Nikopolidis, Olympiakos

Here's a figure that I had never seen before being asked to repaint it! Nikopolidis:

The customer requested that I didn't add a sponsor, because they tend to change so much... I assume Olympiakos have a longstanding deal with Puma!

Other comments... shirt number 71... what is he thinking?!

I also had to repaint the hair on this figure! Which is strange, because I never remember Nikopolidis having anything other than grey hair!

Adding this picture reminded me: I painted the figure with white boots too!

Celtic 1960s aways

Here continue the Lisbon Lions in away kits!

Today's theme: mainly white kits!

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Gareth Bale, Groggs Figure

It started with an innocent enough message: "Would you be able to paint a Groggs figure?"

*Googles Groggs figure*

"Yeah should be fine."

... Looks a little closer at Groggs website... sees price of Groggs figures... Oh My!!

I was confident in my ability, but knowing that a figure I was working on had already set someone back over 80 quid (if you include postage) certainly added a layer of pressure!

Here's how it ended up:

To be honest, the when putting the price of it out of my head, the painting of this was much like any other figure... apart from wrapping it up in a towel whenever I wasn't working on it!

In fact, the size of it meant that adding some of the requested details was actually easier than it would have been on a Prostar.

I was very pleased with the smoothness of the thin white lines I achieved, and the bit on the back, above the number.

I'd happily take on another Groggs if asked!

Owen, Newcastle Microstar

Here's a Michael Owen Newcastle repaint in a fairly uncommon kit!

The guy who asked for it said it was basically one to reminisce over; he had this shirt himself with 10 and Owen on the back when he was younger!

He even joked that it was hard to find a pic of Owen wearing it for me to use for the repaint!

Anyway, it ended up ok, and he was happy with it!

Posting this I was surprised to see it's only my third Newcastle repaint. Come on Newcastle fans! Come ask for some more from me!

Scotland, 1960s

My regular Celtic fan has recently developed a taste for getting Scotland international kits repainted onto former Celtic Greats.

Here are a couple of them!

I give you Billy McNeill, and Bertie Auld, both of Lisbon Lions fame, sporting a mid 1960s Scotland kit.

If you follow this blog, I'm sure you'll have read before that I love the simplicity of 1960s kits- not just because it makes them easier to paint(!) but I think there is something really effective about the end result.

Something a bit different about these two is that I also hand painted the shirt number, rather than using a decal. I felt the big, curved 1960s number font would be fine to paint, and it turned out that way too.

Charlton Villa, Part 2!

Here are the next few Charlton Villa repaints, in one customer's one man mission to seemingly get a figure of all of his team mates over the years!

As you can see, Charlton Villa had swapped to a pretty iconic Newcastle kit by this stage!

Robbie Fowler, or should I say 'Hawtree', arrived with me with that injury! The customer was happy to repair him himself upon return.

As you can see a fair bit of customisation had to go on with these guys, including stubble, changing hair colour... and for the top one, an all over skin colour change!! Believe it or not, that figure used to be Ian Wright!

Deano, Sheff Utd

A Sheffield United recently saw my Brian Deane repaint, and liked it so much that he asked for one himself.

So, this happened:

And, I've got to say, this one is way better than the first one. I think my attention to finer detail has improved, as well as my execution as my painting skills have developed.

Improvements to this over the original include the black triangle near the neck (which I somehow missed the first time) and the thin black stripes on either side of the red stripes.

I think the number is also neater!

Here's a photo of Deano in the kit; hopefully it's clear enough to see the details I described:

Defoe, Sunderland

Here's a repaint that I did using a figure from my box of spares... basically cos I thought it might sell on eBay!

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Jermaine Defoe in this year's Sunderland kit!

I was pleased with how it ended up. I thought the gold trim on the kit looks good!

It didn't sell on eBay, so if you're interested in it, just get in contact with me! 

Come on Sunderland fans!

Subbuteo XL, Leeds tracksuits

Without further ado, here are the final 3 (for the time being at least!) XL Subbuteo Leeds United 1970s pre-match tracksuit figures.

Phew!

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Pics added in sock tab number order, of course!

van Buyten, City

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Here's a quick post of a Man City Microstar repaint.

Daniel van Buyten had a short spell at City in 2004, and only played for them 5 times in the league.

I was surprised too!

This was a pretty simple but effective little repaint... the socks are my favourite bit!

Newcastle custom figure

Here's another of those completely custom jobs that occasionally comes up.

A customer wanted a figure of his mate, so he sent me a pic, and I gave him a shortlist of lookalikes, before we settled on this one.

From there, he told me all the features he wanted, including the exact kit (a classic, btw!) name and shirt number, name on the base, hair and even earrings!

I love how it turned out, and the customer commented that he couldn't believe how much it looked like its recipient!

The highlights were... um... a particular highlight!

If it's something you'd be interested in getting, contact me! Facebook and Twitter details at the top of the page!