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Her livery changes periodically, but here's Svetlana with homemade ghillie wrapping:

Depends what you mean by 'weathered'. Kind of tricky with a G36, since they tend to be used a lot by police and such, so they're not in the field for long and will look fairly pristine because of that. Having said that, the ones which do take a real battering, are the Kampfschwimmer ones (German Navy special forces divers). Those guys are trained to approach targets underwater, and come out of the sea firing their G36s and P8s, so their weapons certainly get exposed to a bit of wear and tear. The polymer furniture on them will of course not show much signs of wear, but what does show signs of wear is the three-tone camo which many of their G36s sport, so you could paint three tone camo and then buff it off the edges with a dremel or some such, however, there's something you could do which might be more fun that that. Take a look at this picture: http://i.imgur.com/NreBfD4.jpg You can see on that pic that the paint/bluing on the edges of the metal parts is very worn and showing the bare metal, i.e. the cocking handle, the RIS mount (particularly at the front), the flash hider, the fire selector, the body pins etc. Now, the problem you have, is that a lot of that stuff on an airsoft G36, is not metal, but ABS plastic, but you can still make it look like worn metal by using dry-brushing. If you've never done that, here's what that technique looks like: That is my plastic UHC AKS74U, which I have dry-brushed so it looks like worn metal. So, how do we do that? Right, what you want is some of this, which any decent craft or hobby shop will sell: http://modelshop.co.uk/Shop/Item/Humbrol-metalcote-polished-aluminium/ITM3289 So, then what you do is, get a very soft artist's paintbrush (don't use a sh*t cheap one), shake the paint tin and then stir it with a match or cocktail stick so that the metal flakes are suspended in the paint, then dip the brush in the paint, then take a piece of kitchen roll and clean off the paint from the bristles until there is barely any left coming off the brush onto the paper towel. When it is like that, you are ready to use it - Lightly flick the brush over the edges and raised parts of your gun where you want it to look like paint or bluing has worn off. The almost dry brush should only deposit small amounts of paint on raised edges, and it will look like worn metal if you do it right. Don't overdo it, subtlety is the key here, and remember that much of the real G36 is not metal, so you might need to put masking tape on the bits you don't want the paint to go on (crappy 'pound shops' will sell masking tape). If you need to mask around intricate parts, Blu-Tack is good for that, because you can mold it around things. Now, leave it to dry for a couple of hours, then you need some aerosol matt varnish (you can get that from most 'pound shops' too). Spray that very lightly (and I mean VERY lightly) over your bry-brushed bits, and it will prevent it from rubbing off. Be careful though, the wet varnish will tend to wet the metal paint and spread it out, which is not what you want, so if you don't work slowly with the varnish, it will ruin the effect, so, the idea is to do ONE very light quick pass with the varnish, then let that dry, then do another light quick pass, and so on. You need to work slow with the varnish, and let each pass dry before you go again, or it will ruin the effect. Patience is the key word here.

Hi all! I've had a busy year this year. I bought my first house in May. Moving from a flat to a house my natural thought was 'more storage for airsoft stuff!'. As it was the spare bedroom was my dumping ground for my crap. The back garden was a mess so Ive cleaned it up, threw a decking down and I'm in the process of creating a man cave! From this; To this!; I've sorted the inside out by sectioning off an area for garden tools and the rest for airsoft stuff! I've only just started with the inside of the cupboard. I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar set up, and if so what does it look like?

Have to say I prefer it to the new Armex/Umarex Beretta ARX 160 which looks like a Scar L that ate all the pies. . . http://armex-airsoft.co.uk/display_weapon.php?id=1415375608

10/10- Game Of The Year

Thanks man! Took me ages. Not sure if you noticed but the walls are all old pallets. Took me ages stripping them apart. I'm getting a kitchen counter top at the end of the month to make a desk between the two cupboards so I can strip my gun and leave it knowing bits won't wander off

Sorry about the slight derail, but it's probably an XM177 in the original picture. Issued 1966-7 so the timescales fit. Looks like a 30-round mag in the '16 too, which is unusual. The gun geek in me WILL break out every now and again

I'm a tech based in Dorset and do a few custom builds. I'll pop some up here (a mix of personal guns and customers) let me know what you think To start.. Steampunk M14

Something like this is what I was looking for. http://h10.abload.de/img/bild1bcq01.jpg

Overall it's only really cost me about £250, Excluding the cost of the decking. My dad got me the shed for xmas which was about £600, I put £100 towards that. £80 for insulation Plastic membrane was free from work Pallets were free from work £45 for 1"x1" planks £20 for sockets Wiring, comsumer unit, MCBs, light switch all came from work. I should have a nice little workshop out there once it's finished. Can't wait, I've put actual airsofting on hold for the last 3 months whilst this project is going on. Thanks for the kind words!

Mate Outstanding JOB!!

Very nice! Would love to have a setup like that in the garden.

Painting is a crapload easier and cheaper. Anything fancy and super-detailed would be lost on a sniper rifle, since you need camo that works at long range, so just a couple of colours to break up any obvious silhouette will be more than adequate, espesially since it will likely be covered in bits of hessian and wotnot too. If you do want something a little different however, which looks good and can be easily sprayed, try getting some OD and some light green or tan. Spray it with one colour and then use a fern leaf held just above the surface as a stencil mask and spray past it. It gives a very nice foliage effect, which is also very visually disruptive.

damn thats pretty cool, to be honest im gonna be doing my sniper so thinking something bold might be a bit of a give away so thinking spraying atm

Surplus DPM's are always a good stop gap - you should be able to get shirt and kecks off fleabay for £20 or less posted. Always good to have as spare too, for times when you may want to be on the 'green team' when a game is divided into green or tan camo types for ID instead of armbands. Plus you'll be able to lend 'em to a mate at some point when they see fb pics of you looking sub zero 'in combat'...

Looks like a nailgun to me grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

if you get it from JD and select free shipping it'll go to your local UPS collection point. used it all day Saturday and I must say what I brilliant piece of kit. Extremely fast to arm and reload no messing with pins amd what not. yeah really happy with it Ian. Highly recommend.

Yeah I guess so. It's too expensive for me to just go out and purchase a full loadout, so this loadout will probably take a few months to complete. I'm going to get my olive PC soon so whilst I'm saving up for other clothing, i'll probably just wear a black hoodie and olive coloured jeans underneath it.

You can wear OD gear on top of just about any camouflage except Kryptec Typhon or any of the blue urban camos. It even looks good on top of plain black.

I just did my first coat on it and I have done a nice clean "done in quick sprays across the body so it is a consice layer across" in khaki Halfords paint which is reasonably strong. I actually quite like the paint even in a flat khaki colour. (Pic to follow tomorrow when it has fully dried)

Damn. That's my local site. Shop had just been remodeled too with a different counter and such. Will keep an eye out for local sales of stuff since it is near me. Also shared it with my friends list on Facebook, most of whom are in Stockport, so plenty of eyes on the lookout in the town where the robbery took place.

Blasters are good, Devil Blasters are better (in my experience at least). Bulldog BBs are the work of the devil. LiPo batteries should be kept with at least a minimum charge so yes, long term storage they shouldn't be flat. Discharging a LiPo below its minimum can damage it.

I personally do my paintjobs in a more 'organic' way than that; I paint it so it's pristine and perfect, then I use it and the wear happens naturally! Don't go heavy with the paint, a light dusting is better than a heavy coat as it'll bond with the flat areas just as well as a heavy coat but it'll chip away easier on the rails/grip/magwell/etc.

Yeah I realise that but £243 was enough to spend in one go this pay day haha. Plus the spare is a 40 round mag - most of my local CQB sites are semi auto only so full auto fun will be just for outdoors Going to be investing in green gas though because there's no way it's not coming with me to every skirmish I go to haha

^ +1 with dex Use the cheap stuff for honing your skills and target practice at different distances in the back garden, tell your mate to save up for a decent rifle and pistol (i will always recommend G&G) and just use a rental until he's ukara registered, in the meantime he can use any other kit he has (jacket, trousers etc) if he has any AND above all...... go out, have fun and enjoy himself

If you want to know how to do something in Photoshop, you can ask me if you like. I am the main trainer at an Adobe Authorised Training Centre, where it is my job to teach people how to use all Adobe programs, including Photoshop obviously. I have all three certifications for Photoshop: ACI (Adobe Certified Instructor), ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) and ACA (Adobe Certified Associate), so there isn't much I could not help you with.

Was going to order a whole rig last night but my car is fooked so may need to save the cash for that.. All your comments and links are appreciated!!

Now that I spent long hours trying to solve the problem, I realised I'll need to buy new piston and bushes anyway, because they are made of plastic and are damaged. If inserting these parts (which is needed anyway) won't help, I'm pretty sure it's the fault of the motor, because the wires and other parts seem to be fine. And also it's my personal perversion to repair this myself But your advice is of course the most logical step and you're right.

Won't do you any good in your corridor, go out and get some shots in-game

With a Ghillie wrap for the SVD it'd look even better

Gone full sniper

Airlab order just arrived, bits for the AK and a Hunter Seeker AR clip - no more V2 anti reversal woes for me!

Jesus mate, calm down! That kind of wild spending will crash the markets!!!

Big spender of the day award goes to me: Olive drab long sleeve T-shirt. £2.50 in Tesco sale.

Well if it's a private conversation don't use a public forum bud. I was simply pointing out that what you said is pretty sad and as posted above SF and even regular don't wear matching camo. Are you going to tell them how do play war?

That ripped UBAC shirt though XD

Is camo not pretty useless in airsoft anyway? No offence here but it's pretty sad pulling someone up about mixing. He might be like me and picks camo based on the pretty colours and how it compliment my figure.

So I'm wanting to give my G36 a weathered paintjob would anyone be able to advise me how to do this and not make it look crap

A russian gorka in digital flora is 100x better than head to toe multicam. No one wants to play as the bad guys

TM VSR10 Gspec & 3 mags. GOD I love this gun!!!! No upgrades as of yet but I can't believe the build quality! Taken it out for it's first battle tomorrow.

Looks good mate. I'd advise cranking that holster high up as you can though. Those nylon all-in-1 types tend to sit low but that's the first ever drop-calf I've seen, I'd recommend cutting some of the strap if it won't adjust much above your knee (and if it's possible to do so).

AF-UK patches arrived Picking up the PTS MOE pistol grip tommorow

Just brought a 90 litre dip tank, 8 litres of paint, 3m² of kydex foam, arbour press, scroll saw, fittings and pistol parts... There will be pictures! Oh yes... The well be pictures...

Two new toys. The G&G RK47 before people ask only got the cheap one as its a weapon for my bro to use so if he breaks it no biggie. New TRMR nice little thing that is.

SRC AKS74U GBBR magazine (so 4 in total now) SHS ASG pistol silencer adapter (for my CZ75 compact) AK Rubber butt stock extension (for my AK47; the crappy soft plastic one that came with the wood kit being rubbish, and to give the stock a tad more length). From Airsoft World.

Just sorted out my (partially) homemade eotech lens protector, removed the mesh from a Chinese made guard, got some cheapo 1mm lexan polycarb sheet which I cut to rough shape with scissors and then finished off with a dremmel. Fits perfectly and I can actually see through it quite well now. Also remade my sling adapter for my F2000, main part of the strap was taken from a laptop bag.

that acog, lol

We had one of those. I didn't like it because we don't single people out when all they're trying to do is learn, because that isn't fair. Now we don't have that thread any more. We were all new to airsoft once, we all wanted to know everything right away, and I welcome anyone who is so enthusiastic that their thirst for knowledge is literally bursting out and they're owning up to their ignorance and asking questions instead of just bumbling along, people like that are the future of our sport and often turn out to be formidable opponents. To stop being classed as a noob, you have to show respect to other noobs who are trying to learn the things you probably didn't know yourself once upon a time, and you have to accept that when someone is asking their quick questions and is looking for simple answers, in my Quick Questions & Simple Answers thread, they have every right to do so, only then, grasshopper, are no longer a noob. Thread cleaned.

Gun Nut, wow, just wow, can i haz 1? i'll give u my GR16 for ur GR15

here is my bad boy m4a1 , fresh from G&G what you think ? painted the stock od green