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- Wargames_Foundry abstract "The Wargames Foundry (aka Foundry Miniatures Ltd) is a company which designs, manufactures and sells miniature figures from its base in Nottingham, England. It has grown to be a world leader in its market since it was begun by Bryan Ansell in 1976. Wargames Foundry produces 25mm or 28mm figures with historical, fantasy and science fiction themes, and has a catalogue of 25,000 items. The product is complemented by a range of specialist paints and books.Foundry Miniatures came into existence in 1983Clifford Ansell was looking for an interesting retirement job that would keep him busy. Cliff had spent much of his life working in the mining industry (apart from a few years away with the Royal Navy in the 1940s) he ended up a mining engineer and an expert on mine safety, ventilation and dust suppression. In the 60s Cliff moved on to a second career as a maths teacher: he taught maths at Bishop Dunn Comprehensive in Nottingham.Cliff's son was, and is, my father: Bryan Ansell who had made toy soldiers with Skytrex, Tabletop, Asgard and Citadel/Games Workshop.Bryan suggested that Cliff might like to have a go at manufacturing toy soldiers himself.Cliff was already experienced in dealing with both stubborn Lancashire miners and wilful, disorganised children: so it was clear that the strange mindset of the confused denizens of the toy soldier industry would be absolutely no problem for Cliff to handle.As it happened: this was the time when Citadel was starting to change from metal based models to their new "slotta bases", and also ceasing to make historical models. Bryan was able to set Foundry up with a number of discontinued ranges - Barons Wars and Wars of the Roses Medievals, Samurai and the Vikings, Normans and Saxons (these had all previously served as Human forces in Warhammer Fantasy Battle for some years). Also Woodland Indians, Huns and Elizabethans. We still make those models at Foundry today.Michael and Alan Perry sculpted almost all these models and were keen to continue sculpting historical models for their own painting and wargaming purposes, so they continued to sculpt new Foundry ranges for Cliff for quite some years. Alistair Morrison and Dave Andrews both contributed ranges too.So, Foundry was up and running very quickly indeed. Cliff first had premises in Sherwood, then moved to a larger unit in New Basford. The upstairs in New Basford was taken by Alistair and Trish Morrison: who sculpted the Marauder range up there.For a long period, Foundry was making master moulds and production moulds for Games Workshop whenever they found themselves with more moulds than they could handle. Over the years many ex Games Workshop staff worked for Foundry; most notably John "Bones" Ellard, Anthony "Ep" Epworth, Andy Pattinson, Kevin Adams, Colin Dixon.In 1991 my father left Games Workshop and went off to Guernsey for a decade or so. In Guernsey he had three children, restored four old houses (he does that wherever he goes: not the children, just the houses) started Guernsey Foundry and made Seven Years War, Old West, Pirates and Darkest Africa models. When he came back to England in 2000 he brought those ranges with him, started restoring a house near Newark and took over running Foundry from Cliff. He produced more Seven Years War, Darkest Africa and loads more Old West, then Street Violence, Gladiators, various Romans, 16th century Swashbucklers, huge ranges of Greeks and Macedonians, Fantasy and various odds and ends.In 2005 my father left Foundry and went back to gardening and restoring houses.We only re-entered the world of toy soldiers because my cousin Neil Littlewood went to work at Foundry for a while, and it became apparent that there were some issuesthat needed sorting out. In the end we stepped in, and the Ansell family are running the factory.And here we are: eighteen months in and almost in control!CheersMarcus Ansell --------------------------------------------------------Get our email newsletter: http://wargamesfoundry.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c387bacdcec2214a5ed65e7d9&id=c4f8aa5d2cfollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WargamesFoundryAndFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Foundry.Minatures".
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