Posted: 6 July 2005
Perry Twins
So here we have an exclusive interview with the Perry twins! Well, it’s exclusive if you ignore all the other interviews that others have done with them. Anyway, ours is better, because it’s more informative. We ask the hard questions that everyone wants to know the answers to! And don’t for get to check out when we exposed Gray Morley for what he really is in our first “Exposed” feature.
Scott: So before we get started, I just thought that you should know that I can never remember which one of you is which. Can you clear that up for me?
Michael: It’s easy: Able-bodied Alan, Mutilated Michael.
Scott: Uhh… thanks. So Gary Morley said that you guys have
never had a real job in your lives… all you’ve ever
done is sculpt and paint miniatures. What response do you have
to that?
Alan: Oh! That’s a complete lie, we both had real jobs… newspaper rounds! (When we were kids)
Scott: He also said that you guys spend your time in the office having farting contests. Who usually wins?
Michael: Well, Tim Adcock normally! And he’s not even in the same room.
Scott: Would you like to take this opportunity to say something derogatory about Gary?
Alan: Where can we start? Hmmmm, perhaps we shouldn’t. We’re far too professional for that.
Scott: When did you first start sculpting, and how did you figure out that you can make a career out of it?
Michael: Well, we started actual sculpting with wall-filler when we were about 8 (we made pipe-cleaner men before that). We had to wait another 9 years before GW took us on.
Scott: Is
it the glorious, care-free celebrity Idol life that we all hear about?
Alan: Yes!
Scott: So, did you feel your career as a sculptor was going to be affected when you tragically lost your hair?
Michael: Yeah! The mere scratch on my arm was nothing compared to the loss of my carefully coiffed barrnet!
Scott: Also, is there any truth to the rumour that GW plans to remove the right hands of all their sculptors with the hopes that their abilities will improve?
Michael: Yes, GW are experimenting with this. It has produced results, but not the ones they were hoping for.
Scott: And speaking of, do you have any really cool attachments
for that thing, like blades and blowtorches?
Michael: Honestly, I was going to have it fitted with an air-soft gun, firing through the index finger and loading through the thumb. We have the technology.
Scott: Which is your favourite army to sculpt? Is it the Celts and stuff because they’re all naked? Those are my favourite.
Alan: Napoleonic Armies… er, they’re the ones wearing clothing and tall hats!
Michael: Colonial Armies, they’re mostly wearing clothes too!
Scott: I saw the Gallipoli ANZACs that you made for Peter Jackson on your website and I must say that they’re not very accurate. I’ve seen the movie three times and they don’t look much like those characters. I couldn’t find Mel Gibson anywhere!
Michael: Oh, the Gallipoli scenes didn’t make it into the final
cut. It didn’t seem to gel somehow.
Scott: Well, I hope your American War of Independence line is better. I like The Patriot as well. How come you keep sculpting Mel Gibson films? Is Mad Max next?
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Graphic for Larger MelAlan: It’s the other way around; he keeps making films based on our ranges! We keep saying, “Mel, don’t do it, you’ll ruin the period!” but he doesn’t listen.
Scott: Anyway, thanks for your time, I’d better leave you to your work. You’re going to want to get those Passion of the Christ figures out while everyone’s still into this Jesus fad.
Alan: If you look in the AWI casualty pack, you might find a Mel Gibson in there… I’m sure if we do a biblical range he’ll be there, in a casualty pack.
And there you have it. These prolific sculptors have been sculpting for ages, and not just fantasy and science fiction miniatures, but historical ones also. Check out some of the other contract work they’ve done here: www.perry-miniatures.com
