Armada X

[ElPanda]

I was contacted by AO member Bunny shortly after the reveal of the Armada Prime to design and cut up a one of a kind X-mag.

The following pictures showcase the end result of his project. Enjoy!

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/dreduardo/Armada%20X/6_zps657bcb49.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/dreduardo/Armada%20X/1_zps544f4dc2.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/dreduardo/Armada%20X/7_zps0c40436f.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/dreduardo/Armada%20X/10_zps589f1fd8.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/dreduardo/Armada%20X/9_zpsf4bcf67c.jpg



http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/dreduardo/Armada%20X/12_zps7a850167.jpg

The marker is one of a kind and features Bob Long accessories (good choice Rob). It started life as a Euro X-Mag slug body. The barrel back is freak bored.

It was an absolute pleasure working with Rob, professional attitude and composure throughout the entirety of the project and super easy to work with. I hope that the paintball community enjoys drooling over this as much as we both have. If you want to see this marker in person you can likely catch a glimpse of it at LL7 this year.

- Anodizing was done by Caustic Customs @ www.facebook.com/CausticCustoms Thank you Stephen for another amazing anodizing job!

- Photographs were taken by Ben Johnson @ www.benjohnsonphotography.com Thank you Ben for another fantastic set of photographs!

*I will update this thread with other pictures/links as needed at a later date

[knownothingmags]

if its ever sold I will buy one. I have money ready now.

[river031403]

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j381/river031403/9ABF24A6-2AEA-4F99-AF6D-0288816ECBE9_zpsdj5fi3vm.jpg (http://s1083.photobucket.com/user/river031403/media/9ABF24A6-2AEA-4F99-AF6D-0288816ECBE9_zpsdj5fi3vm.jpg.html)

[knownothingmags]

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j381/river031403/9ABF24A6-2AEA-4F99-AF6D-0288816ECBE9_zpsdj5fi3vm.jpg (http://s1083.photobucket.com/user/river031403/media/9ABF24A6-2AEA-4F99-AF6D-0288816ECBE9_zpsdj5fi3vm.jpg.html)

minus the battery pack

[captian pinky]

that thing does look good. was the warp breach milled on the right side but not on the left?

the back of the body looks alot like an bob long insight.

[ElPanda]

The battery pack milling is rather coservative due mostly to lack of material

And the warp breech was milled only on one side because removing the feed tube is a pain and I was running short on time

My primary focus was the body and vertical breech as that is what I was initially focused on when first contacted

[splat15k]

Great work, Panda!

:cheers:

[Laku]

Wow! Just, Wow!
:wow:

[knownothingmags]

The battery pack milling is rather coservative due mostly to lack of material

And the warp breech was milled only on one side because removing the feed tube is a pain and I was running short on time

My primary focus was the body and vertical breech as that is what I was initially focused on when first contacted

still awesome man.
make me one. :D

[ScottyBeans]

beautiful!

[Zeropjc]

WOW an absolute beauty! Love the custom work!

[RT Lover]

who did the body?

[Laku]

who did the body?

ElPanda

[RT Lover]

Need to get some blanks from.xmt or have him mill some.non x mag bodies that is flipping super sexy bro!

[magman313]

panda did you do this by hand too? amazing work man

[ElPanda]

No all cnc

Finishing work done by hand

[Bunny]

ElPanda, thanks for posting this up. I do apologize for the influx of PMs you are about to get. :p It was pretty incredible seeing what you did to a piece of hunk of aluminum. This project was one of my favorites that I have done so far. It really shows exactly what the Xmag platform could have become. I think it also shows that even after that many years later we can still produce amazing parts based on the ideas of AGD/AGDE. This gun is definately one of the gems in my collection. I can't wait to show it off at Living Legends this year. :cheers:

By the way, this is what it looked like at the start.....

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6823946/Current%20Collection/Armada%20X/unnamed.jpg

[Syko89]

Wow!!! Um yeah that's all I got.

[knownothingmags]

bunny ur a dick. lol
this is some nice stuff.
if you ever decide to do a one off that you don't want to keep ill fund it you just ship it to me when its done.

[Bunny]

I will take that as a compliment though :p I felt like I could give you a run for your money. I did go a little bit crazy this past year so I may lay low for a while :ninja:


bunny ur a dick. lol
this is some nice stuff.
if you ever decide to do a one off that you don't want to keep ill fund it you just ship it to me when its done.

[Dono1]

Why do you own everything cool!

[need4reebs]

Damn Bunny and Panda….another Sa WeeT custom Mag!!! wats next???

[yellowmitten]

I needed to change my pants after seeing that pic.

[Stealthpanda]

^ Yeah... Love the red. Simple, but very stunning.
Thanks,
Jason

[knownothingmags]

I will take that as a compliment though :p I felt like I could give you a run for your money. I did go a little bit crazy this past year so I may lay low for a while :ninja:

lol like I have even come close to catching up with you.

[RT Lover]

Make more man! I don't care if it has the breaches

[Xmagterror]

Wow!!! That looks awesome!! It it 3d machined from a solid file or milled
With a ball mill/ form tooling?

[ElPanda]

Ball mill

3 axis Surface machined in alot of separate ops

[Stedspitcher]

Very Nice!

[Runamok]

Bite me Panda and you too Bunny. Such beautiful work...Just bite me!
I have ideas but lack the artistry and machinery to turn them into reality. And you guy's just crank out art.
I turned a concept fore grip into scrap Alum. today and then have to look at this.

[ElPanda]

Its not easy, trust me

[Rob-0]

I really like it, love that you can only see the black part of the valve and not the silver part like most Xmags and other aftermarket bodys but still look really slimmed down.
I nice little battery switch, would have been cool if you could have filled in the hole on the battery pack since you don't need it.

[Dark Side]

I really like it, love that you can only see the black part of the valve and not the silver part like most Xmags and other aftermarket bodys but still look really slimmed down.
I nice little battery switch, would have been cool if you could have filled in the hole on the battery pack since you don't need it.

The hole on the side of the pack is standard. Prevents the battery from discharging while stored and it's a great in game backup while playing mech.

[BigEvil]

This thing is so good it's making me physically ill..

[Rob-0]

The hole on the side of the pack is standard. Prevents the battery from discharging while stored and it's a great in game backup while playing mech.

My mistake, I was thinking the ACE switch was a switch to turn the battery one and off.

[tbaggin]

very very nice xmag.

[Flatliner333]

drool

[ElPanda]

comprehensive build thread is below

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?268353-Armada-X-build-thread-%28pic-heavy%29