Julie Guthrie

One of the oldest sculptors working on Miniatures for wargaming.

Career

Julie Guthrie began creating miniatures in the late 70's for Grenadier Miniatures, which produced some of the first miniatures designed to work with modern fantasy tabletop games, particularly Dungeons & Dragons. After obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1982 she went into sculpting as a full-time career for both Genadier and Ral Partha. In 1994 she received recognition in the Origins Hall of Fame, the organization which recognizes contribution to tabletop gaming culture.

She continued working through the years for various companies, never staying associated with a single company. Alderac Entertainment Group, Iron Wind Metals, TA-HR, and Perrin Miniatures have also carried her products. She even sculpted the limited edition figures for the special release of Everquest for Sony Online Entertainment.

Although her older models are now carried by various companies who have purchased the rights to the molds, particularly Mega Miniatures, most of her current work is for Reaper Miniatures which carries an extensive catalogue of her miniatures (255 and counting as of the creation of thir article) which can be found here. Of course her older and original models are frequently swapped online, such as her limited (and now fairly valuable) Elfquest miniatures.

Julie's miniatures remain the stereotypical tabletop roleplaying game miniatures in the public consciousness, and were featured in the hit Netflix show Stranger Things (although the all-important Demogorgon miniature itself was not one of hers, many of the other miniatures seen in the hands of the main cast were).

Gallery

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  A 1992 set of female adventurers from the Guthrie collection.
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  A 1990 Grenadier kit of a Green Dragon by Julie Guthrie. Notice how her name is shown with precedence over the company name.
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  Julie's rendition of the Pathfinder character Imrijka, a female Orc Inquisitor.
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  Iris, a generic scuba girl by Julie.
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  The special 2007 Christmas Carol set by Julie, featuring Reaper's two main mascots Mr. Bones and Sophie the Succubus along with a generic Elf (possibly a representation of young Julie?) in the roles of Christmas ghosts.
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  Julie in 2015 sculpting the massive popular Reaper Miniatures model "Ma'al Drakar, Dragon Tyrant" AKA "the best Tiamat model ever".

See Also

• Julie Guthrie's "spooky tree" tutorial.