Element Ion Update

[Lenny]

oh really? hows that?

Sithos lives down in florida, you're in NY and it hasnt been released yet. So im just wondering how you got ahold of it?

Astral Projection, silly! Like right now, I'm projecting my self to the womens bathroom at the fair grounds!

[paintman33]

so how much are these bodies going for or gonna go for

[ultralight]

wow, a little more acid than i'm used to seeing from muzicman.

anyway, i agree with lohman, the cut looks bad. and so does the back end. someone need's to figure out what to do with the back end of an ion, and soon. my biggest problem with the body, (i think the frame looks fine), is that if you are going to make something custom, why make it look like a section of tube that you put in a notching machine instead of making something with a little more character? even changing the shape of the cutout would help. possibly taking some notes from dye by using some sharp pointies in there somewhere. then again, i make knives as a hobby so sharp pointies are my thing. the cutout, as lohman suggested doesn't even need to be there if you have some features on the side instead of making it all round and smooth. but hey, to each his own. i'm glad that someone likes it, but i know that i don't.

it is still nice to see someone making money selling aftermarket parts for production paintguns. it says to me that the sport is doing well and that people still apreciate design and ingenuity.



and as to why i personally like the pictured devilmag more than the pictured ion? well, the automag's defining feature has always been the single tube, which i think looks sleek and nice. but while looking at them i realized why i think it looks sleek and nice compared to the ion. the automag is longer, it may not be longer in reality (while holding one i noticed that the extra diameter of the ion's tube is somewhat decieving) but the body extends farther back past the gripframe giving it a sleek, long, lean look. the ion on the other hand is still small but it gives the impression of being more compact rather than sleek. like a tricked out import "crotch rocket" compared to a long, lean, custom chopper. i know it's a bad analogy but i was really just comparing shape.


and " how can you say one is ugly but think the other one is a sexy gun?" well, because i am an art student studying for automotive and product design and therefore i am conditioned to nitpick.