Fantasy Flicker - Handpainted Subbuteo

The Euro 2012 Project - part 2

2012-02-21T17:01:00.000Z

Had chance to paint up 2 more teams today. Here's how they turned out

Greece

Sweden

The Euro's Project - Part 1

2012-02-18T15:52:00.000Z

To celebrate Euro 2012, I'm going to be holding a subbuteo tournament at my local club. Rather than painting up the current kits for the 16 nations, I've decided to paint the shirts as the national flags and do the rest of the kits in traditional colours.

Here's the first 4 teams.

Italy

Portugal

Germany

Ireland

AFC Wimbledon 2002/04 Home Kit

2012-02-05T16:20:00.000Z

The second team I was commissioned to paint was the 2002/04 home kit for AFC Wimbledon. Since the clubs formation in 2002, they have been promoted 5 times in 9 seasons. That's a pretty good record!

The kit below represents the kit worn in their first 2 seasons.

Concrete Cows

2012-02-01T07:50:00.000Z

Dave contacted me with a fantastic idea for a fantasy team kit that he asked me to paint up. When I heard what the kit was going to look like I jumped at the chance!

The idea for the team is based on the infamous concrete cow sculptures in Milton Keynes by Liz Leyh; read about them here http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/mkm/concows.html

Here's how the team turned out

Real Madrid 2011/12

2012-01-25T07:35:00.000Z

If you don't know who this team are, how can you call yourself a football fan?

There's not much I want to say about this team, just enjoy the painting :D

LA Galaxy 2011 MLS Cup winners

2012-01-21T11:24:00.000Z

I appreciate I'm a bit behind the times in painting this up, but better late than never!

I really like this kit; the yellow, white and blue combination works really well. Hopefully the painting has done it justice. Getting the club badge and the stars and stripes patch to resemble the actual badges was quite tricky on such a small scale, not all detail could fit on. It looks ok though and gives a good enough impression of the team badges.

It's a game of two halves.....or is that quarters?

2012-01-08T13:19:00.000Z

I know I've been a bit slack recently not updating my blog. If I'm honest I've not had much time to paint teams over the festive period as I've had far better things to do.........such as eating lots and being merry!

Saying that, I did get one or two opportunities to paint a few teams up.

First up I've repainted an old ref 7 West Ham that had seen better days for my solo league.

Here's the new home kit for WestBurn Villa

It was my first attempt at painting quarters which are easier to do than what I had initially thought.

Next up I've been commissioned to paint up a team in the colours of a well known banking firm and a team GB kit.

The well known banking firm's kit is as follows:

For the Team GB kit, I went with the National Anthem tracksuit jacket rather than the football shirt for no other reason than the football shirt looks awful

I've got no idea if the shorts / socks are correct, but it works as is.

Manchester City home kit 2011/12

2011-12-17T17:03:00.000Z

After purchasing some light blue and white bases on the cheap, there was only 1 team that sprung to mind to paint; Citeh!

Here's how its turned out. Check out the detail on the badge! 100% handpainted.

Can you work out who's who?

Liverpool Away 1981-1982

2011-12-03T14:25:00.000Z

I can't really say what inspired me to paint this team, maybe it was the challenge of painting stripes, maybe it was because I've been wanting to paint a yellow kit for a while.

1981/82 season Liverpool won the league for the 13th time and the league cup. There's a great video on youtube here of the season http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjHSWiqYcPc

Another Cosmos team

2011-11-19T10:37:00.000Z

I know the GK kit is based on a Puma design rather than Umbro, but I fancied giving it a go.

A few more Melchester Rovers kits

2011-11-19T10:32:00.000Z

It feels like my blog is slowly but surely turning into a Roy of the Rovers homage rather than about painting subbuteo!

I've painted up a couple more Melchester Rovers kits; the first is from the 1950's era, the second is from the 1970's era. Both kits have been painted up on Superfooty figures and bases which are available from http://www.worldtablesoccer.com/engine/shop/index.html

Pulp Fiction

2011-11-05T15:01:00.000Z

I've been after a subbuteo rugby set for ages; when the opportunity to get one on a swapsies basis arose I couldn't say no! My half of the bargain was to paint up a team based on the classic Tarentino movie, Pulp Fiction.

I hadn't watched the film in a good couple of years, so when I finally found my copy on dvd I had to blow off the dust and watch it to remind myself of the characters and what they looked like.

Hopefully the painting below bares enough resemblance to the classic film characters!

Another Roy of the Rovers

2011-10-30T11:47:00.000Z

I had a request to paint another Roy of the Rovers team; this time the 1986 kit on LW figures and bases.

Here's how it turned out

A few more HW repaints

2011-10-09T12:04:00.000+01:00

Slowly but surely I'm getting around to repainting some of my older HW teams in my collection for the start of my own HW solo league.

Rummaging through my older teams, I came across old Liverpool and Brasil teams that had seen better days. Many of the figures in both teams had been broken and reglued back together. I thought these 2 teams would be ideal to use for my repainting project.

I started to repaint the Liverpool kit first. after completly stripping it down to the white plastic, I decided to repaint it once again in an all red strip, using gold as a secondary colour. Using a chinese takeaway menu and an Inter Milan away strip from a few season ago as inspiration, here's how the team has turned out: meet The Golden Dragons!

The second team i had to repaint was the old Brasil strip. This team had 6 out of the 10 players broken so I've replaced most of the team with new Santiago HW T2 figures. See if you can spot the differences between the players!

I took quite a bit of time to think what kit to paint up instead of Brasil; with a green and yellow base combo it was quite limiting and I didn;t want to replicate a kit that I already knew of. Then one night, whilst watching a re-run of the film The Running Man, I was inspired to the paint the team up as follows:

The team has been entered into my solo league with the name of "TFC Running Man". Hardly original I know, but fun all the same!

Repainting old teams

2011-09-13T08:11:00.001+01:00

Repaint. A word that's frowned upon in subbuteo collecting circles. Collectors hate repaints and rightly so. Spending your hard earned cash on what you think is an original to then find out is a fake is depressing.

I've fallen victim to a few repainters myself (!). My view is the best thing that can be done with repaints is to strip them down and start again.

I'm not one for trying to replicate the original strips or colours of the subbuteo catalogue. I like to be creative with my teams, as you can probably tell from previous posts. I will be starting my own solo league shortly so with this in mind I thought I would start to paint up a few teams for the league.

First up we have this team

When i forst got this team I thought it was a Leeds 2nd kit from a dodgy picture taken on eBay. My punt on the team didn't pay off as the figures had been repainted in a lovely yellow humbrol paint. After stripping the figures down, I found out that the team originally was a ref 3 - WBA. Unfortunately i'd left the paint stripper on for too long and the WBA paint came off also. So I decided to use this team for a repaint of my own.

Here's the next team i've repainted

A very worn moulded ref 1 needed a new bit of life. I was in the pub one evening when I suddenly had inspiration to paint this team. I wonder where my inspiration came from?

Finally the third team

I don't know what this team was originally. When it came into my posession it was "rainbow coloured". I think someone must have just decided to throw pots of paint over the figures to "create" a strip. Having stripped away the bad paint job, I decided that i wanted a black strip. The tricolour stripes down the middle remind me of Italy, not my intention!

So it just goes to show that if you get a repaint in your collection they can be turned into something worthwhile with a little bit of time and imagination!

There are a few Santiago T2 players mixed in with the teams as previous players had breaks. Can you spot them?

Bologna FC 2011/12 2nd kit

2011-09-09T07:52:00.000+01:00

Ah the rossoblù, I had to give it a go; well actually I had to give their current away kit a go. Despite only being founded in 1993, Bologna are the 6th most succesful Italian team in the league. Not bad going!

Painted on orginal Subbuteo LW figures and bases.

1 year ago today.......

2011-09-06T13:36:00.000+01:00

....the first blog entry was entered.

Fantasy Flicker has been going for 12 months today.

Just wanted to say thankyou to those that have helped to promote the blog and an even bigger thankyou to all who have looked at my posts.

Here's to the next 12 months.

FF

Roy of the Rovers - Melchester Rovers

2011-09-03T08:40:00.000+01:00

My mum used to buy me 3 comics a week when I was a kid; Shoot, Match and Roy of the Rovers. Out of all 3, RotR was my favourite.

I painted up a 70's kit quite a few months back (can be found in an earlier post). As I play my own subbuteo leagues at home, I thought it was about time Roy's men updated their kit. So, with this in mind, and thanks to a recent purchase from a car boot sale for reference, Melchester Rovers have now been updated to their 1981 kit.

Here's how its turned out

L - R: Charlie "Cat" Carter, Roy Race, Blackie Gray

L- R: Blackie Gray, Paco Diaz, Nat "Grandad" Gosden, Noel Baxter

L-R: Noel Baxter, Vernon Eliot

L-R: Jimmy Slade, Duncan McKay

L-R: Mervyn Wallace, Vic "Superbrat" Guthrie

The figures and bases are original Subbuteo HW "walkers" from the 1970's

He-Man: Masters of the Universe

2011-08-29T08:21:00.001+01:00

As you can probably tell from the majority of my posts, I grew up in the 80's and 90's. As a child I was a massive fan of He-Man. I must have had at least half of the action figures ....... I'm not claiming to have had all of them as I know I was at least missing Ram Man :( . I remember playing with my mates and shouting "I have the power" at the top of my voice when we had plastic sword fights. I even had the Prince Adam figure so I could turn him into He-Man when I shouted it!

I've been meaning to paint this team for the past 6 months; I just haven't had the time to do it. So, finally, here it is!

The Masters of the Universe

He-Man and Man at Arms

Man at Arms, Teela and Stratos

Stratos and Man E Faces

Skeletor and Beast Man

Evil Lyn and Trap Jaw

Tri Klops and Mer Man

I'm still missing Ram Man!

Painted on Superfooty bases and figures.

AC Siena 2010/11 Away Kit

2011-08-08T07:45:00.000+01:00

I was trawling my way through the internet looking at red and black kits to paint up. Having gone through the current 4 English divisions, I decided to look at Serie A. Newly promoted from Serie B, AC Siena's away kit from their Serie B 2010/11 winning side grabbed my attention.

Here's how it turned out on the little plastic men.

Painted on original subbuteo LW figures and LW bases

East Germany 1988 - 1990

2011-08-03T07:53:00.000+01:00

I've been asked to paint an East Germany kit crica 1988 / 90. At first I thought it would be like the 70's kits, just plain blue with a with collar and "DDR". I then realised its a blue version of the Holland '88 kit with the diagonal pattern underneath!

I think it looks nice in blue, I can't say I recall seeing this kit before (which may be why I have the dates wrong?!?). I've enjoyed the challenge of painting this kit up.

Painted on 2K10 figures and Superfooty bases. Both available from World Table Soccer

Chelsea away 11/12

2011-07-20T16:16:00.000+01:00

I'll be honest, there are not many EPL kits for the new season that I like the look of, except this one

I'm not a big fan of Chelski, but have to say I do like the new away kit.

Escape to Victory 2011

2011-07-20T15:23:00.000+01:00

I've had a bit of a break from painting over the past few weeks. I've been on holiday and I've played in a Subbuteo tournament, finishing as plate winner.

As part of the subbuteo tournament I played in, I also came away with the "golden boot" award for scoring the most goals. My prize wasn't a golden boot however, it was a blank team to paint up!

The kit I've decided to paint up is very vaguely based on the kit worn by the Allies in the Escape to Victory film, with the main difference being the shorts and socks.

Here's how it turned out

Austria 1990 World Cup

2011-07-07T18:12:00.000+01:00

The latest request I've had is for a kit based on Austria from the 1990 World Cup.

Italia 90 was the first World Cup I can remember watching and is definately my favourite. I can't remember much of the 86 World Cup (except for the Hand of God!) and was only very young in the 82 World Cup so don't have any memories of that.

Roger Miller's corner flag dancing, Nessum Dorma, the John Barnes rap and Gazza's tears; what's not to love about Italia 90! That's not even mentioning the football!

Anyway, here's how the team has turned out

Figures are 2K10, bases are Image 2

Southport FC

2011-06-29T07:30:00.001+01:00

My latest request was to paint a Southport FC team. For those of you who don't know who Southport are, they are an English football club, based in Southport, Merseyside. They are currently in the Conference National, and play their home matches at Haig Avenue. They are known by their nickname "The Sandgrounders".

This is my interpretation of how the current season's kit looks.

The back of the shirt

Team has been painted on 2K10 Figures and Superfooty bases, available from World Table Soccer.

Superhero vs Supervillan

2011-06-20T07:56:00.000+01:00

This is something that I have been meaning to paint for quite some time. I've finally got around to doing it!

Some of the characters I have painted before in previous teams, others are a first for me. I've always thought it would be good fun to play a game of subbuteo with a "good vs evil" theme. You could play out a mini league with just these 2 teams and see who comes out on top. It would be like mini battles in a never ending war!

Here's the teams

Superhero

Supervillan

close ups

Mr Fantastic, Robin, Batman

Green Lantern, Superman, Hulk

Cyclops, Spiderman, Ironman

Captain America, Daredevil

Doc Ock, Venom, Green Goblin

Joker, riddler, Red Skull

Dr Doom, Silver Surfer, Lex Luthor

Magneto, Sabretooth

PSV 1986/87

2011-06-13T18:17:00.000+01:00

I've had another request for a team from the 80's! This time it was a PSV kit from the 1986/87 season. I've been told that there were 2 home kits for this season. The one I've painted up is the preferred kit for the person that wanted the team.

The figures are 2k10, the bases are Image 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

2011-06-07T07:45:00.000+01:00

The latest request for a team that I've received is based on the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare computer game franchise.

I must be one of the only people in the world to not have played this game, so for me to paint it was quite a challenge as I was not at all familiar with the characters.

Hopefully they have all turned out as you would expect

Figures and bases are by Superfooty; available from World Table Soccer. There's a link at the bottom of the blog for their website

Pirates of the Caribbean

2011-05-24T19:58:00.000+01:00

"That's Captain Jack Sparrow"

If you haven't seen the film series "Pirates of the Caribbean", where have you been for the past 10 years?!?

I went to watch the 4th film last week; I completely forgot what a great range of characters there are. I think that the first film has to be my favourite out of all 4. Watching the latest film really inspired me to paint a team up on the little plastic men.

Here's how it turned out

Drakes Broughton Rangers FC

2011-05-19T21:07:00.000+01:00

I've been contacted by a local football club to paint a few players for their end of season presentation evening.

The Drakes Broughton Rangers FC is based just outside of Pershore in Worcestershire. The clubs players range from 8 - 15 years of age. Their website is http://www.drakesbroughtonrangersfc.co.uk/ Hopefully they will like the teams that have been painted up in their home and away strips.

The below picture is a sample of the home and away kits

If you would like me to paint you a Subbuteo team of your local football club strip, please get in touch.

Flamurtari 1987 UEFA Cup

2011-05-15T10:17:00.000+01:00

Next up in the LW teams that I'm painting is a team called Flamurtari, a team from Albania that played in the UEFA cup against FC Barcelona in 1987. This is my interpretation of how the kit looked

If there is a team that you would like to be part of your collection, please get in contact. I am happy to paint anything within reason!

Want a Team?

2011-05-09T17:47:00.001+01:00

Do you have an idea for a team that you would like painted? Have you always wanted a team that's not been available to buy in the shops? Are you after a team that's a little bit different? Well you're at the right place!

I can cater for all of your Subbuteo painting requirements. I'm happy to paint any type of figure (HW, LW, 2K4) however you want. If you would like a Fantasy Flicker team, please contact me via email at worcrp7@gmail.com with your idea where we can discuss your requirements.

Please note prices vary depending on what is required.

Team GB

2011-04-30T13:44:00.000+01:00

Yesterday's Royal wedding has made me feel all patriotic. It's really inspired me to paint up a "Team GB" kit. Perhaps this is what the real Team GB will use in the 2012 Olympics? Or then again maybe not.....

1960s Palermo Away

2011-04-28T08:01:00.000+01:00

The second kit I've been asked to paint is a Palermo away kit from the 1960's.

Here's how it turned out

Middlesbrough FC away kit

2011-04-24T10:07:00.000+01:00

I've received a request to paint a couple of teams from a top 20 ESTFA ranked player. What an honour! The ESTFA (English Subbuteo Table Football Association http://www.estfa.com/) oversee the playing side of subbuteo in England. If you are interested in playing subbuteo and you're in England, the ESTFA website is a great source of information. Not only does it provide you with updates of the current playing scene in England, it provides you with links to current active clubs, playing rules and current suppliers of equipment. If you haven't done so already, please check out their website!

The first of 2 teams that I've been asked to paint is the current Middlesbrough away kit......but with a twist! The away kit doesn't have the famous white band across the middle of the shirt; you'll notice that in the pictures below this kit does.

The figures are LW figures from the 80's. Check out the hairdo's (or hairdon'ts as it should be called) it looks like they are wearing helmets!

Worcester City

2011-04-22T08:22:00.000+01:00

A guy at my local Post Office is a big Worcester City supporter. For those of you that don't know the team, Worcester City are in the Blue Square Bet North division; their website is http://www.worcestercityfc.co.uk/ He asked me to paint up 3 players; 1 in each kit for the current season.

This is how it turned out

L - R Away kit, Home kit, 3rd kit

If you are interested in getting a team painted in your local club colours, please get in contact.

Washington Diplomats - "The Dips"

2011-04-16T16:41:00.000+01:00

Continuing with the HW teams and keeping the themes of Cruyff and the NASL, I've decided to paint up a team representing the Washington Diplomats - otherwise known as The Dips.

Out of all of the kits that The Dips had, the one I've painted up is the one that I like the most.

I'd like to say a big thank you to a fellow blogger at http://washingtondiplomats.blogspot.com/; your blog has been a great resource for me to refer to whilst painting up this team.

side on view for details of the sleeves

HW NY Cosmos

2011-04-01T18:59:00.000+01:00

Next up in the HW series of teams I'm painting is New York Cosmos. Famous for players such as Pele, Beckenbauer and Cruyff, the Cosmos were nicknamed "the most glamorous team in world football". They were a bit before my time but I think the kit is very striking. I was watching Football Focus on BBC a few weeks ago and they had a film about the NY Cosmos; it looks like they are making a comeback with none other than Eric Cantona as their manager!

Here's how its turned out on the little plastic men

HW Carlisle United

2011-03-29T17:55:00.000+01:00

I've been looking through old football annuals recently and have come across a few kits that I have thought would look really good painted up.

First in the series we have Carslile United

I have no idea what the goalkeeper kit should have looked like for this kit, so I've made it up! The figures are Santiago T2

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2011-03-22T22:01:00.000Z

I had a few figures left over from the last team I painted so I thought to myself "Why not paint a team of The Beatles?"

I've seen Subbuteo teams of The Beatles in their grey suits before, but never in their Sgt. Pepper outfits. Here's how my attempt has turned out.

Highway to Hell

2011-03-13T10:48:00.000Z

I've received an interesting request for a team from Gabriele in Roma; he wanted a 5 man team of AC/DC. I'm not one to shy away from a good challenge, so immediately I said "Yes" to painting the team up.

after a few hours research, this is how the team has turned out

Street fighter 2

2011-03-08T18:26:00.000Z

Possibly one of the biggest gaming franchises there has been is Street fighter; its been available for years in various formats and on various consoles. Many hours of my youth were lost playing the game, but its been years since I last played it. Its got such a good selection of characters that I thought it would be a shame not to paint a team up!

Here's how they turned out

and a few more with a bit more detail

England Rugby

2011-02-28T08:02:00.000Z

As much as I love football, I'm a massive rugby fan. With this year being a World Cup year and England performing well so far in this years 6 nations, I thought it would be good to paint up an England Rugby (well 11 man soccer rather than 15 man union) team.

The team is based on C-Rex bases.

Detail of the socks at the back. It's the same on all players

More HW teams

2011-02-19T15:50:00.000Z

It was hard going, but I've managed to get the remaining 6 HW teams painted up in 2 days for the guys at Worcester River Plate 7.

I've really enjoyed painting the old kits from the 1970's and using the Santiago figures has made a nice change to the more modern 2K4 and 2K10 figures I have been painting. The QPR was my first attempt at doing hoops on a kit; it was trickier than I thought it would be but I think its turned out ok.

Wolverhampton

Tottenham

QPR

Cardiff Away

Arsenal Away

Blackpool

If you like the style of my HW painting and would like a team painted up in your favourite club colours, please get in touch via email at worcrp7@gmail.com

1970's HW teams

2011-02-12T11:55:00.000Z

Ah the classic HW. Much loved and probably the best figure to play the oldsubbuteo game to.

The Worcester River Plate 7 TFC (check out their website at http://www.wrp7.com/) will be playing a retro league after their current season has finished. They have asked for each player to have their own HW team from the 1978/79 season. I haven't painted up retro HW teams before, but thought it would be nice to give it a go. After a bit of research, the kits can easily be found on various websites. On my search through the local charity shops I came across 2 old football annuals from the 1979 season; Roy of the Rovers and Scorcher. The Scorcher annual provides excellent drawings of what each teams kit looks like for that season. I let the WRP7 players pick which team they wanted and now have a list of teams to produce.

Below are the teams that I've managed to paint up so far.

Coventry

Hereford

Check out that facial hair!

Melchester Rovers

There's more to follow so keep looking over the next couple of weeks for more HW teams. If you like the style of my HW painting and would like a team, please contact me via email at worcrp7@gmail.com

Teams for sale on eBay

2011-02-08T19:41:00.000Z

5 teams are currently for sale on eBay UK; they have been listed for the next 10 days.

To find them, search on "Fantasy Flicker"

Bristol City Away 1992

2011-01-23T12:38:00.000Z

This may not be a very popular choice, but for me this is a memorable kit. Growing up all my mates supported one of the Bristol teams, either City or Rovers. As I lived closer to the red side of the cty, I supported City out of the 2 teams.

I particularly remember my best mate of the time, "hairy" (that was his nickname, although I can't remember why he was called that as he wasn't particularly hairy!), had this kit and always used to wear it when we went football training. I love the way the purple and green clash, making this kit really garish to look at. It's probably why I liked it so much as a kid!

If you would like a team painted up please get in touch via email at worcrp7@gmail.com

Batman

2011-01-18T18:24:00.002Z

OK, so I've done the superhero thing before, but I was really inspired to create this team from playing a computer game this weekend.

This is the first time I've solely done a team based on one superhero. My favourite is a tough choice between Batman and Spiderman; Batman won the vote for being painted up first! I know that there are many characters to choose from, but here's just a few of the ones that I wanted to paint up. They are all my interpretation of what the characters look like, so some may differ slightly from what you have seen before. Hopefully you'll like them!

L - R Batman, Robin

L - R The Riddler, The Joker

L - R Catwoman, Poison Ivy

L - R Mr Freeze, The Penguin

L - R The Scarecrow, Two-Face

Alfred

James Bond - 007

2011-01-03T13:47:00.000Z

"No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die".

It wouldn't be a bank holiday in the UK without at least 1 James Bond film being shown on tv. As today's the first bank holiday of 2011, there's no better time than to post my latest creation - a team based on James Bond.

The figures are loosely based on the characters from the James Bond films. The James Bond figure is modelled on Sean Connery (my personal favourite), the rest you should be able to guess! The characters created are just a selection from the vast world that is James Bond. You'll notice that there are no Bond girls there....maybe one for the future!

James Bond, Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Odd-Job, Goldfinger

Dr No, Emilio Largo

Max Zorin, Hugo Drax

Baron Samedi, Jaws

Scaramanga

Crash Bash Wallop!

2010-12-11T14:50:00.000Z

My latest creation is based on a request from a WRP7 member. He wanted a Crash Bandicoot team. Crash Bandicoot is a computer game so creating the characters was quite difficult as they are usually viewed as polygons on a TV screen, not as Subbuteo players!

Here's how they've turned out

My team for 2011

2010-12-04T14:14:00.000Z

I recently purchsed some Astrobases to play with at my local club. Here's the team I will be using

The kit is not based on any team that I know of, I just made it up as I went along!

If you are part of a local club, be it a school team or pub side, and would like a subbuteo team in your teams colours, please get in contact with me at worcrp7@gmail.com

3 teams for sale

2010-12-02T19:25:00.001Z

I have 3 teams for sale: The Goonies, Star Trek and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Any of these would make wonderful Christmas presents!

I am only selling the figures, I am not selling any bases for them. As the figures are 2K4, they will fit into any standard LW subbuteo base, PTF Sureshot base, Superfooty base, Astrobase or Profibase!

If you are interested in purchasing any of these teams please email me at worcrp7@gmail.com and I will advise on a price.

The Goonies

2010-11-09T08:17:00.000Z

One of my favourite films of all time is the Goonies. I love it when Sloth shouts "Hey you guys!" on the pirate ship. I jumped at the chance to paint them when someone asked me to do them.

Here's how they have turned out

L-R Mikey, Mouth, Data

L - R Andy, Brandon, Stef

L - R Chunk, Sloth

The Fratelli's L - R Jake, Ma, Francis

Dr Who

2010-10-31T16:14:00.001Z

This year saw the creation of the 11th Dr Who. Perfect for a football team!

I didn't like watching Dr Who when I was a child as it scared the life out of me! I think it was the Daleks that scared me the most.

Here's my attempt at Dr Who throughout the ages.

Star Trek

2010-10-17T11:20:00.001+01:00

"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before"

I'm not a massive Trekkie, but I do enjoy the original Star Trek films and watched the Next Generation series when I was a kid. Continuing with the space theme following on from the Star Wars post, I thought it would be fun to paint some Star Trek characters.

Here's how it turned out

L-R: Scotty, Bones, Cpt Kirk, Spock

Close up of Spock

L-R Worf, Cpt. Jean-Luc Picard, Lt Riker

L-R Data, Deanna Troi, Dr Beverly Crusher, Geordi La Forge

Orders for Christmas

2010-10-12T08:16:00.000+01:00

I've managed to get through the backlog of orders that I had.

If you like what I've done so far and would like a team, please get in touch.

I must emphasise that I only do this as a hobby. This being the case, it can take upto 8 weeks before a team is ready. If you would like a team in time for Christmas 2010, please get in touch with me ASAP. I cannot guarantee orders will be completed in time if the order is received after 31/10/10.

To place an order, please email me with your idea to worcrp7@gmail.com

At the moment I do not plan on repeating the Star Wars or TMNT teams. I may do at a later date, but at the moment these 2 teams are being kept exclusive one-off's. There are lot's of things that can be created, I just need you to provide me with an original idea so you can have a completely unique team that no-one else will own!

Star Wars

2010-10-10T15:28:00.001+01:00

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away........

.........I decided to paint Star Wars figures! I love Star Wars. It's been one of my favourite films (if not THE favourite) since I was a kid. Whenever I mention to people that I paint Subbuteo figures, the first thing they all say is "you should paint a Star Wars one". When I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE! I've lost count of the amount of times I've been asked to do this. Well here it is. It's the only time I'm painting these figures so enjoy the pictures!

L-R - Luke Skywalker, Obi-wan Kenobi, Princess Leia

L-R - Han Solo, Chewbacca

L - R - Boba Fett, C3P0, Lando Calrissian

L - R - Dave the Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, Trev the Stormtrooper

Wrestlers

2010-10-03T19:03:00.000+01:00

My latest order is for a team of wrestlers. Well I haven't watched any sort of wrestling since Wrestlemania in about 1992, so I didn't have a clue who half of the wrestlers were that i needed to paint up.

Hopefully they've turned out ok!

L - R: Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Triple H

L - R: Terry Funk, Bobby Lashley, Rey Mysterio, Shawn Michaels

L - R: Rick Rude, Undertaker, Brett "The Hitman" Hart

All 11 wrestlers

If you fancy a team of wrestlers (I can attempt to do whichever ones are your favourites) then email me. The email address is at the top left of this blog.

Like what you see? Place an order!

2010-09-30T21:18:00.000+01:00

Hi,

If you like the teams that i have created so far and have an idea for a team that you would like, why not get in touch? Just email me at worcrp7@gmail.com with your idea.

With Christmas fast approaching and orders coming in fast, in please get in touch ASAP. In order to keep up with the demand for teams, any order that is required BEFORE / FOR 25 DECEMBER 2010 must be with me by 15 OCTOBER 2010. I cannot guarantee that I will be able to complete your team in time after this date. These teams take a long time to create, so please bear with me as i only do this as a hobby!

FF

TMNT

2010-09-26T16:00:00.000+01:00

Growing up as a kid in the late 80's / early 90's, Subbuteo wasn't my only passion. One of my favourite cartoons of the time was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I remember playing in the fields behind my house pretending to be Michaelangelo throwing around 2 sticks that were tied together with a piece of string to act as nunchuckas.

I thought that it would be fun to make a Subbuteo team of TMNT. Here's how it turned out.

L-R Michaelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello

Detail of the shells

April O'Neill and Master Splinter

Bebop and Rocksteady

Kraang, Shredder and Foot Soldier

I want BIG BOOBS!

2010-09-18T12:23:00.000+01:00

Well this was an interesting order!

I've had fun researching, creating and painting this team up for a friend of mine. The request for this team was girls in their underwear with a saucy flicking keeper. Hopefully I've managed to pull it off!

"I want her to be blonde, have MASSIVE boobs and be naked" well meet Pamela. At least the collar and cuffs match!

Again, this team has been made to order and is an example of the fantasy teams that I can produce for you. If you have an idea, no matter how obscure, I can make it for you (or at least try to!) This team will shortly be making an appearance in a well known UK league. Look out boys!

Flicking Goalies

2010-09-18T12:10:00.000+01:00

Well I've been a bit busy recently. I'm surprised at the amount of interest I've had and all the postive comments. Thankyou to everyone who has been so kind!

Here's an example of some flicking keepers that I've painted up this week. 4 sets are basic, 1 set (the new England kit) is more detailed.

L - R - Standard Sky Blue, Standard Green, new England kit, Standard Yellow, Standard Orange

This is a representation of the current England goalkeeper kit and an example of the higher detailed paintwork that can be done. All handpainted, no decals.

All of the above have been made to order.

2010-09-08T08:16:00.000+01:00

Finally finsished the Cowboys and Indians team.

The team has been made to order for Mark Smith of Wycombe TFC.

Fantasy teams

2010-09-06T20:53:00.000+01:00

Ever had an idea that you thought "This will look great as a Subbuteo team" but never got around to painting it? Well I've had that idea on many occasions. Here's just a few of the players I have painted up

The Superheroes

L - R: Batman, Silver Surfer, Joker, Captain America, Superman, Iron Man, Daredevil, Venom, Hulk, Spiderman

Cowboys and Indians

If you have an idea for a fantasy team that you would like painted up, please contact me

Painting Subbuteo

2010-09-06T20:32:00.000+01:00

I love playing Subbuteo, but equally I love to paint Subbuteo.

Here's a few kits that I have painted up

Deportivo Wanka

"Home" kit for Lancashire Pumas player Ste Key

"Away" kit for Lancashire Pumas player Ste Key

Both kits for Ste Key

Both teams have been made to order. If you would like a handpainted team of any fantasy design, please contact me.

Welcome to Fantasy Flicker

2010-09-06T20:09:00.000+01:00

Well here we go, first ever blog entry.

Welcome to Fantasy Flicker - Handpainted teams by Puffin

If you have ever had an idea of a team that you would like but have not got a clue how to paint it up, you are a the right place! Fantasy Flicker will make those weird, wacky and wonderful ideas a reality.

Handpainted custom teams are made to order. Prices vary depending on work undertaken. You won't find these teams anywhere else!