Weapons

chrisgreen · Post by **chrisgreen** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 7:45 pm

This is my first post here, and thought i'd give some good advice, Arisoft weapons look really good, and are possibly the best film props, but one word of warning, they do shoot projectiles and they do hurt! If you are using airsoft weapopns make sure they are not loaded, or better still take the battery out or the spirng before using them. Rember your actors/stunt mans safty first!

[Edited on 10-10-2003 by chrisgreen]

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:17 pm

Always practice safty first that is the second rule of film making, the first is always have a tripod.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:13 pm

(off topic) Hey I know someone called Chris Green! You didn't use to go to Colston's School now did you?

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 1:38 am

Yes safety is a big issue expecially with projectile firing devices, and as i always say.......test and rehearse the effect first with the actor(s) if possible to give them confidence and reassurence

chrisgreen · Post by **chrisgreen** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:10 pm

Originally posted by CamClub
(off topic) Hey I know someone called Chris Green! You didn't use to go to Colston's School now did you?

Nah i didn't, what area of the country is thatn in anyway?

Post by **Matt** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:56 pm

During the filming of GUTS Oliver got shot in the ear with an airsoft H&K MP5. The pellet got lodged in his ear and he had to go to hospital to have it removed. All the other patients were kids with saucepans stuck on their head and rubbers stuck up there noses.

Obviously we finished filming before taking him to Medway Accident and Emergency.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 7:12 pm

It see, it seems that actor health is always secondary to the shoot, must finish the film, my friend Sean wanted to finish the fight after he got stabed but we made him go home and get it fixed up.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:49 am

i once saw a kid in casualty screaming because he had a hot chip stuck up his nose

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:46 am

I wouldn't mind a hot chick stuck to my nose, or lips perferably!

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:46 am

Originally posted by chrisgreen
Originally posted by CamClub
(off topic) Hey I know someone called Chris Green! You didn't use to go to Colston's School now did you?
Nah i didn't, what area of the country is thatn in anyway?

It's in Bristol! Doesn't matter, you're not him, I just know!

xbreaka420 · Post by **xbreaka420** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:47 am

spring airsoft does not hurt as long as yourt not a complete pussy gas on the other hand stings like a bitrch

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:00 am

on the other hand yes there is a degree of acceptable danger and pian that a stunt person must be willing to accept

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:55 pm

Just unload the airsoft guns before you take them out, and then when your using them don't Slide the breach back,(the auto cener won't let me say, peni5 the guns). The spring ones don't hurt more then they sting like nothing ealse. But they can hurt and leave really bad welts if you get hit on exposed skin, I got shoot at the wastline with a spring Airsoft gun, and it left a welt, and hurt like hell for a few days. That and the guy who shot me got hit in the face, that left a nice welt for his date. So in conclution just unload the guns, and don't slide the breach back on them before you use them.

abodeofthedamned · Post by **abodeofthedamned** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:28 pm

xbreaka420 wrote:spring airsoft does not hurt as long as yourt not a complete pussy

It hurts when someone's holding it two inches from you. Especially when you're trying to drive.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:33 pm

And what if you were shot in the eye? I suppose that would hurt

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Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:38 pm

Projectiles are desinged to hurt. Whatever makes you think otherwise!?

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:40 pm

And what if you were shot in the eye? I suppose that would hurt

i got shot by a gas arisoft gun just below my eye, another 1/4 of a centimeter it would have got my eye. luckily for me i have mad dodging skills

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:45 pm

I've fired pellets that have ricocheted off wood and came straight back at me. Whooshed by my head, one hit me in the chest, one slammed into a window. Now I wear goggles!

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:48 am

But none of you were hit IN the eye, that would hurt like hell

Caveman · Post by **Caveman** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:20 pm

I saw sum1 get hit in the eye with a flying staple from a staple un in primary school! - and yes I3lade203, it did hurt!

wish I'd filmed it now - was cool with all the blood etc.

lethelgirth87 · Post by **lethelgirth87** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:27 pm

I remember when my friend Dennis, aka Nightingale Zero, kept shooting me with BB's on the set of Preeminent Chaos, finally I got so pumped that I think I punched him and then yelled at everyone. It was not the best day of filming.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:03 pm

Make sure you have responsable friends! But it's not the best to lose it all, just dismiss him from the film.

Syras · Post by **Syras** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:36 am

i have a baseball bat the resides with me at all times as an unspoken warning. works brilliantly at keeping moral high

DaveP · Post by **DaveP** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:14 pm

well, its dumb not to follow the airsoft code whenever your using airsoft weapons on films:
before shooting:
-take out the magazine
-empty the magazine
-load the gun (or as matthawkins call it, peni5 it)
-fire it until you are absolutely sure its empty
-reload the mag
-fire it until you are absolutely sure its empty
-keep it in a secure place where nobody will reload it and fire off a few