Welcome to Shaggy Dog Publishing...
Shaggy Dog was set up by former White Dwarf Editor - Robin Dews and Warlord Games Boss - John Stallard, in order to compile and publish Talking Miniatures, our book about the early years of Citadel and Games Workshop. As veterans of the company from the of the mid-1980s, Talking Miniatures was the book we wanted to read about this period and so we decided to research and write it!
Talking Miniatures is a recklessly illustrated compilation of conversations, recollections and stories from many of the writers, sculptors, artists and designers that made up the team at the early Citadel/Games Workshop. In their own words, they tell the stories you never normally hear, about what it was really like in those very early years...
For more than thirty years, The Stuff of Legends website has been the go-to site for fans, historians and enthusiasts of fantasy miniatures. The site was first established by Richard Hale as a personal project in the mid 1990s. Since then, The Stuff of Legends has continued to meticulously curate and catalogue the subsequent growth of the fantasy miniatures painting and gaming hobby.
In the course of researching Talking Miniatures, Richard generously provided us with photographs of many of the old and now hard-to-find miniatures that we needed to illustrate the conversations in that book. As a result, we acquired huge respect, not only for the breadth and depth of Richard's collection, but also his knowlege and love of fantasy miniatures. In subsequent conversations, we all agreed that his collection deserved a book all of its own and so in early 2025, we set to work...
Filled with hundreds of photographs of classic and rare models and with commentary from Citadel's Alan Merrett as well as from Richard himself, The Stuff of Legends tells the story of a collector's journey 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.
The Stuff of Legends - Fantasy Miniatures from the Golden Age, will be published in the Summer of 2026.