The Offical Paintball Thread -

[The Dude]

Anyone else into paintball? I'm looking to get back into the sport. I need something to get active again. Got my eye on the DYE DAM marker. Looks like a pretty sweet marker. Empire has one I'm into as well. I'm mostly into woodsball and scenario games.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

I enjoy war games, paintball definitely included.

Too bad I'm a genetically underweight toothpick who bruises very easily and I can't play or else I have to walk around the restaurant I work at with purple circles all over my legs.

The pain of it doesn't bother me though.

Someday, I would like to host an "Ultimate Capture the Flag" game, featuring houses for team bases, islands in the middle of a lake, and tons of other features.

 

[The Hunter]

 

[Carlson]

Airsoft 4 lyfe

 

[The Dude]

This is the first marker I plan on getting. It's the DYE DAM. Basically it's a tactical Matrix for scenario play. You can switch from semi, burst, and auto on the fly with a single switch, but you can also program it for different ramping modes. It can also switch back and forth from using a loader or the magazine. The magazines use Tiberius First Strike paint which is shaped like a traditional bullet and is fin stabilized for longer range and better accuracy. So you can use the loader for high volume and rapid fire and switch to the magazine when a longer, precise shot is required. Or you can take the feed neck for the loader off, put on a flush fitting cover, and just use the magazine if you're into sniping. You can even add a scope.

 

[The Dude]

Another really sweet paintball marker. "Where is the loader?" you ask? Why it's built into the butt stock! It's a bullpup paintball marker! No more hopper sticking up off the top of your gun to get hit!



"But Dude" you might be saying, "I'm into sniping and want something even more realistic. Maybe even a bolt action gun." Here you go: It's the Carmatech SAR-12. A genuine, honest-to-God bolt action sniper paintball marker. Works on CO2 and HPA. How neat is this?

 

[Morbid Boredom]

I have one marker, a Tippman 98 Custom with a 14" barrel and a stock.

I played woodsball. My brother and his wife worked at a field for years and I've met some of the most chill people ever that way. I also met a lot of Deagle Nation types. Because I didn't have enough money to throw away paint, I only played a few scenario games a year. I took some very silly pride in being good at procuring items for points.

One of the more memorable games I played was based on based on The Thing. I was knee-deep in snow and no one got within 5 feet of another because we were afraid of infection (Becoming part of "The Thing", a Third Entity that sabotaged the two teams). One of the leaders had a pole with a monkey paw on the end, to make sure we kept our distance ("Line up for prostate exams!")

I had to bring all my meals for the day onto the field with me, slipping dried cranberries and beef jerky beneath my mask. After stumbling through knee deep snow for two hours, I came to a stream at the edge of the field, totally alone. I stood there and forgot how anxious I was -not wanting to look foolish and getting shot like a noob, not wanting to admit I was cold, and hoping none of my team members saw me slip on a rock crossing a smaller stream, getting my right boot and pant leg frozen stiff. I remembered I was out in the woods, getting exercise and having fun. I didn't worry for the rest of the day.

Of course, I got infected and joined the Third Entity walking back from a port-a-john and spent the rest of the day stockpiling items at that very same stream so no one else could have them.

 

[Yog-Spergoth]

I was a big woodsball player too, a while back. It's definitely a whole lot of fun, and I'd recommend it over playing airball where the field is smaller and just feels more 'gamey' to me. Woodsball is slower paced, but more tactical, and stealth actually plays a big role.

I was always my teams Designated Marksman, so I used a Tippman Procarbine with a 16" barrel and a foldaway stock. It was absurdly accurate, and some of my favorite memories are shooting the other teams' marksmen when they'd peak out of windows and things. Tippmans are awesome, they're like the AK's of the paintball world. They're rugged enough that you never have to worry about them other than routine maintenance.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

Anyone else into paintball? I'm looking to get back into the sport. I need something to get active again. Got my eye on the DYE DAM marker. Looks like a pretty sweet marker. Empire has one I'm into as well. I'm mostly into woodsball and scenario games.

I'm in the same boat as you are. The last time I was playing paintball, .50 cal K-Mart guns were the only thing available. I'm looking for a decent starter marker that I can tinker with. A lot of people have steered me towards a Tippman 98 or A5. Anyone ever shot one of these?

(Edit: The Dude- Are you on FB? I'm on a few mil-spec trade n' swap n' sell pages that have pretty good deals on gear.)

 

[Yog-Spergoth]

I'm in the same boat as you are. The last time I was playing paintball, .50 cal K-Mart guns were the only thing available. I'm looking for a decent starter marker that I can tinker with. A lot of people have steered me towards a Tippman 98 or A5. Anyone ever shot one of these?

The A5 is pretty nice, especially if you get one of the models with a reflex trigger. The 98 is a little more rugged (less moving parts) and has a larger mod community though. It really comes down to personal preference.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

What I'm really looking for is something reliable I can bolt do-dads to. Say trick it out as a M249 SAW clone in a mil-spec game one weekend, and just strip it down to the frame & hopper for speedball the next weekend. The '98 is sounding better & better. I especially want to get one of the underslung grenade launchers for my marker.

 

[Yog-Spergoth]

What I'm really looking for is something reliable I can bolt do-dads to. Say trick it out as a M249 SAW clone in a mil-spec game one weekend, and just strip it down to the frame & hopper for speedball the next weekend. The '98 is sounding better & better. I especially want to get one of underslung grenade launchers for my marker.

Luckily man, both the 98 and A5 can be modified to full auto. If you're looking for something that'll resemble and feel more like an M249 though, I'd go with the A5. I've seen a lot of 249 mods for it, and it functions super well in such a role, as it's basically a squad automatic anyway. Also, it's very good for speedball!

Edit: M249 mod.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

Okay. I'm sold. That's halfway down the road I'm going. My "dream" marker. A paintball replica of the M41A Pulse Rifle from Aliens.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

Okay gang. I bit the bullet & ordered a marker. After balancing this, that, and th' other- I actually decided on a Tippmann Cronus as my new starter gun.

I'm starting work tonight on making a Tau railgun shell for it, wish me luck!

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

Trying to brainstorm paintball engineering ideas with The Knife is futile. Actual conversation today:

Me: "Honey, we need to look at paintbrushes while we're out today"
The Knife: "Why?"
Me :"I want a bayonet for my marker."
TK: "NO!"
Me: "Well, I need something for close in work. Wait. You know those electrically-driven automatic paint rollers? I'd just mount one with a foam trim/edging disk on my left gauntlet, with it wired to a battery in my pod harness."
TK: 'Why would you do that?"
Me: "It's a safe close-quarters-combat circular saw."
TK: "NO!"
Me: "Look. It's all perfectly safe. Like my Headcannon idea. You just mount the grenade launcher on the camera rail on your helmet, run a HPA line down to a solenoid switch an...."
TK: " NO! There is NO safe way to mount a grenade launcher to your head. I'm NOT letting you strap anything explosive...'
Me (interrupting): 'it's not explosively driven. It's all pneumatic."
TK (snorting) "Like that makes a difference."
Me: "Actually, it does. Paintball is statistically safer than touch football. A fellow could strap a few paintball claymore mines to himself and set them off all at once & he's be fine."
TK: 'Well, that doesn't mean.."
Me: "Wait. 'He could strap a dozen paintball claymore mines to himself,set them off,and he'd be fine'....Goddamn."
TK: "What?"
Me: "Fucking hell. I just invented the world's first reusable suicide bomber!"
Wife: "NO!"

(Sigh) I live with a Luddite.

 

[Yog-Spergoth]

Okay gang. I bit the bullet & ordered a marker. After balancing this, that, and th' other- I actually decided on a Tippmann Cronus as my new starter gun.

I'm starting work tonight on making a Tau railgun shell for it, wish me luck!

Oh, very cool. Haha, that's a new marker that I'm not super familiar with. I kinda feel like a WW1 veteran seeing an M16 for the first time. "What is that?"

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

Locked and loaded. Lets do this.

Tuned up and ready. I've got the remaining half of the case of paint in the pods, a 9 oz. tank on the marker, and a 24 oz. tank in the belt. I'm waiting on my direct line for it.

 

[Jaimas]

I used to play Airsoft Paintball a lot.

Then I moved to Huntington. If I bring out any of my airsoft guns, I'll be killed by the locals.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

Going up to Mount Doom (our state's oldest PB field) this Saturday. So ready.

I've got The Knife ready with our digital camera. I'll post pics however it goes.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

The meet-up at Mount Doom fell through, so I headed out today to Splatzone, our local field.

Let's do this!

First game, waiting for the horn.

Let's roll!

Snappin' shots

Talking shit at one another between games.

Heading out. Tired, dirty & paint splotched. I had a blast.