Well, the word is out, and the press releases should hit the magazines soon. I’m now officially a sponsored player, backed by the world’s largest distributor, Archon Paintball. Archon makes fine paint such as one of my favorites, Chronic, as well as Proball, Origin, and others, and they carry everything from the Ego to the Dangerous Power Fusion and Threshold. One of Archon’s lines, TACAMO, is geared specifically to the mil-sim market. They craft the Type-68 marker with real AK-47 parts in a Chinese military factory. Doesn’t get much more simulated than that!

For 2008 I’ll be representing Archon by wearing Chronic Game Gear at all the events I attend. I’ll also be shooting the Dangerous Power Threshold. I got a chance to put it through its paces this past weekend at MPP’s Battle of the Ardennes, one of the hardest-fought scenarios I’ve ever attended. The teams slugged it out over every scrap of Paintball Charleston all weekend, and the Threshold kept rocking, putting paint where I wanted it to go, as fast as I could pull the trigger. It’s a light, tight, gunfighter’s gun, and although the stock barrel is actually quite good, when I set it up with my Freak matched to the event paint (Proball), I had no trouble sending those pesky Germans to their reinsertion. I’ll post more about the game itself soon. I’ll also be using the Type-68 for walk-on games and possibly at some of the big events as well. The realistic look of it carries its own intimidation factor.

I think it’s great that a company like Archon wants to support scenario paintball. From my conversations with the folks behind the company, they really understand that the majority of paintball players spend most of their time in the woods and want products geared towards their style of play.

The press release with all the official wording will hit the magazines soon, but here’s a sneak peak at the photo shoot. I wore the Chronic Game Gear all weekend and found it comfortable, but I did get called “hey you in the brown” way too many times. I need to get my name printed on these new jerseys.