'Stealth' style mag body from Deadlywind

[nicad]

another concept...
dont feel like cutting anything out just yet.
wondering what AO thought of it..?

[nicad]

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[FooTemps]

too many faces... looks more crystal than stealth

[TNS2k2]

Its not bad. but yeah, i agree a little less cuts and it could be hot!

[nicad]

valid point-

revision:
'crystal' style...

[FooTemps]

Originally posted by nicad
valid point-

revision:
'crystal' style...

lol, now that's what I call thinking on your feet! hahaha

[magman007]

well, in interested in the stealth idea, the crystal idea is cool as well, but i think a matte black, stealth styled body, would totally Smite the competition.


but remember to many faces, and in chrome, when photographed will look like a proverbial chrome turd, thats what i thought of the pbx bod when i first saw it

[luke]

Cool idea, but my first impression was the same as the others, too many cuts. I think longer cuts would be nicer.

[LIGHTEMUP]

it doenst look to bad to me it does seam a lil diamondy tho but the form is good

[nicad]

this is the kind of feed back i need.
iv been looking at this model for too long and the eyes have gone crossed.

im reduceing the facets and will see how it looks..
thanks yall..

[Steelrat]

Nice concept, but it does look like a wadded up piece of tin foil. But the chord body is oh-so-nice, so I'm sure the final version of this will look equally sweet.

Go take a look at a stealth, they have several large flat surfaces, and follow an aerodynamic path. Work with that concept. I also like the idea of a body based upon the "streamline" style of the 50's.

[pito189]

Use the Commanche helicopter as a template, maybe that would make it more stealth.

[m-98]

Stealth...anyone else wondering if that body will show up on radar?:D

[50 cal]

Where are the holes drilled and tapped for the detents going to locate?
Cool looking design, but a bit too faceted. I would get one of those if the facets were scaled back a bit.

[-=Squid=-]

Damnit, I was wy to slow...I was gonna say nearly the same thing. WAY To many cuts, looks more like a jewel.

[nicad]

OK just moved some vector points around and tried to make it flow.. i think it looks better..
but who am I? :)

I think ill start over on a true "stealth" design from a like a Comanche or a F117a if I get the chance.
problem with those large flat surfaces wrapped around a round object.. you end up with large thick sections of excess materal which adds weight..
im still trying to keep it as light as possible.. the Chord V2 is around 4oz.

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[nicad]

another angle..

[kosmo]

If you feel like making one with lotsa cuts, make one with snake scales all over it. That would be wicked.

[Surreal]

dude, why don't you just make something very similar to the xmag body? do you know how fast those would sell? it's not even funny, you would make a killing.

[Automaggin2]

nicad, I think you should do a swoosh style body, like the ones you find on angels.

[Demobilized]

Better than the first, but still to many cuts on the sides. Maybe if you just smothed out the sides of the body a little like the top halve, you could still shave the weight. But with a smoother design.

[magnj]

yea, still too many faces. lookin good tho

[Smitty2k1]

I love the chord, I like this. But still too many faces. It looks better than the pbx tho. (if that ever even got made)

Hey Nicad, I cant wait till my chord gets here :-D

Keep on working, longer faces will look better

[xadamx]

good looking body but for some reason i always imagine stealthy things have being very flowing and fluid. i could imagine the chord v2 as being more stealthy than that. but overall great looking

[Carbon]

Good idea, but im inclined to agree with some of the folks here, there are just too many facets. Im thinkin going the Chipley Custom Machine cocker type bodies. The upper half of the CCM body is nice and simple, it looks tech but there is a definite flow with the facets. In anycase your heading in the right direction...

[nicad]

too.. many... vectors.....
i know what ill be dreaming about tonight.. :)

latest:

[nicad]

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(did you know if you post the same text in two consecutive messages and attach different pictures to them, they will each show a duplicate?) :)

[nicad]

and lastly.. im goin to bed!
top view:

[einhander619]

That right there is perfect! Please don't change that one, as has convinced me to get another mag.

[sniper1rfa]

i for one liked the first one, but thats cause i enjoy how light would bounce of it, not cause it looks nice.... *drool*

:D

[jdev]

last revision looks great. it does appear more stealth-like comapred to the first one, which did seem to have too many cuts, making it look like a small crystal.

cant wait to see what these look like as a finished product if this is the design that you go with.

[luke]

Now we're flyin!

[Mr Pink]

It's a damn shame you can't make X-Mag-compatible bodies, I'd love either one of those bodies (or the first one for that matter) on my baby:)

[FutureMagOwner]

ew the 2nd one looks better. i think you should make one of each because the model shows the facets more then the real thing would probably do i think

[hitech]

I like the second one best. The front (where the barrel goes) seems a little wide. It's kinda hard to tell, maybe it's not.

Are you planning on cutting an actual body?

[azzkikr]

i like the very first body much better than the second. AZZKIKR

[DWill]

The 3rd looked the best although I will never be able to really say unless they were all cut ;)

[gibby]

I actually liked the third design best. However, can you model the Omega rail and see how that last design looks on it? I think the stock rail takes away from the flow of the cuts and faces.

I must admit, I wasn't a big fan of the chord body, but this one looks promising! Can you make a smoothed out version too?

[Smitty2k1]

The third one does look pretty nice, one question... where do the detents go??
Lookin good, but I think you will be hard pressed to find a rail/feed neck that look good with it.

Chord was easy, the angel sculpted feednecks look wicked cool with them (I hope)

[nicad]

location of ball detents..
also trying to get cheezy render to disply black.. its not wanting to cooperate. :-/

[Impuls]

I'd buy one.

[Blazingace]

The first one was really nice, but I love the second one. That really has the whole stealth look down nice.

[Smitty2k1]

Are the detents actully going to fit/stay in place on a weird angle like that? Or is it actully going to be a flat surface where they are going to be at?

[muirtach]

If only you could get warp sluggos. That would be just about perfect with a rico sitting alongside it.

[nicad]

yes theres enough material there for a flat area to be milled for the detents..

[xadamx]

last one looks awesome!

[p8ntballa]

Going along with the stealth theme, I think it would be cool to hide the detent. Althought it is probably impossible to hide the detent between the rail and body, unless you fabbed up one and made it fit pretty darn close the the front frame screw hole.

[nicad]

can you tell finally got black to render correctly? :)
barrel, detents, and feedneck..
no valve to show tail section outline better.

[DWill]

The last side shot has a nice look to it...sort of a jagged symmetrical look. I'm starting to grow on this one too

[nicad]

its so hard to show off the facets correctly tho.. i actually spend some time positioning the model correctly trying to get good reflection of the body vectors..
dam, its like it knows its stealthy!
hehe

[gamarada717]

LOL, what's gonna be funny is when noobs buy it thinking it might make them "invisible".

[Carbon]

Black, defintely go black, or a nice dark grey. Colors would be cool too..although a nice dust finish/bead blasted finish would serve it proper.

[Carbon]

Well, sorry to be nit pickey, but i think it would look cool without the little dip on the back end of the body, fewer facets too i suppose. Anyway heres a pic.

[magnj]

I agree

[tony3]

I love it:eek: If you started making those in matte black annos, Id scrap some cash together and get one, those are hot!

[PaintballSmurf13]

i like the newest revision. Now a flat/matte/powder/dust whatever you want to call it, black finish with a rico hopper (as stated before;) ) would be a REALLY wicked gun.



Hmmm..and maybe one of those all black Rogue Iframes and Rogue UL foregrip and a simple flat black rail, with ricochet hopper..now THAT would BE SWEET!....i think i'm sure i'll buy one of those bodies.

-Ryan F.

[c2l1k]

awesome.. absolutely awesome. i don't think many people realize how good the first design would look. i think that if it was (the first one) actually milled, it would look much much better than the pic you posted. I know that i've done some rendering projects on my comp and they always look better when you add the correct color. (though what i've done has absolutely nothing to do w/ paintball)

Also... what software are you using? anyway you go, all the designs are great, but the first one rocks most.:cool:

[Splat]

what is the possibility of actually makeing this, and what would the cost be to the consumer? Would they be AGD approved? can I beta test one?? ;)

[nicad]

any main body cut from a Slug would be implicitly AGD approved (they built the raw bodys to blueprint to start with).. unless someone were to cut it down too thin in a vital places.. then I could see it haveing a problem.
Price: would more than likely around the Chord pricing.. maybe less??

chance of it seeing light: I dont know. Just had the idea and wanted to see what people thought of it. this one is not dead by any means, but right now we are focusing moreso on another body style, the Dallara (http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97565).