We are sad to report the passing of Duke “Uncle Duke” Seifried at the age of 83. Mr. Seifried was the first Executive VP at TSR and was a true renaissance man (game designer, artist, writer, musician, music composer, and public speaker). During his career he sculpted over 10,000 miniatures, including a one-of-a-kind piece that was made for Gary Gygax, and which was placed in Gary’s suit pocket for his memorial service.
Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this sad time. Another legend of the industry is gone.
To set the record straight, my late husband, “Uncle” Duke Seifried actually sculpted and reorganized (changing positions, adding weapons, etc) commercial, miniatures before painting them that far exceeded 10,000. He had approximately 5,000 for his Lord of the Rings extravaganza alone. Annette