Like Russell Gammage of Rose, Barry Minot was a designer who concentrated most of his energies on larger figures. He did make a small selection of "true" (i.e small) 30mm figures, however, including some for the Zulu War. The ancient selection focused on Greeks and owes a debt to the sword-and-sandal epics of Dino Di Laurentis and Don Chaffey. Pictured here: Hercules with club and a hoplite who looks ready to fight a phalanx of Ray Harryhausen skeletons. The figures are the same size as Rose.
Thanks for posting the image .I have Hercules somewhere and always wondered what make he was...
ReplyDeleteBTW I have a number of 25/30 Greek Gods and Godesses including Mercury flying off at 45 degrees with his robe attaching hin to the base. I wonder if they might be by the same manufacturer/designer?
I remember Minot did a rather nice set (i think billed as a 'diorama set') of 30mm 1806 Prussians that included casualties and a fallen tree... Of course he also did the Spencer Smith Connoisseur figures - which are lovely, albeit there are a few stiff poses. As i understand it he gave up model soldiers to concentrate on props for the film industry, etc.
ReplyDeleteMinot sculpted quite a large range of fantasy in the late 70s early 80s before going back to film work. I am slowly helping to catalogue his minis on the 'Lost Minis WIKI', a great reference point.
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The Grrek Gods are part of the Olympians Heroes and Horrors range.