Z-man's (New) Mag Gallery

[Z-man]

Evening AO. I was staring at my site and finally decided to do something about what I suspected for some time. I made the Gallery section a Mag only layout. I mean who sees my site in general and cares enough to send me a pict now and then? AO.... yeah.

Now it's not like there are not already a large number of places where people put up their Mags and I think that Jayloo is doing a great job. However, its my site and if I want a little gallery I get to try and make one so there.

The redone, but worthlessly empty new gallery layout (http://www.zakvetter.com/pages/pb/galleries/gallery.html)

Besides the obvious layout changes (the main sections will have a thumbnail that you click on so you can see more images and scroll less; I HATE scrolling). I upped the picture size to 800x600 and ditched that odd ball format of 600x400 (not sure why I did that one). Do you think I should go larger? I like being able to look at larger pictures as you can always shrink them down but I don't think you want to get above 1600x1200. Oh and I hope you don't mind that I just looked around for decent pics of each marker category and made them the buttons (anyone see their baby?)

Lastly, as you can also see, those of you who submitted pictures no longer have them up. That is partly my fault for not keeping the originals and also because many of them were tiny pictures to start with. I would like to get pictures that are posed more than just taken on next to the computer with the web cam so I am willing to make this a drawn out production.

So I ask you, from what you can see of the gallery (all blank but the Mech and SFL sections) do you think it's better? I will probably have to make a special post regarding the SFL section. I would really like to get a picture of all the SFL's made and a little history write-up on each one. Most of them seem to have a little flourish somewhere in their existence. The thread here has some of them but it' not really clear how many we have listed much less who owns them. I have not done anything for mine yet as I want to get a few SFL's and other markers up.

I'll be interested to see if this new gallery goes the way of the first one ;).

[_tMAN]

Cool man,
but I really want more videos ;)
although it would be cool to see all the SFL mags together, I don't think I've seen more than 4 different ones

[Cryer]

I like the layout better...

Emailing my pics...

[Deathshadow9k]

nice setup but yes you need many more pictures, good luck on it Zman

......*cough* check your spelling on the word showing and markers in the link *cough*.....

[Z-man]

Thanks Cryer for the fast submission. Ill see if I can figure out how to put 2 pictures op of the same marker without making 2 thumbnails that would be pretty cool.


nice setup but yes you need many more pictures, good luck on it Zman

......*cough* check your spelling on the word showing and markers in the link *cough*.....

hooly crap yes. I know that the whole freakin site is FULL of spelling errors. How do you like that? 18+ years in private education and I cannot spell any better than an a 7th grader....

[Jack & Coke]

Hey Z-man,

You're welcome to use any of the following pics of my guns for your gallery, if you like...

(right-click, save as...)

Tunamax:
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59670&stc=1
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59324&stc=1
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59325&stc=1
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59328&stc=1

Retro:
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20654
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22894
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25154
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25155
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25156
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25157
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25159
http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25160

[Creative Mayhem]

ZMan.. sounds good. I do have a suggestion though, maybe once the pic comes up maybe have a stats bar, listing the parts/modifications done to each person's marker.

[hAppy]

Man, you have one of the nicest sites I ever seen. Did you make it yourself? Way nice

[Z-man]

ZMan.. sounds good. I do have a suggestion though, maybe once the pic comes up maybe have a stats bar, listing the parts/modifications done to each person's marker.

Yes I aggree. I was thinking I would either make a fill page for each pic (and have all the images load for it and the stats listed at the top

OR

Put the stats into the picture with photoshop.

I think Ill go with option 1 simply b/c some people dont like to voilate their beautiful image with text ;)


Man, you have one of the nicest sites I ever seen. Did you make it yourself? Way nice

Thank you. I did make the site myself in GoLive. Some day I will learn how to deal with those java based drop down menus but so far I have been too annoyed with them.

[devingoode]

great layout, hope to see you at norcal vs socal 05

[Army]

great layout, hope to see you at norcal vs socal 05

But wait until I am home for sure, THEN we can set a date!

[Adrenaline_Junkie]

Wheres my Rogue Mag at Z-Man?!?!?!?! :confused: LOL

Dont forget about my baby Z-Man, i was so lookin forward to seein it in there after you posted on my thread about it. Anyway, lookin good and keep up the great work with the vids and photo gallery. :headbang:

[_tMAN]

Holy Crap Zak,
I din't realize your dad was Craig Vetter,

end drooling
I love your webby layout, it looks clean and organized, like a good webby should

[Automaggot68]

God, do I love your site. I love it even more, because i'm on my brand new ibook :D
Keep rockin' Z-man.

[Z-man]

...because i'm on my brand new ibook :D
Keep rockin' Z-man.

I envy you! I just set up a guy on a brand new dual 2.5Ghz G5 and an iBook both maxed out. Lucky swine...

OK after I finish my house cleaning I'll upload the new submitted pictures and add some tasty text.

[Adrenaline_Junkie]

SWEET! Thanks Z-Man. IDK if you remeber my pic so heres a link to some pics of my Rogue. The one with the flame drop is the most recent and best lookin IMO. Thanks again.

http://community.webshots.com/album/163162782UDVRGV

[Automaggot68]

I envy you! I just set up a guy on a brand new dual 2.5Ghz G5 and an iBook both maxed out. Lucky swine...

OK after I finish my house cleaning I'll upload the new submitted pictures and add some tasty text.
Lol, it is ME who envies YOU. you know how the damn thing works, I've been using mac's for...hmm...seven years, but i'm damned sure you know more than I do. OSX is fun, and im jsut starting to find the easter eggs, and the terminal is alot of fun. Oh, if you suddenly get some people talking to you- via email, from San Diego, they quite possibly will be from me referring them to you. I can't promise anything, but i've been putting out your name. ALSO, if you have some business cards, PM me for my address, and if you send them to me, I'll be more than ahppy to distribute them for you, for free.

[trevorjk]

feel free to use my pic if you like... click it for a huge pic of it

<a href="http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/5000/DSC006714410.JPG"><img src="http://www.jayloo.com/files/pics/5000/DSC006714410.JPG" width="600" height="450"></img></a>

[Z-man]

[QUOTE=trevorjk]feel free to use my pic if you like... click it for a huge pic of it

Will do. Do me a favor and list all the stuff on is so I get it right.

Little status update to all you who have sent me picts (thank you). I have made a more complete version of the gallery. Blann, Jack, Cryer and anyone else look over the pictures and notice where/if I put down incorrect info? yes that is right I want the info or you don't get to look cool and you know how bad that is!

[Empyreal Rogue]

Hey now! I sent you a picture a few days before you started the new layout. Where's mine? :confused:

Oh well, I'll just forward you the email... again.

[Z-man]

Hey now! I sent you a picture a few days before you started the new layout. Where's mine? :confused:

Oh well, I'll just forward you the email... again.

Yes you did and I am sorry about not having it up yet. It was a bit on the small size (remember 800x600 pleas) Send me a really big one with nice detail and a good view of the whole marker with the details and Il have it up

[Cryer]

Little status update to all you who have sent me picts (thank you). I have made a more complete version of the gallery. Blann, Jack, Cryer and anyone else look over the pictures and notice where/if I put down incorrect info? yes that is right I want the info or you don't get to look cool and you know how bad that is!


Mostly right for my set up. a couple of changes, tho:


Red ULE Body
Black X-Valve
Gloss Black Blade Intelliframe
Black Omega Rail
Some Sort of Foregrip Dye Comfort Foregrip
Some 14" Barrel (Smart Parts?) Smart Parts Teardrop 14"
Custom Dyed 12V Revvy Intellifed
68/45 Crossfire HPA TankBulldog II (even tho I prefer crossfire...)
CP ASA CP Rail, Empire ASA
SS Hose


You got pretty good eyes for the most part... Howd you know my hopper was custom-dyed? :ninja:

[Eatem Alive]

hey, i recognize that red logic mag on the first page ;)

[Z-man]

[QUOTE=CryerYou got pretty good eyes for the most part... Howd you know my hopper was custom-dyed? :ninja:[/QUOTE]

I didn't join in 2004 and I might be stalking the sexy Mags out there. You are kinda like me and that Mag has shown up more than once on the forum ;)

[Jack & Coke]

Zak,

nice!!!

sorry about the lack of details...

Gloss Black "E-Max" X-Valve (normal X-Valves are satin or flat black)
Gloss Black ULE Body
Gloss Black ULE Rail
CP Pro Kit barrel
Software = 3.2
Hopper = Halo
70/4500 "Peanut" Crossfire HPA Tank
CheckIt Uni-Mount

:cheers:

[Z-man]

Info fixed. Keem em coming and feel free to send me more high res pics of ones already sent.

[Steelrat]

I'll send some stuff...eventually. Really.

[Z-man]

I'll send some stuff...eventually. Really.

Seriously, I could have a whole gallery just of the Mags you have owned.

Edit: Have a safe trip man! Island sickness is a terrible thing!

[The Frymarker]

You can have a pic of my micromag if you want

[Adrenaline_Junkie]

Heres whats on my gun:

Red Xvalve
Rogue Rail
Y Frame
ULT
CP one Piece Barrel
CP Flame Drop
CP On/Off
Rogue Feedneck
Rogue Foregrip

I think thats all. Can i just pm you or somethin when i get the newer pics of my gun. I plan on putting a battery housing, warp left body, and Q Loader on it. (all mech, gotta love it.)

[Cryer]

You are kinda like me and that Mag has shown up more than once on the forum ;)

Hehe... what can I say, she was pretty, no? :p

[trevorjk]

[QUOTE=trevorjk]feel free to use my pic if you like... click it for a huge pic of it

Will do. Do me a favor and list all the stuff on is so I get it right.



Trevor Ketterhagen

my mag

xvalve
LX
ULT
ule body
intelliframe with skull grips (maker unkown)
benchmark body rail
some cheap gas through i got off ebay with a high pressure gauge on it
J@J ceramic barrel
shocktech micro drop with shocktech on/off asa

i do beleive that covers everything?

[Cryer]

Trevor Ketterhagen

my mag

xvalve
LX
ULT
ule body
intelliframe with skull grips (maker unkown)
benchmark body rail
some cheap gas through i got off ebay with a high pressure gauge on it
J@J ceramic barrel
shocktech micro drop with shocktech on/off asa

i do beleive that covers everything?
your grips were made by paintball pins, I believe


www.paintballpins.com

[Z-man]

You can have a pic of my micromag if you want

Of course Heather! Send me all of them, just please make sure they are 800x600 or larger; Ill take care of the rest.

Also if you want to be added to my small (but soon to grow section of dealers on my site, send me a little logo and 1 sencentce descript of what you do (I know but your wording). I also want to add in links to pertinant parts. So forexample, for any Frymark Grips I would have that be a link to your site, for any Tunamax stuff etc...

[Adrenaline_Junkie]

Your site is gonna rock Z-Man! I cant wait till its done! Itll be even better one my mag gets on there lol jk.

[trevorjk]

your grips were made by paintball pins, I believe


www.paintballpins.com

maybe... but highly doubtful as these grips i do beleive were made by a custom fabricator before that site came out? are they linked? maybe... but iva had the grips for about a year and a half now

[Z-man]

New images up. Again, for my sake people, I am looking for high res clean shots of markers. Trevorjk, I cleaned up your image as much as I could in Photoshop but its rather blurry; Same for you Zedaine :(

I am going for more of the high quality/res Mag gallery than just the "official aotomag pictures gallery here on AO"

Looks like I am also going thave to make a special SFL thread to attract those reclusive SFL owners... perhaps even resort to PMs!

Think I should go the eBay rout and make a thread called "OMG SFL/TRIX/A4 PICS!!!!" or make a reasonably titled one :D ?

[trevorjk]

New images up. Again, for my sake people, I am looking for high res clean shots of markers. Trevorjk, I cleaned up your image as much as I could in Photoshop but its rather blurry; Same for you Zedaine :(

I am going for more of the high quality/res Mag gallery than just the "official aotomag pictures gallery here on AO"

Looks like I am also going thave to make a special SFL thread to attract those reclusive SFL owners... perhaps even resort to PMs!

Think I should go the eBay rout and make a thread called "OMG SFL/TRIX/A4 PICS!!!!" or make a reasonably titled one :D ?


here ill go take another pic... and ill get right back to you

[jayloo]

Nice job. Very clean and clear. Keep up the great work :clap:

Ill send a pic and description of my Karta emag when I get it back from anno and more milling.

[trevorjk]

ive got a folder of 25 pics... all different.. some more funnzy then others... my moms camara blows :(

but yeah ill catch you on aim and ill send it to you then

[Adrenaline_Junkie]

Wheres my mag at?!?!?!?

[Z-man]

Wheres my mag at?!?!?!?

No No, where's my larger image at? I sent you an email.... :(

[Adrenaline_Junkie]

My bad, i didnt realize the pic was to small. Sorry bout that.

[The Frymarker]

Okay, I'll zip up some pics and I'll send you a logo and link

Thanks so much!

[Z-man]

FryMark Micromag up. Do me a favor and let me know if you want to have the other components listed (tank, loader etc). I like the lictures, so rich in color. See that AO? those are good pictures.

[The Frymarker]

Wow, that looks great!!!! Thanks so much. You don't have to put the rest of the setup, that doesn't really matter much to me, I run that off of a remote because the tank really sets it off balance for me, and I haven't decided which loader I want, but it will be clear.

I think from now on I will probably take my pictures outside, they come out crisp. Most of the time when I take pictures inside the photos are mutteled.

I have some special one off in the near future, that if you want the photos, you're more than welcome.....for instance the KITT-E.

Thanks again

[G3PB]

I sent you photos of my shiney new XMag, want HyperMag photos also? Perhaps I should wait until the ULE body arrives, Tom doesn't like the old stainless look :)

[Z-man]

I sent you photos of my shiney new XMag, want HyperMag photos also? Perhaps I should wait until the ULE body arrives, Tom doesn't like the old stainless look :)

You sent picts of the red one right? I am still waiting on the larger images (which makes me sad as it is a very rich red ano). But to answer your question yes I would love a nice clear picture of your hypermag. You get spot #1 then ;).

[FutureMagOwner]

<a href=http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4913/Purty2.jpg><img src=http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4913/Purty2.jpg width="600" height="450"></img></a>


<a href=http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3784/Purty4.jpg><img src=http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3784/Purty4.jpg width="600" height="450"></img></a>


<a href=http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3222/Purty6.jpg><img src=http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3222/Purty6.jpg width="600" height="450"></img></a>


figured youd like these, click for the larger version...

um lets see:

16 inch ultralight
v1 chord body
rougefactor milled my old emag rail like that (inside is empty)
cnc battery pack
q loader ghetto rigged with warp plate and a mag vert asa
custom xpb anodizing
nw quick disconnect asa thingy with a unimount on it which has a 68/45 PE tank
oh and WDP twisted feed tube that i would used with an egg or halo b but with the q and warp i use the rouge neck

[G3PB]

You sent picts of the red one right? I am still waiting on the larger images (which makes me sad as it is a very rich red ano). But to answer your question yes I would love a nice clear picture of your hypermag. You get spot #1 then ;).

Yep, the red one. I sent new, very large photos yesterday.....you have an email limit size?...together there was about 3 meg worth.....

[Z-man]

Yep, the red one. I sent new, very large photos yesterday.....you have an email limit size?...together there was about 3 meg worth.....

LIEZ FILTHY LIEZ!!! ok ok here is what we can do. you can either hop on AIM and send em too me (VetterNoisesII) or you can end me 1 pic at a time and Ill snag them. Be on for about 1 more hour or so then I must escape for a bit.

[Eatem Alive]

do i get credit for my red logic on the mech marker link?

[Z-man]

do i get credit for my red logic on the mech marker link?

YOU GET NOTHING!! YOU LOSE!!!!!! GOOD DAY SIR! (name that quote)

My fee for giving your mag credit on the cover is that you have to give me some big picts :P

[Blennidae]

YOU GET NOTHING!! YOU LOSE!!!!!! GOOD DAY SIR! (name that quote)


Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

[Z-man]

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Charlie! My boy. You did it YOU WON!!!

[Z-man]

Site update:

A 2ND SFL ADDED TO THE SFL GALLERY!

Doobies X-mag added, FutureMag Owners Chord, Eatem's Logic Mag and... I dunno probably somethign else.

[FutureMagOwner]

you say mine is added yet i cannot find it! :p

[Z-man]

you say mine is added yet i cannot find it! :p

Sorry the page was made but I forgot to add the link here ya go. I um... deleted your email so uhh you might want to correct/add any info I messed up on the Mag...

http://www.zakvetter.com/Pages/Paintball/Gallery/e-mags/page1.html

[Z-man]

Load- Your SFL is up, but! I demand more images!! MORE!!!!! and check the info I listed

G3PB- I got your X-Mag up check the info I listed ;)

[Target Practice]

Ok, here's a slightly artistic-y pic of my RogueMag. Basically, it Has Rogue's Grip, WingedRail, and Feedneck. Intelli, ULE...you get the idea.

http://www.potatoboy.net/users/sarah/roguemag.jpg

[Target Practice]

Here's a pic of it with Rogue's Vertframe on it. Sorry 'bout the crappy quality (of the pics, not the 'Mag ;) ).

http://www.potatoboy.net/users/sarah/rv1.jpg

[FutureMagOwner]

didnt email you you found some extra stuff though lol, couple corrections its just stainless hose i didnt shrink it, and its a 16 inch ultralight barrel and its a custom milled stock rail from rouge factor :)

[Z-man]

TargetPractice- you better get me a better pic or that Mag is going to be known forver as the "Zero" Mag by Charles Seife :D Great valve shot though. Perhaps you can get some outside shots in diffuse bright light? (like how I am starting to get all snobbish about what I accept?)

Ill be out for about 7 hours so be nice ppl. Ill have updates at like 1 am CA time.

[Target Practice]

TargetPractice- you better get me a better pic or that Mag is going to be known forver as the "Zero" Mag by Charles Seife :D Great valve shot though. Perhaps you can get some outside shots in diffuse bright light? (like how I am starting to get all snobbish about what I accept?)

I'd get better pics if it wasn't for the fact that I don't know what the hell I'm doing, and I don't have a camera. I'll get you some good ones when my Karta Emag and my photographer (tsc) get back from IAO. Actually, it'll have to wait until around the 4th of August. I'll be back from Hawaii by then... :D

[trevorjk]

Load MS5's SFL

i think you meant Load SM5'S

just helping you out ;)

[Z-man]

i think you meant Load SM5'S

just helping you out ;)

Thank you I DO need help in that area. Now that info is trickling in on the SFL's I'll be adding what is written about them under the images. Thanks for the input and lets keep the high res, rich color SEXY Mags coming!

[G3PB]

Load- Your SFL is up, but! I demand more images!! MORE!!!!! and check the info I listed

G3PB- I got your X-Mag up check the info I listed ;)


Not even close..this is what you put...

Halo B
AGD 68/45 Flatline HPA Tank
Datapimp Drop
Macroline

Should be;

Halo B
Lapco Stock with Toxic Performance Drop Forward
MacDev Conquest 68/4500

And, to the best of my knowledge, it was the very last XMag that AGD had.

[Z-man]

Not even close..this is what you put...

Halo B
AGD 68/45 Flatline HPA Tank
Datapimp Drop
Macroline

Should be;

Halo B
Lapco Stock with Toxic Performance Drop Forward
MacDev Conquest 68/4500

And, to the best of my knowledge, it was the very last XMag that AGD had.

Thank you for giving me the new info. It's up. Anything else I missed there?

[G3PB]

That should get it. Thanks for the corrections.

Shoot, I forgot I had a Z-Body Mag also. Yoshi, the inventor gave me one of 5 bodies with matching barrel in what might be called a Champaign colour. Only one in the US as the other 4 are in Japan.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

hmm, did you recieve any of my pictures?

[Automaggot68]

hmm, did you recieve any of my pictures?
Zak is a busy guy, give him some time to post the stuff up.

[Z-man]

Y eah I am sorry guys, I am a little behind the 8 ball right now. I will continue to update when I have finished the things I am paid to do. I did get the pics bty and they are very nice thank you! Please feel free to continue sending them and I will get them up.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

k, i thought there was something wrong with the pictures :)

[Z-man]

Pages updated. Keep the submissions coming people. Also please look for errors as I am pathetic at speeling.. speling... S P E L L I N G.

[Z-man]

Main page update. I got tired of that crap main paintball page I had so I redid it. What do you think? need more to it or is it simple enough?

http://www.zakvetter.com/Pages/Paintball/paintball.html

I also added a little title image to the Z-man AO Corner ;)

http://www.zakvetter.com/Pages/Paintball/Z-mans_AO_Corner/Z-mans_Corner_Main.html

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

very nice, (i noticed my guns up too :))

[Tbone]

I haven't had a chance to read this thread all the way through, but have you thought of using something like Coppermine to handle the gallery and such? It has automatic thumbnail generation and photo resizing, user-uploads (saves you the trouble of messing with stuff), album and category separation, and a whole crap-load of other great features. It runs with a php frontend off of a mysql database.

It seems that it'd save you a bunch of trouble with organizing the pictures. I'm fairly sure it supports moderated picture uploads so you could have people send you the pics and then you'd just have to "ok" them to get them into the gallery.

-chris

[Z-man]

Coppermine to handle the gallery and such?

Chris,
Dontl let my tasty site fool you. You are seeing the pinnical of my understanding. I know there are all those nifty little background apps for all sorts of cool things but:

1- I haven't a clue what they are, where they are, and how much people want for them.

2- I am not going to try and have the smae thing that Jaloo.com has. He offers a great service for free and for ANYONE. I on the other hand, am going to be selective and only put up what I think are good enough pictures of markers I am happy to see.

So I am not sure... I get a large number of people who totally dont read what I am looking for and send me little 640x480 images and they are all fuzzy and poor lightings. I might spend as much time deleting those posts as I do now cleaning the images up and making them look like a million bucs right now.

[Cryer]

http://www.zakvetter.com/Images/Paintball/Z-mansAOCorner/Z-man-logo.jpg
Where Z-Man can't be stopped...(and there is no sig file cap!) :rofl: :rofl:

[Z-man]

and I am STILL bitter about that! At least there you can see what it SHOULD look like!

[Tbone]

Chris,
Dontl let my tasty site fool you. You are seeing the pinnical of my understanding. I know there are all those nifty little background apps for all sorts of cool things but:

1- I haven't a clue what they are, where they are, and how much people want for them.

2- I am not going to try and have the smae thing that Jaloo.com has. He offers a great service for free and for ANYONE. I on the other hand, am going to be selective and only put up what I think are good enough pictures of markers I am happy to see.

So I am not sure... I get a large number of people who totally dont read what I am looking for and send me little 640x480 images and they are all fuzzy and poor lightings. I might spend as much time deleting those posts as I do now cleaning the images up and making them look like a million bucs right now.

Oh, Okay. Well coppermine is free, it's open-source and such. If you're ever looking to find out more about it, the information is available here: http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/

Your page looks great btw, keep up the good work.

[Z-man]

small semi/ related note. I redid the old 4.0 video testing video. I added a song I felt fit the edning better and fixed the into section. It's still the same video but if a few of you want to look at it I always like feedback.

new image for the video at: http://www.zakvetter.com/Pages/Paintball/Z-mans_AO_Corner/Z-mans_corner_main.html

direct link for the video is: http://homepage.mac.com/zvetter/.Movies/SFL%204.0%20Testing.mov

[pickedlast]

its small.. and sexy.. all at the same time.. waitin to get money to upgrade :bounce:

:tard: + :cheers: = :shooting: :dance:

but its too large file... so email me if u want pics .. pickedlastest@hotmail.com