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.
DISCLAIMERS
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This blog is dedicated to my interest in historical and toy soldier wargaming and as such I will not be posting or engaging in any conversations about my activities with Games Workshop.
If you have any specific questions about Games Workshop and their products please go to the Games Workshop Warhammer Community pages...
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
Aly -- So cool to finally find your site. I have been a fan of the Angels of Iron space marines in one of the old space marine codices ages ago. I'm actually looking to bring them to life with some primaris space marines for my next project. Do you have any more information on them? Pictures? anything? I would love to get in touch about this! If there is much to chat about, you can email me back at wfrench86@gmail.com.
ReplyDeletecheers!
Hi Bill...
DeleteMy apologies for taking so long to get back to you...
I make a point not to talk about Warhammer and 40k on this blog... I want to keep it about my ongoing historical and toy soldier obsessions...
I can be reached on the Lead Adventure Forum... in am registered there as AlyMorrison...
All the best. Aly
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.
Hello Mr.Morrison, I have been a fan of GW games for quite a while, and I'm just recently trying to get into writing my own stories in the universe. I came across an old space marine chapter that seemed to be forgotten called the Angels of Iron. They intrigued me greatly and I started to write since they didn't seem to get nearly any lore written so I wanted to make my own. In my research I came across their reference in the 4th edition codex for the space marines and found your name as the person that painted their one appearance. I was hoping if there is any info if you'd be able to tell me a little about them if there ever was any story that never saw the light of day. I honestly think they are some of the best looking space marine models that have ever been made and id love to give them the spotlight they should have gotten. Sorry if there is a better way I could have gotten ahold of you, this is the only way I could find. Thank you so much in advance for anything that you can tell me.
ReplyDeleteNot 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