4 Oldham

Here are the last 4 Oldham figures that currently reside in my repaints album:

 I think that Shezza is perhaps the piece de resistance in this guy's Oldham collection, not least because he is so hard to get hold of!

If he was a bit easier to find, I might have ended up making a Sheridan manager remodel too! 

There are at least 2 more manager possibilities: Recently sacked Keith Curle, and that scumbag who's happy to crawl over the memory of murdered fans for cash. Not sure I'd really want to do that one, tbh... although removing the head with a saw might be quite satisfying.

On another note, unless I'm mistaken, the Crossley figure is by far the most recent Oldham player I've repainted. 

Gordon Banks

I know England are playing tomorrow, but the chances are I will forget to post this then!

So here, without further ado, are 2 England Gordon Banks figures.

 I'm gonna be honest and say I don't know a great deal about these. I don't know the brand, and couldn't even say for sure if they were mass produced.

They were a bit different for me, in that when they arrived, they were a sort of bronzey brassy colour all over, so as well as the kit, I had to do the skin, eyes and hair too.

I think they came out pretty well, and so did the guy I did them for.

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!

Portsmouth Goalies

I did a nice little Portsmouth order recently- 4 outfield players, and these 2 goalies:

Nice and simple, but a lovely repaint, this one. I always liked Shaka... and was most disappointed when I found out his name was actually Neil.

 Another pretty simple kit... awkwardness of the pink paint not withstanding! I did at least add a captain's armband to it!

David James liked the pic of these figures on instagram, if that's of any interest to you!

The Final Sheffield United figures!

For the time being, at least, these are the last Sheffield United figures in my repaints album.

The guy I made them for had definitely got to a similar stage that I did with my own Leeds collection when he asked for a Jim Leighton; one loan spell with no first team games!! Hence the number 13 shirt.

 A couple more nice figures here. I like the Phelan sculpt, and you don't see too many Alan Wright repaints, so they are always of interest.

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!!

Arsenal Keepers

Hot off the press! Here are three Arsenal goalies that I finished and posted less than 3 days ago!

One of the changes I made to this Pat Jennings (apart from the kit) was painting over the bare hands that the original figure had!

When I made the decals for this Lukic figure, I accidentally printed a number one with an Umbro logo on it. You can't clearly tell from this pic, but the shirt and short have Adidas stripes down the side... so, to save having to make another decal, I painted white over the umbro logo on the 1!

I think this was my favourite of the 3, and my favouite part is the collar!! If I'm allowed to say this about my own work, I just thought the thin lines on the collar were very well done!

Yak Jensen and Stuart Pearce

I've recently been reading my copy of Glove Story 2, which, in case you didn't realise, is a book all about goalkeeping that features some of my repaints, as well as hand made mini glove bags! 

Even though I wouldn't particularly call myself a goalkeeping enthusiast, it's a cracking read, including some great stories that you may well have never heard before. 

Of course, there are many stories and points of interest, but a couple that stick in my mind as I write this are:

1. A team of English pro goalkeepers had a basketball match against the Harlem Globetrotters in the 1970s

2. The story that led to this figure:

Stuart Pearce loved playing in goal in his youth, and while he was semi pro at Wealdstone, he missed playing with his mates... so he registered as "Yak Jensen" with Dynamo Kingsbury Kiev! 

In Glove Story 2, Pearce reveals that he even chipped in with some goals, by going up for free kicks and corners, and occasionally dribbling out from the back!

I was asked to produce this remodel for the book, and was happy to do so. As you may have guessed, the kit didn't take long to paint!

I was going to end this post there, but thought- I've mentioned Wealdstone, why not stick another pic on as a bonus!

Another fairly simple repaint, but effective in it's simplicity! I also like the handpainted number. If I'm completely honest, I only attempted it because I'd printed the decal backwards, but I think it came out well!

QPR Goalies

As it turns out, I'm still sulking a bit about Leeds' result on Friday night. 

It's like: I get that things could be much worse, but it's the first time this season I've felt a bit concerned...

I've felt concerned for Leeds under Bielsa before of course, most recently that concern was ended by a 5 match winning run without conceding a goal, so... well, a repeat of that would be nice, anyway!

Erm... here are some QPR goalies.

Schmeichel, Denmark '92

International break: International repaint, and one of my finest in recent times, I'd say.

I checked with the guy who ordered this to see if he knew there was a version of this kit made by corinthian... apparently it's really expensive!

In case you wondered about my method, firstly, I painted the shirt completely white. Then, I mixed versions of all the pastel colours (in a milk bottle lid!) and then did them in sort of stripes, blending and mixing on the shirt as I went along.

The next step was doing the black at the top of the shirt and on the cuffs, and elbow/ lower arm padding, and of course those criss crossing lines!

The final step was details like the yellow round the collar and the number 1 on the front and back. Normally I would use a decal for those, but on this one, I felt it would make more work in redoing the colours and black stripes, so I did them by hand this time. Fortunately, there were no names on shirts in 1992!

Leeds United Funkos

 I'm going to take this post as the chance to have a proud fan moment: what a performance against City yesterday!

More possession, more passes, better chances (sorry to be that guy, but just check the xG!) After a tough first 20 mins, we could have conceivably won that.

7 points from the first 12 available including playing last year's top 2. Cannot complain.

Anyway... here are some funko pops!

Ilan, you wonderful spiderboy!

Oh captain, my captain

Tyler you handsome bastard, who shows flashes of brilliance but just needs a bit more consistency...

Mateusz, you delightful shithouse who also just happens to be really good at football.

 Premiers League Leeds United. I've been waiting for pretty much half my life to get back there!

More Funkos in the new kits are pretty much inevitable!

If you've made it to the end of this post, well done!

Sullivan, Spurs x2

I have this ridiculous idea in my head that, somehow what I post here has a bearing on real life football results (see my pattern of posting Leeds and Sheffield United figures in April/May time of last season...)

As a result I thought I'd steer well clear of teams I have a vested interest in today, and just go for a couple of Spurs goalie pics!

 Te orange kit was painted more recently, but I think I prefer the black one. It may have been one of my first little dabbles with blending colours on the shirt while the paint was still wet (tat bit high up on the chest around the badge)

I've done it a few more times since, most recently with the Leeds Domi figure that fades orangey-yellow to light yellow and back again!

Two 1990s Bolton Boys!

2 Bolton figures today:

Weren't 1990s keeper kits glorious?!
...
I have little more to say about this figure!

 And Gudjohnsen. I think I've posted pics of doing the same kit a while back... tho I haven't checked.

It's called 'Bolton Gudjohnsen 2' in my repaints folder anyway! In reality, it makes very little difference to the process, but there's something I like about the name being on a different coloured part of the shirt!

If you did search back through the posts to find the last Gudjohnsen, I'd be interested to know if I put exactly the same on the blog post!

Bradford, Premier League era

 When I did my first Bradford City blog post, I said it wouldn't stay the only one for long. I've done Stuart McCall twice again since, and a few more Bradford players too, with a good chance of more on the way. of more on the way.

Here are a couple in Premier League kits:

I've done Beagrie in Sheffield United kit previously, but was very pleased with how this one looks... even if he did score against Leeds in this kit! 

We still won tho!

Big Nev made his only Bradford appearance in the same game. I think he was on the coaching staff, and they had an injury crisis! He was north of 40 by then, and could've been renamed Very Big Nev!!

This one could've been a contender for a stomach remodel!! Well, maybe an all over remodel, really. google "Southall Bradford", and you'll see what I mean!

As I recall, he didn't disgrace himself, by any means. The final score was 2-1, anyway.

And, for good measure, here's another McCall!

1990s Sunderland

Sunderland today.

I considered making these figures into 2 blog posts... then I remembered that, in spite of my recent efforts to blog more frequently, the number of photos in my repaints album has still gone up!

So, here are 5 recent Sunderland repaints!

Lee Clark... and what a kit...

Both of these 2 are 'lookalike' figures. There was a prototype for Michael Gray made in the 90s but it never made it to release. It had a glorious 1990s center-parting, in case you wondered. 

As for Phillips, well, you may know that a figure of him did make it to release, in England 2000 kit. I pointed that out to the guy who asked for this, and he said: Yeah, but it looks nothing like him!!

I described this on my Facebook page as the Phillips figure that Sunderland fans didn't even know that they needed!

As for these 2; Sorensen is a pretty standard repaint, but I absolutely love the Defoe one!

Forest 93-94, Part 1!

Big order of Nottingham Forest figures recently completed!

While it's pretty difficult, I do enjoy pinstripes... and it's a good job too!!

Here are the first 4:

Pinstripes, an crisp clear badge in a shield, and a lovely Umbro number font. I could hardly have asked for more!

To explain that shield badge comment; I've recently had some trouble with 1980s 'shieldless ' badges'- when it was in fashion to just have for example EFC or the liver bird on the chest.... more on that later! 

Bruce, x2

I nearly posted some Leeds pics today, til I remembered my superstition about putting them up ont he same day that Leeds are playing...

And next after Leeds come Liverpool in my repaints album, so here are a couple of Bruces!

This is maybe  the third or fourth time I've done this kit now, but the first time on this sculpt (the one that was released in Southampton kit)

There was also a request for the gloves, as you may have noticed!

The gloves were done on this one too:

Unlike the last one, this was a first time kit for me. I was really pleased with the Adidas stripes on the chest; they just look really clean and straight to me. Hopefully you agree!