South American Teams On Modern Bases

A little change of focus for today's post which has a South American flavour.  Two very simple kits that I painted a few years back on SCco 2k4 figures. The Chile national team is on Stefan Corda Image II bases while the Santos is on Santiago Spitfire bases.

My son and I gave these two teams a run out at the weekend after watching a documentary about the legendary Brazilian duo Pele and Garrincha.  I'm not sure why the Chile team won out when the natural choice was a Brazil!

We had a busy Subbuteo weekend recreating some of the English Premiership matches as well as playing a Manchester United Home v Man Utd Away fixture using the United Box Set - (my son's reasoning was at least one of them would lose - whilst not accurate it made me laugh). All but one of our matches were played using teams on different bases. I always find it interesting playing matches with teams on different bases as match tactics need to be adopted and changed to get the best from each base type.

Chile - Stefan Corda Image II, 2k4 figures

Santos - Santiago Spitfire, 2k4 figures

I really like the look of the Image bases and the tricolour works well on this Chile team. When it comes to match play I can get a good long curl on them but haven't had nearly enough practise with them to get proficient at curling over short distances. The Santos team is as simple as a paint job can get, but on the lily white, solid base they look stunning. For me the Santiago Spitfire is a great, versatile base and one of my favourites - they have a little of everything.

Result: Chile won 2-0

...and Man Utd home were beaten 4-0...so my son was right!

England 1914 - Vintage Team

England 1914 painted on vintage Stefan Corda figures. The bases are navy blue Santiago Spitfire's. The shirts looked a little bare so I decided to paint a badge on them and did an approximation of the one England were wearing at the time.

Walker at Association Football Before The 'D' told me that up until 1909 goalkeepers wore the same shirt as the outfield players. Records show that the first England keeper jerseys were green, the standard and more familiar, yellow jersey was introduced after 1921. Obviously these days kits are far less likely to follow tradition, especially when there is cash to be made.

I recommend you check out Walker's blog - it's brilliant.