A Different Hot of the Mill Emag Extreme

[udtseal]

the round battery holder looks odd, but once again, I love shartleys blue one a few posts back!! thats HOT!!

[irbodden]

Wow, I like Shartley's design. I really enjoy the simple milling done to the battery pack, very nice.

Now that Shartley colored that Emag in, it looks even better. I'd love to see that style design devolped more, possible leaving a tad bit more of the body intact, and doing someother milling to it.

I can't make my mind they are all so purdy! Bluntman, I already have $20 towards a new Emag, MWHAHA. And once I find a job, it's all mine. Think Tom would want some underpayed slave labor over the summer? Maybe PBGear needs a new recruit to take over messing up orders too. BTW, both AGD and PBGear are like 15 minutes from me.

[SGTKennedy]

i think that looks so much better. its not perfect but the color seems to make it... im sure all the angels look horrible with the raw aluminum and tooling marks visible.

Thanks to everyone thats involved for showing us even at such early stages, this is another reason i will always own an AGD marker, they go to extreme lengths to please us.

[justinellery]

I like the simplicity of mags. I like seeing metal shaved that doesn't need to be there. Looks good!!

[ciaran.mooney]

What type of barrel are in those pictures?

[Dave]

I have not had a chance to read every single post, so if I repeat something, I'm sorry-

This one is MUCH MUCH better looking to me than the first one. I like how front of the top of the body angles up to the module, then drops off, then starts another gradual curve up to the top of the end of the valve, try to picture a smooth lightening bolt on its side-I definitely like that, keep that idea going for sure! It would be good to cut into the module a little because that is basically a big square in a curvature patter, and sticks out. It wouldn't take muchs, just flow it into the design.

The only prob I have with this design is think if you have to field strip the gun on the field, and when you pull the valve out, the gun accidentally slips out of your hands, falls, lands on one of those end spikes, and it either bends it or breaks off. Now this may not be a valid point because of the meat of the metal, but please consider it, because AGD has a reputation(as far as I am concerned) for making products as tough as rocks. You don't want people going around saying "Don't buy the new X-treme E-Mag, if you just drop it, half the body would break off" (I am exaggerating a little here, but that is what people tend to do when they tell these kinds of stories)

But anyway, MUCH MUCH better, keep the main form, work on the module, and the smaller details.

-Dave

[nutz]

tom all that stuff looks amazing

[ArthurDent]

that looks sweeet and yes its been said 50 times but it is way better then the first one.

[Dave]

E-mag grip frame VS Intelliframe

I dunno if this was dicussed or not, or if it is even possible, but I think the actual grip frame could use some help. I don't like several things about it. One is the finger grooves, like MagHog mentioned. I don't like the idea of them there at all, because they are somewhat limiting...you put in 3 grooves, it means it's meant to put 3 fingers there, with 1 moving the trigger. Or with only 2, its meant for 2 fingers to use the trigger. Now please hear me out-I have the intelliframe, and it came with DYE Stickies, which have 2 grooves. Now I prefer to only use 1 finger to fire, not 2, so I keep 1 on the trigger, 3 on the grip, as it helps be stabilize the gun better. the DYE stickies felt completely TERRIBLE cause I would have 3 fingers where there were only two grooves, and it was extremely uncomfortable. My suggestion is to not put any grooves in the frame.

Now about the main part of the frame, in the front, where the grooves are, it looks messed up, cause it was flat to begin with. The front of the Intelliframe had a nice round curve to the front of it, and that made it feel sooo nice to grip it! Another think is that the whole grip frame looks kind of off, because on the back of it, right above those 2 little grooves for the electronic buttons, the frame comes to a steeper angle, and makes the neck of the grip frame look fatter and less attractive( to me) Now, take the intelliframe, the back of it goes straight up, and it looks very stylish. My best advice is to deisgn the main angles and contours of the grip frame just like the intelliframe, it will feel better and look better( to me). Please try it out if you can!

-Dave

[headcase]

Dave -- You've field stripped your marker, aka taken the valve out during a game? This is the only time I could really see what you are talking about happen. Usually when I work on markers it is over a table. I also think there is enough thickness left that the rear two points shouldn't bend.

I also see where you are coming from with the frame, but you have to remember they are mod'ing the existing frame, not building a new one. Also remember Manike cut that frame up for him, and AGDE decided to do the same changes on the extreme C+C, so currently it is how he liked it. I guess they could just mill the front of it flat, which would make the grips thinner, and I don't think anyone would have any problems with it. But you seem to be in the minority, as most people love the DYE Stickies( I personally think it is a "cool" thing, not because they are all that comfortable, they really aren't anything special)

[Mega Man]

well heres my opinion on how i think it should look. I know it is REALLY bad but i just whooped this up in paint in about a minute just to give you the general idea of how i fell it should be. Well it is pretty much just like the prototype on this thread except I put SHartleys battery pack and I added some "lines/metal to where the valve would be so the people who would rather not have the valve showing alittle happier.

[Mega Man]

here we go again

[Rynoboy06]

This one owns the first. It's starting to look, well, extreme. (covers head in remorse for bad pun) Maybe some organic vertical ridges on the breech area alone, fading out into the rest of the body? I think that would look really cool. Is the 3-finger grip here to stay? I hope so.

[Bluntman]

Oh uh yeah... I was just hired as the official AGD prototype Emag tester... ask Tom he hired... he's probably forgotten by now though, so you should just take my word.

[RaV3n_Pa1ntba||]

Ahh now this is a choice i personally like. Just needs a nice fade or maybe some good polishing. Maybe a little more "molding" kinda milling.