Bale x2, Spurs

Here we have a brace of Bales!

Two different figures were used for these repaints; a microstar, which is more similar in appearance to Bale in his early Spurs career, and a Soccerstarz, which is in the black and grey kit.

The main memory I have of the black and grey kit is Spurs FA Cup defeat at Leeds!! 

England, World Cup '90, Part 1

So, here's the next part of the England tournament full squads project! Italia '90 players incoming!

(click to enlarge)

Fun to paint, this kit, and I got plenty of practice; keep your eye out for more England World Cup 1990 posts!

I particularly enjoyed doing the bit inside the collar, and the bits on the sleeves!

Any Corinthian aficionados will also notice that the Chris Waddle figure has been remodelled! Very proud of the mullet I managed to craft!

Waddle liked it too, on twitter!

Oh also, because you know I have a bit of an issue with detail... England didn't wear names on shirts at Italia '90; just squad numbers, 1-22. I asked my customer what he preferred, and he asked for names too.

Robben, Bayern Soccerserie.

I'm always keen to paint different types or brands of figures when I get the chance, so when one of my regulars asked me about repainting a couple of Soccerserie figures, I was keen to give it a go.

Here's the result:

(Click to enlarge)

As you can see, it's Arjen Robben, with a little more hair than we've become accustomed to seeing him with, in Bayern kit!

I enjoyed painting it a lot! In some ways, painting bigger figures is easier, on account of details and lines not having to be as thin.

As with the Wanchope Vivid Imaginations figure I did, one of the more time consuming elements of this one was the fact that it's originally shiny finish made it need more coats of paint than a standard Prostar, and a little more care to ensure an even finish.

Overall tho, I was delighted with it! Gladly, my customer was too!

Here's the shirt, to compare it to:

Keep your eye on my blog for more Soccerserie repaints in future! One definite, 2 maybes!!

John Charles x2, Leeds

Two repaints of a bonafide Leeds United legend coming up!

(Click to enlarge)

I actually painted the all white one of these almost a year ago, at the same time as I did this one, but haven't got round to posting the pic until now! 

While it is the plainest repaint I have ever done, I like it! The picture in the middle is always the first one I think of when I think of John Charles, and that's why I painted it really.

The top one was for a customer, and he wanted the 42 goal season kit! Who can blame him for that?!

Vassell, City

(Click to enlarge)

Here's a repaint of Darius Vassell in his time at Man City.

From memory, I thought Vassell's spell at City was pretty good, but a quick look at his wiki would suggest that he wasn't much to write home about. 

He managed a fairly underwhelming 22 goals in 4 seasons, albeit with injury problems and the managerial merry-go-round to deal with.

He moved to the Turkish premier division when his City contract expired.