Ian_Gere

I trust the site to have what's required for most bumps, grazes, etc. but I take a kit anyway. TBH I really should get trained again because it was soooooooo long ago. My kit is pretty specific though - apart from a few bits and bobs for the average outdoors type injury it is geared up to perform minor surgery. The reason is because I knew someone whose brother died by bleeding out through a severed femoral artery even though the ambulance crew were on scene in less than 5mins (it was in a night club and the ambulance was on standby in the town centre). My kit has the sterile field, shears, dissection scissors, scalpel, forceps, tweezers, and sutures so that if someone falls on something sharp and arterial blood sprays out, if pressure and/or tourniquet doesn't do the trick, i will be able to cut down to it and ligate that artery. I even have a spray bottle of xylocaine so i could stop it hurting, so that it would be easier to keep the victim still. The only thing I haven't got which would be very handy is a wound spreader, but it's on the to-do list... Oh yeah, i also have 1.5x magnification head mounted loupe with built in LED light.

No mate, it didn't shrink at all. I didn't know it can do that. Maybe different brands behave differently? I used actual FIMO brand.

Yew sure have got uh perty mouth!

APEXTAC Molle Gear Retention Clips - £5.09 ~ fleabay Oh and i forgot: Tropentarn Double G36 Mag Pouches x 4 - £18.25 each +P&P ~ flecktarn.co.uk

I've not bought much recently, but since I last posted on here: Splav Suharnaya - £39.00 + P&P ~ rusmilitary.com Russian Blood Group II Rh+ patch - £1.50 +P&P ~ rusmilitary.com Uzi Tactical Pen - £18.99 ~ fleabay (to go with my black gear) Lumbar Support - £9.99 ~ fleabay (I'm hoping this will fit under webbing better than the weightlifter's 1 I use) Gel Insoles - £2.99 ~ fleabay PNV-57A Soviet NV Headset - £89.00 + £24 P&P ~ tdm_electronics fleabay (hasn't arrived yet) CCCP Flag (5' x 3') - £3.25 ~ sfrankish on fleabay German Snow Camo Kecks - £11.99 ~ sfrankish on fleabay (+£3.30 P&P) German Army Belt - £5.19 Delivered ~ transworld_surplus on fleabay 25mm Polypropylene Webbing - £1.99 posted ~ fleabay 4x25mm Side Release Buckles (Tan IRR) - £4.45 posted ~ contactleft on fleabay

This post should go in the 'guns that need to be made' thread, but you'll see why i put it here soon enough... 1st the gun: Martini-Henry Short Chamber .577/450 MK IV This needs to be made to run on 12g CO2 bulbs fitted in the stock, firing single BB's from imitation Boxer-Henry Cartridges, 1 per ejectable brass cartridge, and a massive rubber sword bayonet... Need a revolver too. I dont think the Webley officer's one was correct for the 1880's, so whatever monster they were using back then. On to the loadout... ...because, apart from a pirate loadout, what else could i wear looking like this?

I don't have one, but I have never heard a bad word about them. People say they are light and comfortable, but well stitched. I expect it depends a lot on your shape. The recon harness is mainly on your front so you'll need to wear it tight, otherwise it will slide around/up and down when you run, even more than a full vest/pc which also has a back. If you are slim you might be best emailing flecktarn to ask them to measure it adjusted to minimum size.

Don't worry about the bogs. It's not like Glastonbury etc with 80K ppl per shitter and all eating from Dave's Burger & Botulism Van. The bog/punter ratio is good so they don't get so full you can see a stalag-shite growing up through the pan; the available food has been pretty hygienic both times I've been, so you don't get queue's waiting to squit through the eye of a needle and spread their e-coli to all and sundry; people aren't getting wasted either so bogs aren't coated in puke or used by blokes who just pull it out and let go the bladder so if they hit the pan it's by chance rather than aim; in short hiring your own is a waste of money. Having used the public ones one year and shared a private one last time, I can tell you the only thing you gain by hiring your own is that it will probably be a little closer to your camp, unless you camp near the public ones (in which case you deserve the midnight ramblers tripping over your guy ropes, etc)...

So I finally got round to finishing my ergonomic grip for USP project. I actually finished making the grip addition yonks ago, but it wouldn't allow me to use a SERPA. Grinding a bit off the outside SERPA flap has sorted that... When I 1st finished it I was majorly underwhelmed. During the sculpting process I had made it completely smooth and it had turned out looking very professional, but then I decided that it would function better with a textured surface. I tried a few options for scoring it, but couldn't get anything to look right. I went with using a posidrive to make rows of cross-dimples, thinking I would be able to make them very neat... well, as you can see, that didn't actually pan out so well. Trouble is by then, if I had wanted to change it, I'd have pretty much had to start over. TBH that is what I should have done I could have used rough sand paper to squeeze into a smooth surface for textured panels, leaving the bits which this could not do neatly, the ridge details, smooth. Ho hum... I had been considering throwing it away and making another, but looking at it now I think it is sorta cool though. Pig ugly, but cool! Functionally it is excellent. It fits my hand exactly. It puts the pad of my trigger finger exactly on the trigger, so squeezing it pulls straight back, there is no under or over reach pushing or pulling L<=>R on my aim. Because it is shaped from my hand holding it arm extended aiming, it is not possible for me to hold it in any other way - as soon as I grip it and extend my arm, the sights are lined up to my right eye so it is only the elevation I need to correct before pulling the trigger. The method is simple: wrap the pistol grip in no more than 2 layers of clingfilm; kneed the FIMO until it is uniformly warm and pliable; pack it in rough shapes onto the film; (using washed and talcum'd hands) squeeze; remove excess and bulk up the ridges which your grip naturally forms between your bones; squeeze again and aim; rinse and repeat until you have it. Bear in mind that it is the ridges digging in to the underside of your knuckles and the bit on the opposite side which the heel of your thumb presses against which form the perfect aim, but for comfort you need to use enough bulk that the bit in between, where the centre of your palm goes, makes solid contact. I did this by extending the ridges further back than just squeezing the FIMO produces - it looks waaay better like that when it is smooth too! Also note that the top (above that decorative circle/hole/majig) forms a ridge to keep your trigger finger exactly in place. Once you have it sussed, leave it in the fridge for a few hours to take some of the pliability out of it, slice the cling film and carefully slide the lot off the pistol grip. If you have made it as 'wraparound' as i have here, it will not come off without a little bending, which obviously runs the risk of warping the whole thing; chilled FIMO does have a small amount of springiness to it however and you just have to be careful that you have the formed shape imprinted in your minds eye so that as you proceed you notice if it does bend beyond its elastic limit and by how much. You also need to find something ceramic, stone or metal to rest it on while you bake it. I used a stainless steel grill-pan handle resting on a piece of stone from the garden; this meant that the thumb-heel part rested lightly against the baking tray, but none of the FIMO's own weight had a tendency to bend it during the initial stage of the bake. TBH I've forgotten what temp and for how long, but I do remember being worried that my gas fan oven might not be able to work cold enough! I did open the oven door a couple of times to let some warmth out, just in case. Anyway there are loads of tutorials online. My advice is to err on the side of caution. If it doesn't quite work 1st time you can always bake it again, but if you over do it, any thinner bits near the edges will go crispy, brittle, and come off in use (that happened to a couple of ridge ends when I did one for my SVD - although TBF the design for that wasn't as robust as this anyway). Don't forget to remove the clingfilm before baking The final attachment was done with Evo Stik, but Araldite, UHU, Bostik or any decent impact adhesive which remains flexible would do the trick - you can see in the last pic how successful I was at baking this one so it kept the intended shape, ie very: there are no gaps where those ridge ends curl around the grip, which would be the most obvious place for a fuck up to manifest, but nevertheless it did not come out of the oven as perfect as when it was sculpted on the clingfilm - there are a couple of <0.5mm gaps above that circle/hole/majig decoration and where that part squidges inside the trigger guard, so flexible glue is the way forward.

I had to spend Wed-Thu in hospital so I'm not even going to try turning up. Basically it's a big "fuck you" from me to all who are there. I'm soooooooooooo jealous. With any luck it will piss down, your guns will break, tents leak, lightning will stop play and the zombie apocalypse will begin in Ringwood.

The flash hider is lovely, yeah.

I can't even be arsed with a shower when i get in. I just change the sheets the next day.

I'm always somewhere in between a fair bit and an awful lot of pain due to my neuropathy, on top of the aches from using muscles way more than i do usually. But I'm almost always elated also. Even the fuck ups, mine or other people's, don't get me down afterwards, though yeah, there have been a few proper cringers at the time. There was the time I fell forward while trying to get up and instinctively put my hand out to steady myself, so leaned my full weight on top of the BFG I was trying to escape from just as it went off... the time i did a proper banana-skin-esque feet right out from under me due to BB's stuck in the tread of my boots while running on wet lino indoors at The Stan - thankfully i didn't land on my coccyx just one arse cheek, so i was able to scramble forward into cover, because it would have been even worse if it had got me hit! I'm usually considering what got broken or lost as well as what i could have done better and also reliving the best bits, talking to Stef who usually gives me a lift, hearing about the day from behind the counter, etc, having a giggle at my or someone else's expense. When I actually get through my door the only kit I take care of right away is to empty my mid-caps so their springs don't get left compressed and often I'll also dry fire my guns until i'm happy with where in the cycle the gearbox stops. But literally the 1st thing i do when i get through the door is strip, take my boots to the bathroom (because the floor is easiest to clean so any mud etc makes no odds) then put the kettle on. I leave all the rest of my kit and clothing on the floor where it drops in a pile so that I must deal with it as soon as the degree of my pain has lessened (which can take a couple of days - there is a limit to how much pain meds my liver will stand, so the next day i can't take much, which means basically a duvet day). Then I take as much more painkillers as i think my liver can handle and get in bed. Often I fall asleep fairly quickly, but if not, as the analgesia kicks in I get the horn. I'm sure it's because I so rarely get any exercise, so any adrenalin rush reminds my knob that I am still alive...

Yeah, it is good - obviously there is moderation but it's done either featherlightly (it's a word now) or with a finality that goes way beyond any jackboot, leaving no reason or opportunity for the fruits of the worst tendencies which we all possess to one degree or another, namely dickheadery, to get out of hand. People here do tend to 'get it' quite quickly or bugger off, so there's no need for us to zero in, fna fna, on every infraction of the letter of the rules. I'm looking forward to spending more time here again - i've been really ill and just too jealous of everyone going on about airsoft when i was getting worried i might never be able to skirmish again. Not that i'm not jealous now mind, but i've decided it's better for me to lump it and keep semi-current with what a gwaan an ting...

Mmmmmmmmm... nice tongue/ringpiece interface i feel there

My latest acquisition Igor:

I know... I crumbled and bought the Umarex. It feels great, looks ok, but shoots a bit weird. The shot is very powerful but because it has no hop the BB just stops... Literally, compared to even a crappy shop with hop, without it gets to about 23m and just falls.

I hate to admit to being influenced by rednecks, but after watching that squinty-eyes-too-close-together-lump-of-inbred-grilled-catfish on Sons Of Guns firing the real steel, I really want an EBB PKM.

Decided that just because I'm spending at least 1/2 of most days currently too dizzy to even read without feeling a bit nauseous, let alone go airsofting, that shouldn't let my wallet off the hook, muahahahaaaa! Umarex Pistola Makarova CO2 6mm - £56.21 + £10.43 Shipping from gunfire.pl 1 x Umarex Magazine For co2 Gas Pistol Makarov x 2 (2.5919.1) @ £22.99 each 1 x Begadi Basic Combat Shirt - Black (BCJASW) X Large @ £14.99 each (sale price) Total payable: £40.97. This includes a Shipping charge of £2.99. from Action Hobbies

MB01 hop rubber - £15.75 2000 0.4g white BBKings - £22 Free Shipping from ASPUK (and if you're reading this, Daz, i hope you don't choke while you're laughing all the way to the bank)

anyone fancy a sweepstake on how long it takes for this to turn out to have been a bad swap?

Whether it was pulling you limb from limb, or just crushing you under their demented ravening weight, they'd have you in plate armour pretty quick I reckon. I've tried a curass and greaves on and, even without the proper double layer of padding underneath, it was bloody heavy to march around in carrying a wooden sword. There's a reason medieval soldiers spent a lot of time training in their armour: you need to be proper cardio fit. Trust me if you haven't experienced it, there's a big difference between gymn fit and carrying a load of weight for fucking miles and still being able to jump around at the end of it. Part of it is training your metabolism to work at higher efficiency to make energy available to you for extended periods. Instead of the usual thing our bodies do of sequestering carbs for production of fat, the in between stage, glycogen, becomes more important - it is easier for the body to convert it back into sugars than to break down fat, but to do this a lot demands a great deal from the liver and can also lead to blood chemistry and urinary problems - basically it's like an engine: if there's anything at all wrong with it, running it hot up and down motorways will cause it to break down faster than pootling around town... The average fitness of people i see at airsoft, i'd give them about 15s explosive energy with a two handed melee weapon of some kind and if that hadn't bought them a clear route to run away they'd be fucked, because it would be all downhill from there...

or horrifying...

OK so I finally skirmished mine. The results: I was impressed with the anti-fog - i did sweat a fair bit, but not as much as i might have done since i was mainly sniping, not running around with an AK much. The lenses did not fog at all. However they did get full on running liquid condensed sweat in them, which did become intolerable for my role on the field. In conclusion I'd say that, if you sweat like a demented ex-nazi wearing a dress when confronted with a choir of children, then they're only good for CQB or anywhere you don't have to spot hidden camouflaged targets. For sniping/counter-sniping they're no good.

Morena's new livery: