Project Leonidas II: opinion/survey?
 

Hey guys Just completed my latest gun. I would appriciate any advice, opinions, segestions etc.

Background:

I wanted to build a CQB gun that is both esthetically pleaseing yet practical. The theme i was going for is loosely PMC (ie. Blackwater) with some reffrence to Noveske's Leonidas project gun. The gun itself is a TM with a bunch of internal upgrades, it had a longer barrel and an M203 launcher on it but I bought a Madbull Noveske KX3 and decided to build a gun around it hence the shorther barrel. For a handguard I was considering a CASV or a RAS but decided to go with the RIS just cuz i had one at the ready. I painted the stock, RIS panels and Vert Grip a tan(ish) color and splashed it with some brown just to make it more "Iraq" ready. Overall i'm happy with it but it does seem a bit cliche, so i thought i'd get your guy's opinions. Thanks for your input.:D
What do you guys think?

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...eonidasII3.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...LeonidasII.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4.../Leonidas3.jpg

Afetermarket furniture:

- Madbull Noveske Kx3 Sound amplifier
-TM RIS handguard and rail covers
- TM vert Grip
- Aimpoint w/ cantilever mount
- LMT BUIS
- CAA Stock Saddle
- ARM flip-up front sight
- Magpul CRT Stock
- Bushmaster/Blackwater Metal body
-Aimpoint Rubber Armor

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she's a beaut man, nice work.

Thanks man:oops: , I still feel as if it's missing something though.

get rid of the shit ass TM foregrip and get yourself a rico light/grip.

x2 a good size torch is all you need :D

Any sugestions? Do you think i should get one that is a vertgrip/flashlight combo or just one of the surefire weapon lights that mounts to the rail?

LOL...oh ok sorry I get it now..I'm a bit slow today.

Looks good, but an ACOG, and Troy rear flip battle sight would probably make it look more Noveske.. Possibly a KA MRF..

Just my 0.02..

Correct me if i'm wrong, but I thought the Leonidas was 7.62mm? The gun looks good, don't get me wrong. But it doesn't look like the Leonidas at all...

correct me if I'm wrong too, but I thought Leonidas was a leader of 300 men? :D hahaha..
Good looking gun man, maybe could use a laser for quick targeting?

Leonidas is a noveske's 7.62 rifle

Other then that fact that the foregrip looks somwhat shiny because of the paint, it looks freaking fantastic.

nice gun, i like the look of the muddy tan color. where do you keep the battery?

I believe that is a RAP4. Still hawt, though.

He wasnt building an exact project leonidas but yes. Its a 7.62 and has a longer RAS i believe as well as barrel and front flip up sight if you want to be SUPER accurate about it.

Nonetheless, I like it =)

RAS should be free float, the a LuRue tactical one. I tried this, but trying to find a suitable RAS was a pain in the ass, i love this though, very well done.

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. Yeah, the gun is only loosly based on the Noveske Leonidas Project. I just ordred a VOLTR (not quite sure how to sell that) stock for it, but I have an AN/PEQ as my battery case.

just added my rack number (I decided to use the same one as my actual Rack#)

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...Picture092.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...Picture090.jpg

Nicely done, Rockafella. I have a VLTOR RIS mount for my Surefire 6P and if that's any indication of quality, their stock should be pretty sound. I was thinking about getting a second set of furniture and spraying it tan along with the RIS covers (God bless G&P and their including of covers with every RIS, I've got 8 now), and these pictures are definitely helping me out with making the decision.

Cheers,
Vic.

Nice penny? O.o

I'm gald my build has inspired you Taito, be sure to put up some pics of your project gun when you're done, i'd love to see it.

yo, where did you get the magazine from? It looks 1:1 scale. As far as I knew only G&G hi-caps were 1:1. This clearly isn't G&G.

that's not a noveske! THIS is a noveske:
http://homepage.mac.com/harleyb/sale...s/IMG_1306.jpg

Tru, very nice but as i said mine is only "loosely based." I was also kinda going for a more CQB set up.

I decided to change a few things on my original concept, what do you guys think? Do you guys think it looks like a rifle that a PMC Operator would use in the feild?

Before:
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...eonidasII2.jpg

After: -with a light dusting of brown paint on the body (tyring to make it look like aged steel) and a little on the Tan Parts as well to darken it up a bit. and then added; flip up front sight, CRT stock, and Aimpoint Rubber armor.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4.../Leonidas3.jpg

rifle still looks too clean imho, get out the steel wool.

I prefer the black body, but still very cool, im in the midst of building a very similar project aswell.

Just got my new Bushmaster/Blackwater Lower reciever, had to do a bit of modifiying the holes where the body pins go into did'nt match up perfectly and it seems like the Blackwater logo is a bit smaller too. I'm impressed by the detail of the Busmaster Logo though pretty accurate except for the missing armalite. The balck water logo does'nt look as crisp in the photo (probaly cuz i have a cheap camera) as the actual thing.
Here are some close up photos of the trades.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...Picture102.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...Picture100.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...Bushmaster.jpg

Great idea!!

Dnno if it looks aged, looks to me like it was randomly sprayed with a can of brown paint XD.
I prefered the old body better =( but like noted before if you want it to look aged bust out the steel wool.

Yeah, I know it did'nt quite turn out like i wanted it. But when I was at the armoury I noticed that the C7's had this brown-ish tint. I was trying to get this effect but it did'nt quite work out. Oh well.

Questions for you guys,

Do you think that this looks like a gun that a SEAL operator would use?

Do you think the Standard front sight looks better or the flip up one?

what kind of suppressor/silencer is that?

its a noveske flash hider
http://noveskerifleworks.com/cgi-bin...since=&status=