Roy of the Rovers - Melchester Rovers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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