Special Gareth Barry Figure

I had been waiting to post this one, because of the possibility of getting a photo of the actual player holding up the figure... but being as it hasn't arrived, I thought I'd just get on and post the pic!

A special figure to commemorate Gareth Barry breaking the Premier League appearance record for the man himself:

As I'm sure you'll have worked out, each quarter of the shirt is one of the teams he played for in breaking the record (Villa, City, Everton and West Brom)

Some other details of note:

1. The hooped socks, made up of the colours of all 4 teams.
2. The sleeve patches: One from his debut season at Villa, one the Champions patch from his time at City.
3. All 4 shirt sponsor (well, a quarter of each, anyway!)
4. The 3 different numbering styles worn across his years in the Premier League
5. Adidas boots.

Oh, and in case you were unsure, 633 was the number of games he had played when he broke the record... though by the end of the season he was at 653...

Pleased with this one! And, in the words of the guy who bought it as a present for Barry: "He loved it!"

Lukaku, WBA

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I've actually done a Lukaku soccerstarz repaint before. A WBA fan saw it, and asked me to do another. 

So I did.

Good story, right!

Here's Romelu in his West Brom days!

Phillips, WBA

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When I posted this on my facebook page, I commented that I was surprised that this is only my second Kevin Phillips repaint, considering the number of clubs he had!

I stand by that!

I like this repaint! The collar is a particular highlight!

I also like the red numbers!

Kev had a little less hair than the figure whilst at The Hawthorns!

Lukaku, WBA Soccerstarz

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Here's my first ever West Brom repaint!

I've done a couple of Prostar Lukakus before, using lookalike figures, but this is an actual Lukaku, originally in Belgium kit.

As you'll know if you follow my blog, or facebook page, I've done a few Soccerstarz figures, but nowhere near as many as prostar sized ones.

I feel like I'm still learning with each one- this was the first I did in stripes, for example, so I was very pleased with how it turned out! The customer described it as 'Top Drawer', so I guess he was pleased with it too!