Paintball gun Dust balls?

So has anyone actually tried ordering these .68 cal dust balls? Any test footage? I'm super curious, they sound awesome. I've got a good autococker that should let me put them wherever I want to on camera. Also, has anyone tried making their own dust balls from the empties and their own fullers earth?
 
You guys have got my interest - any footage / test shots? Like Shawn, I'd love to see what they look like on camera.
 
shawneous said:
So has anyone actually tried ordering these .68 cal dust balls? Any test footage? I'm super curious, they sound awesome. I've got a good autococker that should let me put them wherever I want to on camera. Also, has anyone tried making their own dust balls from the empties and their own fullers earth?
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I have purchased pre-made dust balls, and I have also purchased empties and filled hem myself. They are exactly the same as the pre-filled just have some migrant types in the back room filling them exactly the same as I fill them. I have not shot any yet. Still deciding if I will even use them or just composite later.

I'll let you know and post some footage when it exists.

-GageFX
 
Thanks GageFx! I'd be really appreciate to even see some test footage if you end up doing that. You should do a side-by-side test. Shoot a clean shot to do composite later then do a dustball hit and then see how they look!
 
mainframe311 said:
Has anyone tried tracking/ composting green paint-balls?
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Paintballs travel at over 300 FPS or 200+ MPH.... I dont know if it will be easy to track or not.....

I have a paintball website (www.wholesalepaintballz.com) I will check with my suppliers and see if I can find the dust balls cheaper......

Also standard size for paintball is .68


SJ
 
Here's an interesting what if:

You could buy a bunch of those little explosives that explode when you throw them on the ground, empty them out and put the explosives in the paintball empties. I'm not sure if they'd make sparks though, probably just quite a bang. It'd be relatively safe, cheap, and easy. If you try it wear gloves and glasses though.
 
Nostromo said:
Here's an interesting what if:

You could buy a bunch of those little explosives that explode when you throw them on the ground, empty them out and put the explosives in the paintball empties. I'm not sure if they'd make sparks though, probably just quite a bang. It'd be relatively safe, cheap, and easy. If you try it wear gloves and glasses though.
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My guess is that they would explode in the gun as the ball is subjected to high pressure when you fire the gun.
 
Hey I hate to revive such an old thread but we are in the midst of trying to purchase some of these balls and I'm wondering if there were any cheaper alternatives? A currently run a non-profit student organization at a UC and our budget's pretty low. Even though $2.25 per ball is rather understandable, it's a bit 'ouch' for us - The picture of me throwing wads of $2 bills liberally at actors comes to mind haha.
 
buy the empty ones and fill them up yourslef... :D

also when u film make sure u plan each shot so u dont waste your time and resources :D
 
Not sure if this has been said, but paintball guns aren't 68mm. They're .68 caliber, as in a fraction of an inch.
 
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