Imitation Loadouts vs Personal Loadouts

[Skara]

I too just wear a tee in summer, bb hits don't hurt unless at really close range, which unfortunately on our field happens quite often (pine forest with a lot of undergrowth, bushes, reducing the engagements to literally sub 20m 90% of the times)..

As far as belts go, the stiffer the better, it needs to hold the weight of the stuff you're going to put on it..

Some belts have a plastic/kydex core, some use 2/3 layers of scuba webbing, which is stiff to begin with, to make it hard as a rock..

Leather tends to give up strength with time (talking about 3/4 years of every day use), maybe a layer of scuba webbing on the inside and leather on the outside for the looks, best of both worlds really..

 

[Arwen]

Hmmm this stuff? https://www.mikesdivestore.com/products/3393-beaver-heavy-duty-webbing-1-metre-50mm?variant=384662324&gclid=CjwKCAiA_ojVBRAlEiwAOLRxIwmZJ9_KS90-RypkaANE3-3IuyR0jhG9neP7wtJk1K5Ctb-gRNuuaBoCIpQQAvD_BwE 

I've not came across that, but sounds like it might be ideal. Cheers! I'll look into it further   

 

[Druid799]

Hmmm this stuff? https://www.mikesdivestore.com/products/3393-beaver-heavy-duty-webbing-1-metre-50mm?variant=384662324&gclid=CjwKCAiA_ojVBRAlEiwAOLRxIwmZJ9_KS90-RypkaANE3-3IuyR0jhG9neP7wtJk1K5Ctb-gRNuuaBoCIpQQAvD_BwE 

I've not came across that, but sounds like it might be ideal. Cheers! I'll look into it further   

That stuff is absolutely hell to sew if you don’t have an industrial strength machine (I make a fair bit of kit and I’ve tried it ) what I’d recommend if you want a really stiff belt is get normal 50mm webbing sew two lengths together , then get some thin plastic strips approx 35-40mm wide and as long as you can get (I use strips cut from 2lt pop bottles) then gaffa tape to join them together to required length, slide in the ‘tube’ pocket you’ve made with the webbing , stitch closed with enough un-stiffened to put through your buckles and job done ! 

 

[Arwen]

After a quick google I don't even fancy trying to sew that scuba webbing! Would be easy enough to glue it (at least partly) on to the inside of a leather belt, then cover it with another strip of leather. I'll need to play around with ideas

 

[TheFull9]

Not discounting anyone's personal experiences, but having tried out so many belts I've lost count in all sorts of scenarios over the years, I don't find the rigidity to be much of a factor at all.  The key thing I look for is a velcro interface to match up with another belt that goes through your actual trouser loops, then after that ideally a PALS system and a good quality buckle/general construction.  Or if it's an old school PLCE/ALICE webbing setup you can just use any belt at all (nearly) since the yoke does the work mostly; PLCE belts are barely stiffened and those type of web rigs are brilliant for any application where armour isn't needed.

 

[Skara]

Heh, my edc belt is made of scuba webbing (had a strip left from some scuba gear fixes and I needed a belt ), I glued it, sewing is really hard and you need like a titanium spear to punch through it xD

 

[SCAR_Jester]

These belt ideas you have sound fantastic @Arwen, you gotta show them off when you're done.

 

[StrategyBish]

I tend to build my load outs based around the role I play in the team.

For milsims I am a medic. I run an RG JPC with various misc pouches to carry medical supplies/snacks. I try to keep the kit as "rattle free" as possible as I tend to be running sliding and crawling to get to hit players a lot so no wobble is a big benefit for me. I also am part of a "Sniper Ops" team so run a full custom leaf suit which I made myself and use webbing which is disguised accordingly to hide in amongst the foliage. with my leaf suit.

so in answer to the original post I design my load outs to perform a job not necessarily to match anyone in particular.

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[Duff]

Nice random pic of forrest there...

...WAITAMINUTE!?!?!?

 

 

[Skara]

Now that's a proper leaf suit!

Think of picking one up myself and mod it to meet my speshul needs

 

[LightningCh]

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So much WANT lol
Thank god my ghillie was a freebie as I know it wont match my surroundings like this lol
Ah well, Got a base to make a custom one now

 

[Duff]

So much WANT lol
Thank god my ghillie was a freebie as I know it wont match my surroundings like this lol
Ah well, Got a base to make a custom one now

You will if you add the surrounding gameplay woodlands to your existing ghillie. Stuff twigs with leaves and loads of drys leaves, roll it around and get people to cram it all up in there! (That's what she said.) You can see a lot of fresh shrubbery on his outfit.

 

[StrategyBish]

You will if you add the surrounding gameplay woodlands to your existing ghillie. Stuff twigs with leaves and loads of drys leaves, roll it around and get people to cram it all up in there! (That's what she said.) You can see a lot of fresh shrubbery on his outfit.

You will be surprised to here nothing on my suit is fresh. It is all synthetic dyed and painted by myself.

 

[Adolf Hamster]

i'm not rich enough to have a tailored loadout, i just cobble together what works from amazon's bargain basement of pouches belts and webbing.

tbh i mostly run a belt setup, 6 quick mag holders, dump pouch at the back, double pistol mag pouch (for speedloader and a grenade) and a pair of triple pouches (one for odin speedloader and the other for whatever i need it for), with a harness for preventing the belt dropping (means i can have it looser which i find more comfy)

then just nuprol drop leg for the pistol and a molle drop leg on the other side for the mags.

but i'm terrible for matching, currently i'm mainly flektarn with the odd splash of dpm and od, must work though given the number of "how the **** did he not see me!?" moments i get.

 

[ghostwalker]

I have done both sides of the coin. 

My first ever airsoft loadout was a full British impression for around the 2010-15 era. Then I switched to a more personalised look with a mix of dpm and olive kit. 

Recentky it's been a bit more of a what I could afford getting back into the game. So tan and black, chest rig and cap. 

Now I am working on something a bit different in the guise of a impression/reenactment kit for a British soldier from the ox and bucks light infantry during ww2. Full glider borne infantry look. It's a personal thing as i was a Royal Green Jacket and I'm a bit of a ww2 history fan. So it's combining my love of history with the history of my regiment. 

Thats as long as I can keep my attention away from m4's and all the mods. It's hard when your best bet for a airsoft weapon will be a sten gun. 

 

[jcheeseright]

There's a middle ground to be had for those who want an effective airsoft kit and for it to be 'impression correct', wear what you need to for the game and don't carry the sh*t you don't.  But the sh*t you do need... make sure it fits the impression you do!

On the other hand, don't wear osprey. 

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[Robert James]

Personally, I had black on black for a while but didn't really like the chafing the jeans were giving so adopted a camo look. It didn't really help in cqb as I was never outside. So I was browsing one day and saw the CTSFO or CTFSO can never remember which way around it is. I couldn't afford the £1000+ load out so went for a poor man's load out of it. Just missing the patches and a few other little things now.

i have a mouth mesh sewn onto my balaclava, I had an over the bottom half of my face one but didn't want to "ruin" the effect of the balaclava. I asked the person who does the mouth mesh how it stays in and he said most of the time it stays due to the balaclava but mine isn't tight fit so it slipped out of place. Got hit on the mouth recently and it's fine, also took one to the cheek and still have all of my teeth.

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[Druid799]

Personally, I had black on black for a while but didn't really like the chafing the jeans were giving so adopted a camo look. It didn't really help in cqb as I was never outside. So I was browsing one day and saw the CTSFO or CTFSO can never remember which way around it is. I couldn't afford the £1000+ load out so went for a poor man's load out of it. Just missing the patches and a few other little things now.

Liking the loadout mate can see you’ve actually put some thought in too it and not just chucked some grey kit on and said “look at me ! I’m an anti-terrorist officer !” Too which one would reply

“ nope no ya not !” Only change I would suggest is long sleeves , not having a pop mate but I’ve seen more meat in a vegan restaurant that your arms ! 

 

[Robert James]

Liking the loadout mate can see you’ve actually put some thought in too it and not just chucked some grey kit on and said “look at me ! I’m an anti-terrorist officer !” Too which one would reply

“ nope no ya not !” Only change I would suggest is long sleeves , not having a pop mate but I’ve seen more meat in a vegan restaurant that your arms ! 

It's the lighting I swear 

 

[Robert James]

Me in action today. I usually tend to wear my under armour as a long sleeve type thing. Great day out and got some compliments on my load out which was great 

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