Concrete Cows

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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