Now that my collection of Empire Marauder Miniatures is almost complete (almost!), I am considering complementing it with the Citadel fighters sculpted by the same guy, Aly Morrison.
I have indeed realised that most of the models I liked in the Citadel human fighters released in the eighties were probably from this sculptor. Probably, because if I'm more or less able to guess what are the miniatures sculpted by Jes Goodwin, I have more difficulties to differentiate Aly's work from his wife's or from the Perry twins'.
Fighters
Take these two pictures for instance: easy job, all these F2 fighters are said designed by Aly Morrison. And indeed, I want them all ^_^ (well, almost all - not fond of the woodsman, the militia man and the border guard).
Now take this one: models designed by Aly
and Trish Morrison.
So what are the models actually designed by Aly Morrison? The obvious thing to do first is to identify the "clones" using the same base slightly converted (heads and/or weapons most of the time). Here we go:
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Anthony of Averland and Dieter Muler |
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Captain of the Watch and Tarn Sigmarson |
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Sir Harold Hammerfist and Imperial Guard |
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Templar and Volrik the Brave |
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Imperial Woodsman and Reik Guard |
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Jan Oakheart and Forester |
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Royal Guard and Nuln Spearman |
Now refering to the Red Catalogue (1991), we can see in the footnotes
that the models on the page below were designed by the Perry twins
with Aly Morrison...
... which means that we can also attribute to Mr. Morrison the second fanatic and Bertrand the Red (plus the archer of course):
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Flagellant or Fledger with club |
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Sir Geoffry the Archer and Bertrand the Red |
Paladins
Now, using this picture identifying Aly Morrison as a designer of paladins, I can also attribute to him some additional pairs of models...
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Sir Pression de la Masse and Basil the Good |
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Lady Zoneliegh and Agnes |
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Sir Kit Breaker and Lackland |
... which is not necessarily good news, as I don't like these models.
Note that Sir Kit Breaker and Lackland come both from the knightly hero opposed to the Great Fire Dragon, designed by... Bob Naismith. Are the credits just for the dragon, or do they include its opponent? Mystery unsolved...
An older reference (see below) includes Trish Morrison in the paladins designers and my first move was to attribute to her the models I'm not fond of...
... until I realise that that Trish Morrison could simply be credited for at least one of the
Paladin models not shown in the 1988 Catalogue, namely Simon the
Templar (no better picutre) and Sir Kull of death (see below).
Among the remaining models, I have little doubts about Sir Errol de Swash (his face seems to me rather typical of Aly's style) and I think that Sir Monne de la Monte is a valid candidate too (close to the MM60
Fighter F6). If Sir Pression de la Masse is Aly's work, I'm afraid that I have to consider that Le Marquis de Sword is his too.
For the other paladins, Sir Osram, Maurice the Chevalier (I love these stupid names ^_^) and Lord Aven, I have definitely no clue...
F2 Fighters (again)
Back to this second picture and the last unknowns:
To be honest, I'm not fond of models 1 (Sir Geoffrey), 3 (Lord Robert), 6 (Leopold Rogue) and 17 (George Eaglehelm), and I'd like to think that they were designed by Trish.
If anyone has information on these last 6 miniatures, let me know!
(couldn't find a decent picture of the captain guard)
Edit. Now I know why it's so difficult:
http://eldritchepistles.blogspot.fr/2014/02/the-nuln-spearman-and-guard-captain.html
The Border Guard is much nicer in real life. Both him and the Captain of the Guard are in my Frostgrave minis, and now I'll have to add the Fanatic. The Fanatic will make a great thug.
ReplyDeleteThose oldschool minis are impresive. I hope you will find what you are looking for. Looking forward to see them painted on your blog. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteWell, thanks. I'm realising that collecting Aly Morrison's models is going to take a lot of time and efforts (and money of course ^_^)
Deletefascinating and thorough research here...very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks Blue.
DeleteSimon the Templar is a Jes Goodwin figure. It was part of the TSR ADD41 "LAWFUL FIGHTERS" range.
ReplyDeleteI guess (because of their short legs) n. 10 Rowlocks and n. 14 Werner with Axe should be Perry Twins figures, but they are not credited on the flyer, so I am not sure.
I think Sir Kit Breaker and Lackland have a body totally different from the knightly hero opposed to the Great Fire Dragon (by Bob Naismith).
You're right! Bob Naismith's model has nothing in common with Sir Kit breaker and Lackland. Thanks for noticing this page, by the way :)
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