Years ago I found an incomplete Merit Special Agent boxed set and it started a sort of blog legend, blogged several times starting over a decade ago.
For years I kept an eye out for missing parts , which was fun but as with many a noble quest it wasn't to be. Still, it was a lot of fun and I've always stayed interested in this set.
So I was so pleasantly surprised to stumble across - and I mean stumble - an amazing website showing the original box art for this set and not only that, the original photographs of the artist's models and props for creating the box art!
It really is fabulous.
The box artist's name was Sam Peffer, signing his work as Peff.
Click on 'Artists' on the Tikit site to find him.
The Tikit site, worth checking in its entirety, is essentially a tribute to PAN paperbacks and Sam did cover art for them including the old paperback James Bond covers.
It makes sense then that it would appear from this site that Sam also did the box art for the fantastic Merit Avengers Shooting Game, which we've also covered on the blog before including Arto's terrific example.
It seems likely then to me that Sam Peffer also did the box art for the uber-cool Merit Saint Shooting Game.
How I would love to see the artist's photographs for these shoots!
What do you think readers?
Truly amazing artwork from an artist I've never heard of. Is that Merit Special Agent set a toy set or a model kit? Either way, I want one! SFZ
ReplyDeleteFascinating to see how the artists put their artwork together, and the reference material they used. Putting the picture together from various elements. I do like the red Aston Martin, and the Bell 47 helicopter.
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