New Proto Slug Body PICS!!!!

[j.t.]

with color

[TITAN]

shartlys is freakin awsome

[IAMJaws]

mill it like it's a shark, finally i can out style all thoes bloody Dragon timmies.

[shartley]

Originally posted by magman007
ooooo sam didnt edit his post.... bad boy sam.... you are starting to slip! :) :)

Actually I did not slip. It was a conscious decision of mine. I wanted to make sure it was noted that I had not edited my post.

Originally posted by RamboPreacher
did I misunderstand, or were they just gonna sell slug-blanks and it was going to be up to "us" to do the milling (not that AGD wouldn't produce some milled versions). interesting...

Originally posted by AGD
Just in case my intro wasn't clear, this body is meant to be cut up by the end user or by aftermarket customizers. We will make them custom too, we just need some feedback from you on how to do it. Please photoshop the images and post your results.

AGD

[j.t.]

last one

[shartley]

[Cristobal]

Yes! I think these are the best proto designs yet: simple and with plenty of meat to mill. I'm definitely liking some of the design ideas proposed, especially from Shartly and Omni.

My one STRONG suggestion would be to continue the body back over the valve to allow for milling designs around the valve. Right now it just hangs out the back of the gun looking very plain and boring... extra length in the body would do two things: cover the valve and allow milling around it to make it more interesting, and lengthen the area available for milling, extending the area for designs and allowing the possibility of an integrated sight-rail above the valve. If nothing else, I would extend the body back over the valve just slighly so that there could be a "lip" at the top, rather like on the pro-team bodies, which in my opinion helps to break up the ugly "chop off" line where the body ends and the valve starts.

[sniper1rfa]

not necessarily that the actual milling will take long, just it would need to be remounted thrice. one mount for the top, one for the side, and one for the other side.

also, milling something round isnt easy. it would need to be rough cut, semi-finished, then finished if you want a nice finish. i would take a while.

just my thoughts.

[shartley]

Originally posted by Cristobal
Yes! I think these are the best proto designs yet: simple and with plenty of meat to mill. I'm definitely liking some of the design ideas proposed, especially from Shartly and Omni.

My one STRONG suggestion would be to continue the body back over the valve to allow for milling designs around the valve. Right now it just hangs out the back of the gun looking very plain and boring... extra length in the body would do two things: cover the valve and allow milling around it to make it more interesting, and lengthen the area available for milling, extending the area for designs and allowing the possibility of an integrated sight-rail above the valve. If nothing else, I would extend the body back over the valve just slighly so that there could be a "lip" at the top, rather like on the pro-team bodies, which in my opinion helps to break up the ugly "chop off" line where the body ends and the valve starts.

I agree that having more material covering the valve would allow greater variety of designs, and actually BETTER ones. However, as it stands now.... I can only work with what Tom set as the guideline.

I wonder if Tom would think of allowing a bigger "slug" to work with?

Originally posted by sniper1rfa
not necessarily that the actual milling will take long, just it would need to be remounted thrice. one mount for the top, one for the side, and one for the other side.

also, milling something round isnt easy. it would need to be rough cut, semi-finished, then finished if you want a nice finish. i would take a while.

just my thoughts.

[BajaBoy]

i really think we should start off with a block instad of a tube. and also have some kind of metal come over the top of the valve.


think about it. agd has the fastest gun out. why not make it really pretty and put in a lil more $

[omni]

A longer body would be nice
Then you could do some really nice stuff back there.

[shartley]

Originally posted by omni
A longer body would be nice
Then you could do some really nice stuff back there.

I agree. Another couple inches to cover most of the valve would be ideal.

[sniper1rfa]

meh, im just curious as to how much this would cost AGD. :)

i still think those are cool designs.

[aaron_mag]

I like Omni's and Shartley's designs. Very clean. I'd buy either of those. I'm especially impressed as I tried photoshop myself this morning and found it isn't as easy as it looks.

However I really like the industrial style of the SFL and this old picture here (posted in another protobody discussion). Would the same style as this/SFL be possible. Then AGD could name their price. I'd buy it!



Note integrated sight rail.

[VBmag87]

Omni's and Shartley's designs are nice, smooth and clean.