Hello from Canterbury, Kent

welcome , lots of great information and kit guides on here , and any questions just ask, there is bound to be some 1 that can answer your questions

then get to a game or 2

Hello and Welcome
Get booked on a game asap , there's always kit you can borrow if you haven't got all you need (most games have a free loan kit/gun thread ,loaned on a you bend it you mend it basis), almost nobody goes to their first event in perfect kit ,always ask where to get the best deals or correct kit from as there's plenty of pitfall's that a simple question can help you avoid.for you'r first loadout always go for a basic infantry impression as it will get the most use ,then you can add the bit's to make up the more elite units later on ,it's always tempting to go for the elite airborne scuba ninja uniform worn for just one day in the pacific conflict but a regular infantry uniform will be used at the majority of games so best to start there .
Dadio

Hello and welcome,

like Dadio says, main thing is to get along to a game, you don't need perfect kit and there is usually stuff to loan.

Cheers
Martin

Hi Chap [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]

In terms of an actual 'scene' focused in Kent there isn't one that I'm aware mate; we're a bit of a niche in Airsoft so events are all over the country that cater to our specific type of depravity. You'll have to travel a bit to get to most events.

The Kasserine game at the UCAP Sandpit in Dartford might be a good bet to dip your toes. Not a million miles down the A2. Any kit you don't have by then (May) you'll find people are extremely generous in loaning it out to you.

Went back to Canterbury a few months back to see if it had changed much since I was at Uni. I was devastated to find half the pubs I used to drink at (Casey's, Hobgoblin) are all gone! Even the jail bait nightclub next to Canterbury East's a pale shadow of its former pale self.

Dark times!

Welcome aboard! Just to echo the others, borrow what kit you don't have & try and get to a game - Kasserine Pass will be perfect

At risk of sounding like a broken record, people will allow you to borrow some of their equipment as long as you take good care of it, sir. As you are fully aware, this stuff isn't cheap and we care about our stuff very very much. Other than that, get yourself to a game, we don't mind historical accuracy as much as the re-enactors and stitch counters, plus they can be lax as well with the face protection. My first game was when I and my friend were below the age of 18, so we couldn't legally wear only eye protection, plus my friend insisted on wearing his rather... Strange form of boots that looked more like pillows wrapped round his feet.

(Gothic Line, November 17 2012. Picture from Komrade.)

So yes, we're the mugs looking like robots beside the rest of the group, but I forgot we were wearing them completely as the game progressed, so it was all good, sir.