Old School Electric Football

[nefgm.org]

Eligio Bonelli is the miniature football artist who painted these old school figures. 

 

[Daryl Collins]

 Very enjoyable! Well done and unusual!

[Coach Shawn]

Those look nice.   Maybe I need to paint my early Tudor teams.  I just have two teams of this style

[nefgm.org]

I have the Chiefs and Chargers in the collection of the museum, thanks to Eligio's donation. I have several more team sets that I could paint as well. 

Several years ago I traveled to a persons home that only played the game with these figures. He had several teams that he had painted. It was fun playing with them.

I have also seen some of these figures being used on competition teams. 

[zak99b5]

I've found transparancy film (like for use with the old overhead projectors) works nicely to replace the "cleats" on these figures.  Needs to be cut perfectly square.

It's a little hard to snap off the bottom off to replace the cleats, so I'd do that before painting.  Otherwise you run the risk of chipping the paint.

[Terry43]

On 9/15/2023 at 9:48 AM, nefgm.org said:

Eligio Bonelli is the miniature football artist who painted these old school figures. 

These are listed by eligiob2005 on eBay right now. $95. 

Enjoy the Journey.      T43.    ⚡🏈♾️