Alan and Michael Perry (born 1961) are former

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designers, and two of the most renowned and prolific sculptors for the

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hobby. They worked for

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from 1978 until 2014, and during that time worked on most of the company's miniature ranges. In addition, they were former sculptors for Wargames Foundry, helped found Warhammer Historical Wargames and now run the company ''Perry Miniatures'', for which they produce historical miniatures. They have also taken part in reenactments of historical battles and have illustrated a number of books on

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for

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. They currently live in

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Life

Alan and Michael are twin brothers, sometimes referred to either as the Perry Brothers or the Perry Twins, who were born in 1961 and brought up in

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. They have played wargames since the age of 10, and are avid collectors of antique armour, weapons and other militaria. They studied art at

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, and started sculpting freelance for Citadel Miniatures in 1978, while still in school. They joined the company in 1980, and were the longest-serving members of the Games Workshop Design Studio. The pair have "a passion for Military History and love to recreate it;" they were members of ''Sir Marmadaduke Rawdon's Regiment of Foote'', which is a

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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. 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

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. 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. They founded the company Warhammer Historical with a number of colleagues from Games Workshop, collaborated on the first four books of Warhammer Historical with

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and

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, and have said that they "try and fit in a historical game when ever we can." Their own company, Perry Miniatures, currently produces 12 ranges on different historical themes:

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, Agincourt to Orleans,

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, etc. In all, their miniatures are covered by hundreds of commercial rulesets. They have also sculpted a range of 54mm

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for the Gallipoli Campaign for

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's private collection. They have also served as illustrators for

. Alan has illustrated books on

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and the

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, while Michael has specialised in Chinese subjects such as the

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of the 19th century. According to the Osprey website, Alan's interest in

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has led him recently to buy a Stuart Light Tank (M3A1). Both are now married and live in

The Lord of the Rings

They have described the illustrator John Howe as an "old friend", and share an interest in miniature wargaming and military history with ''The Lord of the Rings'' film director

. They also had a

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in ''

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'' film as

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at the

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, alongside Games Workshop designers

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and Brian Nelson. They can be seen near the Mumakil

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goes searching for

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among the debris from the battle, and are also on the base of Games Workshop's Mûmak miniature. Alan and Michael Perry were "heavily involved in every

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project that Games Workshop has undertaken". 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." As with their sculpting for other miniature ranges, they always work on sculpting miniatures separately and "only occasionally combine on plastic projects."

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