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The Talking Miniatures book itself will not contribute to this threshold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #00aaff;\"\u003ePurchases of Talking Miniatures book will not generate Warlord Medals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTalking Miniatures is an exciting new book about the early years of Games Workshop and Citadel Miniatures. Written and compiled by former White Dwarf Editor and Design Studio Manager – Robin Dews, and ex-Citadel\/GW Sales Director, now Head of Warlord Games - John Stallard, the book consists of a series of lavishly illustrated conversations with some of the eclectic cast of designers, sculptors, artists, rebels and similar non-conformists who in the early 1980s gravitated towards Bryan Ansell and the early Citadel Miniatures team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore a collection of conversations than a series of interviews, Talking Miniatures, allows the participants to tell us in their own words, exactly what it was like in those very early years. How did that first edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle come to be written? Who was behind the incredible look and feel of the original Warhammer 40,000 – Rogue Trader? How did the iconic shape of the original RTB01 Space Marines develop, and how did Mike McVey create and then master the mid- 90s GW painting style? All these questions, and hundreds more, are answered in this book in the words, memories and recollections of the people who were actually there and doing these things!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to these incredible stories, the book is lavishly illustrated with photographs and images taken from the hundreds of the books, games, magazines and miniatures that Games Workshop has produced over the years. In addition, we have had privileged and unprecedented access to the personal collections of all the participants and present many of these artifacts and miniatures for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has lifted their paintbrush, miniature in hand or rolled a fistful of dice across a tabletop battlefield, Talking Miniatures is an essential read. 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First established by Richard Hale, as a personal project, in the mid-1990s, The Stuff of Legends has continued to meticulously curate and catalogue the subsequent growth of the fantasy miniatures painting and gaming hobby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Rick Priestley and commentary from both Alan Merrett and Richard Hale, The Stuff of Legends tells that story through the miniatures themselves. Each one stands tall, as a testament to the creativity of the sculptors, manufacturers, painters and artists that brought it to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This volume is a fantastic showcase... and a fitting tribute to the creators of these extraordinary, tiny models, working with simple materials – wire and putty – to conjure miniature marvels in cast metal. 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