Newcastle XLs

Here are 2 hot off the press! 2 Newcastle XL repaints, of 2 great number 9s.

I was a big fan of this kit at the time. I think, at least in part, that was because it looked like Newcastle might beat Man Utd to the title!

 I was a little bit surprised that this kit was chosen for this repaint; my main memory is of Shearer recovering from a bad injury in this kit. Admittedly, this might be a mis-remember!

I also never liked the shield on the back; a friend of mine at school had it, and I always thought it looked stupid if you didn't get a number put on it.

In terms of the figure, this had some minor elements of remodelling; the original was in an England kit, with a collar, so I had to sand that down a bit, and then fill in the remaining 'v-neck' part. Ended up looking pretty good, I think.

Sheringham XLs

 Today seems as good a day as any for some Sheringham XL figures; 3 in fact!

I'm pretty sure I've painted more XLs of Sheringham than anyone else! Les Ferdinand second!

Tadaaaaa!

Can't be bothered writing mush today, so thought I'd treat you to 4 pics!!

Rangers Variety Pack!

Here are Rangers figures of 3 different varieties!!

A kit I can remember from my early days of watching the Leeds United 92-93 season review video, and the coverage of our fixture against Rangers in the European Cup, which went very well...

Anyway, I was delighted with how this figure turned out. I love the clean lines of the adidas branding, tho I did have to say to the buyer "You'll have to keep the arms as they are, or the adidas stripes won't line up!"

You might also have noticed the mitre branding on the ball!

Slightly more straightforward this, tho I not only were adidas boots requested, but, adidas predators!

I was also asked to do "Blondish/ginger hair", which was nice, because whenever I try to mix blonde, it seems to have a bit of ginger to it anyway!

 And finally, lots of extra requests were made for this one too!

Luminous boots, gloves (which I went ahead and stuck the hummel branding on) sleeve patches and, last, but certainly not least, Morelos' style hair, which I remodeled! Overall, I was probably most pleased with this one, of the above 3!

Ferdinand Prostars XL x2!

I don't think I've blogged any XL Prostars in a long time!

Here are 2 Ferdinands in Spurs away kits. I don't know if I did a home, but it's not in my repaints album!

Plenty of Adidas stripes to go round again, including on the top of the socks. Easier on thee than microstars, anyway!

I think my favourite thing about these 2 is how clean the lines are around the neck/collar. Go on, zoom in and have a look!

They're good right?! Especially on the sky blue one, I'd say!

Tevez XL

Here's the first XL Corinthian I've done that isn't a Spurs player!!

Tevez, in his Man City Days:

Quite a simple but effective repaint. I think the boots are a nice extra touch.

Funny story with this one is that it was originally in a Man Utd kit... the City fan that sent it to me clearly couldn't bear to have it in his house in his original colours, because all the badges were crossed out with black marker pen!!

Made me chuckle when I opened it, anyway!

Sheringham XL, x2!

I've got into the habit of not posting Spurs repaints on here... and the reason is, I've done so many, I'm not sure which ones I've put on here before! I have a similar problem with my Leeds figures.

Anyway, I've decided that if I do duplicate, it doesn't matter that much, so expect to see more Spurs pics coming up!

(I have around 60 pictures of spurs figures that I have not marked as 'blogged'!)

But after saying all that, I'm pretty sure I haven't posted either of these here until now!

The home kit is one I've done several times before, so wasn't a particular challenge, painting wise. Hopefully, on inspecting it, you didn't notice that I had to repair the legs! It arrived with me with a fair chunk missing on the back, so I used clay to fix, and then painted over it. 

The second kit was much more of a challenge! I was glad it was on an XL figure, lets put it like that!! I was happy with how it turned out though!

Sheringham away set!

Spurs 1991-94 yellow away kit was pretty memorable. It certainly is for me now, as I have painted it onto several different figures, not least 3 different varieties of Sheringham figure!

You can find the first here (along with Razor Ruddock)

Here are the next 2:

The first of these was my first ever Corinthian XL repaint, while if you follow my blog or Facebook page, you'll see I've had plenty of practice with the Vivid Imaginations figures!

I enjoy painting the larger figures! While the area takes a bit longer to cover, some aspects of the detail work are actually easier to do, because of the size!