• Post your airsoft loadouts V2
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[QUOTE=Monoxx;23509979]Speaking of helping with ideas for loadouts... I didn't know if I should have posted this here or the video-game loadout thread, but what the hell. I've been meaning to put together a HL marine grunt loadout (didn't know how hard it'd be to find some old fashioned urban camo!), anyone knows what vest looks more like the one HECU grunts used in the Half-Life games (power combat vest or however it was called in OpFor)? any other tips would be awesome as well (I won't use a gas mask, probably play using only protective glasses or, at most, the red beret some grunts wore). Any help would be appreciated.[/QUOTE] This would be an awesome loadout assuming you werent some scrawny guy like me. Its definitely not a CIRAS like Fenris (sorry man) said because they are wearing belt mounted pouches that seem to be ALICE gear judging by the suspenders. As for the vest, I would say that a painted motocross vest or one of those protective paintball vests with a tiny bit of modification would work well. They also appear to wear drop leg thigh holsters. Heres a good picture of a Hi-res Opposing Force engineer: [img]http://old.ambientimpact.com/images/models/Romka/preview_hgrunt_torch_Romka.jpg[/img] ALICE rigs can be found dirt cheap at most military surplus stores. And a little googling should help with a motocross vest.
Mmm Seeing this image of the Powered Vest retconned into the series in OpFor... [IMG]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1594/pcvw.jpg[/IMG] ...it looks like some kind of smooth body armor with a chest rig (ALICE? dunno, haven't been on the loop for a while) over it. Don't know if they changed it between the original, lo-res marines, the retcon with the PCV and the hi-def models. EDIT: Ha, ninja'd.
[QUOTE=Monoxx;23510260]Mmm Seeing this image of the Powered Vest retconned into the series in OpFor... [IMG]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1594/pcvw.jpg[/IMG] ...it looks like some kind of smooth body armor with a chest rig (ALICE? dunno, haven't been on the loop for a while) over it. Don't know if they changed it between the original, lo-res marines, the retcon with the PCV and the hi-def models.[/QUOTE] After seeing this, I can definitely see a painted motocross vest working well.
Yeah I know realize my fault at being stupid enough to go by a reskin.
Mmm, apparently [URL="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/en/images/6/64/HECU_beret_model.jpg"]the whole thing didn't change much from the original human grunts[/URL] (it's damn hard finding good lo-res marine pics). I'll be damned, this may have to wait a while, my current plate carrier (which, in a hurry, may have doubled as the body armor) is TAN instead of black and my other accesories (gun holster, flask, etc) are black instead of green. I'll need some $$ in order to change my whole loadout, but I really want to get together a HL grunt one (make it my main loadout as well, just change the urban camo into woodland or desert when the need arises, black and green should mix well with basically anything). Thanks for the help, folks.
[QUOTE=Fenriswolf;23510334]Yeah I know realize my fault at being stupid enough to go by a reskin.[/QUOTE] They're wearing ALICE in that reskin too, look at the suspenders. [editline]05:45AM[/editline] I now have a sudden urge to mount an M203 to an MP5.
Curse you horrible equipment recognizing skills :argh:
Here's a pic from last sunday. Pixeled (pixelized?) the face because I wouldn't like CNN showing this "file photo" of me in a couple of years. [IMG]http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4812/censored.png[/IMG] Not pictured: Black thigh "fanny pack" or pouch or however it's called, black kneepads. Pictured: Jesus Christ, I need to lose weight. Also blah blah gun not being held correctly, it's just a posed picture with an fake gun that couldn't possibly exist in real life. For some reason I think the "stock over the shoulder" thing looks cool and always revert into that position when my primal insticts sense a camera nearby. Don't tell my enemies though, all they'd need is a Kodak in battle and I'd hit myself in the face with my own gun. EDIT: also see if you can find the part of my gun I had to fix with duct tape!
[img]http://vipgames.karelia.ru/forum/files/marine_beauty_181.jpg[/img] [img]http://wiki.blackmesasource.com/images/8/8c/1263475154.jpg[/img] [img]http://wiki.blackmesasource.com/images/0/05/1263475126.jpg[/img] Rate me useful.
Is that a grenade launcher under the MP5?
[QUOTE=L_Dawg;23512284]Is that a grenade launcher under the MP5?[/QUOTE] Yes, it looks like they made it a RIS GP-25 in the black mesa source though. [editline]11:43AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Monoxx;23511156]EDIT: also see if you can find the part of my gun I had to fix with duct tape![/QUOTE] The outer barrel right after the front sight post.
Content! [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6092109/P1050093.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6092109/P1050097.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6092109/P1050095.JPG[/IMG]
Nice.
Vest itself and sunglasses make me sadface. Looks awesome otherwise though.
Why the vest? Glasses were a joke.
[QUOTE=Timebomb757;23520460]Vest itself and sunglasses make me sadface. Looks awesome otherwise though.[/QUOTE] Really? I thought it looked kinda funny/cool.
[QUOTE=Fenriswolf;23520499]Why the vest? Glasses were a joke.[/QUOTE] It's the same MOLLE vest I had. I hate them with a passion, they're so useless.
It works. It's not my first choice but it works. I may get a new one later down the road.
[QUOTE=Fenriswolf;23520499]Why the vest? Glasses were a joke.[/QUOTE] Vests with the fake leather recoil pads drive me nuts. No one uses them in combat. And a HATE half tinted sunglasses, they're girly and all of the toolboxes in my graduating class wore them. They inspire high levels of rage in my soul.
We all have some deep seeded hatred towards certain types of gear don't we? Ahaha.
Apparently; I hate multicam but that's it. As for the glasses everyone has their own tastes but I'm not a tool :buddy:
[QUOTE=Identity;23520651]We all have some deep seeded hatred towards certain types of gear don't we? Ahaha.[/QUOTE] This is true. As for why I don't like the vest, I had one and it even had MOLLE on the shoulders instead of leather, the thing was not modular at all. There was no room for customization. basically you could only set it up like a crossdraw at triple the cost and no other perk other then a hydration pack was included. It's the MOLLE version of a crossdraw basically.
[QUOTE=Identity;23520651]We all have some deep seeded hatred towards certain types of gear don't we? Ahaha.[/QUOTE] I dislike them purely from a realism standpoint. Literally no military uses vests like those, it would be like walking into combat with a civilian shooting vest on. I always wonder how they even got into airsoft in the first place.
I beg to differ, my customization isn't that similar to a crossdraw. [editline]07:01PM[/editline] I hope to get a plate carrier sooner or later...
[QUOTE=Timebomb757;23520841]I dislike them purely from a realism standpoint. Literally no military uses vests like those, it would be like walking into combat with a civilian shooting vest on. I always wonder how they even got into airsoft in the first place.[/QUOTE] Actually, during the opening invasion of the Iraq, 1st Recon Marines, mainly Fire Team Leaders, wore this over their 1st gen Interceptor vests. It wasn't widespread, but it would for carrying what they needed. Now there's better stuff on the market.
[QUOTE=Identity;23520921]Actually, during the opening invasion of the Iraq, 1st Recon Marines, mainly Fire Team Leaders, wore this over their 1st gen Interceptor vests. It wasn't widespread, but it would for carrying what they needed. Now there's better stuff on the market.[/QUOTE] Pics/source?
Look at how many rows of MOLLE are on that compared to, say, my Interceptor or a CIRAS Vest for example. Not even Molle on the shoulders, it's two boxes of MOLLE on the front and back with side straps. It's sad to see. [editline]03:04PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Timebomb757;23520936]Pics/source?[/QUOTE] inb4 Generation Kill.
[QUOTE=Fenriswolf;23520883]I beg to differ, my customization isn't that similar to a crossdraw. [editline]07:01PM[/editline] I hope to get a plate carrier sooner or later...[/QUOTE] Look on Amazon. Unlikely place I know. But I got my Interceptor for $60, as opposed to $90. I've seen some go for $120. Actually it goes for that at OPSGEAR. [editline]03:05PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Timebomb757;23520936]Pics/source?[/QUOTE] I'll search for one. [editline]03:06PM[/editline] [QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;23520951]Look at how many rows of MOLLE are on that compared to, say, my Interceptor or a CIRAS Vest for example. Not even Molle on the shoulders, it's two boxes of MOLLE on the front and back with side straps. It's sad to see. [editline]03:04PM[/editline] inb4 Generation Kill.[/QUOTE] Yeah Generation Kill had them, but they were also in the book with the original team too. Here we go: [img]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2009/02/12/gkill2460.jpg[/img] It's woodland, but the closest Marine in the pic has one on. It's seriously a pain to find any pic of a 1st Recon Marine, without turning up every Generation Kill pic taken. Hell I'm not even sure if the one I posted is real. I've gone through 15 pages, and all I turn up is current gear.
Whoa your right, Amazon does have plate carriers, and for cheap.
This is the vest I'm getting. Simple and gets the job done. I wish I could find something in Type 07 though. [url]http://www.royaltigergear.com/product_info.php?cPath=30_21_22_64_39_38&products_id=147&osCsid=9c80cbd2ea5c90d79821fbe2ba572f58[/url]
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