Alan and Michael Perry (born 1961) are former Citadel Miniatures designers, and two of the most renowned and prolific sculptors for the miniature wargaming hobby. They worked for Games Workshop from 1978 until 2014, and during that time worked on most of the company's miniature ranges.[1][2]
Alan and Michael are twin brothers, sometimes referred to either as the Perry Brothers[3] or the Perry Twins,[2] who were born in 1961 and brought up in North London.[4] They have played wargames since the age of 10, and are avid collectors of antique armour, weapons and other militaria.[5] They studied art at A-levels,[2] and started sculpting freelance for Citadel Miniatures in 1978, while still in school.[5] They joined the company in 1980, and were the longest-serving members of the Games Workshop Design Studio.[5]
The pair have "a passion for Military History and love to recreate it;"[2] they were members of Sir Marmadaduke Rawdon's Regiment of Foote, which is a Royalist foot regiment of the King's Army, part of the British historical re-enactment group, the English Civil War Society. They have also belonged to other re-enactment groups. With the help of their friend John Stallard, they published an actual-size, full colour facsimile of a unique officer's handbook, The Art of Martial Discipline, which had been in their collection for some years.[6]
Aside from facial hair they look virtually identical, except that Michael lost part of his right arm in 1996, following an accident loading a reproduction cannon during a re-enactment of the Battle of Crécy in France.[2][7] This was a very serious injury for a right-handed model sculptor and illustrator, but he learned to sculpt and paint with his left hand.[2][7]
Alan and Michael Perry were "heavily involved in every The Lord of The Rings project that Games Workshop has undertaken".[10] They expressed excitement when they were first asked, as it would allow them to "work on more true-to-life proportioned figures which is what we prefer."[2] As with their sculpting for other miniature ranges, they always work on sculpting miniatures separately and "only occasionally combine on plastic projects."[2]
