpainted and painted 42mm figures. With Aly's permission I could pass on the name of one of mt painters who is used to the high gloss toy style. Aly if you are interested I could send you some photos of my STS Italian Wars of Unification figures,
regards
Christopher
Hi Christopher...
DeleteI am sorry I haven’t responded sooner...
I don’t often visit this end of the blog...😁
Please fell free to send some photos via Lead Adventure... it is very easy to join and is a good point of contact... I am there as AlyMorrison
All the best. Aly
Hi, What green dye colour and make would you recommend for towelling terrain boards? I'm looking for a light yellow/green that would hopefully fit in a western and also an eastern setting. Struggling to find a suitable colour! Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteHi Unknown...
DeleteI am afraid I don’t think that I can help you out very much here , as I don’t use towelling on my terrain boards... actually to be honest I don’t use it as the top surface...
My boards are covered with a deep green towelling/fleece material... I picked up a load of this at a local market many years ago... I then cover this material with various layers of flock and static grass...
I know someone who used Dylon fabric dye ( Olive Green I think) to colour his white towelling ... he then used spray paints and dry brushing to get the effect he wanted....hopefully that is of some help...
All the best. Aly
That's a help Aly, I'll get my hands on some Dylon olive green. Many thanks for taking the time to reply.
ReplyDeleteKind regards. Marc
I placed my first order for S.T.S: A unit of 12 French Guard infantry; 6 French Guard Lancers, a French Gun and Crew and a general to lead them to glory! I am looking forward to seeing some in real life. If I can gather together a couple of small armies, I plan to use them for A Gentleman's War.
ReplyDeleteSplendid 😁...
DeleteA Gentleman’s War is a fun game... hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I do...
I must have another game myself soon...
All the best. Aly.
Not sure how many models I have which are your designs but I do know one of them
ReplyDeleteYe old Chaos Toilet.
A classic 😂
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Dear Mr Morrison,
ReplyDeletei always wanted to say this; i want to thank you for all the great warhammer sculpts you made over the years. It's a joy to paint them.
I also have a question, and i hope it's ok if ask it here, because i saw you are the original sculpter of the classic 90s Chaos Bloodletters. As a child, i was always fascinated by these Bloodletters miniatures from the late 90s. And now, several years later, i'm still am. There is a battle scene i especially love, it's a battle between Chaos and the Undead: https://i.postimg.cc/d1RjmCjz/untitled.png
Now, 2023, i'm trying to recreate this scene. So buying all the classic miniatures seen in this picture. But there is one problem, and i hope you can help out with this. In this picture, there is a Bloodletter included that is nowhere to be found. I also can't find it at Solegends.com, the website for old miniatures.
This is the mysterious Bloodletter i am looking for: https://i.postimg.cc/t4kTPtfK/untitled2.png
So my question is, do you know if this particular Bloodletter has ever been released? Or is it a unreleased miniature? And if that is the case, do you know why it has never been released?
With kind regards, Flo
Hi Flo…
DeleteThank you for your kind comments…
To be quite honest I had forgotten that I even made these 😳
I think Colin Dixon also had a hand in making some…
As far as I know they would have all been released but some figures did get dropped from ranges… if they were changing the mix/numbers in the packs or if it was problematic to cast in any numbers…
I am sorry that I can’t give you much more information than this.
I hope you manage to find the missing beastie or at least a good proxy.
All the best. Aly