Coupla full backs! Bournemouth.

Bournemouth played in the cup tonight. My response? Chuck a couple of Bournemouth figures on the blog:

Bournemouth

It's been a long while since I posted any Bournemouth figures here! And it's fair to say Bournemouth have come a long way since I did!

Here are some from a recent order:

Love this one! It's the first time I've used a fluorescent paint, and I think it came out great!

Artur Boruc, who has recently regained his place in the Bournemouth first team.

And here's an outfield player too- Sylvain Distin, who had made 16 appearances for Bournemouth in 2015-16.

Anderton, Bournemouth... again

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Yeah... I did one exactly like this before and sold it on ebay.

The fact that it did, along with the fact that I had another Anderton in my spares is probably why I did it again!

And this sold on ebay too!

I think it's because of Anderton's relative high profile, his general inoffensiveness, and the spectacular 'Roy of the Rovers' style finish to his spell at his hometown club that make this figure appealing!

... If you don't know what that finish is, it's explained here.

Jamie Redknapp, Bournemouth

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Here's Jamie Redknapp, as he was in the Bournemouth spell that earned him his move to Liverpool.

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I don't have much more to say about it, to be honest! I couldn't find many pictures (hence the one below, that hardly shows the kit!)

I wasn't even sure which shirt number to add. I went with the same number 7 that the original figure was wearing!

Ebaying

Well, this week saw me take the plunge, and list some of the figures that I'd repainted, but didn't want for my own collection, on ebay.

The figures in question were Darren Anderton, and Frank Lampard.

Considering that these weren't requested by anyone, I was delighted to see that they both sold!

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The Lampard one even went for more than I usually charge for a custom repaint!

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Experiment successful! Keep your eye out for a few more listings!

Anderton Update:

As you may have noticed with some of my previous posts, I sometimes tweet a pic of the finished repaint to the player it is.

Since doing my Anderton post, I've had this back:

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Probably the highest profile player to reply so far.

Other replies have come from Dom Poleon and Ian Baird.

Anderton, Bournemouth

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At a time when I didn't have any to do for my own collection, or any orders, I had a look through the big box and had a think about which figures in there I could do what I imagined would be a fairly unique repaint of.

One of the results was John Barnes in Watford colours, and the next was this Darren Anderton.

After a pretty successful, if injury hit, career at the top level, Anderton finished his career with his hometown club, Bournemouth.

Unless I am mistaken (which is possible, I'm not a Bournemouth expert!) this is the kit in which he made his final appearance, grabbing a winning goal!

Pure Roy of the Rovers stuff!

Here's the bbc's take on the events, and a picture from the game:

(EDIT- Figure successfully 'ebayed'!)