Homemade field.... inexpensive "ball stopping material"

[cdawg]

There are no paintball fields within in hour of my house, and our closest woods field is about 20 mins away, so I'm thinkin for those lonely weekday afternoons I'll have somewhere me and a few friends can practice snap shooting...

What is the best, cheapest material to stop paintballs? I was thinking chicken wire... It only needs to be about 6ft tall. Mounting the material isnt a problem. Any other ideas?

[Reo5th]

chicken wire doesn't seem thick enough...does it need to be see through? and how much space does it need to cover?

[cdawg]

All it has to do is break balls, not stop the paint from getting through. The whole thing will span about 100 feet.

[DogBoy]

here is a link to the field I built. people from all over my area play it now and it has grown paintball here over the last 2 years.

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10213

[silenttype]

Go to the local electric company,they will give you all the spools you want for free.

[Vendetta]

Recycling used tires is also good for the environment

There are no paintball fields within in hour of my house, and our closest woods field is about 20 mins away

Does this mean a wooded field is not a paintball field? Time was when these were the only paintball fields.

[Mag Master 04]

Logs and pallots

i have a 75 x 75 woods ball field and i made v bunkers out of logs and i made 1 man tree bunkers out of wooden pallots use to ship things on...ill try to get pics up later, and i used spools for a flag post and some for cover also...pics wil be up tonight sometime

[shartley]

[Vendetta]

I am very jealous of you guys that can build fields in your yard. My back yard is 20'X 40'.

[shartley]

Yes, it is nice. My field is actually quite large (there was a thread about it here on AO for those who want to look it up). It definitely helps reduce overall playing costs, which is great when you have to pay for several people playing.

[cdawg]

i appreciate all of the replies, but i really dont have any problem finding materials to build the field... the problem is finding something to SURROUND the field to stop paint from hitting my 4 year old neighbors...

[shartley]

[PzYcO]

I recently saw something online called "J-Bunkers" These were homade bunkers. The way i found out that you can make them easy is taking 2x4's and making a structure,

Then you can go to any store and buy some of those BLUE TARPS. AFter that you take them over the structure that you have produced and DOUBLE WRAP them on both sides so it is thick enough. I have been thinking about doing this my self, it seems like a very cheap and effective way of making bunkers..

[SHAZAM-AGD]

another good bunker material is sheets of tin roofing. you can purchase a 12 X 2 section for around 7.00 cut it in half and you make a 6 X 4 structure. the neat thing about tin is it makes a bucnh of noice when you shoot at it so the person hiding behind it can not hear his team mates.

another good portable bunkers are sleeping tents they are really cheap for what you get. once set up cut the screens out of the windows or poke holes in them this allows people to get in them like little forts.

one more good portable bunker is the holiday inflatables you can find at wal-mart or target or k-mart. they have a grinch for x-mas that is over six feet tall for like 40 dollars. I saw a teddy bear for valitines day and also a smow man plus many others. I think they have lights in them so you could play at night and they are much cheaper than the 150 plus for air ball bunkers.

[Pstan]

The best use of a politician?............his signs!!!!

Note: just ask for them after the election.....dont steal them!!!!!!!



There's a virtual countryside full of bunker material after every political season!! Take advantage of that. For the most part, every campaign will gladly let you have....... free of charge....... any signs that you will pick up. One hour riding around taking down signs will make a huge field and at a cost of nothing more than doing the community a service by helping clean up.

It's a win/win situation. You get a free field and the community get's cleaned up. And......it's a rather positive image for the sport. Just get permission first!!


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