[VermontGhost]

Originally Posted by ericfine50

Wow - very nice picture. Do you have a gas mask and a PB mask or did you add the air filter to your PB mask?

Thanks
Eric

i just bought some filters at a hardware stoor and attached them with zip ties.

here is my gear from Russian front 09 as Rhino88 requested.

[Riot mad cow]

A different kind of cowmo?
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[ericfine50]

Originally Posted by VermontGhost

i just bought some filters at a hardware stoor and attached them with zip ties.

here is my gear from Russian front 09 as Rhino88 requested.

I saw you walking around the staging area with that marker. How heavy is that one? That was amazing looking in person.

[duos_scythe]

Old pictures of my friends at Traverse City Paintball (TCP) Battle of the Sexes scenario.

The two on the right:

On the right:

[Berzerker709th]

German AT gunner #5
Tank kill on Utah Beach

[Grazi]

Originally Posted by ericfine50

I saw you walking around the staging area with that marker. How heavy is that one? That was amazing looking in person.

If you are who I think you are, I got some GREAT photo's of you up at Russian Front when I was taking a break!

Here they are:

Right before the Russian Attack


Here they come... THey were to your left by about 30 yards


And my favorite!


My camera was dieing otherwise I would have taken more.

[kingsway12]

Originally Posted by VermontGhost

here is a couple pictures of what i wore at the Battle of Britain last October.
right now im working on snow gear for Russian Front.

How did you get the mask to look like a gas mask?
I'm trying to build one for Civil War this summer

[VermontGhost]

Originally Posted by Grazi

If you are who I think you are, I got some GREAT photo's of you up at Russian Front when I was taking a break!

Here they are:

Right before the Russian Attack


Here they come... THey were to your left by about 30 yards


And my favorite!


My camera was dieing otherwise I would have taken more.

yeah thats me alright! lol i remember that so well. everyone was getting shot around me and my gun had jammed up and was just chopping paint so i was just firing blanks at them. i think i was the last guy too. i could see that guy threw the cracks and as he peeked around the corner i just waved and said something like dont bother im out. then i walked back to re-insertion. loved that game. those really are great picks!!!!

[the stuntman]

TAW Scenarios "Monsters of Rock"


Yes, its a GWAR costume....

[Thompsonshooter]

Last week at OK D-Day

[CaptainAmericaION09]

From Skirmish USA's Invasion of Normandy 2009

[CaptainAmericaION09]

At ION, the only authentic uniforms that elicited attention were the two men in full Nazi officers' uniforms. I will never make a Nazi uniform. EVER.

I had no instances at ION with people shooting me from my own team. Rather, I had other Allied players rallying behind me and following me into charges.Sounds like D-Day has issues with loyalty if something like that which you described would occur there. Shooting a teammate seems like poor strategy no matter how I look at it, regardless of perspective.

That being said, I have read about the Oklahoma D-Day and, while it sounds incredibly cool, it's not an event I'll attend unless I walk into a small fortune as it sounds well out of my price range and too far for me to travel, not to mention the whole trying to talk my job into giving me a full week off to boot. ION is but 4 hours away and, since it is only a day and a half in length, far cheaper on my wallet.

I play paintball for the fun of the game and while it may seem like a costume or a stab for attention, my Cap suit is, honestly, simply my paintball uniform. I have worn it since I first began playing, initially as a lark, but it grew to where if I show up at my local fields without it, they don't even recognize me at first. It also helps easily identify me in our woodsball fields at the field I work for, as I am usually reffing for the youngsters who frequent our fields.

I have nothing but respect for the people who painstakingly recreate their uniforms to be authentic to the period but that approach isn't creative enough for my tastes. I enjoy actually making/fabricating the pieces of my uniforms/costumes rather than simply hunting down and buying the elements needed. I guess that's all a matter of personal taste in the end, though. I AM, however, looking to make a WW2 based Cap costume in the future utilizing period authentic gear where possible. Something similar to this, perhaps:

[Thompsonshooter]

Sir I applaud your dedication to our sport. It is great that you are out there inspiring and leading players.

I love your vintage costume idea, I also take great pride in not only the custom guns I create, but also in putting my uniforms together for each event I play in.

Keep up the good work.



--Eric Engler

Originally Posted by CaptainAmericaION09

At ION, the only authentic uniforms that elicited attention were the two men in full Nazi officers' uniforms. I will never make a Nazi uniform. EVER.

I had no instances at ION with people shooting me from my own team. Rather, I had other Allied players rallying behind me and following me into charges.Sounds like D-Day has issues with loyalty if something like that which you described would occur there. Shooting a teammate seems like poor strategy no matter how I look at it, regardless of perspective.

That being said, I have read about the Oklahoma D-Day and, while it sounds incredibly cool, it's not an event I'll attend unless I walk into a small fortune as it sounds well out of my price range and too far for me to travel, not to mention the whole trying to talk my job into giving me a full week off to boot. ION is but 4 hours away and, since it is only a day and a half in length, far cheaper on my wallet.

I play paintball for the fun of the game and while it may seem like a costume or a stab for attention, my Cap suit is, honestly, simply my paintball uniform. I have worn it since I first began playing, initially as a lark, but it grew to where if I show up at my local fields without it, they don't even recognize me at first. It also helps easily identify me in our woodsball fields at the field I work for, as I am usually reffing for the youngsters who frequent our fields.

I have nothing but respect for the people who painstakingly recreate their uniforms to be authentic to the period but that approach isn't creative enough for my tastes. I enjoy actually making/fabricating the pieces of my uniforms/costumes rather than simply hunting down and buying the elements needed. I guess that's all a matter of personal taste in the end, though. I AM, however, looking to make a WW2 based Cap costume in the future utilizing period authentic gear where possible. Something similar to this, perhaps:

[the stuntman]

I love the Captain America costume.
Dorsai has a good point, and I tend to agree - scenario costumes shoulf have some relevance to the game in question.... But the character of Captain America WAS originally created in the WWII era as a patriotic symbol who fought nazis. So if you HAVE to dress as a super hero for a WWII themed game, Cap A is certainly as close to appropriate as you can get.
Good job...



for legality:
one of my team mates at a recent Mech themed game...

[CaptainAmericaION09]

Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, on sale in December 1940, a year before the bombing of Pearl Harbor but a full year into World War II, showed the protagonist punching Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in the jaw — sold nearly one million copies.

An intentionally patriotic creation who was often depicted fighting the Axis powers of World War II, Captain America was Timely Comics' most popular character during World War II.

Writer Joe Simon conceived the idea for Captain America, which was refined by his partner, artist Jack Kirby, in 1941. Captain America was a consciously political creation. Simon and Kirby were morally repulsed by the actions of Nazi Germany in the years leading up to the United States' involvement in World War II and felt war was inevitable. Simon later said, "The opponents to the war were all quite well organized. We wanted to have our say too."

Circulation figures remained close to a million copies per month after the debut issue, which outstripped even the circulation of news magazines like Time during the period. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America )

So, yeah, I'd say Captain America is completely relevant to ANY WWII themed scenario. He was propoganda at its finest and was an extremely popular character during the time. A million copies was a huge feat in the 40s.

[GtrLvr]

Speaking of Captain America and other superheros...
Here's pics from Albany Scenarios Club's Return to Infinity game based on a marvel series.

These first two are me as Surtur the fire demon (armored up because I'm almost invincible):



Here's our Captain America, XO of one team, yes the shield was in play:


XO of the other team, Morg the Merciless:


Drax the Destroyer played by the infamous Scooch (check out the Scooch list in scenario talk):


And of course, Superjew (I don't remember that comic book):

[ShadowRam]

[Justin BossPB]

Here is my Moses costume for the Big Blockbuster Game this Saturday at Boss Paintball in Locust NC. I wont be actually playing in it. I will be part or several missions.

[SilvaLightning]

[quote=ShadowRam;62214501]


I was there for that



Well atleast a couple of those pictures..

[10-shot kid]

"I know if someone came dressed like that to
the D-Day event, the team you were with
would've probably been as apt to shoot you
as the other side, if only so you didn't alert
the other side to your position."

Maybe over there it's cool to dickup someones game because their style of play, or maybe just because they arn't saluting pretend officers. My suggestion is to come on up here to the NE sometime and learn how to actually play paintball. Didn't you just lose the last D-day if I remember correctly? Shooting your own team because you suck at paintball is a horriblle choice.

Captain America dude: Keep doing it man and make it your own thing. I've been doing this gettup as my "jersey" or whatever since 99 when I first started playing scenario,


1999


and this year at CPX living legends 2 (simon is right next to me, he's a super hero, everyone tell him that)

[GtrLvr]

Here's me from castle conquest. I wore it just because someone gave it to me, I figured why not. I'm sure it got a few laughs. I didn't get shot in the hat, which was surprising, I may wear the hat whenever I play until I do (maybe it's lucky). The costume also survived no problem, so I can wear it whenever. (revolutionary or pirate scenario anyone?)