Hi,
I'm new to the site and I thought I'd put a quick post on here to introduce myself, I'm thinking of getting into airsoft and I'm just looking to find a bit of information out on what venues are worth playing at and the sort of gear I would need.
I don't really want to jump in two feet first and spend thousands of pounds to start off with but at the same time I'd rather buy a few bits of essential kit that were good quality so I don't have to replace them at a later date. (I also don't want to spend too much as we're trying to move to a larger house at the moment!)
With regards to venues I believe there is a site near Brentwood and Bunker 51 in London isn't too much of a drive either, what are people experiences of both of these? I'm actually based in Maldon in Essex so sites in Suffolk wouldn't be too far either. I'd prefer to hire a gun if the site has the facilites to do so as I'd ideally like to try a game before I commit to buying a gun, I've played quite a few paintball games before and I've enjoyed that but never airsoft.
With regards to kit, at the moment I can muster together a milltary style hat, cammo shirt, combat trousers, decent boots, paintball gloves and a Claymore bag to keep spare magazines in, would this be sufficent for a game or is more realism required? (I've done some re-enacting before and people are VERY picky about what is authentic and what isn't!) I would prefer to have the most realistic kit possible but it's a massive outlay to buy all the kit at once. The end look I would like to go for is a US ranger or similar but I'd rather concentrate on getting a decent gun first. (This would be an M4 for a Ranger I assume?)
One of my other interests is mountain biking and I already own some Oakley motorcross goggles, would these be OK for airsoft, they're designed to have stones flung at them so I would assume so but I'd rather check first before using them. I've also got some knee pads, I've seen quite a few pictures of people wearing them but I wasn't sure if this was for aesthetic reasons to portray a particular uniform or not.
Anyway, enough of my rambling...
I'm new to the site and I thought I'd put a quick post on here to introduce myself, I'm thinking of getting into airsoft and I'm just looking to find a bit of information out on what venues are worth playing at and the sort of gear I would need.
I don't really want to jump in two feet first and spend thousands of pounds to start off with but at the same time I'd rather buy a few bits of essential kit that were good quality so I don't have to replace them at a later date. (I also don't want to spend too much as we're trying to move to a larger house at the moment!)
With regards to venues I believe there is a site near Brentwood and Bunker 51 in London isn't too much of a drive either, what are people experiences of both of these? I'm actually based in Maldon in Essex so sites in Suffolk wouldn't be too far either. I'd prefer to hire a gun if the site has the facilites to do so as I'd ideally like to try a game before I commit to buying a gun, I've played quite a few paintball games before and I've enjoyed that but never airsoft.
With regards to kit, at the moment I can muster together a milltary style hat, cammo shirt, combat trousers, decent boots, paintball gloves and a Claymore bag to keep spare magazines in, would this be sufficent for a game or is more realism required? (I've done some re-enacting before and people are VERY picky about what is authentic and what isn't!) I would prefer to have the most realistic kit possible but it's a massive outlay to buy all the kit at once. The end look I would like to go for is a US ranger or similar but I'd rather concentrate on getting a decent gun first. (This would be an M4 for a Ranger I assume?)
One of my other interests is mountain biking and I already own some Oakley motorcross goggles, would these be OK for airsoft, they're designed to have stones flung at them so I would assume so but I'd rather check first before using them. I've also got some knee pads, I've seen quite a few pictures of people wearing them but I wasn't sure if this was for aesthetic reasons to portray a particular uniform or not.
Anyway, enough of my rambling...
