Hello everyone, I have been reading a lot of threads on armour builds, materials and the frustrations of airsoft enthusiast in the 405th environment. From what I understand there is practically a communist hunt going on to kill most threads related with making armour resistant against impact of any type. First off, shame on you. There are a few things we have to acknowledge.

First off, correct me if I’m wrong, 405th was created bring people together in a community where fans can create costumes of all sorts for conventions or hallway decorations (sorry but walking down a hallway with 10 suits of armour is really badass). It has become a wealth of information with much success and failure.

Secondly, Airsoft and other similar sports are growing. There is nothing the 405th can do about that. The people who play these sports also play video games. These people like Milsims and LARP. What happens next is pretty awesome. They try to mix both worlds together. A new market created? A new group of people willing to test and innovate a new way of armour making which, god forbid, might help current costume makers in their own projects. I think that the creators of these games would be proud when they see how much we care about their work and to which point we bring their creations to actual use beyond conventions.

The point is these people are here looking for help and 405th does everything in its power to stop them. Personally, I am disgusted with 405th on that point. I can’t blame you guys really, it’s an USA thing (don’t get all offended now, you guys have more laws and regulations than any other country). For safety issues and law suits, these are the reasons you give. I got an easy solution. If a thread contains airsoft/paintball stuff, PUT A DISCLAIMER! Not hard. When someone creates a new thread add a check mark box for airsoft/paintball related issues. This but one among many possible solutions.

Here is one example; Airsoftcanada.com is the site for airsoft in Canada. You cannot play an organised game without being age verified by a staff member, signing a disclaimer saying you are sole responsible for any and all related airsoft accidents and wearing the correct protection which is safety glasses.

I have played airsoft with shoes, shorts, glasses (eye protection) and the gun. NOTHING ELSE. I will try to be clear here I was wearing no armour not even a tactical vest, nothing but my skin and shorts. The reason why 405th is scared is because they have not all played these games and don’t know much about them. I would test anyone to not be scared when a new group of people show up using your life’s work to their whim. They are scared of the unknown. What is wrong here is that there is no apparent effort from the 405th to accommodate a growing minority among its members. What 405th should know is that the armour would suffer the damage and not the person and that while you would not suffer damage to your fragile suit, we would.

Now, this is my first post on the 405th. I am expecting to get called many distasteful things, getting the thread locked and probably my account banned, but I said what needed to be heard. Go censor cops!

Sorry for the long post. happy hating 405th! be as negative as you can