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dark blade

01-21-2009, 06:46 PM

this is a poll for the votes

just for some examples...

slime green and black acidwash
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa149/minniman42/aw_bslg1.jpg
photo is property of gruntbull ano

slime green and black splash
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa149/minniman42/yoyo_2.jpg
photo is property of gruntbull ano

all the others are pretty much self explanatory haha. I just wanted to post those two because im not sure some people know what the slime green looks like

MANN

01-21-2009, 06:56 PM

:cheers:

micromag-man

01-21-2009, 08:21 PM

I chose gun metal, but i will take whatever the popular vote takes. I ordered two flat blacks and one of the special colors

SummaryJudgement

01-21-2009, 10:37 PM

Well, if they are going to do any colors, I think it should be something really wild! Border-line obnoxious...

Just say you can say you got that type of "factory finish".....like the Shark-Attacks....

Other than that, I'm good for gun-metal, black, or bead-blasted/raw.

:D

Pullman

01-21-2009, 11:22 PM

I'm a gloss black guy. It's pretty hard to mismatch gloss black.

PhoenixWolf

01-21-2009, 11:31 PM

I have to vote for Dust Green. Dust Green really does it for me.

robertsr1811

01-22-2009, 10:56 AM

Guys, the STANDARD color will be black.

This is a vote for the "extra" color being offered.

Darkspidie1984

01-22-2009, 11:01 AM

I vote Dust OD green for us scenario guys. :headbang:

xero28

01-22-2009, 11:03 AM

How easy/how much would it cost to match the rest of a gun to the color (say the acid wash and/or gun-metal)? Let's say the trigger frame, feedneck and a barrel or two.

Dend78

01-22-2009, 11:08 AM

i have to vote bring out the wild side i wanna see the old lightining come back :headbang:

BigEvil

01-22-2009, 11:22 AM

i have to vote bring out the wild side i wanna see the old lightining come back :headbang:

Funny thing - I was talking to them and that came up. I was told that those finishes didnt hold up for some reason which I dont recall.

MechMags

01-22-2009, 11:27 AM

cant really go to wrong with the basic black. As this poll is for the special color, i would like to see something wild to really set this nice body out from the crowd.

secondary concern would be the availability to have our other parts similarly done, triggerframe, barrel, etc.

so another vote to the wild side.

Dend78

01-22-2009, 11:28 AM

i dont think it can be anno cause thats a crazzy effect, it looks like something else but its still cool as hell to see

ih8cornnuts

01-22-2009, 02:42 PM

GO WILD!!!

I have ZERO preferance, I'm excited so anything will work.

Storminnorman

01-22-2009, 03:00 PM

no gloss purple :( Purple is the new man color, just to let you know.

Dend78

01-22-2009, 03:07 PM

Engus

01-22-2009, 03:19 PM

gloss black is on the poll because the options so far are dust black or raw.

and IIRC the lightning design was some kind of airbrushing not anno

Thotograph

01-22-2009, 03:25 PM

Wasn't an easy decision as pretty much any of the choices would look great. In the end I went with gloss black. Due to the sheer number of aftermarket frames and other accessories for mags that come readily available in gloss black (i.e. RPG stuff only comes in GB). I think it belongs as a choice. When done right any part from any namufacturer has a better chance of matching than any other color.

The option of getting a raw body covers those who are going all out on their build and want that custom look. For the many who need to do it on a budget gloss black is the best option. Especially since XValves are very rare in a dust black finish and reannoing them is a roll of the dice. Gloss black always comes out clean. I may end up with a raw body and frame to have anno'd something out there, but then again I may decide to keep it simple.

xero28

01-22-2009, 03:29 PM

gloss black is on the poll because the options so far are dust black or raw.

Tracy said that the ano would be "dust/satin black". I thought satin is gloss. (I looked up the word satin on dictionary.com and it said it is a "glossy" fabric) So does Tracy mean there will be two types of black ano, or did she misspeak? Please correct me if I'm wrong. If I am, and there will in fact be only one black available, then I vote for gloss black, heck, it's the easiest to match to most of the barrels, trigger frames and X-valves out there.

-X

Ruler_Mark

01-22-2009, 04:51 PM

Tracy said that the ano would be "dust/satin black". I thought satin is gloss. (I looked up the word satin on dictionary.com and it said it is a "glossy" fabric) So does Tracy mean there will be two types of black ano, or did she misspeak? Please correct me if I'm wrong. If I am, and there will in fact be only one black available, then I vote for gloss black, heck, it's the easiest to match to most of the barrels, trigger frames and X-valves out there.

-X

dust is a teh result of bead blasting, satin is what intelli frames where they just drop the raw bodies in, gloss is polished.

Madmarx

01-22-2009, 06:49 PM

Here are my votes:
This blue w/ neon green (no yellow)
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/MadMarx1/2006V45-blueyellow-acid.jpg

Or Dark Blue/Light blue acid wash

micromag-man

01-22-2009, 06:56 PM

Its going to be hard for everyone to agree on just one, If its going to look like that phantom, i'll have to donate it to the scrap yard and i have a feeling they might reject me.....lol

going_home

01-22-2009, 08:25 PM

I'd like a dust olive color maybe mixed with some black.
Something suitable for woodsball.

If not then dust black.

;)

dark blade

01-22-2009, 09:13 PM

i was the first to vote... i just want to share my opinions on this matter.

I think that the slime green and black would look good because those are 2 main colors on the ptp website.

I also went with gunmetal grey because you can never go wrong with that.

Then i also went with gloss black because its basic and sexy

But lastly i went with a wild ano because i wouldnt mind seeing something crazy on my marker... like an ano job with a mask of a banana riding a llama or il paca haha

Swamp Thing

01-22-2009, 09:57 PM

I went with gun metal Gray. Recently had my Stormwalk mag done in that from Gruntbull and it looks fantastic.

Swamp

bunny5

01-22-2009, 10:15 PM

i dont know that one place did a great number on bunny5's Euro, now thats a wild color scheme :spit_take :rofl:

sorry bunny it had to be done

:cheers:

HEY! :(

Why not this...??

http://www.anolaze.com/images/splash/pgun_lg.jpg

dark blade

01-22-2009, 10:17 PM

i like that idea... if the green was a slime green like the one on their website... i could do the striped idea.

I dont really care on the ano design so much as the colors, so wild is cool. Splash is cool, marble is cool, Acidwash is awesome

dark blade

01-22-2009, 11:29 PM

Tracy said that the ano would be "dust/satin black". I thought satin is gloss. (I looked up the word satin on dictionary.com and it said it is a "glossy" fabric) So does Tracy mean there will be two types of black ano, or did she misspeak? Please correct me if I'm wrong. If I am, and there will in fact be only one black available, then I vote for gloss black, heck, it's the easiest to match to most of the barrels, trigger frames and X-valves out there.

-X

i believe there will only be 1 type of black available. I think what she meant by satin was a slight shine to it kind of like the tac-1 bodies which are not a true dust but not a true gloss. Its somewhere kind of inbetween (unfortunately)

pk5

01-23-2009, 03:22 AM

Lightning? Like the few rare lightning micro that will never see daylight again :-P

Tracy_ptp

01-23-2009, 06:44 AM

sorry for the confusion with "satin" back in the day flat black was called satin and over the last say 10 years everyone is calling it dust. (I am still used to saying satin) It would be beadblasted and black. I am considering the gloss black, but the polishing part would have to be extra and not included in the original price as that is sent out. We do our own beadblast at the shop.

robertsr1811

01-23-2009, 10:31 AM

Lightning? Like the few rare lightning micro that will never see daylight again :-P

Like this one?

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/DSCF2580.jpg

or this one?

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/LightningJackstocksmallleft.jpg

Don't hate me too much...I don't have the second one anymore.

micromag-man

01-23-2009, 10:41 AM

Those are PURTY.

Dend78

01-23-2009, 10:50 AM

that is such a cool lookin finish

pk5

01-23-2009, 02:30 PM

If PTP can get someone to do that finish, i am sure we'll be happy to pay extra for it. Just that the guy that does that finish doesn't do paintball ano anymore, he does, but it cost a lot more to do that now.

Chris

01-24-2009, 05:18 PM

PK Selective did the original lightning anno's, I would bet that someone else is capable of it as well.

IIRC, that finish now costs in the neighborhood of $600 from them. It is considered a graphic annodizing, not just a simple pattern.

I'd prefer a simple blue/pewter fade.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/MM2k9-Blue-Pewter-fade.jpg

p8ntbal4me

01-24-2009, 05:26 PM

HEY! :(

Why not this...??

http://www.anolaze.com/images/splash/pgun_lg.jpg

I would give anything to have one of these bodies in this patern!

I love the paten SOOOOO much,... I hunted down my first Iquana Splash Micro Mag and bought it back! (got it a month ago!)

~ P8nt

Chris

01-24-2009, 05:31 PM

A couple more ideas...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/ebola.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/reverse-fade-acid.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/Purple-green-acid.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/blue-gold-acid.jpg

Grelvire

01-24-2009, 07:11 PM

I like the slime green/black acid wash personally

LK-13

01-24-2009, 07:30 PM

going_home

01-24-2009, 07:40 PM

so lets have a pic of this Satan Black you speak of... :D :rofl:

Oh no, not another satinist :tard:

MANN

01-24-2009, 08:02 PM

I am considering the gloss black, but the polishing part would have to be extra and not included in the original price as that is sent out.

Forest says on the splash ano -- one concern is that since this is the first we are building these we may have issues with tolerences after polishing (we learned this the hard way with the micro and we had plenty of extra bodies that we could just dump in the trash - well not really...)

http://www.automags.org/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2600262

Just wondering if gloss is an option.

SN toter

01-24-2009, 09:27 PM

HEY! :(

Why not this...??

http://www.anolaze.com/images/splash/pgun_lg.jpg

That gets my vote!!

Chris

01-24-2009, 10:16 PM

Here's my try at a couple more PTP old school anno schemes...

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/iguana.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/Jungle-Nights.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/Jungle-Sunset.jpg

wetwrks

02-04-2009, 05:31 AM

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/chris51080/Jungle-Sunset.jpg

I like this one.

Bigjonnyf

02-04-2009, 10:54 AM

I Would love to see it in the style of the old airstar nova 700 or supernova purple/blue scheme. If you have seen one you know what I am talking about

p8ntbal4me

02-04-2009, 11:01 AM

I Would love to see it in the style of the old airstar nova 700 or supernova purple/blue scheme. If you have seen one you know what I am talking about

Oooooo thats a a good one!!! I remember that anno color. Probley one of the better multi-color fades that came stock with a gun..... IMO.

~ P8nt

Dend78

02-04-2009, 11:02 AM

all of those old school colors are sweet

Dawg047

02-04-2009, 05:58 PM

As a Micromag Guru like robertsr, I would love to see some kind of splash. Rather it be slime green and black, tequilla sunrise, alien, blue nights, jungle, or lightning, I think there should be some kind of splash offered. When I think Micromag, I think splash and that is what I think the new body should have the option of. I mean, come on, this isn't Henry Ford, you have the option of any color as long as it is Black or white. I mean, dust black, gloss black and raw? Even gunmetal isn't that great. Not exciting, especially for an unvailing for the first Micromag in years. I opt for a gloss blue, purple, red, or green if they cannot do a splash but splash should defintaly be it. Any color splash, as long as it is gloss. Just my 2 cents.

Chris

02-04-2009, 06:03 PM

Oooooo thats a a good one!!! I remember that anno color. Probley one of the better multi-color fades that came stock with a gun..... IMO.

~ P8nt

They called it Heavenly Anno. It was a black background with a blue to pink "acid" type fade.

I'll see if I can PS it onto one of the MM2k9 bodies tonight.

Dawg047

02-04-2009, 10:08 PM

Here is a pic of my Unibody Micromag. I call it "Spearmint" since these were mainly one-offs or extremely limited runs on the Unibodies. PTP didn't have a name for it since just about every splash Unibody was different. This is actually a sponge and a splash mixed. It is a clear silver with a green songe scattered with a green splash. I call it "Spearmint" because it is just so fresh looking. Here it is:
http://www.freewebs.com/dawg047/unibodymicromag.htm

Note: The wood grip looks faded but it is the flash from the camera. That thing is clean right down to original valve number 206 and the original color annodized powertube spacers with foamy bolt! Ok, lets stay on topic.

Now see people, splash is so nice. Now, keep it up, everyone vote some kind of splash scheme. Thanks.

Dawg047

02-04-2009, 10:20 PM

Like this one?

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/DSCF2580.jpg

or this one?

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/LightningJackstocksmallleft.jpg

Don't hate me too much...I don't have the second one anymore.

Don't lie. You have both of them. We know that is what you tell the Mrs. but you can be honest with us or can you? (Gets in car to go break in to robertsr's house) :ninja: But seriously, if the Micro2009 had the ligtning finish, WOW! Just WOW! The sweetest mag ever, period.

wetwrks

02-12-2009, 03:26 AM

So do we have a decision on this? The slime green and black acid wash (polished)?

micromag-man

02-12-2009, 07:05 AM

YEAH, the decision is NO on that slime green and acid wash

Dend78

02-12-2009, 09:16 AM

although i like the idea of the acids and all of that stuff i think when the offered another color im thinking they are thinking solid color nothing to fancy. im guessing something like a red, green, purple, pewter or blue, something that along the lines of the x-valve colors. i could be wrong on this only Tracy and Forest can tell you this for sure but thats just my .02 cents

:cheers:

shadow one

02-12-2009, 09:27 AM

i voted gunmetal grey, but olive or dark brown would be nice too. maybe bronze

Tracy_ptp

02-12-2009, 07:44 PM

micromag-man

02-12-2009, 08:47 PM

Maybe take the top two and combine them to make a cool coating?

p8ntbal4me

02-12-2009, 09:04 PM

I was looking at the poll!! And even though a lot of people like the acid wash, what I looked at was who out of the people who voted actually are purchasing the micromag body and when you look at that list it changes the numbers!!!! I am more concerned with the people purchasing than those who just wanted to vote. I hope you can all understand that!!

Tracy

I agree with you,.. to some extent Tracy.

While it doesnt help you know what the buyers in the order want 100%,... this list does specifically tell you what certain percentages of what groups want for colors if they buy ANY of your body designs.

In a reference to re-sale value,... the numbers speak for themselves.

~ P8nt

Chris

02-12-2009, 10:03 PM

I was looking at the poll!! And even though a lot of people like the acid wash, what I looked at was who out of the people who voted actually are purchasing the micromag body and when you look at that list it changes the numbers!!!! I am more concerned with the people purchasing than those who just wanted to vote. I hope you can all understand that!!

Tracy

Tracy, I've got to think that no matter which way you go, people will be happy. The problem here, is that we are letting everyone's imagination run wild.

I'd like to see a comeback of one of the classic PTP color schemes...but in the end, its up to you guys. No matter what, I'm still getting the body, and I'll be happy.

wetwrks

02-13-2009, 01:22 AM

As for anodizing, we will offer dust/satin black, raw (which will need to come back to us for assembly) and we were thinking of possibly offering ONE other color…

As I see it, we have a black so I discounted the gloss black.

Gunmetal grey I see as being close to black too so I discounted it.

Bead blaster raw. I ask why?

Gloss red...ok, if you have a red X. A lot of people don't and unless you are prepared to dump a lot of cash to get one this isn't exactly great.

A "wild ano"...Ok. Depending on what that is.

That leaves slime green and black splash OR slime green and black acid wash (polished) of which I voted for slime green and black acid wash (polished).

I voted this way as I wanted something different in color from what is already being offered.

going_home

02-13-2009, 10:43 AM

Grelvire

02-13-2009, 11:22 AM

I think before the final decision there should be a computer rendered image of the marker bodies with suggested colors and then have a vote ased off of that,

seriously "wild ano" can be really cool or crap depending on the colors used....

I have casted my vote for the slime green and black acid wash, but kinda like the idea of doing something like the Nova 700 ano, there have been several good ideas since I voted that could change votes make more people happy, just my two cents......

And one one more note, I agree with wetwrks on the issue with gloss black and gunmetal, they are offering black so makng black as the extra option isn't that great.......and with goinghome I would want my triggerframe, ano'd the same way - will there be an option to send our parts in for this or is it hope for the best?

Lets get something special for the limited 2009 Micromag.......

Chris

02-13-2009, 01:30 PM

My deposit will be in today. While I definately like the wild anodizing I personally woulnt do that unless. I can send my feedneck, barrel, trigger frame, and foregrip in to be anodized to match the rest of the marker.

I've already mentioned this to Tracy, and it did not appear to be a problem. I have no idea what cost would be involved though.

Tracy_ptp

02-13-2009, 02:51 PM

Just so everyone knows....We will do the dust black and gloss black just undecided on last color, we are looking at options with the different plating companies.

Mayvik

02-13-2009, 02:52 PM

I was looking at the poll!! And even though a lot of people like the acid wash, what I looked at was who out of the people who voted actually are purchasing the micromag body and when you look at that list it changes the numbers!!!! I am more concerned with the people purchasing than those who just wanted to vote. I hope you can all understand that!!

Tracy

..and I'm retarded, because I voted for wild, even though I want gloss black (because I'm too lazy to get other components reanodized). I think it should be a wild per PTP history with these guns...but probably won't want a wild myself unless it's got very specific colors.

Thotograph

02-13-2009, 03:05 PM

The different "nights" splashes (iirc they were called ______ nights and such) were just awesome. I'm going with gloss black b/c like mayvik I'm just to lazy to get parts anno'd for this... well that or I've got too many bills. Saddly I think it's the latter at this point... well maybe a little of both. Anyways... the wild anno's they did were amazing. My guess is that they would be considerably more to have done... so cost could be a prohibitive factor. If it's doable I'd love to see it done.

going_home

02-26-2009, 10:36 PM

Did the "other" color besides the gloss and satin black ever get nailed down yet ?

:confused:

Spduca

03-16-2009, 08:22 PM

Green
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/2007junopen-Loguzzzzzz.jpg

Blue
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/P7070019.jpg

Angel

micromag-man

03-16-2009, 08:29 PM

those are COOL

Spduca

03-17-2009, 09:26 AM

In my opinion the Micromag it's a small (micro) marker and should wear as much color as possible on the third anno option (no black splash, no black acidwask etc ....) and it should not include black.

Angel