New Jersey

yeah one of my favorite things to do starting at the hill side, is get close to those tracks and just bunker hop my way forward. or go in the woods around the city and fight it out. i wont go too close to it though. iv had some bad experiances within the city. and on the ridge (starting on it), ill try to go as far right as possible, go strait up to the road, and sneak my way behind them. iv gotten a lot of kills doing that. a lot of guys have been afraid of my unpredictable charges and how i rush them.

ill look for some of the forum patches before, during, and after the game and maybe meet one of you. ill be in my full some original Waffen SS uniform with all my web gear. i do German WWII reenacting, so i have everything (no i am not some kind of neo-nazi, i just fight for the german army, my fatherland). so i may actualy win an award for periodical accuracy. hope to see you there.

yeah repros will do fine. most of my stuff is repro, but i talked my bro into lending my some original stuff. Waffen SS original stuff is very expensive, hopefully the paint will wash out. i have russian stuff too because i also do russian reenacting and the stuff is dirt cheap. that would be cool if there were a good amount of snow there too to add to accuracy.

i have an old piranah in a mauser stock, but it doesnt look much like a mauser. i have also fit my automag in an SKS stock, which looks good, but not like any period gun. its in a shortened stock, restained and re polycoated, has a wooden m1 shroud, and an m1 carbine 30rd mag. i call it my "68 Carbine." i dont think ill use it in the game since it doesnt look very realistic, so ill just use it in my normal setup along with my tippmann. if i could find a good way to loose the whole trigger frame, id make a nice mauser replica. but its not easy or maybe not even possible.

what will you be packing?

the repro and even original things are cheap compared to SS stuff anyway. i go to some military shows and people sell stuff at events. i got my whole repro uniform for i think $120. im not really an expert on this stuff though. i just do some events with my brother who is really into it. russian stuff is cheap because theres just so much of it out there. unlike most german stuff that was thrown into the sea by us.

never been to those places. the only official militaria store iv really ben to is igoldburgs in philly which i think went out of bussiness. but you can find cheap stuff at some flea markets, or better yet, military or WWII shows.

my brother knows some dates. hes more into this stuff. most are generaly in the spring/summer. but ill ask him when the next local show is next time i see him and tell you. im not sure of any sites, but some other WWII magazines or sites may have a calender.

looks like theres a good chance of some snow up at skirmish. hopefully some left or added to what were getting tomorrow. that would make it even cooler. it would be great if they or us made bunkers and stuff out of snow. would a sharpened german shovel be considered a knife or even be allowed?

the pocanos got around a foot. and more snow is expected this week and next along with cold to preserve it. and theres no melting up there any time soon. from philidelphia, its about 10* colder up there, maybe 15* for jersey. so who knows, there may be 2ft+ by next weekend. snowshoes are a good idea (which i have homemade ones that look accurate). i also have german "overwhites" to wear over my uniform so i should blend in good. i cant wait. i just hope they dont shedule my community service that day! (got arrested for playing paintball in a township i was unaware it was ilegle. long story.)

are you leaving saturday morning, or friday night? were going friday night and staying at my uncles pocano house. so well be there early. if you havnt thought of it, you should fill your tanks before going there so you can get right in the game and not wait.

do you live up that way? i thought you lived in new jersey. i live in the county outside philly (montgomery), and the Pocanos are about an hour and a half away give or take. but the house we staying at is only 15mins away. so we wont be late. im bringing a 20oz, and my 68/3000 filled so i can beat the air rush and just wait for paint. theres lockers there right? im bringing a lot of extra stuff, and i need to put it all somewhere. how much to rent a locker?

my brother just told me theres a reenactment that weekend, so i wont be able to wear everything i wanted because he found a replacement to go. but theres going to be snow, so my overwhites will hide what i wont have.

i heard they got above 10inches ontop of what they had before (i think about 2ft). and its still forcasted to snow more this week and next. now im definatly bringing my snowshoes, and secondary "dulled" shovel.

well leave friday night around 5pm, maybe earlier. traffics not too bad going north on the pa turnpike away from the city, so well arrive  maybe a little later. no real rush though. then were going back to the house after the game, and ice fishing on sunday if were able. i just saw its $99 for an induvidual case! i thought it was $72, but i learned that is the cheapest you can get for 12 people. thats a total scam. maybe ill find more people and say were all together.

im sure they have lockers. if not ill either not bring as much stuff, or call and get my stuff brought over. ill call tomorrow to find out. if they do itll probaly be $20 to rent one with their rates. if they had better prices or BYOP, they would make more money. im never going to skirmish other than scenario games. for me, its good old picasso lake.

Between the 7 of us, we're going to buy 12 cases, no matter what, just to get the discount. That's what I was going to suggest to you and anyone else; ask the people parked around you if they want to group up and buy paint together.

Just remember this: if they lowered the cost of paint, they'd have to raise the cost of admission. They have over 700 acres of land; that's a lot of money they have to shell out for taxes, insurance, maintenance, staffing, etc. One way or another, they'll get the money out of you, and they don't make that much profit, even after the $100 cases of paint.

If you buy 5-11 cases, you get them at $85 each. Not too bad when compared to $99 a case. 12 and up will cost $72 each. If you run into me, we could tack you onto our group when we go to buy paint. Or if you meet up with some of the people chatting in the Stalingrad thread, you could get a group going. This would be like finding a needle in a haystack though, but it could happen.

Less than one week to go! My gear is already packed!