Your Gear Progression!

[Gimpalong]

Hey guys! Let's see your gear progression down through the years.

I started playing in 2006, but the earliest actual photos I could find were from 2010.


Operation Watchtower @ Bangor, 2010
Classic Army M727 Carbine
Classic Blackhawk Down Loadout
DCUs


Rec game at No Limits, 2010
Classic Army M727 with MOE foregrip, CTR stock and I think I bodged a PEQ-15 onto the side. Tossed my Surefire onto the barrel.
DCUs


Flashfire V at Bangor, 2010
ICS M4A1
Eagle Industries UCR clone


Operation Fueling the Fire at Splatmandu, 2011
ATS chest rig. G&P M733, ACUs (back when ACUs were cool... were they ever really cool, though?)


Operation Shores of Tripoli at the rriginal Matrix Airsoft field, 2011
Weekend Warrior EI SPC replica
FROG Uniform
G&P M4A1 with ACOG and grippod (still own this rifle today!)


Operation Global Betrayal at Hell Survivors, 2012
Replica JPC with Flyye MAP, G&P M733


Operation Northern Light III at McLough Steel, 2012
ATS chest rig and G&P M4A1 with Polarstar FE. I also carried a KWA ATP Glock-a-Like and wore a Protec helmet, but it was so hot all that stuff got left at camp as the day went on.
Truspec OD combat shirt and M81 pants - the agreed upon color scheme for Northern Light for MiA folks.


Operation Pandora's Box at Sherwood Forest, 2013
Flyye EPC, G&P M4A1 with FE


Operation Northern Light IV at McLough Steel, 2013
Truspec OD combat shirt and M81 pants as per usual. Flyye EPC, G&0 M4A1 FE.
This was after I tried to climb through the huge crack pile on site...


Firestorm III at Bangor, 2013
Mayflower APC, HSGI TACOs and an LCT AKM that I owned for a hot minute!
Also Gunny!


Lightning Strike V at the Scioto Juvenile Detention Center outside Columbus, OH - 2014
The start of my 75th Ranger Regiment craze. Flyye RG EPC with a mix of Flyye and RLCS pouches. G&P M4A1 with ACOG and PEQ-15.


Operation Blacksheep at Grayling, 2014
Standard Ranger gear. G&P Block II with whiz-bang DD rail!


Operation Blacksheet at Grayling, 2015
Standard Ranger gear, but with Multicam this time! Ranger-ed out G&P M4A1


Operation IRENE at the MUTC - 2015
They told us to look poor!
ALICE gear, pink soccer jersey (ftw), G&P M653


TCAA Rec game, Traverse City, 2015.
Multicam plus old school Night Desert camo. G&P M4A1 with Mk18 rail, ACOG and PEQ-15. First outing for my Velocity Systems SCARAB Light PC!


Operation Broken Dagger, Chicago, 2016
Haley D3CR with Multimission Hangar and Crye 11x6x4 pouch
I ran a Tippmann M4A1 and my G&P M653 at this event


Operation Ambient Light at Bangor, 2016
Multicam doo-dads! G&P M4A1 with PEQ-2, M203 and Scout Light.

[Pagan]

Not ashamed, I scrolled just to see the pink shirt.

[luke213]

I've now gotta go dig and see how many pictures I can find;)

Neat to see the changes over the years;)

Luke

[Gimpalong]

I've got more... and not just of me...

Not ashamed, I scrolled just to see the pink shirt.

[Pagan]

I've got more... and not just of me...

Not ashamed, I scrolled just to see the pink shirt.

Do it!

I'll post mine up this weekend.

[VooDoo]

I've only ever seen maybe 2 pictures of me EVER. 

[Pagan]

First No Limits game I ever attended


First out door event. The last task force iris game at Hell Survivors


Fueling the Fire I


At Bear's house the owner of MTAC


Phoenix Tactical way back in the day


OP:Island Thunder



Private SK game



No Limits. Sadly this was the day someone stole my Bolles


Last Hellfish game out at 28 mile field


Nothern Lights 3



No Limits game right before NL3


Northern Lights 4



FlashFire at Bangor



Lightning Strike in Ohio



BlackSheep at Grayling



Homeland


Northern Light 5

[luke213]

Unfortunately I've got few old pictures one I just found the other day digging around that I didn't realize still existed. This is from 2003? I believe me at a game downstate don't recall which one, along with from memory Talisman, Xaos, and Savage(old MIA forum names, guys are gone now).



And in the last couple years I've only taken a very few pictures since usually I'm organizing events more often than not and I'm always busy running around keeping things on the rails. So this is last year, testing a sort of black hawk down style loadout:



And then later down the road into that winter here was my winter headshot though the gear wouldn't show much since it was all inside the outer layer. It was -10F when the picture was taken, I was setup for sniping with my bolt gun in this gear, so more less sitting still holding position for long time frames. Quite comfortable all things considered, though my beard was freezing to my mesh mask and pulling out hairs;)



And here is just a quick one of me in my ghillie suit, I am in this picture and off to the right hand side nearly right above the left hand tire in the pile. But it just happened to be a random picture I had handy:)



And then the most current which is the loadout I'm working on for OP Irene this year, mostly old school not by plan this is pretty much what I run in games typically. Simple plate carrier old ProTac helmet from years ago I've had this for 20+ years now. My Old CA M15A4, CYMA Glock 18c AEP in the holster, Belt I built myself. Just overall a simple setup that works well for me, few things have changed but not a whole lot. I built out a new holster for myself to eliminate that duty holster I'm wearing. And a few other bits. Also no eye pro since this wasn't in game, this was actually me getting ready to go for a walk/run to see how the gear felt on and find any issues with anything before hand. As well gave me a chance to push harder on that little bit of exercise. And for anyone concerned I live way out in the woods, so that run/walk didn't even leave my property despite being a couple miles total.



I wish I still had more old pictures from back in the day, I did have some but they have been lost with hard drive failures and companies killing off old image hosting etc. And digital cameras weren't very common at games either way back when, or at least most guys didn't have them like we do now;) So I'm likely stuck with the very few I have. Though I do need to get better about that going forward.


Luke

[Guts and Glory]

Pagan, do you know which Flash Fire your one photo is from?  I ask because someone nearby you looks familiar if it was Flash Fire 3.

Favorite has to be the Island Thunder one.  It has that "freelance ship security" cross with "rogue boat captain"  look.

[Pagan]

Pagan, do you know which Flash Fire your one photo is from?  I ask because someone nearby you looks familiar if it was Flash Fire 3.

Favorite has to be the Island Thunder one.  It has that "freelance ship security" cross with "rogue boat captain"  look.

three years ago I believe.

I'm not sure which number it was, but it was

[Guts and Glory]

Probably not 3 then, as that was my first event ever and that was 2006 iirc.  It is just that the 2nd fellow behind your right with the shemagh, woodland, and what looks to be a crossdraw vest reminds me of my early years playing.  I am pretty sure at Flash Fire 3 I was wearing a full paintball mask though.