I love this time of year. Not because of the English weather, but because the new season's kits get released. It's always interesting to see the new designs.
I've recently purchased a couple of sets of semi-pro bases which I'll be painting my next few teams on.
First up I've decided to paint the new Chelsea away kit. This is the 2nd year on the trot I've painted Chelsea's away. I really don't know why I keep picking Chelsea away kits as I'm a big Spurs fan and really don't like Chelsea!
Apparently this is the first kit to have a multicolured fading adidas stripe. I've tried to interpret this as best as I can on the little plastic men.
The latest request for a team was for a Sheffield United kit from the 70's.
Whilst the kit is a fairly simple design, painting the red and black stripes so close together was very tricky. I got a shaky hand on a couple of occasions whilst painting this one!
I've received a request to paint Worcester City's current home kit. Here's how its turned out
Combining football with a war film, that's genius! There is one film (loosely) based on football that, for me, stands out above the rest; Escape to Victory. Not only does it have Michael Caine and Sly Stallone, it also has real footballers! Bobby Moore, Ossie Ardiles, Pele and John Wark (!!!???!!! what???????).
Here's a trailer to the film if you haven't seen it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fHy-F_Y530
"Escape to victory; you've never seen anything like it"
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| Allies |
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| Axis |
watch the best bits here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i5KjchN3I8
Here's my new kit for next season.
I haven't done much painting throughout the past month; I've been far too busy winning the double in my local subbuteo league (league and cup!)
I realised I'm only about half way through painting up the required teams, so I've had a bit of a mad flick of the paintbrush to try and get a few more teams done before our tournament at the end of May.
Here's how they've turned out
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| Spain |
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| Denmark |
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| Russia |
