Uber Ideas, A Useful Guide, Please Read!

First let me state that I did get a mod's permission to sticky this.

I have read several posts recently asking how to build woodsball bunkers. I build most of my own bunkers, and so I thought I might try to help.

The easiest kind to make, with natural materials, is a simple stacked line log bunker. The logs are laid down two or three beside each other, and logs are placed on top of them, parallel to the ones below. The result is a long, low bunker. (Unless built very high, but this requires a lot of logs and can collapse when too much pressure is put on the bottom.) The resulting bunker often looks like this (nevermind the target on the left side)

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This bunker has it's advantages and disadvantages. It is very, very sturdy (again, when not too high), and no paintball is going to be able to make it through the logs unless firing gaps are left there intentionally, as I have. The disadvantage is that you have to be very low to get behind it, usually lying down. It is also vulnerable to being flanked.

Another kind of log bunker is a "V" bunker, my personal favorite. Take one log, and lay it on the ground. Take another log, and lay it down perpendicular to the first one, with one end slightly overlapping. Take log #3, stack it directly above log #1. Take log #4, and stack it directly above log #2. Repeat until desired height is achieved. The result should look like this from behind:

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The bunker is fairly sturdy, and can be assembled and taken down very quickly. Now your "V" bunker is built. But if you look at it, you will see that it has a bunch of gaps in between the logs. You can play with it like this for added challenge, but paintballs WILL make it through those gaps if they are not sealed. To seal the gaps, either stand up small sticks in front of the bunker along its sides until the gaps are covered, or just wedge the sticks in the gaps themselves. In the end, you may just want to take whatever you can find and put it in front of the bunkers. Just pile stuff up in front of it, and the front may end up looking like this:

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Not the prettiest thing, but not many paintballs are going to get through there.

There is another version similar to the "V" bunker, but much bigger. it is the same principle, but with another row facing forward, so instead of this- \/ you end up with this- \_/. It will look like this from behind:

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The front layer is very open, so you can use the same sealing methods that you used for the "V" bunkers. I, however, laid logs at an angle on the top front piece (it will look like a ramp), and then laid cover down on that, like so:

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As a result, not a single paintball is going to get past there. It will look like this from the front:

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If you are playing with a group, be careful about getting too many people behind a bunker. A well-placed paint grenade will work wonders on you and all your teammates.

You can get logs like this from construction sites (Ask one of the workers if you can look in those big trash bins they have), but DO NOT TRESPASS. Any logs you find out in the woods will do, particularly if you chop your own firewood every year.

Remember, you can use just about anything for cover. For more permanent cover, try one of these. Play on!