Scottish footballer Matthew McLintock Scott colourisation

[andrewdwilliams]

Hello kind and generous people of the photo restoration section. With the World Cup football fever circulating, I have become interested again in my family's footballing history. One highlight of this is my great-great grandfather Matthew McLintock Scott, who played primarily for Airdrieonians FC but also did a season at Newcastle Utd and at Albion Rovers. The highlight of his footballing career, however, was his one cap playing for Scotland in 1898, in a match against Wales, which Scotland won 5-2. Not only was he capped for Scotland, he captained the team for that one appearance.

I possess a fantastic portrait of him wearing his Scotland cap and kit. It is a bold request to make as the photo is not particularly in need of restoration, but if someone would attempt to colourise it I would be most grateful and very interested in seeing the result.

Some helpful links

The 1898 Scotland kit according to Historical Kits: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/international/scotland/images/scotland-1898.gif
A 1908 Scotland cap: http://www.jimmy-speirs.co.uk/media/fe92f0e2a99d0523ffff8237d4355564.jpg
A (faded) 1893 Scotland cap: http://www.scotlandforvisitors.co.uk/footballcap.jpg
A larger version of the photo uploaded to Wikipedia: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Matthew_Mclintock_Scott.png

For anyone wondering whether I own the copyright, I own the image, but it is now in the public domain.

Thanks,

Andrew

[DrDude45]

Didn't clean this photo much, wanted to first see if you liked the color scheme.

[andrewdwilliams]

Didn't clean this photo much, wanted to first see if you liked the color scheme.

I love what you've done so far. The only pointers would be that the cap should probably be more of a dark blue than what it currently appears. Also, the lion on the Scotland badge usually appears more vibrantly red. Otherwise I can't complain.

[DrDude45]

Didn't clean this photo much, wanted to first see if you liked the color scheme.

I love what you've done so far. The only pointers would be that the cap should probably be more of a dark blue than what it currently appears. Also, the lion on the Scotland badge usually appears more vibrantly red. Otherwise I can't complain.

Ah, ok. I went with the look as it was a well played uniform (as the repair in the collar shows) so I figured you'd want it to look a bit worn.  But if you want the lion brighter, no problem. The cap looked black and gold in the picture you provided, but let me see what I can come up with.

[DrDude45]

A bit more cleaning, enhanced the lion and gave the hat a blue hue. Let me know what you think.

[MartynS]

A quick go at the colours and clean up.

[MartynS]

another version (dreamy soft look)

[andrewdwilliams]

A bit more cleaning, enhanced the lion and gave the hat a blue hue. Let me know what you think.

Thank you, that does look fantastic. I don't want to come across as abrasive though. My thoughts were that though the uniform might have sustained some wear and tear, it was unlikely the colour of the badge would have faded significantly. And also, I did a quick Google to check some of the Scotland caps and I think my examples were quite poor; the vast majority, including early caps, look dark blue rather than black. I think you've done a great job nonetheless.

A quick go at the colours and clean up.

I really like what you've done too, thank you. Both images are quite unique but both are actually very good.

[MartynS]

Your a welcome, difficult to get the old colour tones right so here is one more go. I cleaned up the emblem a little more. Novelty background with the Scottish flag added.