*^* October/2014 MOTM Contest *^* - OPEN Class Poll

[mpsd]

djinnform:
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h406/Jonathan_Wyly_Prince/RPGpump_zpsee72d9d6.jpg~original

Runamok:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x299/mpsd18/runamok-open-oct14.jpg

zondo:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x299/mpsd18/zondo-open-oct14.jpg

ElPanda:
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/dreduardo/Armada%20Prime/IMG-32-2855385072-O_zps1335efc8.jpg

flampaint:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x299/mpsd18/devilmag.jpg

Stevescuba:
http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t530/daterminator450/imagejpg1_zps41d31990.jpg

Flatliner333:
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/patrickmason/CopyofCopyofIMG_1285_zpsa6b9c08b.jpg

going_home:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/20140704_155920.jpg

Christofolo:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x299/mpsd18/christofolo-open-oct14.jpg

Stedspitcher:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x299/mpsd18/SAM_0174.jpg

b-cuzz:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x299/mpsd18/b-cuzz-open-oct14.jpg

Ragu310:
http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag21/Ragu310/Snapbucket/F48B366A_zps33bfa011.jpg

BigEvil:
http://i509.photobucket.com/albums/s338/BigEvilOnline/My%20markers/Xmag%20restoration/Xmagafter01_zps06d223f9.jpg

[Cyco-Dude]

i don't see pics from runamok and zondo?

[mpsd]

That's odd. I could see all of them just fine here. I just copied them to my Photobucket and republished. Please confirm if you are still having the same issue ?

Thanks.

[correia3]

Can't see Christofolo, Stedspitcher and b-cuzz...

[mpsd]

Should be fixed now. All those pics were being stored at the AO Forums as attachments. Maybe we have something wrong going there?

[correia3]

Fixed. Thanks.

[OneSelfLost]

How!? How do we choose such epicness!?

[MAGpie]

Agree. This month is not easy.

[bowcycle]

Agree. This month is not easy.

+1

[Patron God of Pirates]

Flatliner,

Next month (assuming you don't win [again]) use a different pic. The ones you put up on OSPBG show just how glorious and original that thing is.

[Cyco-Dude]

looks like we have ourselves a three horse race!

[Bunny]

El Panda's was my favorite :D I wonder if he is cooking up anything else.... :p

[zondo]

This one was so crazy I didn't even vote for myself! :tard:

[ElPanda]

El Panda's was my favorite :D I wonder if he is cooking up anything else.... :p

I have some ideas, just waiting for some free time to think about them more

[Nobody]

Someone vote for Djinn, just so everyone gets some lovin...

[NU_METAL]

Flatliner,

Next month (assuming you don't win [again]) use a different pic. The ones you put up on OSPBG show just how glorious and original that thing is.

That's how i feel about this one ! He needs a good pic outside . As far as originality ,design ,and finish (meaning ano and/or water transfer ) his is clearly the best of this group .
This was a hard one ,
Big evil's X mag with that ano is pure marker porn , period !
ELpanda's fabrication design is awesome !
Oh and im lovin that "Pump long-bow" just B-cuzz (also needs a better pic)
I'm basing my OPEN class opinion's on :
Originality
build quality
Finnish

[mpsd]

I used to have a somehow similar criteria when voting but now I changed it a bit. What I do is look at all those Mags and try to pick the one that I'd like the most to add to my collection. El Panda's Mag is the most beautiful for sure but personally I think that it should be an EP Mag and not a mech one. Flatliner's is certainly the most custom of them all. I love that Mag! But then I voted to Scott's as that X-Mag is just awesome! I know it's a mostly factory X with a nice ano and a couple add-ons but boy, that is the one I'd like to have at home if I could.

Flatliner should certainly get a better pic. That one just doesn't do justice to that awesome Mag he built. I actually think that this one should have won the poll quite a while ago (I voted for it many times as I recall). El Panda's is another that will eventually win it. b-Cuzz's is the ultimate pump Mag to me but should also have a better pic to gain more votes. Going_home's looks much like another one that I have today (I could say it's a sister Mag, actually), although I changed it's frame for a VER one and it now looks more like Stevescuba's Mag. I could keep going on and on at that. Zondo's Mag is awesome, look at the Karta on Stedspitcher's, combined with the Logic frame. All those Mags could easily win this poll and many similar looking ones won it in the past. That's why I love running it every month. Mags rule!!! :)

:cheers:

[NU_METAL]

Well said, MPSD gives another way of looking at it . And would def add all of these to my horde :clap:

[bowcycle]

What I do is look at all those Mags and try to pick the one that I'd like the most to add to my collection.

I do the same and it leads to wildly different results. Again, part of what makes these competitions so cool.
I don't really like swirl or splash anno, don't care for Karta or Phoenix bodies, and happen to like compact markers.

So neat to see all the different opinions come to light through the votes.

[BigEvil]

In the spirit of this past election day remember my campaign slogan, "Why vote for the LESSER of two evils?" BigEvil 2014

[livebrando]

ElPanda - is that a custom rail?

[ElPanda]

ElPanda - is that a custom rail?

it is, I designed it and machined it myself

it matches the UL frame and foregrip perfectly because thats what it was built around when I was modeling it early on

caustic did the anno

[flampaint]

it is, I designed it and machined it myself

it matches the UL frame and foregrip perfectly because thats what it was built around when I was modeling it early on

caustic did the anno

holy smokes. that is one pretty nice setup! respect:hail:

[Runamok]

There is no shame in a loss to this bunch. We've really raised the bar, got got out some fantastic Mags. All very sleek and sexy.

[Flatliner333]

Somebody fed my horse :) I sure haven't seen this many people vote in awhile.

[Skorpion]

Months like this are why people continue to buy and piece together new creations. They're downright sexy and we gots to have them.

[BigEvil]

Months like this are why people continue to buy and piece together new creations. They're downright sexy and we gots to have them.

Mags are dead though...

[bowcycle]

Months like this are why people continue to buy and piece together new creations. They're downright sexy and we gots to have them.

I'm not even putting up my November entry until this poll is over. Don't want the added comparison and glad you can't just keep entering the same thing or else I'd have to contend with these the next time around.

[b-cuzz]

Thanks for the comments, folks! Sorry about the pics, but it's not easy for me to get the thing into the frame, and still hit the highlights well. My apartment's not in the greatest of realty locations to take a rig outside for better photogenics, either. Anyway, it was a little intimidating entering a pump into the open class, but this month I don't feel like I lost because it wasn't an electromag. There's some SERIOUS stuff this month!

[BigEvil]

I seriously think the next time El Panda is in arms reach im kidnapping him and not releasing him until he mills some cool stuff for me :)

[ElPanda]

dont threaten me with a good time

:ninja:

[Spiritchaser]

Well I just have to say that was ridiculously hard choice.

Normally nothing really catches my eye. This month I could, in good conscience, have voted for four.

Lots of ideas here but I'm too busy making toy lightsabers for my kids to plagiarize any of them

[OPBN]

Somebody fed my horse :) I sure haven't seen this many people vote in awhile.

Truth.

[mpsd]

Hey guys, just a heads up, as we are so close to the poll's end. If we have a tie I'll set up a second poll with just the two markers and leave it open for 3 days more, ok?

:cheers:

[Flatliner333]

Could I just change my vote?...I voted for ElPanda :p

[Flatliner333]

Congrats ElPanda. I have seen this Mag and Big Evil's in person and they are both gorgeous.

[MAGpie]

Damn, this was a good MoTM contest. Grats to ElPanda!

[ElPanda]

http://cdn2.crushable.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rocky-steps-running-.gif

that competition was so stiff this thread should have been sponsored by viagra

good luck to next months competitors

[Cyco-Dude]

lol...nice. my horse won! :p

[Runamok]

El Panda, You knew you had it hands down. The Armada Prime is just too sweet to lose. You Dog you. Congrats.

[mpsd]

Congrats! Awesome month, guys! Keep up with the good stuff!