My woodland shoots
 

Hey people how's it going?

These are my new photo shoots wearing my woodland equipment. Let's share your opinions, as I'm quite interested in hearing what you guys think.

P.S. I did a poor job with the applying the camo as the weather was too cold and dry for it to be smudged and applied.

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you play at panther?

and your friend goes to harvard :D?

I am wondering too!

Yea I've been to panther before and played there, but I took this at unknown...it's got lots of trees and bushes around, so it was excellent for the effects.

Yes and he's the grad of 1636...Harvard had been training Mujahideens in their School of Asymmetric Warfare even before the Industrial Revolution. They offer DT (Doctorate of Terrorism) and MJA (Masters of Jihad Administration) as one of their most prominent programs. In order to complete the degree, undergrads are required to undertake co-op and years of work experiences. This includes mandatory training, abroad foreign exchanges, attend field camps for months, and brainwashing programs. The selection process is rigorous, with the eventual selection of certain UGs to spend extended lengths of time at lectures with the profs at caves. This is to test the level of their commitment. Finally the selected few will get to graduate with the warm welcome of 72 virgins. Facilities are readily provided, with the equipment often readily available and in abundance, such as explosives. There are many take-home kits and assignments for UGs to prepare. Many UGs continue to be in the program today, with exchanges students that can be found all over world. They are usually located in the most isolated places from normal settlements, however recently a new fad that has occurred amongst students were to study together in groups in caves and detention centers such as Abu Ghraib and Guantamolo Bay. As US and UK governments are one of the primary sponsors of these institutes, the administrations recognize the needs of the students and provide travel opportunities such as offering free flights to places never seen before by the students. They termed it as "extraordinary renditions". The opportunities allow students to visit some of the places that they would never have thought have existed and that they would ever think of existing, and most loved it so much they decided to stay, and never to be heard from again. However while many students are overly devoted, some choose to slack. One of the most famous UG currently attempted to take a vacation in a mansion at Pakistan, and as a result, the campus staff decided to pay him a visit in order to deliver the notice of suspension.

Your pouches are falling off.

Sorry no offence intended but your gear looks cheap and poorly laid out as if no thought was given to it's placement. Also get some gloves that fit.

Nice attempt but your just not quite photo shoot ready yet.

Yeah that stands out big time man and it kind of kills the photoshoot.. attach the pouches properly.. and trigger control

yea they were starting to break, thats why i went back to hk and exchange for some new ones.
as for placement, what do u suggest?
and gloves...they are the right size..they're just loose. if you have a pair of those nomex flight gloves, and i mean the authentic ones, u'll know what i mean

also as in cheap, i'll admit the prices are indeed, but i don't see how it is cheap any other ways, unless you're telling me to invest in $300 for a real RAV system, to imitate the layout of all the pouches, which i won't do, and to spend so much for no practical purposes. and if u're referring to the pouches, they came with the vest, so knowing that there's problems with them, i'm replacing them now.

I admit on the pouches needing to change, so yea I've just bought some new ones recently. As for the trigger control, can you define? (do note that some are for photographic purposes, so not much I can do about some bits of it)

Firstly like what has been said, learn how to attach MOLLE pouches. Buy quality pouches that arent going to fall apart. And keep your finger off the trigger, etc

Remove all the useless pouches you have, unless it holds something you need immediately get rid of it. Might want to look into a backpack to carry everything else in. Backpack would be good for long Milsim games where you are in the field all day, etc

Move 2 rifle mag pouches to the left side(when wearing it) of the zipper on that vest where you have the pistol mag pouches now. Move the third rifle mag pouch just right(when wearing) of the zipper That way you aren't going to be reaching across your body to get a mag. Move the pistol mag pouches to the top of the vest. Also do you really need 4 pistol mags? You can probably get away with just 2.

Look around the second line gear gallery and the impression threads in the differet Country sub forums to get an idea of gear placement, etc

1.Those pouches came with the vest, just getting that out first; which is also why I'm buying new pouches now.
2. Actually I do have a backpack(tactical, OD), although I don't wear it in battle because it carries nothing of significant importance.
3. Thanks for the advice regarding the pouches; I'll change those layouts when I get home
4. The pistol pouch also came with the vest too (and in fact I've thought about investing in new pistol pouches cuz the "stock pouch" sucked") I have a total of 5 pistol mags lol

Nonetheless, thanks for the advice again

If those pants are a match set to the shirt, it looks like you have an ACU-cut uniform (Tru-Spec, Propper, etc). If so, you should slide so foam padding into the knees and ditch the kneepads, at least for the deep-woods, boonie-hat, recon look... They're fine with the helmeted direct-action look.
That said, don't use my pictures on ASC as a guideline; I only just decided to do the foam thing, and bought a roll of toolbox liner at Crappy Tire, and filled in the knees of my ACU and MCCUUs. I'll only use knee pads now in especially rocky or urban/industrial environments.
Also, for the "recon" look, maybe go with something lighter than the Comtacs for your radio... Bowmann/Swimmer style headset maybe?

.......taken beside a golf course................?

unknown. |There are some trees and bushes over there

You'll see where I was going with that soon.....

what do you mean?

its not that the pouches are bad its that they werent attached right. which is why they are so saggy this video kind of shows how to do it properly YouTube - OPSGEAR® Product Overview: MOLLE Gear

as for trigger control its simple unless you are on a target with the intent to fire your finger is supposed to be straight and outside the trigger guard at all times

Cheers

Public Photo shoots huh....Real smart.

Langara....first you did a photo shoot in a public space and second, you did it on a campus that's crawling with commie hippies and deviants. You were lucky there wasn't anyone smoking a reefer or engaging in buttsecks in the nearby bushes where you were posing with your evil black rifle. As an aside, there is a lounge in the SUB for "People of Colour." Is it still there? It was ghey as fck.

Thank God I managed to transfer out of there to UBC.

Langara? Awesome. Yeah... He's in the middle of he city. Personally, I'd rather play in Stanley Park; more old growth, fallen trees, not to mention the Seawall and abandoned zoo structures... And guaranteed to prompt a visit by VPD ERT.... ;)

Congratulations, Ravan. You admitted to waving your gun around in public in the middle of a city. Prepare to be shredded on ASC.

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Keep pushing my buttons fucktard...You'll get an outcome all right.

Yea I was really pushing it that time(I admit that as mistakes) because we're running out of time (nearing sunset) and we don't want to travel too far, such as the way to Panther, Burma, Big Foot (at Mission) for the shoots. It's also really really hard to find suitable locations, not to mention the backyard is unsuitable(without all those trees and bushes), so with no better choices, unknown was one of the few viable(better of the worse) choices we had for available. Places like Swangard, parks, (I doubt on Stanley Park), and Fraserview Golf Course also were all public places, so they aren't suitable neither. This is why we had to make do with what's available, and if I had better alternative, I would.

Tread lightly raven....... thing being, here on ASC we are very protective of our sport, and everytime we see the news that someone was caught by police having an airsoft gun on them in public, it's a threat to the sport in this country. Is why I pointed your admission out, first of all you shouldn't have chosen that area, second of all openly admitting it here is a major reason to get your peepee slapped in public........ third, not seeing things as we do and hitting the sarcasm button on some of us, not cool.

And how much would half a tank of gas cost you compared to having your guns confiscated, heavily fined and possible jail time because you wanted to save $20 in gas.....

So being a staff/admin gives you all these privileges to be stuck-up with this attitude? Name-calling also doesn't earn respect, if not demonstrate lack of professionalism and maturity. I have no desire to pursue any flame from the very beginning, but it's normal for anyone to react to provocative attitudes, moderators and otherwise.

I get it...his pouches were falling off because there was a "hole in one"

Well I've stated my reasons, and I have no desires to repeat it neither. Even if you stated Stanley Park to me just now, before I finish reading your sentence, in my mind I was already objected to this choice. There were something that's been done, but doesn't mean it will occur again. For me, the latter clause of the last sentence speaks for my attitude towards even remotely consider ever doing that again. I also didn't deny any wrongdoings did I(I won't. What's wrong is wrong, so for any mistake, once is enough)? For now can we just enjoy the photo and let it to rest?

As long as you now know...........

Nice pics, but get dirty. Lol

I understand. I do understand it's wrong, so I've stated I won't repeat it again (I also won't deny my mistake)
I also understand how harsh Canadian laws land on this sport, so if this is what provoked the negative responses, I express my apologies and remove all mentions of the location(to deter the action to be mirrored)

Third, I wasn't intend on being disrespectful to any forum members, especially if unprovoked. I didn't notice the status of the other mod nor yours until now(not everyone pay attention to the left side of the board as the first thing to notice). The only thing that crossed my mind was that you're being reasonable and not hostile (you even explained it to me now, which I appreciated) while the other mod was giving me such a negative attitude that landed there(you can't expect anyone to not react submissively, not to mention read his mind); this is also why I am giving those reflected response accordingly(however note: I haven't said a single word of insult or profanity in comparison, even after being called the f-bomb). Anyways to cut short, firstly I apologize for what offends I've made.

Yea it was broken(one of the fasteners was broken). Actually during the middle of the shoots one pouch(with its magazines and all) actually broke and fell right off lol. You might not notice it as we're lucky none of the shoots revealed the missing pouch. The other pouch was also starting to wear out as well, so I went back to HK to get them replaced. good eye

Now that you've seen the error of your ways, my initial advice regarding kneepads and comms stands. :)

lol thanks again, I'll definitely keep that in my mind. (I've actually thought about changing the earpiece to the swimmer ones that you've mentioned.. I hope they aren't too expensive..)

Replica headsets aren't that expensive from sites like eHobbyasia, etc. And I understand even REAL Bowmann/Swimmers aren't all that pricey, at least compared to genuine Comtac IIs... Just make sure you get the correct matching PTT with pins for your radio.
As for the kneepad inserts, get the padding, measure out the right size, then fold it in half for. Good amount of padding that isn't too thick or stiff. And make sure whatever padding you get isn't water absorbent; you don't want sponges on your knees. ;)

See Ravan, we can play nice. Happy you handled things as you did and recovered your thread. Congrats. ;)

thanks
yea as u saw, i had the replica, so i do need to find the matching headset from ehobbyasia. i visited their store and i cant express how excellent their customer service is. it's sth that uncompany falls short of in comparison. btw r the pads really popular ?

thx. it's ur methods which demonstrated of how ought to be, so it influences mine too.

Popular? Dunno... This was discussed over in the Force Recon/MARSOC thread, but you don't see plastic capped kneepads as much as you used to in pictures of troops in Iraq and A-Stan. I can't tell if they're using inserts, but since the space is there for them... Why not? I'll still definitely use. Hard pads for CQB/MOUT ops, but for woodland/greenside inserts should be fine.

oh ic, so that's wt it's for. thanks for the new knowledge:)
wt u mean is that i can take apart my current kneepads?

No.

I mean that newer uniforms (Army Combat Uniform, Marine Corp Combat Utility Uniform) and many "Tactical" cargo pants have space in the knees to insert thin pieces of foam padding. This may be something adopted to the purpose such as toolbox/drawer liner, or a purpose made and shaped insert. NOT taking apart hardshell kneepads. Of course, if your pants are old-school BDUs, then this is a moot discussion as they don't have an opening in the reinforced knees.

EDIT: Try Googling "ACU knee inserts"; you'll get some images to see what I mean, some suggestions I hadn't thought of (mouse pads! Of course!), as well as links to buy purpose-made Skydex inserts.

Also on that note, the gloves are really too big for you. You need a smaller size. Flight gloves are to be tight around the fingers so you don't lose your ability to use the fingers when flying. The way you wear them is all wrong. They are to be long as well as they are to cover any exposed skin while in flight in case of a fire.

Didn't read all the comment, dear god trigger control.
Finger stays out of the trigger guard until you are ready to shoot.
gun pointed up/down = finger off trigger.

What is the mesh hood piece?