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Her livery changes periodically, but here's Svetlana with homemade ghillie wrapping:

Depends what you mean by 'weathered'. Kind of tricky with a G36, since they tend to be used a lot by police and such, so they're not in the field for long and will look fairly pristine because of that. Having said that, the ones which do take a real battering, are the Kampfschwimmer ones (German Navy special forces divers). Those guys are trained to approach targets underwater, and come out of the sea firing their G36s and P8s, so their weapons certainly get exposed to a bit of wear and tear. The polymer furniture on them will of course not show much signs of wear, but what does show signs of wear is the three-tone camo which many of their G36s sport, so you could paint three tone camo and then buff it off the edges with a dremel or some such, however, there's something you could do which might be more fun that that. Take a look at this picture: http://i.imgur.com/NreBfD4.jpg You can see on that pic that the paint/bluing on the edges of the metal parts is very worn and showing the bare metal, i.e. the cocking handle, the RIS mount (particularly at the front), the flash hider, the fire selector, the body pins etc. Now, the problem you have, is that a lot of that stuff on an airsoft G36, is not metal, but ABS plastic, but you can still make it look like worn metal by using dry-brushing. If you've never done that, here's what that technique looks like: That is my plastic UHC AKS74U, which I have dry-brushed so it looks like worn metal. So, how do we do that? Right, what you want is some of this, which any decent craft or hobby shop will sell: http://modelshop.co.uk/Shop/Item/Humbrol-metalcote-polished-aluminium/ITM3289 So, then what you do is, get a very soft artist's paintbrush (don't use a sh*t cheap one), shake the paint tin and then stir it with a match or cocktail stick so that the metal flakes are suspended in the paint, then dip the brush in the paint, then take a piece of kitchen roll and clean off the paint from the bristles until there is barely any left coming off the brush onto the paper towel. When it is like that, you are ready to use it - Lightly flick the brush over the edges and raised parts of your gun where you want it to look like paint or bluing has worn off. The almost dry brush should only deposit small amounts of paint on raised edges, and it will look like worn metal if you do it right. Don't overdo it, subtlety is the key here, and remember that much of the real G36 is not metal, so you might need to put masking tape on the bits you don't want the paint to go on (crappy 'pound shops' will sell masking tape). If you need to mask around intricate parts, Blu-Tack is good for that, because you can mold it around things. Now, leave it to dry for a couple of hours, then you need some aerosol matt varnish (you can get that from most 'pound shops' too). Spray that very lightly (and I mean VERY lightly) over your bry-brushed bits, and it will prevent it from rubbing off. Be careful though, the wet varnish will tend to wet the metal paint and spread it out, which is not what you want, so if you don't work slowly with the varnish, it will ruin the effect, so, the idea is to do ONE very light quick pass with the varnish, then let that dry, then do another light quick pass, and so on. You need to work slow with the varnish, and let each pass dry before you go again, or it will ruin the effect. Patience is the key word here.

Hi all! I've had a busy year this year. I bought my first house in May. Moving from a flat to a house my natural thought was 'more storage for airsoft stuff!'. As it was the spare bedroom was my dumping ground for my crap. The back garden was a mess so Ive cleaned it up, threw a decking down and I'm in the process of creating a man cave! From this; To this!; I've sorted the inside out by sectioning off an area for garden tools and the rest for airsoft stuff! I've only just started with the inside of the cupboard. I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar set up, and if so what does it look like?

Have to say I prefer it to the new Armex/Umarex Beretta ARX 160 which looks like a Scar L that ate all the pies. . . http://armex-airsoft.co.uk/display_weapon.php?id=1415375608

10/10- Game Of The Year

Thanks man! Took me ages. Not sure if you noticed but the walls are all old pallets. Took me ages stripping them apart. I'm getting a kitchen counter top at the end of the month to make a desk between the two cupboards so I can strip my gun and leave it knowing bits won't wander off

Sorry about the slight derail, but it's probably an XM177 in the original picture. Issued 1966-7 so the timescales fit. Looks like a 30-round mag in the '16 too, which is unusual. The gun geek in me WILL break out every now and again

I'm a tech based in Dorset and do a few custom builds. I'll pop some up here (a mix of personal guns and customers) let me know what you think To start.. Steampunk M14

Something like this is what I was looking for. http://h10.abload.de/img/bild1bcq01.jpg

On facebook, trojan airsoft has posted a statement that they were burgled qiuet badly last night (13/01) the police are reviewing any CCTV in the area Loads of items were stolen including some custom rifles and possibly some customers weapons Trojan has requested to contact them if anything comes up for sale anywhere, look out for any words containing "selling for a friend" or such like as they may not be legitimate Nick

Overall it's only really cost me about £250, Excluding the cost of the decking. My dad got me the shed for xmas which was about £600, I put £100 towards that. £80 for insulation Plastic membrane was free from work Pallets were free from work £45 for 1"x1" planks £20 for sockets Wiring, comsumer unit, MCBs, light switch all came from work. I should have a nice little workshop out there once it's finished. Can't wait, I've put actual airsofting on hold for the last 3 months whilst this project is going on. Thanks for the kind words!

Very nice! Would love to have a setup like that in the garden.

Painting is a crapload easier and cheaper. Anything fancy and super-detailed would be lost on a sniper rifle, since you need camo that works at long range, so just a couple of colours to break up any obvious silhouette will be more than adequate, espesially since it will likely be covered in bits of hessian and wotnot too. If you do want something a little different however, which looks good and can be easily sprayed, try getting some OD and some light green or tan. Spray it with one colour and then use a fern leaf held just above the surface as a stencil mask and spray past it. It gives a very nice foliage effect, which is also very visually disruptive.

damn thats pretty cool, to be honest im gonna be doing my sniper so thinking something bold might be a bit of a give away so thinking spraying atm

Surplus DPM's are always a good stop gap - you should be able to get shirt and kecks off fleabay for £20 or less posted. Always good to have as spare too, for times when you may want to be on the 'green team' when a game is divided into green or tan camo types for ID instead of armbands. Plus you'll be able to lend 'em to a mate at some point when they see fb pics of you looking sub zero 'in combat'...

Looks like a nailgun to me grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Yeah I guess so. It's too expensive for me to just go out and purchase a full loadout, so this loadout will probably take a few months to complete. I'm going to get my olive PC soon so whilst I'm saving up for other clothing, i'll probably just wear a black hoodie and olive coloured jeans underneath it.

You can wear OD gear on top of just about any camouflage except Kryptec Typhon or any of the blue urban camos. It even looks good on top of plain black.

Damn. That's my local site. Shop had just been remodeled too with a different counter and such. Will keep an eye out for local sales of stuff since it is near me. Also shared it with my friends list on Facebook, most of whom are in Stockport, so plenty of eyes on the lookout in the town where the robbery took place.

I personally do my paintjobs in a more 'organic' way than that; I paint it so it's pristine and perfect, then I use it and the wear happens naturally! Don't go heavy with the paint, a light dusting is better than a heavy coat as it'll bond with the flat areas just as well as a heavy coat but it'll chip away easier on the rails/grip/magwell/etc.

You know what, I just realised he was mixing his names up there. I read PSP and assumed he meant the old handheld. If he means PS Vita (there's no such thing as the PSP Vita) then yes it is a powerful piece of kit (allegedly as powerful as a PS3). That doesn't however change the fact that Battlefront won't be ported for it.

You'll need more than 1 spare mag for CQB main weapon use - the ROF is 'kin ridic, mate! I agonised over whether to go for it meself, as a self-birthday-pres, but in the end I decided that as proper cool as it would be to totally hose people with the merest trigger dab, practically it makes no sense. Good luck though! For me: 3m of OD 20mm velcro for a fiver posted (fleabay) - for that price i thought i may as well get all 3m she had since it's not always available and i need a bunch of it to sort out the Russian 6B5 body armour carrier I just received, which is in very used condition (for which read 'fucked') - it's going to be a labour of love to restore it... hey ho, it was cheap @£39.22 posted Russian Blood Group Patch - $13.00 posted ~ fleabay

I noticed that aswell monkey, not going to be easy to shift all that I've never been there but have used his eBay shop and can't fault the guy, let's hope CCTV will come up trumps for him and they catch the feckers SPREAD IT FAR AND WIDE PLEASE GUYS title changed mate

If you want to know how to do something in Photoshop, you can ask me if you like. I am the main trainer at an Adobe Authorised Training Centre, where it is my job to teach people how to use all Adobe programs, including Photoshop obviously. I have all three certifications for Photoshop: ACI (Adobe Certified Instructor), ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) and ACA (Adobe Certified Associate), so there isn't much I could not help you with.

Now that I spent long hours trying to solve the problem, I realised I'll need to buy new piston and bushes anyway, because they are made of plastic and are damaged. If inserting these parts (which is needed anyway) won't help, I'm pretty sure it's the fault of the motor, because the wires and other parts seem to be fine. And also it's my personal perversion to repair this myself But your advice is of course the most logical step and you're right.

I've tried washing BBs and have seen absolutely no difference whatsoever. If you're buying semi-decent BBs, then they'll not need washing.

Ah, not me , classic version. Mmmh, I will upload new pictures when I will do new works. Edit : If you want more examples, you can visit this page : http://www.france-airsoft.fr/forum/index.php?showtopic=188349 It comes from the french forum.

My collection so far. The M249 and the handgun are both springers. M249 was a silly purchase just for display, the handgun is my sidearm for emergencies in my sniper gear. Will be giving her a custom paint job to go over the clear parts and help conceal her in the wooded areas I play in. And my L96 has come home! Her metal 2-stage trigger looks perdy.

Won't do you any good in your corridor, go out and get some shots in-game

Marushin M1 in genuine wood kit

Cyma. All day long.

Jesus mate, calm down! That kind of wild spending will crash the markets!!!

Big spender of the day award goes to me: Olive drab long sleeve T-shirt. £2.50 in Tesco sale.

I now present, my finished ICS L85 A2 External Mods (in no particular order): DD Rail Knock-Off AFG (though the cheeky bastards put it an a Magpul box) Element M600 flashlight clone No-Brand battery box (owing to the tiny space available in the DD RIS) G&P 1x30mm reflex sight on No-Brand rail riser on B&T Dovetail > Picattiny adapter PTS Enhanced Polymer Mags Osprey Mk4 sling point (connects to my Plate Carrier, though has slipped and let the rifle go a couple of times) Internal Mods: Custom-made Metal Hop arm Madbull Blue 60 degree rubber element "H" nub crimps connecting the motor replaced by solder (better current flow) The last time i skirmished it, I didnt have the flashlight (though a quick test at home and is plenty bright enough to light a small room to normal levels). It shoots like a laser indoors, no more than a couple of good shots (ie well aimed) and a standing target 30m away is hit, very consistent. but above all else, it feels good, and (In my opinion) it looks good. Maybe in the future i might swap for an Elcan replica, but until then, I declare this gun my own. my next gun is on the way, and its a much lighter GHK G5, which incidentally is LESS THAN HALF the weight of the ICS (G5 = 2kg, L85 = ~4.5kg) and being GBB, might be a hell of a lot more fun to shoot

That ripped UBAC shirt though XD

Is camo not pretty useless in airsoft anyway? No offence here but it's pretty sad pulling someone up about mixing. He might be like me and picks camo based on the pretty colours and how it compliment my figure.

A russian gorka in digital flora is 100x better than head to toe multicam. No one wants to play as the bad guys

Reference condor, people give it a bad rap because a lot of airsofters use it, but it's made in the US and berry compliant. That alone puts it a jump ahead of quite a lot of the clone gear.

Looks good mate. I'd advise cranking that holster high up as you can though. Those nylon all-in-1 types tend to sit low but that's the first ever drop-calf I've seen, I'd recommend cutting some of the strap if it won't adjust much above your knee (and if it's possible to do so).

AF-UK patches arrived Picking up the PTS MOE pistol grip tommorow

I custom made it by cutting the end off one, and the top of another, welding the two together, stretching the follower spring, sanding the weld, then repainting. Worked amazing well and gave me the ability to A: put more gas in and B: load 39 bb's in.

So your proving my point? I said big established sites don't even always get that many... Yes but that's 1 established well known site. Sites such as the mall and similar or very popular but outside of those select few numbers are more often than not significantly lower. Getting 100 players isn't something a potential site could use a business as its not the norm. Saying 100 players for a new site is a solid number couldn't be further from the truth without a ridiculous amount of advertising.

Nh that sounds like fun....e Epsom tunnels allowed full auto but people werw not being stupid with it. It was mainly covering fire not half a mag into someones face. It worked really well. We were warned in the brief. Expect to get hit A LOT but also asked to be sensible with it and I saw or heard of No problems whilst there... So depends on the site and players really Id say. Bunker 51 for instance you could realisticly defend your spawn for a whole game 2 people againt 20 by using full auto as the layout works to your advantage. In some sites its not the case obviously.

That's probably a bit of badge engineering going on there. I'd assume that a Well one is almost certainly the Black Viper one under a different brand name.

Two new toys. The G&G RK47 before people ask only got the cheap one as its a weapon for my bro to use so if he breaks it no biggie. New TRMR nice little thing that is.

SRC AKS74U GBBR magazine (so 4 in total now) SHS ASG pistol silencer adapter (for my CZ75 compact) AK Rubber butt stock extension (for my AK47; the crappy soft plastic one that came with the wood kit being rubbish, and to give the stock a tad more length). From Airsoft World.

Just sorted out my (partially) homemade eotech lens protector, removed the mesh from a Chinese made guard, got some cheapo 1mm lexan polycarb sheet which I cut to rough shape with scissors and then finished off with a dremmel. Fits perfectly and I can actually see through it quite well now. Also remade my sling adapter for my F2000, main part of the strap was taken from a laptop bag.

Sounds to me like people need to stop telling the guy that everything he's already bought is wrong and that he has to go spend money on slightly different versions of stuff he's already got. I see this time and again here and elsewhere. Someone says they already bought a vest and a primary with hi-caps so what does everyone say he needs next? A different load carrying system and mid caps. FFS.

that acog, lol

We had one of those. I didn't like it because we don't single people out when all they're trying to do is learn, because that isn't fair. Now we don't have that thread any more. We were all new to airsoft once, we all wanted to know everything right away, and I welcome anyone who is so enthusiastic that their thirst for knowledge is literally bursting out and they're owning up to their ignorance and asking questions instead of just bumbling along, people like that are the future of our sport and often turn out to be formidable opponents. To stop being classed as a noob, you have to show respect to other noobs who are trying to learn the things you probably didn't know yourself once upon a time, and you have to accept that when someone is asking their quick questions and is looking for simple answers, in my Quick Questions & Simple Answers thread, they have every right to do so, only then, grasshopper, are no longer a noob. Thread cleaned.