UPDATE: Proto Soft Ears
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Topic: UPDATE: Proto Soft Ears
Posted By: A-5 Warrior
Subject: UPDATE: Proto Soft Ears
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 2:29pm
Alright so I got bored yesterday. I'm to broke to go out and buy
a new pair of white Empire E-Vents right now even with the sponsor
discounts. So I took a Proto EL mask I got for free at a tourney
once and modified it. A can of spray paint, dremel tool, and
utility knife and about 3 hours of my time and this is what I got:
 The next step will be to paint the actual mask. I can't really decide what but it will probably become black. I also plan on picking up a new lense for it, maybe smoke or mirrored. UPDATE: Alright, so after figuring out that my Proflex was pretty much useless, I decided to modify the Proto some more. I have always loved soft ears, so after about another hour of guessing, cutting, running to the hardware store, I came up with this. Tell me what you think: 
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Posted By: The_GOAT
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 3:41pm
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go with the mirror lense they look best ------------- SP Vision Imp w/ ALL NDZ internals, CP flame drop w/ on/off, Freak-AA tip, lowrise feedneck, NDZ Pro-Mag trigger, tapeworm, NDZ lpr cap, NDZ ti. bolt pin, maybe thats it? EggII 88/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: iceman1186
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 4:00pm
 looks good
Deffinatly go for the mirror lens ------------- 
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Posted By: nightfox9
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 4:02pm
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mirror lence what's that look like? ------------- 
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Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 4:13pm
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looks nice. Ya dont want an E-Vent, they are falling apart in the box. I loved the looks of them and wanted one until I heard they were falling apart at world cup. Then I finally saw one at the shop, pulled it out of the box and saw it comming apart on the inside at the chin. ------------- 
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 4:34pm
A mirror. Shiney, reflective, like glass. ------------- 
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nightfox9 wrote:Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 6:32pm
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Definately go with the mirrored lense and black paint. It'll look awesome when it's done. Nice job ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 6:35pm
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pretty sweet, def mirror, paint it white if speed, or green like lime, or dark if woods.......... ------------- 
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Posted By: sn00py13
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 7:54pm
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lookin good id say black wit some nice white effects around the mouth almost like an event ------------- A-5 14" J&J WAS E-grip JCS Duel |
Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 8:56pm
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agreed it will look nice ------------- 
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Posted By: MC_TP
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 8:59pm
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sweeet mask man... PS: Do you play at SCP (Santa Clara Paintball)? ------------- 
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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 9:02pm
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Paint the "grills" white, and leave the rest black (leave the frame white).
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 9:12pm
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damn nice man, my friend just drilled extra holes into his proto mask so he can breath easier.
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Posted By: mjicmike
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 10:13pm
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looks nice. Excellent job on the mask. ------------- A5 Rfs Dwg triggr Ricochet R5 8"Lapco Bigsht/14"CP Classic Palmers Stab. Lapco uni-mount DOP bullet drop fwd PMI 88/4500 Woods Flatline/14"Lapco Bigsht CMI Thunder pig reg. Remote adj. stk |
Posted By: A-5 Warrior
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 10:47pm
SCP is St. Croix Paintball. Thanks for the comments guys. Justice: I have a team memeber who owns a pair of E-Vents, the quality of them are great. I have never seen a better mask in my opinion. That is why I'm picking up a pair. ------------- |
Posted By: MC_TP
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 1:44am
Nvm then. I play at a field callled SCP as well and was just wondering if it was the same one I go to. -------------
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Posted By: A-5 Warrior
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 9:00pm
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Posted By: maddog312us
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:40am
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cool
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 11:16am
| soft ears are very clean looking... good job |
Posted By: A-5 Warrior
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 1:50pm
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Thanks guys. I'm going to be picking up a mirrored lense for it
as soon as I get some cash. I have also thought about it and I'm
not sure if I'm going to paint the mask black. It would look
awesome but I'm afraid of it cracking and looking like crap.
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Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 9:53pm
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i like that mask i give you an a+ for it. i cant wait for the finished results
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Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 10:21pm
| pretty nice, you should cut the mask. theres something on pbnation in the mask section about it |
Posted By: A-5 Warrior
Date Posted: 12 April 2006 at 10:26pm
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Already did cut the mask, I cut some off the bottom, and the ears
off. I'd cut more but I like where it is at now, maybe in the
future after I pick up some E-Vents and don't care for this mask.
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