The real future wars?

[Neldoreth]

Check out this, I am so looking forward to getting my hands on some of these! They are from ebobminiatures.com    Paintball!



Very cool!

n.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

nice! but nor sure about odd-looking weapons

[Etranger]

nice! but nor sure about odd-looking weapons

Look like paintball guns to me & at a guess that's what they are.

[WitchfinderGeneral]

Do you really think your paintballs have any chance against my lasers?  ::

[Neldoreth]

When I saw these figs I just had to show them off, I guess I should have put them in the open forum...  In any case, when I saw them they took me back to my paintball days, like this:







This is just another way to keep me in the basement, hunched over my miniatures when I should be outside getting some excercise! When my buddies call and say "lets get out and play some paintball", I can reply, "Sure, come over, I'll bring the soda and chips for some miniature gaming action!"...

n.

[KeyanSark]

LEt's hope the real future wars are done with paintball guns... Last news from Iran and Mr. Bush make me sweat again, as I did back in the 80s...

But this is offtopic, and sorry for that...

[Prof.Witchheimer]

until today never heard anything about paintball,  thought that's a sort of sci-fi-men-in-black-like-weapon  

[KeyanSark]

I played paintball a couple of times some years ago... Although you wear some kind of protection, those ball really hurt when they hit you... I remember myself crawling in the dirt trying not to be hit in the head by the "enemy" who was entrenched... and realising a little how bad must be the *REAL* thing  ::

[Operator5]

Played Paintball a couple of times.

After a VERY close call, I learned to wear a protective cup as I caught a shot at less than 5 ft, right on the inside of my thigh.  :oops:


It could have been much worse.  :freak:

[Neldoreth]

I used to always wear a couple of layers of clothes. Luckily (knock on wood) I never did take any serious shots, but I had many friends who had and so I learned from their misfortune.

Funny thing is that now I have seen those miniatures I have a burning desire to go out and play paintball! I hope this desire passes soon so that I can keep my efforts for my miniatures

Sorry for taking this forum post so off topic!

n.

[Argonor]

I know this is close to threadomancy, but I just go this wicked idea:

You do a moderated game for a couple of friends, where they are playing a team of paintballers each. Capture the flag or something.

The paintball-field is situated on an old abandoned cemetery (a few headstones are scattered among the barricades, and a main tower/stronghold is buildt on top of a mausoleum/crypt...?)

The tough question here is: Can you stop a zombie with at paintball gun? ;-)

[Col.Stone]

What a great idea 

[Pil]

I know this is close to threadomancy, but I just go this wicked idea:

You do a moderated game for a couple of friends, where they are playing a team of paintballers each. Capture the flag or something.

The paintball-field is situated on an old abandoned cemetery (a few headstones are scattered among the barricades, and a main tower/stronghold is buildt on top of a mausoleum/crypt...?)

The tough question here is: Can you stop a zombie with at paintball gun? ;-)

In Romero's Land Of The Dead one of the attractions in the undercity is shooting paintball shots at zombies. There is a sign next to it saying "No headshots". Depending on the game type fought I'd say a paintball has a low strength but it just might work...

[Argonor]

Yeah, I'd probably allow for the paintball to knock over the Z, but not kill it - the players would have to let their teams use improvised weaponry to actually kill of the critters....

[Commander Vyper]

I know this is close to threadomancy, but I just go this wicked idea:

You do a moderated game for a couple of friends, where they are playing a team of paintballers each. Capture the flag or something.

The paintball-field is situated on an old abandoned cemetery (a few headstones are scattered among the barricades, and a main tower/stronghold is buildt on top of a mausoleum/crypt...?)

The tough question here is: Can you stop a zombie with at paintball gun? ;-)

In Romero's Land Of The Dead one of the attractions in the undercity is shooting paintball shots at zombies. There is a sign next to it saying "No headshots". Depending on the game type fought I'd say a paintball has a low strength but it just might work...

Well as they rot even a gas powered paint ball might get in that there brainstem!