USMC Mag

[Alpha]

I've been brainstorming different summer project ideas... And I love the Marine Corps (for they fight and die for all of us)... So why not put togethor a USMC pride mag to show my appreciation for all they do?

I was thiking of doing a general armed forces mag, and myabe getting all the seals of the 5 branches put on the body, but that would be way more work.

I want to work off a minimag. I was thinking of getting the body and rail powdercoated red (but are am/mm rails aluminum?)

I can paint the back end of the barrel yellow, so when you look at it through the grill in the body, you see the yellow accents...

I'll probably do yellow hardline throughout the whole air system. I'm looking at a one-starred valve, and I'll probably take it apart and have the shell powercoated (thus voiding warrenty).

Where it once said MiniMag, I'll have it engraved to say USMC, and on the other side, engrave an EGA into it (I'm scouting for a laser engraver now too).

I'll probably krylon the trigger frame red, keep the grips black and do the trigger yellow. Working off a single trigger frame here.

Ideas/Thoughts?

[Soopa Villain17]

good idea

[Alpha]

concept art

[Jonno06]

thats a great idea.

[etjoyride]

sounds like fun

[SummaryJudgement]

Well, you gotta put the devil dogs tag line somewhere. And maybe a dog-tag themed grip panel with info milled into it. Luke can probably do that stuff.

[usmc8892]

That looks no less than highly motivated! Oohrah, Semper Fi!

[Alpha]

Well thanks. This mag is for the brave men like yourself.

Hmm the image looks kinda like crap.

CAn anyone photoshop a mini for me?

[yingyang]

put the seal sign on the back of the vavle or somthing, dont really like the tone of the colors

[mcdkid]

i'm on it.

[devildog]

i have xmag grip panels with usmc coins molded into them, they are on my shark attack xmag. if you wanna use an emag i'll give you the grips. they are frymark grips

[Alpha]

I appreciate the offer, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to go for the mini. Marines like you just keep on giving. I really appreciate it

Thanks mcdkid... My photoshop skills are a bit.. lacking. I'll probably get this all done by the end of the summer

[onedude36]

Seriously mold dog tags inside some clear grips. And I think it should either be a minimag body or a tac one body.

[Maggot6]

Jsut curious, there are so many troops etc out there...Who gets it?

[Jotsy]

are you really set on that color scheme? i woulda made it more darker.. more "military" looking.... kinda like a scenario setup, but that's just me. i figure thats not what you're trying to do...

if it were me, i'd try an incorporate the logo somewhere. If possible try an mimic this layout (these are engraved, and then the engravings are inlaid with with paint of some kind.


except of course, instead of "M-4" it'd say "MINIMAG", and instead of "5.56 MM NATO" it'd say "0.68 CAL" or "0.68 CAL PAINTBALL". I'd also try an put the genuine valve number as the serial number.

this is of course unless its infringing on any rights or sumthing... not too sure abt the rules on that...



FYI, that logo on the ASA is this:


facing the front, and in black an white

oh, also, i thought it would be cool if it had the AGD logo on the other side of the valve too

oyea, and here's your original color scheme btw


oyea, and another thing you should note. About the dog tags in the grips, i put the two visible on this side.. thats means that the other side (the right panel) has no dog tags in it.... unless you use 2 pairs.

i opted to make the two visible together cos i figured a single dog tag usually signifies a deceased soldier (correct me if i'm wrong tho)