Dream Team

Well, I haven't done any Fictional Teams for a while!

Here are 3 Harchester United players, from the show Dream Team. I always felt like I would've liked this, but didn't have Sky TV for most of the time it was on... I can definitely see myself watching it all if it ever ends up on Netflix!!

Anyway, here are 3 players I know nothing about, in 3 kits I had to be given a lot of instruction with!!

 I assume they were important players to the plot! Either that, or they were the easiest lookalikes to find!

Roy of the Rovers Reboot!

Here's a team I haven't featured on the blog for a while; the illustrious Melchester Rovers!

For those that didn't know, Roy of the Rovers has been rebooted in the form of graphic novels, and while I haven't read any, I thought I'd try my hand at the new kit!

It features a new badge, with a lion on it, and an association with hummel means the trademark (and beautiful!) chevrons down the arms and side of the shorts!

Other changes... I can't say I approve of Roy's red boots! At least they match the kit, I suppose.

And having already admitted I haven't read the books, I'll have to give them the benefit of the doubt on the number 14 shirt (not Roy's customary 9) and assume that he was given this number before establishing himself in the first team!

I'm fairly sure this ending up being bought on ebay... I certainly don't still have it, anyway!

It's Coming Holme!

And now for something completely different!

OK, not completely! Still Corinthian repaints, with a dash of remodelling thrown in, but not something I've done much of before.

Here's a figure based on a Football Manager '19 regen player, as featured in the YouTube series: "It's Coming Holme".

Basically, the guy who presents the channel made up a team (Holme FC) and put them in the lowest league possible. I think it was 3 or 4 divisions below the Conference. Anyway, Mick Powell, or should I say Sir Mick Powell(?!) emerged as a teenager in the first season, and scored in every division on the way to the Premier League.

As a result, I decided to make a figure of him, and send it to the guy who makes the videos. And here he is:

I was pleased with how it turned out, and it got some very nice comments from Lollujo himself, and many people who watch the channel. It has even featured in a few of the videos.

Incidentally, there has been some debate over whether the Holme shirt is dark green or black! I went with dark green for this one. 

And where would Sir Mick be without his inspirational manager?!

I threw this figure in too! Minor remodel on the hair, and a pair of glasses stolen from a Lars Lagerback figure which I had used for another remodel!

Roy of the Rovers reboot

Well, it's been a while since a Melchester Rovers figure appeared here, so here's one in the kit from the new version of Roy of the Rovers!

In the reboot, the kit is sponsored by the Totally Football Show, and the kit is made by Hummel. You can't see it on this picture, but the sleeves and shorts feature the Hummel chevrons!

The club crest has also been redesigned, and now features a lion!

I changed the boots to red, and also changed his eye colour! I left the hair, but have had it suggested to me that it would look good in a comic book style bright yellow. What do you reckon?

I also found it interesting that the new Roy wears number 14, as opposed to his traditional 9.

Roy Race, 1990s

I've done a fair few variations on the Melchester Rovers kits now, but this is the first one from the 1990s!

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It was nice to have a different kit to do.

This kit has the distinction of being one of the first MRFC kits that I remember having a sponsor... and was also a Christmas present of mine in around about 2000!

Here's the picture I was sent to copy from:

This, and other Melchester Rovers kit pictures can be found on the excellent True Colours site.

400th post!

Well, who'd have thought this little hobby that I took up about 3 years ago would get to this stage?!

Tens of brushes worn out, loads of empty paint cans, hundreds of figures repainted, thousands of blog views and now a 400th post on here!

I'd just like to take this chance to thank everyone for the support, be that buying a figure, liking a post on facebook or even just following me on twitter- all the support and encouragement really does mean a lot!

What better way to mark my 400th post than with some top quality photos, taken by my friends at Eighth Avenue Photography!

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Obviously these are some of my favourites, but they were taken over a year ago, so I have formed some new favourites and, if I say so myself, completed some even better paint jobs since!

Thanks everyone!

RotR

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When I first started repainting, one of the kits ideas that I was keen on trying was doing some Roy of the Rovers figures.

Melchester had interesting and iconic kits, that gave me something a little different from the Leeds figures that I started off with.

I did 50s, 70s and 80s versions early in my repainting 'career'!

I actually painted this one ages ago, but found it in my photos folder on my laptop, and a quick check confirmed that I hadn't posted it on the blog yet!

It ended up selling on ebay!

If you'd like a Roy of the Rovers figure, or a figure for any other fictional team, get in contact!

Click here for my Twitter, and here for my facebook page!

Roy Race, 1980s... again

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A recent order request, from someone who saw my Roy of the Rovers repaints and wanted one for himself!

The differences between this one and my first 1980s Roy Race are the lack of a sponsor, and the yellow number (rather than black)

And, I would say, this is slightly neater! The 80s Roy Race for my own collection was my first ever attempt at stripes!

Escape to Victory: Full Set

Realised that I promised to post the full Escape to Victory set 'soon'... in August.

So, as a man of my word, here it is:

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From left to right, here are Carlos Rey, Luis Fernandez, 'Hatch', John Colby, and Terry Brady.

AKA: Ossie Ardiles, Pele, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Bobby Moore.

'John Colby': Escape to Victory

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Being as he sneaked into the last post, here's John Colby (aka Michael Caine) of West Ham United and England.

Here he is as the Captain and manager of the Allies, in Escape to Victory.

This is the last figure I plan on painting in my Escape to Victory Series, tho I will post a picture of them all together soon.

The figure chosen to best portray Caine's marvellously unkempt curly side-parting was Scott Gemmill

'Hatch' Stallone, Escape to Victory

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Here's my latest Escape to Victory repaint.

Obviously I had to choose a 'lookalike' figure for Stallone, so went with Raul.

The only thing that doesn't sit quite right with me on this one is that he isn't in a 'keepers pose. I may attempt to rectify that when I have some time to experiment with head transplants in the summer!

Here he is in the film (in a standard Corinthian keeper pose too!)

Hurricanes part 3: The Gorgons!

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So, this is Rebo of the Gorgons.

Although as far as I'm aware, they never ever won, at least they were very inventive.

Their schemes to gain that elusive first victory over the Hurricanes included stealing Dino Allegro's lucky charm, playing a match in a haunted stadium, and forcing the Hurricanes to play by the rules of an ancient Mexican version of football, in which there were no goals.

The only problem with this figure is the big happy smile!

Hurricanes, Part 2: Dino Allegro

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So, yeah, as it turns out, the Goalie from the Hurricanes, Dino Allegro, looks a fair bit like David Seaman. 

Fortunate really, as I had a spare Seaman figure lying around!

Dino's most memorable performance for the Hurricanes was probably the cup second leg game vs The Gorgons (who else) when he recovered from the trauma of having his bag (and therefore lucky photo of his long lost brother stolen) to go on a pitch length run, and cap it by nutmegging the opposition keeper for the winning goal.

The Hurricanes!

It's Storm Time!

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Ok, so for anyone slightly confused by this admittedly snazzy kit, it was sported by The Hurricanes in the mid-90s cartoon of the same name.

Each week, they played against their arch enemies, the Gorgons, and won through good sportsmanship, despite the Gorgons' increasingly inventive ways of cheating.

Shirt number 5 was worn by Georgie Wright, who was English, and therefore a bit of a wuss. Even though he wasn't captain (that had to be an American, of course) the pre match coin toss was his responsibility, for some reason.

Here's one of the best pics I could find to show the kit:

More Hurricanes related posts to come!

Roy Through the Ages

OK, so I've posted all of these pictures before, but here are all of my Melchester Rovers repaints together:

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I like this pic, as a way to look at the way the famous red and yellow kit, as well as the marvellous blonde locks progressed!

Bobby Moore, Escape to Victory

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Bobby Moore, as featured in Escape to Victory.

Bobby played Terry Brady, and wore his customary number 6 shirt.

Sorry Hammers fans, but this is the figure I repainted!

Roy Race 1950s/60s

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My last Melchester Rovers repaint, for the time being at least!

This one is based on the 1950s/60s kits which were largely similar, but sometimes had a badge, and sometimes didn't.

I purposely made the 9 (which is hand-painted- no decals) big and square, as was the style for Melchester in this era!

The original figure, with suitably immaculate side parting, was Martin Peters.

Ardiles: Escape to Victory

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The Second in my Escape to Victory series.

Ossie Ardiles played Carlos Rey... quite which Allied country he was supposed to have come from, I'm not sure!

A man of the match contender in the Allies' match against Germany!

Roy Race 1980s

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My second Roy of the Rovers!

This time, I used Warren Barton to capture Roy's beautifully coiffed centre parting.

Rovers wore red and yellow hoops for much of the 1980s. According to Wiki, the Gola sponsor appeared in 1981, but was gone the subsequent year.

'Pele'; Escape to Victory

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If you don't know what this post is about, get to know!

I just couldn't resist painting the kit featured in one of my all time favourite films! It is sported by the Allied prisoners of War in a game against the German national team in 'Escape to Victory'.

Pele plays Luis Fernandez of Trinidad and Tobago, but still wears his customary number 10!

The film also features Bobby Moore and Ossie Ardiles, as well as Michael Caine and Sly Stallone (repaints using other figures coming at some point!) 

Tho I wouldn't dream of repainting a rare Pele figure, Paul Ince seemed a reasonable enough likeness (in looks, if not ability!)