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I was trawling back through some pics on my devices, and stumbled into a pic of when I just started playing.

Everyone gotta start somewhere? Right? ?

Then compared to my most recent days play out with some chums

Any of you got pics in NOOB condition and showing the transformation into a pewpew carrying GOD like below!?

Noob

Started playing 2018

Cheap EBay PC

Knock off Helicon trousers

M&S long sleeved T-Shirt

Gen Oakley gloves

”Milspec” cheapo boots

Krytac, sling was off a hold-all ?

Buzzing with enthusiasm.

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Recent

Decent replica stuff

Gbbr

Spends more time chatting than slinging

Asshole

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Earliest pic I have. I think this is a few years in, 2 or 3 I think, being sneaky sniper at a weekend event in Spain in 2008 before Spain even had sites; used to just be a bunch of guys turning up at an abandoned urbanisation to play airsoft. This was probably one of the first ever weekend airsoft events on the Costa Del Sol! As "the Brit" I had to be rocking the DPM to represent ;) .

Loadout overall was:
Warrior L96, totally unupgraded and flinging .25 heavyweight BBs! (pretty sure they became Well, and .25s really were heavyweight back then!)

Bell 1911 (it's a lovely pistol and I still have it. Doesn't shoot well, but looks and feels amazing!)

DIY safety glasses worn over my prescription glasses (I have no idea if they were rated high enough, but I still have two eyes!)

Warrior Assault Systems chest rig. Much older model that isn't made any more, but spoiler alert: it still works great and I still use it!

Dingo drop leg holster in OD

Blackhawk knee pads

Army surplus boots

Bunch of scrim net around the rifle

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And most up to date photo I really have that shows my loadout is from AI500 last year (the one where we got hit by a storm and they had to call it early on the Saturday!). Loadout here (with disposable income!) is:

TM m21 SWS HPA setup (Wolverine Hydra Gen2) with all the upgrades

TM mk23 upgraded with all the upgrades

Heroshark mesh goggles with prescription inserts

Stich Profi "Chimera" hood

Sprinter Custom Ghillie multi-season haloscreen rifle wrap

Bulle(?) MARPAT shirt and trousers

Not sure on the brand of boots

Warrior Assault Systems pathfinder chest rig and gunfighter belt kit

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Honestly, not much has changed in terms of how I play outside of me just being a lot better at it now. I still play sneaky sniper, though with a disposable income I've been able to get myself far better gear. Main difference is that I'm nowhere near as fit as I was back then and at the moment I'm carrying too many extra pounds. Gym, couch to 5k, cycling instead of getting the bus around town and BJJ and MMA classes are all helping me get back to the level of fitness I had in picture #1 when I was in multiple sports teams at school (rugby and swimming up until I moved to Spain, then just swimming in Spain) rather than me being a fatass in pic #2

 
No noob photos of me as i started in 2004 when camera phones were shit and social media didn't exist. The earliest picture i can find of me is this from 2011

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Standard issue (at the time) British assault boots, 

C95 DPM trousers, 

Viper kneepads, 

ACM plate carrier, 

Black UBACS (don't remember the make but it wasn't a Chinese knock off) 

Maruzen NBB P99, 

KSC (I think) Glock 18 in a mag pouch, 

ACM gloves, 

ESS V12 goggles 

The latest pic i can find is this, taken last January. After going through several different camo patterns I've found myself almost back where I started

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German para boots, 

The same pair of trousers as the earlier picture, 

Same plate carrier (swapped out for a SADF M83 chest rig in summer) 

All Terrain Tigerstripe combat shirt, 

Eye protection liberated from work.

The guns are an E&L AKS74U and Golden Eagle R870

 
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Enid_Puceflange said:
I was trawling back through some pics on my devices, and stumbled into a pic of when I just started playing.

Everyone gotta start somewhere? Right? ?

Then compared to my most recent days play out with some chums

Any of you got pics in NOOB condition and showing the transformation into a pewpew carrying GOD like below!?

Noob

Started playing 2018

Cheap EBay PC

Knock off Helicon trousers

M&S long sleeved T-Shirt

Gen Oakley gloves

”Milspec” cheapo boots

Krytac, sling was off a hold-all ?

Buzzing with enthusiasm.

View attachment 94644

Recent

Decent replica stuff

Gbbr

Spends more time chatting than slinging

Asshole

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Nice! But I see you have picked up some attitude from first pic ??

 
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First one in 2017 - friends hidden to protect the innocent ?

Using a Specna Arms M4

Repro Ciras plate carrier (christ that thing was hot)

British Army surplus DPM trousers and an MTP UBAC.

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Second one earlier this year at the AI500 Citadel event

TM MWS (L119A1 work in progress).

Crye JPC 2.0

3M Peltors

FRV shooters belt

Real steel pouches

Safariland holster with a TM Glock 19

Repro UBAC and trousers

PTS Flux helmet.

Needless to say it's a bit of a change, and I spend way too much on this hobby ?

 
First is certainly not the first time I ever attended, but it's the first photo I'm aware of according to Facebook it's from March 2009 from Urban Assault (RIP). Back when Multicam was a rarity, a mayo AR though... some things never change. And yes, I needed a haircut and black boots with Multicam will forever be a bad look.

Classic Army M15 CQBR

Flyye PC with some custom mag pouches and admin pouch

Repro Cryes

Oakley SI Gloves

Magnum boots (I think)

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This ones from two weekends ago, not much to say. I don't tend to wear a huge amount of camo nowadays but the mayo ARs are still present and correct. Outside of the addition of the belt and a dangler not much has changed with how I run my kit.

Marui NGRS

Crye Airlite Chest Rig

PIG Deltas

Ferro Mini Dangler

Ferro Bison Belt

Fjallraven Vidda Pro Ventilated

Salomon Quests

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alxndrhll said:
First is certainly not the first time I ever attended, but it's the first photo I'm aware of according to Facebook it's from March 2009 from Urban Assault (RIP). Back when Multicam was a rarity, a mayo AR though... some things never change. And yes, I needed a haircut and black boots with Multicam will forever be a bad look.

Classic Army M15 CQBR

Flyye PC with some custom mag pouches and admin pouch

Repro Cryes

Oakley SI Gloves

Magnum boots (I think)

View attachment 95095

This ones from two weekends ago, not much to say. I don't tend to wear a huge amount of camo nowadays but the mayo ARs are still present and correct. Outside of the addition of the belt and a dangler not much has changed with how I run my kit.

Marui NGRS

Crye Airlite Chest Rig

PIG Deltas

Ferro Mini Dangler

Ferro Bison Belt

Fjallraven Vidda Pro Ventilated

Salomon Quests

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LOL, I had to look twice at the first picture, I thought you were wearing a guardsmans bearskin?‍♀️

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Tackle said:
LOL, I had to look twice at the first picture, I thought you were wearing a guardsmans bearskin?‍♀️

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My hair was my pride and joy back then ?. To be fair, still is... largely because I'm seemingly lucky to still have it at this point!

 
I'm just jealous, I'm a slap head with more hair on my back than my head ?

 
First woodland game at Combat South (RIP) in 2018, sporting issued MTP and boonie, with a borrowed eBay PC and a mate's Combat Machine. 

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Last game a couple of weeks ago at Camouflage Bournemouth, with repro Crye black multicam top, Platatac tigerstripe Dax4, Warrior LPC PC, backpack and dangler, Mechanix gloves, Delta Mike facepro, Esstac pouches, C2R belt, TMC Safariland, Umarex Glock and TM NGRS 416.

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