Thursday, July 11, 2013

Subbuteo Policemen

Here you can see some of the different types of Subbuteo policemen that were available. The figure type varied over the years from blue to black plastic. Bases varied also in size and colour, many of the later bases were left unpainted.

I will feature the pitch-side sets in greater detail in the future.

Subbuteo Policemen

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

West Ham Subbuteo

A play worn, but still really nice, white inner West Ham team. A really common team this one though they don't come up that often with this base combination.

Reference 7 - West Ham

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Repainted Lightweight Teams


A couple of lightweight teams that I repainted a few week back, onto standard ref 1 & 2.

Ref 139 - Lyon 2nd (Alt)
Ref 323 - Paris FC

Monday, July 8, 2013

NGD Solo Cup Winners Season 2

This weekend saw the final of the NGD Solo Cup between league champions Redpool FC and last year's beaten cup finalists Burndale FC.

It was a great game, the action was pretty much end to end. Burndale forward Gorgo Dash was the difference between two very closely matched sides. He scored two stunning goals, the first half-way through the first half before adding a second just after the break.

It was a great moment for the Clarets after a difficult season, and went someway to sweetening the bitter taste of finishing runners up in both the league and cup last season.

Gorgo Dash atop the cup after Burndale win the NGD Solo Cup

Hull City - Heavyweight

Watford, Hull City, Oxford United.  It took me a couple of years to get hold of this reference - granted I was in no major hurry.

Reference 6 - Hull City

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Liverpool 1950

After a long wait I finally got my hands on some of the Santiago vintage figures.

So here we have Liverpool from the 1950 FA Cup final. I've made a representation of the badge, this is not something I usually do as I like to keep faithful to the way SSG produced the hand painted teams. I just felt that this team needed to have the badge included as it finished off the kit. However, after selecting this photo for the blog I'm not that happy with the results. They look better with the naked eye as the camera throws up all of the faults. So will likely revisit the badges in the future to tidy them up.

I've got one more team to do in these figures and I am considering two kits, it's going to be either the Arsenal kit from the 1950 FA Cup Final or the Burnley kit from the 1947 final. I'll post them up when I've finished them.

Liverpool FA Cup Final 1950

NGD Solo Cup Semi-Finalists

It's cup weekend and here are the semi-finalists for this season's NGD Cup. The four teams are champions Redpool FC and last year's losing finalists Burndale FC. They are joined in the last four by two non-league sides AFC Litherland and Blackfriars FC.

All teams are painted on Santiago replica figures.

Redpool, Litherland, Blackfriars, Burndale