Worcester City

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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