Bob Olley
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Web Presence
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Fansites
- Bob Olley Fan Site. The most comprehensive cataloging of Bob Olley's work (now defunct, linked to archive version).
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Has Sculpted For
Has Sculpted For
- AEG : Clan War
- Alternative Armies
- AntiMatter Games
- Armorcast Resin Battlefield Scenery - Now owns Olleys Armies Dwarf World Miniatures and Dwarf Pirates
- Cavalcade Wargames - Now owns Olleys Armies Minotaurs, Goblin Wolfriders and Samurai Orcs
- Citadel Miniatures: Iron Claw Miniatures
- Classic Minatures
- Collecting Citadel Miniatures Group
- Crunch-Waffle Enterprises
- Dragonblood Miniatures
- East Riding Miniatures
- EM-4 Miniatures' Glory Seekers Pre-Painted
- Essex Miniatures
- Excelsior Entertainment
- Fantasy Forge
- Fantastic Miniatures
- Fenryll Miniatures
- Folio Works
- Forlorn Hope Games
- Golgo Island - Now owns Olleys Armies Aliens
- Grendel
- Harlequin Miniatures
- Heroes Miniatures
- Hobby Products
- Impact! Miniatures - Now owns Olleys Armies Puffy the Pompous Dragon
- Iron Claw Miniatures
- Iron Wind Metals
- John Cappiello - Now owns Olleys Armies Alice Meets caterpillar (Website TBA)
- JohnnyBorg Castings
- Kenzer & Co
- Killer B Games - Now owns Olleys Armies Scrunt Clean Up Squad
- Khurasan Miniatures
- Kryomek Holdings
- Lupus - Now owns Olleys Armies Shock Troop Scrunts, Scrunt Elite Troops, Scrunt Commando Troops, Shock Troop Machine Gun and Crew, Shock Troop Dog handler, Texan Scrunts, Bob Olleys' Nemesis Goblin sculpts
- Mannequin Miniatures - Now owns Olleys Armies Gravestones and Hellsbile undeads, shroud, poltergeist, ghosts and Grim reaper
- Mega Miniatures
- Michael Thomas - Now owns Olleys Armies Fantasy Dwarves, Titan Orcs (Hayha@q.com)
- Minimine
- Newbold Enterprises
- Olleys Armies (his own company)
- Phantom Miniatures - Now owns Olleys Armies Cave Troll,Mountain Troll and Human Ranger
- Ral Partha Enterprises, Inc. freelance 1991, 1998
- Rattrap Productions - Now owns Olleys Armies Human SF Commandos, Ghouls and Ghoul Bolt thrower
- Reaper Miniatures - Now owns Olleys Armies Hellsbile Zombies
- Rebel Hairs
- Regiment Games
- Renegade Miniatures
- Scotia Grendel
- Shire Evocations
- Simtac Miniatures
- Splintered Light Miniatures
- Steve Jackson Games
- Stuart Cunningham - Now owns Olleys Armies Scrobbits (Website TBA)
- Team Frog Studios
- The Little Soldier Company
- Troll Forged Miniatures
- Wargames Supply Dump - Now owns Olleys Armies Girls with Guns
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Short History
The following is taken from the Bob Olley collecting site:
- Bob’s first sculpting efforts were in Fimo modelling clay. These were shown to Ingo Martin of Metal Magic who told Bob about green stuff, the sculpting medium he has used ever since.
- Bob’s first work in late 1985 was for Metal Magic, Essex and Heroes. Throughout 1986 and early 1987, Bob worked exclusively for Essex for whom he sculpted over 180 fantasy figures.
- In April 1987 Bob joined Citadel for whom he worked exclusively until February 1990. All the Iron Claw range of figures were his, as were a number of other figures both fantasy and 40K.
- Following his departure from Citadel, Bob worked freelance for a number of companies including Ral Partha/TSR, Renegade, Hobby Products, Simtac, Alternative Armies and Grendel Productions. This continued until 1998 when work for these companies slowed.
- From 1998 onwards, Bob has sculpted figures for AEG, Kenser & Co., Steve Jackson, Reaper, Excelsior Miniatures and EM4.
- From 2004 to May 2008, Bob released his own range of figures as Olley's Armies while continuing to do freelance sculpting for companies such as Fantastic Miniatures and Splintered Light.
- After a short hiatus, Olley's Armies reopened in November 2008 to allow Bob to have the creative freedom to work on figures which appealed to him (and to have some fun)
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Awards
- Frothers Unite! UK 1st Pro-Am Sculpting Competition (2004): Alice in Wonderland, Other Characters category:
Gold Medal Winner for “Hookah smoking caterpillar advises Alice.”