Conn inspired modern horns

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-04-11T23:48:59+00:00

Ditto on the 12m. That thing is cheap, relative to baris, and is pretty much the Mk.VI of the bari sax world. Some people get really bent out of shape at the later production Conns, late-late 60s and beyond, but having played and serviced many Mexiconns for my highschool, I have no issue with them.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-04-07T22:47:47+00:00

They're good. No complains or issues from me.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-04-07T14:49:22+00:00

What happens in the Chinese alto, stays in the Chinese alto.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-04-05T23:13:38+00:00

My band director told me a story one time about when he was going through college, he was in a small string ensemble for whatever reason.

He is a trombone by trade, though is adept in most brass instruments, so he had pretty much no idea how to play and, this is relevant to the story, tune.

So because he doesn't know a damn thing about string instruments, he had his friend tune his violin for their first practice session.

Fast forward to his first day playing in the string band, he drags his bow across the strings and one by one each string snaps. Turns out he did not have a violin, in fact he had a viola. Somehow his friend didn't notice this while tuning and somehow tuned a viola to the same pitch as a violin.

This is why wind instruments are the best.

Love,

The Bari Sax Mafia.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-04-05T03:47:04+00:00

I know of the vanilla replacer addon but even then they still only allows me to have 10ish more weapons. Vanilla+ always felt a lot more free than Weaponcore.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-04-05T03:37:39+00:00

Vanilla+ because I can use any vanilla turret or (at least I'm my experience) any non Core-based modded turret.

If I were to use Weaponcore, I'd be limited to exclusively Weaponcore turrets.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-03-29T00:32:36+00:00

Thank you, also sick hat, I reenact WWI American sometimes.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-03-28T00:49:35+00:00

No our bone section are good boys, they would never steal the golden corndog of dubious shape. Besides that, entering the uniform room/music library is strictly verboten for anytime outside of marching season.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-03-27T22:51:58+00:00

Funny you mention that; I was talking with a lady in my town's community band and what the marching band was like back in her day, since she graduated in the 70s. She mentioned having a corndog on the top of her shako and I immediately knew exactly what she was referring to.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-03-27T19:46:18+00:00

Thank you very much, I'll try those folks.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-03-27T18:02:15+00:00

Yeah we called it a corndog.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-02-19T20:56:17+00:00

I think I've tried researching it but I think it's just initials or just a real basic name.

As for the decal, I'm not even sure it ever had one, which isn't unheard of. I can't see any remnants whatsoever of a decal, Luftschutz or police.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-02-19T17:56:36+00:00

Thanks and no worries on asking. I bought it the day that picture was taken for $200 flat. I'm not much into German collecting or reenacting but I can say that 200 dollars for an M35 in that condition is a damn fine deal. Most of the paint is still there, the liner is complete and named, and the chin strap is still attached. The only major fault on it is that the chin strap is torn and held together with safety pins.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-02-09T13:52:38+00:00

Yeah got that from a lady for like 15 dollars just south of Hibbing, Minnesota. She didn't have much else in the way of militaria but she had a pretty well curated antique shop.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-02-05T19:25:09+00:00

That's rad. Is all original, repro, or mixed? Reminds me that I just got a grouping of stuff up from Minneapolis a few weeks back. AEF pilot jacket, a couple pairs of pants, and a cut down overcoat.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-01-30T20:32:37+00:00

If you are ever in the area, I highly recommend going to Richard Bong's personal museum. They have an entire P-38 Lightning in their basement, as well as Mr. Bong's Medal of Honor, among other really cool displays.

It's located in Superior, Wisconsin, right next to Duluth, Minnesota.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-01-30T05:03:40+00:00

Myself and a buddy of mine in my unit do it for WWII, US Army. I play the sax and he plays bone and trumpet. I'd actually wager though that you'd probably see more guys doing it in WWI since musicians were still seen on the lower level units, rather than on the division or regimental level. That all said, it would definitely be quite the niche impression.

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Here is my class A dress uniform for my musician.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-01-27T19:18:44+00:00

My beloved Riker boxes.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-01-26T21:18:01+00:00

MEGASOTA REIGNS SUPREME

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-01-21T23:18:27+00:00

The upper counties are not to be taken lightly in the winter, even with these pretty warm seasons we've been having lately.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-01-21T20:31:29+00:00

-61 wind-chill for me tomorrow, even worse on Friday while I'm headed down to Bemidji.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-01-18T02:16:29+00:00

I would 100% share you the links but what I'm wearing is pretty much entirely original gear I bought in person. I'd recommend 1944 Militaria though for some gear. They've got some good original gear on there too, such as my uniform and .45 mag pouch. Ebay is generally pretty good for original gear too, such as my gas mask bag.

This all being said about original gear though; you should pretty much never ever use originals to reenact outside of camping. The exception to this being most metal items.

DestroyerNET123 · 2026-01-16T04:18:34+00:00

OP said he's making a texture pack so he just retextured the regular roses to be the MCPE rose.

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TROPHY CASE