The History

I painted my first team in March 2009, when I decided to buy a blank Subbuteo team to paint in the colours of Liverpool for my brother-in-law. I enjoyed painting that team and decided to sell a couple more teams on eBay. After receiving some good feedback on the items I decided to paint more teams and eventually produced this website in order to sell them on a larger scale.

I am now painting for people all round the world from America, Australia, Greece, Italy and more. For casual collectors, competitive Subbuteo players and even companies such as ESPN & The Homes of Football.

The Technique

ShootFirst use 'Da Vinci' Kolinsky Marder paint brushes - sizes 2 (for base coats) to 00000 (for ultra fine detail) and Games Workshop paints which have a matt finish.

The boxes are designed on InDesign and printed onto 300gsm paper (coated for the lid, uncoated for the base).
We use SuperFooty players and bases.

We purchased three orders from ShootFirst and I’m happy to say we we’re very pleased with all three. The level of detail on each hand painted player was phenomenal and the turnaround time remarkable.

Ric’s proactive assistance and suggestions made the entire process very easy and I would have no problem in recom-mending ShootFirst to others.


1000 Heads


Recieved team today. Thanks for excellent service and speedy dispatch.

Adam, Essex

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