Rackham and Warmachine sculptors

[Avelorn]

I have I question, I wonder if there are any info on the net or if you know anything about the sculpters of Rackham and warmachine. I know two sculptors from warmachine, Mike Mcvey and Christian Danckworth and only a former Rackham sculptor, Seth nash.

Just one of this i-like-to-know things.

 

[Itchy]

i\'ve always wondered... do those sculpters sculpt out of their homes and then sell their greens to the company, or do they work in a studio? And how do they get hired and all that jazz? Oh, and how do they cast up the minis? i\'ve never understood how undercuts work or any of that... man, what i wouldn\'t give to tie them down with +5 knots in a chair and make them answer questions for 20 hours.:]

 

[Chrispy]

I almost applied to rakham for the sculptor job they had open.. But then I looked at my sculpting and sobered up.

I would assume you\'d have to work in the studio or lose to it, so they could see how well the concept art was being done.. It seems to me the artist might have to explian some things, because they\'re the ones who thought it up in their heads first. Also, the sculpter might interperet things a lot differently (The Equanmie Cynwall, for example..)

 

[Dikhed]

I would think with the whole Internet thing that being close meant somewhere on Earth. I mean, the artist can do live face-to-face chat with concept artists and game company personnel, and show daily updates of the piece they\'re working on. Everyone could conference from different countries. Also, I would think with sculpters of this calibur that it is just a given that they will stay close to the concept, and if they do make any changes they would most likely be for the better. Also, I thought I saw a green in an article (Harbinger or gametrade) that showed a Dragyni (?) done by Werner Klocke. I don\'t think the Dark Age stuff mentions their artists names, so I thought this piece of info very reveiling. I\'m not totally sure of the source (or if it was a Dragyni), but I do remember it was Mr. Klocke doing work for one of the big boys besides Reaper. As far as Reaper stuff is concerned, It almost seems that sculpters sometimes just send in their latest piece and say \"how\'d you guys like to buy this thingy off me?\" I mean, some of their stuff doesn\'t fit in with the rest of their line at all. Almost like they take other companies throw away sculpts. They got cat people, Gorrilla people, tons of demons, and not to mention that Wereshark....

 

[SaxonAngel]

Kevin White works for Privateer Press a.k.a Warmachine

 

[darthfoley]

Originally posted by Dikhed
Also, I thought I saw a green in an article (Harbinger or gametrade) that showed a Dragyni (?) done by Werner Klocke. I don\'t think the Dark Age stuff mentions their artists names, so I thought this piece of info very reveiling. I\'m not totally sure of the source (or if it was a Dragyni), but I do remember it was Mr. Klocke doing work for one of the big boys besides Reaper.

Werner has, as far as I can recall, been sculpting for Dark Age since near the beginning of their run. I\'m pretty sure the ice elemental, one of their very early pieces, was his. Werner has also done some Warmachine stuff (the Pirate Queen as I recall, at least).

I seem to remember Steve Buddle also doing work for them, but I might be wrong - I don\'t really follow Dark Age\'s stuff that much.

Originally posted by Dikhed
As far as Reaper stuff is concerned, It almost seems that sculpters sometimes just send in their latest piece and say \"how\'d you guys like to buy this thingy off me?\" I mean, some of their stuff doesn\'t fit in with the rest of their line at all. Almost like they take other companies throw away sculpts. They got cat people, Gorrilla people, tons of demons, and not to mention that Wereshark....

I personally love the variety in Reaper\'s line of minis - leaving aside the rather repetitive nature of Garrity\'s work, you\'d be hard pressed to find a more wide-ranging spectrum of pieces to choose from. Mundane, outlandish - Reaper will more than likely have you covered. Need a kobold group for that D&D game. Got it. Need a shining knight in armor? Got it. Need a skeleton pirate crew? Got \'em. Need Orcus? Got \'im. etc etc.

I\'d much rather have that kind of variety than \'here\'s another monkey-faced Fianna\'.

 

[Trevor]

Yeah, I\'ve got a Dark Age mini sculpted by Steve.

 

[frenchkid]

Originally posted by Dikhed
As far as Reaper stuff is concerned, It almost seems that sculpters sometimes just send in their latest piece and say \"how\'d you guys like to buy this thingy off me?\" I mean, some of their stuff doesn\'t fit in with the rest of their line at all. Almost like they take other companies throw away sculpts. They got cat people, Gorrilla people, tons of demons, and not to mention that Wereshark....

Don\'t know about reaper but I know that that\'s what fenrryll does to some extent. Sculptors propose new greens and stuff and if fenryll like it they buy it.I find that to be a good thing because it gives artist a lot of freedome in what they want to creat. Of course they\'re not garanted that their sculpt will be bought but gices us a chance to see some pretty different stuff.

 

[minimaker]

Hi,

Rackham has been somewhat secretive about who their sculptors are but I know that there are a few over at Creafigs (not sure who). Cyril is an ex-Rackham sculptor.

As to Reaper, what Bobby Jackson told me is that sometimes they get specific orders with descriptions, etc. while in other cases the sculptors gets asked \"can you make me an ... \" and the sculptor has to figure out itself. Greens can also be proposed and you sometimes see sculpts made for other purposes pop up over there like the Gorilla gladiator that Jason Wiebe made.

Bye, Ming-Hua

 

[Corvus]

I had the honour to have a chat with Werner Klocke while ago, and he is working freelance for several companies such as Reaper. He receives concept drawings and then starts sculpting. And of course he has his own mini company: Freebooter.

 

[MalleusMiniArt]

well here`s the list of sculptors that I think made minis for PrivateerPress: Mike McVey, Jerzy Montwill, Colin Dixon (not sure about him), Christian Danckworth, Kevin White, Paul Muller, Will Hannah, Chaz Elliot, Roy Eastland.

 

[Avelorn]

Thanks all!

Okay.. interesting, it seems not many people really knows who sculpts for rackham.. maybe it\'s some sort of conspiracy..? Do they have fully employed sculptors.. or do they take freelance alternatives? Cyril was news to me.. wonder what he\'s sculpted.

What is the major reason you think for not publishing who-did-what?

Malleus: thanks for the extensive list of Privateer press sculptors. Paul Muller.. ex eavy\' metal painter and GW sculptor.. I always liked his work. Colin Dixon.. also ex GW. Did a lot of dwarves. Kevin White was an eavy metal painter also, right? Hasslefree now. The rest I don\'t know.

 

[Sturmhalo]

Originally posted by Chrispy
I would assume you\'d have to work in the studio or lose to it, so they could see how well the concept art was being done.. It seems to me the artist might have to explian some things, because they\'re the ones who thought it up in their heads first. Also, the sculpter might interperet things a lot differently (The Equanmie Cynwall, for example..)

You\'d be amazed how many people work from home. Don\'t fall into the trap of thinking that the miniatures industry is all about like minded individuals coming together and working in some sort of wonderful utopian office environment that\'s full of creative genius.

 

[minimaker]

Origineel geplaatst door Avelornmaybe it\'s some sort of conspiracy..?

More a matter of secrecy I think. Cyril told us at 1listsculpting that by contract he was not allowed to tell anybody what figures he had done.
On the other hand, I know there is a Rackham sculptor around here and several at creafigs. Of course, since they are French they may not dwell at Anglophone forums much.

Do they have fully employed sculptors

In-house AFAIK.

What is the major reason you think for not publishing who-did-what?

At the start probably to protect themselves from their sculptors getting bought out by other companies. Not sure what the current situation is. It\'s been a while since Cyril told us about it.

Bye, Ming-Hua

 

[Prophet]

Originally posted by MalleusMiniArt
well here`s the list of sculptors that I think made minis for PrivateerPress: Mike McVey, Jerzy Montwill, Colin Dixon (not sure about him), Christian Danckworth, Kevin White, Paul Muller, Will Hannah, Chaz Elliot, Roy Eastland.

Add Bobby Jackson and John Winters to the list.

 

[Dikhed]

Originally posted by darthfoley

Werner has, as far as I can recall, been sculpting for Dark Age since near the beginning of their run. I\'m pretty sure the ice elemental, one of their very early pieces, was his. Werner has also done some Warmachine stuff (the Pirate Queen as I recall, at least).

{Dikhed - Werner klocke AND Chaz Elliot sculpt for Privateer Pres?! No wonder I fell in love with their line!}

I personally love the variety in Reaper\'s line of minis - leaving aside the rather repetitive nature of Garrity\'s work, you\'d be hard pressed to find a more wide-ranging spectrum of pieces to choose from. Mundane, outlandish - Reaper will more than likely have you covered. Need a kobold group for that D&D game. Got it. Need a shining knight in armor? Got it. Need a skeleton pirate crew? Got \'em. Need Orcus? Got \'im. etc etc.

I\'d much rather have that kind of variety than \'here\'s another monkey-faced Fianna\'.

Dont get me wrong, I love Reaper. I just meant that their doesn\'t seem to be any rhyme or reason to what they produce. Like the recent \"witches coven\", it would make a great diorama piece but not a whole lot of use in a tabletop game. I bought that piece, and other \"diorama only\" type models because they were so interesting. I didnt phrase my wording correctly, I didn\'t mean that they\'re stuff was throw-aways, what I meant is that they seem to create a lot of pieces meant for other peoples games, besides their own WARLORD. I think that is great, but unfortunately that means if you build a vampire counts army with their many beautiful sculpts, you can\'t enter it into an official competition.

Does anyone know of any company that does allow other miniatures in competion? ???

 

[Itchy]

My Theory

Maybe Rackham\'s secretly using Umpa Lumpas to sculpt their minis! Tiny hands, tiny eyes, better sculpts!

\"Nobody ever comes out, and nobody ever goes in...\"

 

[darthfoley]

Originally posted by Dikhed
Dont get me wrong, I love Reaper. I just meant that their doesn\'t seem to be any rhyme or reason to what they produce. Like the recent \"witches coven\", it would make a great diorama piece but not a whole lot of use in a tabletop game. I bought that piece, and other \"diorama only\" type models because they were so interesting. I didnt phrase my wording correctly, I didn\'t mean that they\'re stuff was throw-aways, what I meant is that they seem to create a lot of pieces meant for other peoples games, besides their own WARLORD. I think that is great, but unfortunately that means if you build a vampire counts army with their many beautiful sculpts, you can\'t enter it into an official competition. [/i]

Ah, gotcha.

I\'ve never seen a company-sponsored competition that would allow competing companies\' work to be entered. The larger shows like GenCon, etc, I think allow any company in any category.

 

[Calavera]

This oughta help..
http://forums.privateerpress.com/index.php?showtopic=15839&hl=

Good forums too..

 

[kow-lown]

Paul Muller sculpting for privateer wow.. that\'s my favourite sculptor ever

well, sorry, not in the topic at all... i often heard Rackham minis were \"team made\" there\'s a sculptor for robes, one for anatomy, one for armors... how does it work? well i dunno really...

Sculptors often ask Reaper and Fenryll to buy their minis indeed, Sylvain Quirion done that a few times for both companies

@Minimaker: well, cyril was a rackham sculptor? Cyril Abati? never told me ???

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