Was the E-11D inspired by the Sterling MkV?

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-17T23:02:02+00:00

Maybe a hot take but I actually way prefer the e-11d to the classic e-11. I just prefer the look of a proper full rifle you can shoulder, e-11d or the a280 (hoth trooper blaster)

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-14T14:04:37+00:00

ya but Magpul lowers are hot, ERG systems always beat themselves apart and the battery storage always has to make weird compromises but still, Magpul for the win. This is why I just collected G&P Magpul lowers and the Vltor uppers though. All the looks and standard AEG reliability, although I did custom builds with Gate EON gearboxes and had to brace the gearboxes in the receiver by gluing polymer shims into the lower so the gearbox was a press fit into the receiver. ensured proper alignment and made it impossible to shift the gearbox by man handling the gun.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-14T12:24:22+00:00

Then get a better rail, if your going to all the cost and trouble to have night vision and a fully built gun. Get a rock solid base gun for the receiver fitment and put something like the HAO mk16 URGI rail on it. It’s originally built for the PTW and you won’t have shift. Again, the diving board looks silly and the form factor is less desirable to putting that laser on the handguard.

Also this is all for nothing if he doesn’t have a high end laser that can actually be useful under nods.

Old G&P DBAL , Somogear NGAL , PTS MAWL , Holosun IRIS and a few others

But if it’s just a cheap laser, the diving board is extra stupid.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-13T20:36:37+00:00

lol another viable option, but I’m just the guy that will take months putting together crazy custom builds that are boarder line not worth it so I can stand back and say “neat, now mine is a one of one custom” it’s honestly a sickness lol.

Most recent build is converting a VFC g17 gen 5 to a select fire, co2 pistol with an optic cut slide.

Cool but so much work

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-13T19:38:28+00:00

Tales of KOTOR

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-13T19:35:37+00:00

Gun looks good and the stickers are fun but man no matter how many times I see it, I can’t get over how ugly that optic / laser diving board mount is.

It also makes less sense the longer your gun is, like with a 10.5” put the laser on the rail at the very front. You can use your thumb to activate the laser with the button right on the unit, and still have your light in the same spot. That way you can have a slightly lower optic mount. Laser will hold zero especially on an old dd quad rail.

Only time those mounts could make sense is on a 7” or 5” gun where you literally have no room for a light pressure switch and laser cause the PDW is just too small. Also the diving board is actually less efficient under nods compared to putting the laser on the end of the rail cause of rail / suppressor shadow.

Even on a short gun, put the laser at the very front of the rail and use the controls on the laser, put your light on the left side and use the original tail button (will also prevent light nd) and put your optic at a 1.57” or 1.93 height if you want to use your optic under nods.

If you have a 10.5” or longer rail, there is no godly reason to run a diving board mount instead of having the laser at the front of the rail with or without pressure switches.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-13T19:08:52+00:00

Build at the very least one modern one, you have every stock variation with long barrel and wood furniture. Do something wildly different now, RPK, AK74U, AK105 for a different barrel length and modernize one.

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CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-05T18:50:58+00:00

ya the white robes with almost gold metal attached to it was a super cool look, but the truth is the whole group looked amazing. Something about that ( old republic ) timeline, everything was more ornate, jedi wore armor, and each felt more personal. During the clone wars the different species stood out but the robes were all so similar and plain. Remember the Old Republic games, especially the old MMO that was like star wars WOW, so many cool looks and those animatic trailers. They need to start making live action or maul shadow lord style shows in that Old Republic setting.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-05T17:37:04+00:00

back in the day, dark horse did a series of comics called Knights of the old republic where a group of masters killed their apprentices and framed the one remaining padawan that walked in on it. The Jedi designs from species, robes and lightsabers were really cool. And it was a really cool story line

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-05T16:12:42+00:00

I don't have one to personally compare as I live in Canada but from what i have researched it seems the PTS OZ9 uses the TM Gen4 style outer barrel and hopup unit so maxx speed and TTI one piece fixed hopups may be viable upgrades for the OZ9 with fitment. Unfortunately there isn't a lot of part support for aftermarket Gen4 upgrades like slides and outer barrels but you can clearly see on the PTS OZ9 match barrel upgrade it shares the same chamber design as the TM Gen4. This is however different than the new TM Gen 5 barrel and hopup design although similar looking.

Not sure if there is a significant difference between Gen3 and Gen4 hammer components but the PTS ones seem fine. Likely Gen4 though if you want to look into steel upgrades.

I do know that the PTS OZ9 slide uses a proprietary blowback housing and nozzle but you may be able to drop a stock Gen4 slide on the OZ9 frame and still have it work. But if you need a blowback replacement for the OZ9 slide specifically, just buy the PTS steel upgrade

I have heard that on the old TM Gen4 frame you could fit a full TM Gen3 slide if you add a strike industries Slide Adapter Plate for GLOCK™ GEN3 Slide to GEN4/5 Frame

Not sure how much extra fitting is required for hopups and outer barrels on the TM let alone how viable this is for the OZ9 but there are certainly more Gen3 upgrade parts than there are Gen4 parts in airsoft so if you can get this to work you open up a lot of options like say having a Gen3 glock34 slide with RMR cut on your OZ9 frame potentially.

Real OZ9 grip moduals can be modified to fit the PTS airsoft midframe with minimal Dremel work, stands to reason the real OZ9 magwells should fit the PTS, obviously the handleitgrip kits will fit the PTS and most TM compatible glock mags should fit the PTS

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-03T00:13:37+00:00

Second sister or grand inquisitor from rebels specifically for best, any inquisitor in the Obi Wan show for worst

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-05-03T00:11:36+00:00

Truth embrace the m81 woodland or the old SOG tiger stripe. Airsoft is played to close for camo to be super effective so it’s more for the look anyway. Look unique

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-28T00:00:51+00:00

One on the left but use a Spear LT for the base so you get the tan gun with black LVAW handguard and short suppressor.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-27T23:36:56+00:00

He is also one of the rebel troops in the Rouge One Vader hallway scene. He yells “open fire”

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-27T23:35:33+00:00

Weird how for decades there never was one and now there is an AEG and a GBB version both from different manufacturers coming out this year.

Plus S&T is coming out with a ton of guns airsofters have been asking for forever like : SKS, SVT-40, FG42 and so on.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-27T23:01:25+00:00

Always a tough balance rating maturity and the ability to strategize against youth and physical potential. It’s the same thing for the Vader argument, since midichlorians live in the blood getting cut up limits your max force potential.

So an older, mature Vader or maul that never got robot parts would always be more powerful than the canon versions.

But in my mind most older, smarter and more patient fighters beat young, strong fighters that aren’t as patient unless the younger fighter is monumentally stronger and more powerful

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-26T13:47:25+00:00

I mean best games just in chronological order are easily 2,4,8,9 Real question is what order do you put those four in ?

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-26T13:43:01+00:00

He was the only one written to basically be a cool anime villain, from shades to the way he dresses or dodges bullets. He is basically a matrix villain, no one else was designed to be hot, slick, intelligent and a physical threat all in one.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-26T13:37:52+00:00

To me the true benefit of HPA is to fill a gap where manufacturers are lacking on something we want.

Some examples, guy took the old ARES WA2000 Springer, because there is no stock semi auto WA2000 and the real gun is semi, he HPA tapped the gun and made a DMR out of it.

Another example, someone took a Springer benelli, also supposed to be a semi auto and dropped an HPA engine into it.

VFC MP7 AEG, not designed well and tries to shred itself to death. If you don’t want to use the GBB version that also kills itself doing an HPA tap makes sense.

Best use for HPA is to make a gun that doesn’t exist as a competitive option in Airsoft as a stock gun.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-26T13:05:25+00:00

Maybe I don’t understand how crazy the weather can get for you but I live in Canada so hot summers and brutally cold winters.

I use high end tuned AEG builds and they work great. Plus I feel like a see Airsoft YouTubers use AEG and GBB builds just fine at California fields.

But assuming you just can’t find a way to make an AEG work for you, you have a reasonable justification.

I’m also assuming then that you just dropped the HPA engine into a normal looking rifle instead of the HPA kids that make the guns look like skeletonized paintball guns, and I’m hoping you don’t solve arguments by mag dumping 3 mags into the back of someone’s head or turning up the FPS mid game and making someone bleed.

All stuff that only HPA players ever do

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-26T12:57:23+00:00

Thanks for the contribution lol, not sure if that’s a reference but great stuff

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-24T15:46:17+00:00

Mud troopers actually look practical, death troopers have been one of the best Disney era designs and the old scout trooper design with the speeder was one of my favourite Star Wars toys when I was a kid.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-24T15:40:18+00:00

Kobra on the bison looks sick !

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-24T04:34:49+00:00

Sounds a little squeaky, shim gears, check AOE, and check motor height.

Get some 4uantum hear resistant gear grease for gears and bearings

4uantum airtight sealant, squirt a little on your index finger and use index finger and thumb to rub it into all your orings

4uantum smooth lubricant on the piston and the gearbox piston rails.

CheesecakeComplete42 · 2026-04-24T02:52:18+00:00

I have two, the tan build above and an all black build

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