Olleys Armies closing down

Bob Olley of Olley’s Armies writes:

Hello, you may already be aware from a previous announcement on our website that my father died recently, this sad event comes on top of a long and difficult year for me on a personal level. As a consequence I have decided to make some changes to my life, one of them being to end my commitment to Olleys Armies and sell off all its ranges. I have throughly enjoyed making models for Olleys Armies and had great ambition to keep adding to the ranges, but sometimes life gets in the way of your plans and plans have to change. I will not be leaving the industry as a freelance designer, although I am limiting the amount I do at the moment. For the future I hope to keep a website going and occasionally sell my own master greens or custom built models, directly from it.

Regards the wind down of Olleys Armies, we will cease selling castings from the website after 19th May and on the 20th May we will release details of the closed bid auction schedule.

It’s given me a great deal of pleasure to know from our customers feedback that many of you have got a great deal of enjoyment from collecting and using Olleys Armies minis. Sorry I can’t keep producing more through Olleys Armies, but I will keep on sculpting which means you haven’t seen the last of me yet. Finally we would like to give a special thanks to all our customers who have generously supported us over the years and our sincere hope is that all the ranges will be bought by other companies / individuals and will continue to be produced well into the future.

Editor’s note: While this is the 2nd time that Bob has shut down Olleys Armies, one has the suspicion that this is it. I’ve had the pleasure of doing business with Bob in the past, and can attest that he’s one of the best there is.

While it is always a shame when a miniature company goes away, it is even more tragic when it is a fine company such as this one.

I really do hope that many of his products get picked up by a company like Hasslefree or Reaper miniatures, as his work is some of the best out there.