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 North London. They have played wargames since the age of 10, and are avid collectors of antique armour, weapons and other militaria. They studied Art at A-levels, and started sculpting freelance for Games Workshop in 1978, while still in school. They joined the company in 1980, and have since become the longest-serving members in 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 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.
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. 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 Jervis Johnson and Rick Priestly, 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: Samurai, American War of Independence, Agincourt to Orleans, Border Reivers, English Civil War, Napoleonic Wars, The Crusades, etc. In all, their miniatures are covered by hundreds of commercial rulesets. They have also sculpted a range of 54mm World War I ANZACs for the Gallipoli Campaign for Peter Jackson's private collection.
They have also served as illustrators for Osprey Publishing. Alan has illustrated books on Rorke's Drift and the American Civil War, while Michael has specialised in Chinese subjects such as the Taiping Rebellion of the 19th century. According to the Osprey website, Alan's interest in World War II has led him recently to buy a Stuart Light Tank (M3A1).
Both are now married and live in Nottingham, England.
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