Toure, Celtic

My most up to date Celtic repaints incoming!

 Kolo Toure joined Celtic from Liverpool this summer, and as a result, here are a pair of repaints of him in both home and away Celtic kits.

I quite enjoyed doing the traditional home shirt; even though I have done quite a few Celtic repaints, many of them have been in outlandish away kits!

The original plan was to get a third Toure figure, and do one in the bright pink away kit!! It may still happen, if I can find any fluorescent pink model paint at a reasonable price!

Mortensen, Blackpool

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Here's another Blackpool repaint, where the player definitely falls into the legend category.

As in proper legend, not the modern complete mis/overuse of it. I genuinely got described as a legend in Aldi the other day for packing my shopping away quickly. But I guess that isn't really important to this post.

Stan Mortensen rightly has a place in Blackpool folklore, and in the history of the English game. He scored 23 times in just 25 games for England, and played so well to score a hat trick in the 1953 FA Cup Final that it's now widely known as "The Matthews Final"!

Anyway, this is another case of a simple old style kit ending up looking really effective. 

As a lookalike figure was used, I also had to change the name on the base.

Hugo Lloris

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I always enjoy the chance to repaint different styles of figure. I've done Soccer Series, Tonka figures and Vivid Imaginations figures before, but this is my first 'My Figurine' repaint.

The kit chosen looked pretty straightforward... until I noticed those sleeves!

I enjoyed the challenge of it tho, and managed to keep those bands pretty straight! I also added the captain's armband.

This figure even got a 'reveal' video on the collector's facebook page, Benedict Hotspur!

Billard 2, Sheff Weds

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Here's my second custom 'Billard' figure... son of the first, in case you were guessing!

For this one, I helped the customer choose a suitable 'lookalike' figure, and then she chose the details, such as specific kit, shirt number, and names- both on the back, and on the base.

I'm told it went down well!

If you would be interested in a similar custom figure as a gift for someone, or a treat for yourself, get in touch by commenting, or via Twitter or Facebook!

Leeds Subbuteo, away

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While there are plenty more of these XL Subbuteo figures to come, this is one of the ones that started the trend!! 

Getting this one repainted led to the idea of the full Leeds 1970s XI tracksuit project that I am now underway with (which started with these)

This was a very interesting one for me to paint, as I actually own this shirt! I even have the number 4 sewn on the back!

Who could possibly have inspired that?!

Donnelly, Celtic

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Well, here's an unusual post; a Celtic away kit one, where I'm not commenting on how the strip is considered one of the ugliest they've had!

This black and mint-green pinstriped number is positively tasteful, compared to some of the others!

Here's a picture of it, via historical kits: