"We are glad to cooperate in 05 ASH BASH. We hope many friends come to know us through this event."
Tomo   X-fire

"What an honor to catch the wave of excitement at this year's BASH! Come by...talk story...and share the vision of what airsoft can be."
Jack and Daisy Ma   The Q Project

The 2005 ASH BASH is fast approaching! Hawaii players can register at the following locations: Impact Games, Power Edge, and E-Power Sports. If you are flying in from out of state, we now have an online registration form that can be downloaded here.

This year we are expecting close to 500 players. We will be giving out thousands of dollars in prizes, and having an entire day of action packed games. Don’t miss out on the fun and excitement of the 2005 ASH BASH!

Special Guest Announcement
This year we are very fortunate to have some special friends flying in to attend the ASH BASH. We are proud to announce that Jack and Daisy Ma of the Q Project and Paul Chu of Redwolf Airsoft will be here.

Jack and Daisy Ma started the Q Project, a California based shop that specializes in first class custom work. If you can imagine it, they can create it. At the Q Project your gun can be upgraded or repaired by trained professionals. Visit their store online at www.theqproject.com

Daisy and Jack Ma

 
Paul Chu owns and operates the Hong Kong based Redwolf Airsoft. Redwolf Airsoft is Hong Kong’s premier shop exporting to the U.S.A. and abroad. With over 4000 products to choose from, practically everything is available from Redwolf Airsoft. For more information on Redwolf Airsoft check out our feature article with them in our December 2004 issue.

Paul Chu

Special Deals at Impact Games

Impact Games is offering players a special deal if they come in to register for the ASH BASH there. All players will receive a free can of 134 Power Bombe gas! To make the deal even better, if you buy bio-degradable BB’s at the time of registration, you will receive a special ASH BASH price. Impact Games will also be running a new sale every week leading up to the ASH BASH. On sale now is the King Arms 40mm grenade (165 BB capacity). Get them at 20% off, while supplies last!

New Sponsor

We are proud to announce that Laylax has just signed on to our list of sponsors. They will be donating some great prizes that will be included in our all day long giveaways! Visit Laylax on the web at http://www.laylax.com

More Cosplay Ideas
You still have time to get ready for the 2005 ASH BASH Cosplay contest. Some good places to get ideas are: anime, manga, movies, and video games. You can do yourself up as your favorite characters. Historical costumes are great too! Pretty much anything goes.
The winner will be chosen by the staff of ARMS Magazine and will receive an awesome prize. For those of you unfamiliar with cosplay, it is a Japanese term for costume play. It is very similar to Masquerade. In Japan, cosplay fans will recreate characters from science fiction to fantasy, from medieval to military. It’s a chance for fans to go for broke and dress up as their favorite characters.

This month we look at some more ideas

Left: Dark Destructoid from Kikaida Above: PLA fighter

Some other costume ideas:
Vash the Stampede from the anime series Trigun.
Tim the Enchanter from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Stormtrooper from Star Wars.
The Nazi assassin (Kronen) or the Big Red Guy himself from Hellboy
A civil war soldier.
Robocop
The Witch King of Angmar, the Head Ring Wraith from The Lord of the Rings.
The Orc General from The Return of the King.

We encourage all of you to participate in the cosplay contest.

Here are the parameters:
1. Costume must be original and unique.
2. Science fiction, fantasy, historical, and self invented costumes are all legal.
3. For historical re-enactors anything from the Vietnam War period back to the stone age is legal.
4. Although we encourage it, contest participants are not required to play in costume. If you do plan on playing in costume, be sure that your costume meets the Airsoft Hawaii safety requirements.
5. The winner will be chosen by the staff of ARMS Magazine, and will receive a great prize.

Stay tuned for more costuming pictures and always check the ASH BASH site for additional rules and regulations.

Don’t forget, if you want to discuss the ASH BASH, check out the forums at the Hawaii Airsoft and APOH.net websites.