Air Soft

May 22-23, 2015 -This weekend we met up with friends to play some airsoft battles together.
So, on the first day, we had some great battles before settling down for dinner around 10pm before heading to the barn loft to spend the night.
Definitely the most memorable parts for me would be seeing Josiah S. jump off a bridge into a creek (flag in hand) during a game of capture the flag.
Another interesting round was when we were playing a hostage scenario at night with all of the barn lights off.  The "rescuers" formed into 4 fireteams by moonlight and the sound of each other's hushed voices.  Each team was assigned sections of the barn to infiltrate and tasks to rescue the hostage.  My team slipped through the front door and then had to weave through the stuff lying on the floor of the barn without making a sound.  The next phase was to silently climb our way up 15' feet in darkness so great that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.  So, I had to feel my way as I climbed up with an airsoft gun slung across my chest.  Ah...good times! Although, we did lose that round actually...

Anyway, enough with all of the words - it's time for some pictures!

The barn loft

Selfie! 

-Hello!

Most of the guys stayed up to watch a movie - which started after midnight.

I tried to get all of the sleep that I could before...

...daylight!

Everyone groggily gets out of bed - er - sleeping bags and packs up their stuff

Gearing up for another full day

Art.

Neutral face

Happy face!

Ah...yeah...caught applying makeup

Riding in the back of the truck

Looks like Noah's guarding our "6"

And then there was that time when I lost my footing while taking photos and crashed on top of Noah. =)

Waiting to ambush

Wow, and in this round Noah and Isaiah "lit up" our entire team in an ambush

And with such very little cover too...

*shakes head*

Our assault team before they breached a door to a house to root out the guys holding up in a house

Reloading during one of the breaks between rounds

Relaxing and talking during dinner

Air Soft Battle

Airsoft Fun

Time for War

  We had a great evening last week playing some war with our friends!  We had a few great air soft battles and ended the evening with some Axis & Allies!
   I love strategic games and because I am the only one in the house who does, I usually end up playing by myself.  I win every time.

Sep 1 2011

67th Anniversary of Normandy Invasion

June 6, 1944

Battle in the Barn

Our latest outdoor-activity (or in other words, our latest fad) has been playing around with air soft guns. The guns shoot little plastic bbs and they shoot somewhere between 175-600 feet per second (fps).

Air soft games are similar to paintball, but it is much less expensive to play, there is not paint and you don’t have to refill cO2.

We tried some outdoor fights like capture the flag, but we wanted to try a game that would have a lot of cover. Benjamin totally changed our shed (we’ve affectionately called it the “Barn”) and we added some cardboard boxes that we had. Notice: Our barn usually looks nothing like it is in the movie , we just tried to get the most cover possible.

The video above is our first attempt at filming a battle, but I personally think it is very dull. The next day we had two cameras filming; one on the inside and one on the outside. It’s pretty fun to watch the fight from both angles because you can see each team’s movement.

Battle Swords in Action

Battle Swords in Action from Douglas Phillips on Vimeo.

The four points it takes to become a "Valiant Swordsman" and how to use them.

Take a look at this great video about the Battle Swords available from the Vision Forum. Can you figure out who is narrating the video?