Never been a fan of the majority of Olley’s stuff. It’s the heads, see. They all look the same. The Ogryns, Orks, Squats and Humans have that same bulbous monkey head!

I mentioned this to JB a couple of years ago, but I think half the reason that Bob’s minis didn’t fair too well was partly due to their studio paint jobs. They just don’t look that interesting in the photo’s.

I say this because every time I come across “modern” painted up versions of his minis they look fantastic. True, this is partly due to the people who paint them today weren’t under pressure to get them ready for a photo shoot. But I kinda get the feeling that his minis weren’t supported or promoted well enough back inn the day. Whatever the reason, at least were finally seeing painted examples of his minis nowadays that do his sculpts justice.

Top work old boy :)

Lopez? Is this the guy you’re talking about? http://heofthreenames.blogspot.co.uk/ I can’t wait to see his stuff once it’s been restored after the Photobucket destruction.

The shoes are unusual, but they were fun to paint, which is something you don’t normally get to say about shoes.

His “shoes” are a bit off, but “fantasy” footwear is very common in 40k sculpt from that era

I can’t wait to see that fig in hand.