Mixed Spurs

 Another mixed post; let's do it! I haven't even checked who's up next in the Spurs section of my repaint album...

Well, we've definitely reached the stage where repaints that I don't think of as old were done at least 3 or 4 years ago.

This one, for example. I know lockdown has made a lot of things feel 3 or 4 years ago, but one thing I know for sure is: it's been quite a while since I took my photos in the location this one is in. You'll notice the sort of leafy wallpaper in the background of the newer ones!

But also, this is not so old that I look at it and immediately see 5 or 6 things I'm unhappy with!!

Note the wallpaper!! Fairly simple one this, though.

Aaaand 3 more that are a bit older. Aside from all the painting improvements, I've also got much better at photographing them!!

Hope this post cheers up any Spurs fans that see it a bit!

EDIT: Didn't realise til I started adding the tags- there are 3 different kinds of figures in here! 4 if you want to get even more picky about the figure types... which I generally don't!!

River Plate Soccerstarz

I've done a few River Plate figures over the years- Prostar size, and Microstars. Here are my first River Plate Soccerstarz!

First off, Falcao in home and away kits. If you're wondering why I didn't photograph their backs, it's cos the long hair covers pretty much the whole back anyway!! Getting an angle that showed the name and number for the photo seemed like more trouble than it was worth!

 And last but not least Quintero!

Wigan

 Sunday night, and I find myself on my laptop, renaming all the photographs of recently (and I use the term loosely) finished figures.

Aaaand this made me think I should probably do a blog post for the first time in quite a while.

So without further ado, here are all the Wigan players I've ever done!

And I think that'll do. Let's see if I can get back on a roll here, now that the football season has started again!

Tenuous Euros post, part 4

 I might be starting to run out of figures vaguely related to the Euros now... but until I've completely run out, let's keep cracking on!

I know I said that the last post was a bit Spurs heavy, but I couldn't resist starting this post with a figure that'll make you say: Townsend? I didn't realise he was doing punditry on ITV!

NEXT!

A more familiar pundit now! Alan Shearer, in his Southampton days. One of my favourite recent repaints! 

And to finish off, perhaps the most tenuous link yet:

What do you mean "What's Cantona got to do with Euro 2020?! Haven't you seen the Sports Direct advert?!

Tenuous Euros post, part 3

Yes, it's the post that none of you were waiting for! Let's crack straight on with some figures vaguely related to Euro 2020!

Lloris, who gave a penalty away yesterday by punching someone in the face! 

I can't tell you the full story of this figure. Clearly it's not an original corinthian of Lloris, cos he wasn't on the scene when they stopped making them. My best guess is that it's a remodel using a Soccerwe head... or a remodel using a lookalike from another corinthian that I'm unaware of. Anyway... I didn't remodel it!

Here's an away kit repaint of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in his Leeds days. Hassebaink has done a bit of punditry in the Euros... on Netherlands games, I would guess.

He's done a bit of punditry on Leeds games over the last couple of years too... here's hoping that he does a few less when we can get back to grounds and the amount of games to be covered goes back to normal.

Speaking of pundits people want to hear less from...

Also, why does this Danny Murphy microstar look like it might steal my lunch money?!

And last but not least:

What would these posts be without a Kyle Walker Soccerstarz?! This one was requested in Spurs training kit... for some reason.

I didn't realise this post was so Spurs heavy until I did all the tags. Don't worry; I've got some more figures that are sort of related to the Euros to show you soon!

Tenuous Euro 2020 post, part 2

 More figures that have some relation to Euro 2020... but definitely not painted in Euro 2020 kits!

We have an active player! Here's Ben Davies, in his Spurs stuff. Davies has featured in all of Wales' games so far, as they have succesfully navigated the group stage for the second successive Euros.

Sticking with the Wales theme, Mark Hughes (here in Southampton kit) was a pundit for one of the Wales games... I don't think I've seen him on for any other teams!

Another pundit for the current Euros; Jurgen Klinsmann. Hair's a bit shorter these days, mind. Gary Lineker asked him if he'd be interested in the Spurs job after one match the other day, and, going against the grain of the 157 other managers Spurs have spoken to, Jurgen said that he would!

Good memories of playing in the above kits clearly an influencing factor!

And after a glorious, slightly boring 1-0 win for England, that definitely means that it might be coming home... here's Kyle Walker in an away kit from his early days at Spurs.

Spurs heavy post this one! I'll see what other minor Euros links I can dream up for another post soon!

Bolton Wanderers

Here are the last 5 Bolton Wanderers figures to be posted from my repaints album. I considered splitting them into a 2 and a three, but have all 5 as a Saturday treat!!

Comments below each pic... if I have something worth saying about them!!

I always liked Frandsen when I was a kid. I think it was just cos he scored a lot of goals, tbh!

This figure had a very minor remodel element- I filled in the gap in the v-neck in order to recreate the round neck that this shirt had.

This was the trickiest repaint of this set. Those dark lines do look a bit wonky... it's one of those times where the contours of the figure don't really do me any favours!

Also... white numbers on sky blue shirts: bleugh.

I really liked this one! Considering it was a pretty easy one too!

I mean, what can you say about a kit like this?! I don't know if the timings are correct on this, but to my mind, this is peak Barclay's Premiership Bolton!!

QPR x3

The last 3 QPR figures in my repaints album... though I get the feeling the guy who ordered them may be back some time!!

I never knew Paul Parker played for QPR before doing this. I think I said the same about a Parker figure for another club... Sheffield United, maybe?! 

These sleeves are definitely preferable to hooped sleeves!

Andy Sinton, here, in the "The shorts badge is gonna be a squeeze" pose!

And here's Trevor Sinclair, in a more recent kit than you might expect. I think this was chosen due to the hair (or lack of it!) on the figure. Sinclair had... I'm gonna say dreadlocks(?) when he played for QPR, so this kit, which he wore more recently in a charity game was picked.

That suited me, tbh, as I'm struggling to keep up with orders as it is, and a remodel wouldn't have helped with that!!

Bale, Wales Funko

Well gang, it's one of those very rare posts where the figure is available!

Gareth Bale, custom Wales Euro 2016 funko pop:

So, just to be clear to anyone who has stumbled across this- No Bale or Wales figures have been produced by funko.

This one has been individually handpainted by me, with accurate shirt number font, adidas logos and badges.

If you are the person who offered me a fiver for it on ebay, the above reasons are why I turned you down!!

If you've got a reasonable offer for it, feel free to get in contact- social links in the banner, contact box below. If you leave a comment, you'll have to come back and check for my reply- blog comments are probably the least effective way of trying to get me!! 

Suarez, Barcelona

Not often that I do a blog post with just one picture on these days, is it?!

Funnily enough though, I only have one Barcelona pic in my repaints album that is unused. And here he is:

 Quite a nice Suarez figure, if I say so myself.

For those of you wondering, you're right: Corinthian didn't make a Suarez figure! Unless I am mistaken, this is a remodel using a Kodoto head...

The reason I don't know for sure is that I didn't remodel it myself; it was sent to me like that. I just painted it!

Leeds strikers in away kits!

One of those "does what it says on the tin" titles!

 

Lovely!

Bolton Centre forwards

I've got quite a few Bolton pics that I haven't posted yet, and, looking through them, decided that 'big battering ram centre forwards' was a suitable sub set for a blog post!

I like all of these! My twelve year old self was always very jealous of Bolton for having a cool sponsor like Reebok!

The Holdsworth repaint shows how I tackled one of the few things that still gives me a bit of bother, and that I'm still working on- what to do for round necked shirts when the original figure has a collar. I actually stuck a little bit of polyfiller in the gap, but the collar itself is a little chunkier than the ideal!

 

Brrrrrr!

Ready for a tenuous link?!

I scrolled through my (alphabetical by team) unused repaint pics, and these were next to each other; the only ones of their respective teams unused. 

So, I decided to chuck them in a blog post together, and Br... it's cold outside. 

Anyway...

I was very pleased with this one! I've done McCall in Bradford colours before, but from the Premier League era. This kit was a bit harder to fit that sponsor on, but keep the stripes on the front without making them too small. But I feel I succeeded! 

I've also done Sidwell in Brighton kit before, but not on a Soccerstarz figure. Again, happy with how this turned out. Stripes on soccerstarz aren't too bad, as long as you've got a very thin brush, in good condition!

Pablo x2

In a vain attempt to raise my spirits during lockdown, here's Pablo Hernandez, who gave Leeds fans one of the best moments during lockdown with his goal against Swansea.

3 iterations of Alioski!

A defeat last night for Bielsa's boys, but what an exciting game! I'm not doing that as a meme- genuinely a brilliant game of football. 

I almost started a rant about 'changing style' and 'being pragmatic then, but I can't be bothered! It's not what you're here for, and if you still agree with pundits calling out Bielsa for having what is by and large a squad of Championship players competing for the top half, then the opinion of someone who paints little plastic footballers probably isn't going to change that!

Here is one of those championship players!

Alioski has gone through quite the array of hairstyles at Leeds... this prostar was based on his appearance in his first season at Leeds. A pretty good lookalike, I'd say. You can't see the kappa logos down the side on this photo, but I'm pretty sure I put them on.

What was that I was saying about hairstyles?! These 2 funkos are based on pictures of him from the same season! I was quite happy with both, though the top one does look like he's spent a bit more time on the tanning beds!!

He's our Centre half, he's our number...5

I posted 2 home kit Celtic van Dijks a good few weeks ago now, with the promise of some away kits. Here they are!

While I quite like all the kits you see here, i'll level with you and say: I'm  not bothered if i never paint another Kodoto figure again!!

They are different from corinthians in that they have moving heads and arms,, which I tried to 'cover all angles' with, but the paint would often crack around the joins. I the end, I just asked the buyer what he thought... and whether he had any intention of ever moving the arms!! 

He said he was happy for me to glue them still if I wanted!!

Aaaaand, unless I'm mistaken, that's every kit VVD ever wore at celtic, done!