How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle? Brown Bess 46, O.D. Green 43, What? 24

What color do you prefer for a pluse rifle?

  • Brown Bess

    Votes: 56 43.8%
  • O. D. Green

    Votes: 47 36.7%
  • What the heck is Brown Bess??? I always thought the pulse rilfe was green!

    Votes: 25 19.5%

  • Total voters
    128
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

I was really torn when my hero was being built. I am really glad that I ultimately went with brown bess. I love it.
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

I voted Brown bess and so did all my sock puppet accounts...:lol

Just so people know what we're talking about.

OD top, BB bottom...

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M
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

Thank you for posting a picture... I was waiting for someone to do it! :thumbsup
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

Thanks Matt. I knew you would post that pic :)

Matt's picture is a great comparison but, unfortunately, brown bess is one of those colors that doesn't photograph very well. It is much nicer looking in person IMO.
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

I have the crappiest of resin castings that has never been assembled.

I got to hold the real hero from Aliens though, does that count? The brown bess was barely visible through the black that was scratching off of it from its repaint for Alien 3. It was HEAVY too. This was 15 years ago. I have a pic of me holding it if anyone wants to see.

Josh
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

I heard a rumour once that the original brown bess was greener in color, but it became more brown in Humbrol's "Super Enamel" series. Can anyone confirm this?
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

I have the crappiest of resin castings that has never been assembled.

I got to hold the real hero from Aliens though, does that count? The brown bess was barely visible through the black that was scratching off of it from its repaint for Alien 3. It was HEAVY too. This was 15 years ago. I have a pic of me holding it if anyone wants to see.

Josh

i wanna seee it.. pleasee...my hero weights 21 lbs , and yeah the super enamal was defiantly different
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

Now I know how Joe Public feels when he sees us costumers debate if we should go the ANH, ESB or ROTJ route... :lol
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

Mine's Brown Bess - There are TWO Brown Bess colours, the more recent one isn't accurate at all.

And aye, heavy!
Real-steel Spas cage, airsoft Remington, Matsumetal stock and barrel, Matsu plastic shroud and Marui Thompson...
~8.5kg!
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

I do try and ease peoples minds on the issue. Dead on accurate Brown Bess is nigh inmpossible to achieve...the second you touch it, it changes colors...as do most 'dead flat' paints.
The screen used guns were definately 'handled' so don't think for a second that the guns you see on screen appeared even close to how fresh un-sullied brown bess might appear.

The notion of OD shrouds in my opinion is partly due to the extensive 'blue lighting' in the movie which turns brown colors green, and SD studios use of OD on their replicas. Who, right or wrong are most peoples first stop in researching pulse rifles.

M
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

I voted Brown Bess.
If truly accurate is available that's what i go for every time, i don't care what other people prefer or see or if it looks different on film.
i like to have a replica of the actual item not peoples perception of it.
 
Re: How do you prefer your Pulse Rifle?

I swear you guys are forcing me into this...

OD/'real-world' all the way. :cool:thumbsup

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