"The Black Devil" - Young Miniatures Review

[Guy]

YM1821
"The Black Devil" - Soviet Naval Infantry WWII
1/10th scale resin - 12 parts
Sculpted by Ebroin
Painted by Sang Eon Lee

April's release from Young Miniatures is a beautifully sculpted and detailed bust of a Soviet Naval Infantry unit called "The Black Devil". Sculpted by Ebroin and painted by the talented Sang Eon Lee, this 12 part 1/10th scale kit is packed with detail as you shall see.

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[Guy]

The top photo shows the standard high quality box that Young Miniatures is noted for with all the parts sandwiched between layers of foam. The small parts are enclosed into a small zip-lok bag to insure against loss during shipping.

Above are various views of the separate cast head which fits snugly down into the chest portion of the bust.

Above is the four sides of the chest portion of the bust.

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[Guy]

Above are the four sides of the separate cast hat which has a locater slot to insure proper fitment.

Above we have a dry-fitting of the hat onto the head. Again, the locater slot in the hat insures the modeler will be able to have the correct portion of the hat facing front.

Above we have the head dry-fitted down into the neck cavity with the hat dry-fitted to the top of the head.

Above is the top and bottom of the separate cast coat collar.

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[Guy]

Above you have all the main components, hat, head, collar and chest dry-fitted together.
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Above is the front and back of the hat ribbon.

Above is the front and back of the service revolver and grenade.

Above you have the front and back of the ammo belts.

Above you have Young's standard bust plinth.

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[Guy]

Additional Photographs
of the box art bust
painted by
Sang Eon Lee.

Conclusion:
Another stunning addition to Young's wide range of busts and figures. The engineering and casting are superb with casting blocks to be removed. Highly recommended.

Young Miniatures
Web-site / click here

R429
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[Sambaman]

Beauty! Great face, super high "Young" quality, a must have for me! Thanks for the great review Guy!

Jay H.

 

[Michael Tse]

Absolutely gorgeous. The king of busts owns it like a marble on the palm, be it his own sculpts or not.

Surprised Young would make an entrance to the Soviet universe with this one. Future recommendations: more Soviets, some girls.

Say howabout a female Soviet sniper?

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Little further information about this:

The letters on the cap ( "Черноморский флот") are in phonetic Russian: "Tschernomoiskij Fljot" (= "Black Sea Fleet").

Regards

 

[kansas kid]

Drop dead gorgeous. Incredible bust, and beautifully painted. And the
box art is the best I have seen in some time. Very artistic and and I would
think it would attract a lot of attention, even though I realize most figure
modelers order on line and never actually see the box art, holding the box
in their hand, until after they've already parted with their cash!

Also, the stubs of the pour spouts seem to be in logical places, easier to
remove without damage to the sculpted piece.

IMHO, really raising the bar !!!

Jayhawk

 

[flart1943]

Hi Guy
I am a big fan of Young Miniatures and this one did not disappoint.
Pete

 

[megroot]

Thanks for the revieuw of this very great bust.

Marc