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Saturday, 21 May 2022

DEMONS AS BLACK AS PITCH - RESTORING JOE DEVER'S COLLECTION 1

 I've been repairing some of the regiments in Joe Dever's collection, either doing repairs or replacing rotting or missing miniatures.

These sinister demons sculpted by Barry Minot were missing a few wings. As they are fairly unusual figures, I didn't think I'd be able to find replacements, but happily a seller on Old School Miniatures Facebook group listed some recently so I snapped them up ( one of the many advantages of liking bizarre and eclectic niche figures is there are few people to compete against).



Below are the wing donors as they arrived. A more detailed paintjob perhaps, but gloss Humbrol black makes the demons look particularly creepy.


Another strange miniature in the collection is this disturbing chap.

A Minifigs sci fi figure, but definitely the stuff of nightmares.

You may notice a Peco railway backdrop here. I recently bought a few of the more rural scenes to use with my old school figures.







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12 comments:

  1. Paul Liddle21 May 2022 at 19:05

    They all look great, the creepy guy in the pointy hat has such an effective paintjob.
    Regards,
    Paul.

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    1. Springinsfeld22 May 2022 at 06:09

      Sometimes less is more... Joe Dever definitely painted for speed, so while his painting may not win any prizes, it's easy to replicate.

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  2. Duc de Gobin21 May 2022 at 19:33

    Superb work - and also from a sci fi setting, I'm seeing 'Aliens' ... 'there's movement all around us man!'.

    Also - the blogpost title must surely be a Venom song from 1981. If not, it bloody well should be.

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    1. Springinsfeld22 May 2022 at 06:11

      I watched some sci-fi film with Vin Diesel about flying things that can only come out in the dark.... the completely black finish is quite effective.

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  3. robotforaday21 May 2022 at 20:03

    Sinister indeed! And I prefer the black... well, prefer is the wrong word, the black is more genuinely horror-like to me.

    I would love to see some of the Barry Minot stuff back in production.

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    1. Springinsfeld22 May 2022 at 06:12

      Wargames Design Workshop still produce some figures he sculpted...and mighty weird they are too.

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    2. robotforaday22 May 2022 at 11:07

      Wow, thanks for the info! Although it was the Thane Tostig ones I was thinking of (would love to play that), the fact that I could get some of those Pendragon ones now is amazing news

      Actually, I have three of those strange orcs. Pondering bringing that up to a full unit now...

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    3. Springinsfeld22 May 2022 at 17:20

      I've got quite a few sprites from the TT range, but am missing some personalities.

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  4. Rob D21 May 2022 at 20:11

    Very sinister with a simple paint was and great to see more Joe's figures.

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  5. The Good Soldier Svjek22 May 2022 at 04:53

    The black paint job is a definate improvement

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    1. Springinsfeld22 May 2022 at 06:14

      If I'd painted them I might have tried to add some shading, but flat black makes them more devilish.

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