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Now that is the best camo job ( to my way of thinking) I have seen in recent memory. A nice big
pattern to really break the outline. Kind of desert McMillan pattern.
Super job.
I was just about to paint one with Allumahyde II.
GK9292000 I want to try your pattern with a slightly different color scheme. Can you explain your
process and what you used to mask or stencil the secondary colors.
Thanks in advance.
JR |
Thanks for the compliments!
I'm sure there is an easier way to do it, but here's how I did it.
1. after cleaning the stock, I painted the entire thing tan. I used some textured tan color from
my neighborhood Lowes,
1b. after that coat dried I shot it again, I was painting over a black stock, so it took 2 coats to
cover it well.
2. I taped the entire thing with some blue painters tape that I had left over from when I did some
painting around the house. I taped the barrel cover to the stock like it would be on the gun.
3. With a Sharpie marker, I found a picture on the internet of a camo pattern I liked and tried my
best to draw it on. I drew on both the black and green sections, and just shaded them in with the
marker so I could visualize what I was doing.
4. Once I had a pattern that I liked, I cut out the sections that I wanted to paint green with an
Exacto knife.
5. sprayed on 2 coats of green.
6. Once that dried I peeled off the remaining tape to see how it looked, pics below
7. I then taped the whole thing up again, and drew the black back on..
here's where I had a bit of trouble/confusion, I wanted the black to partially cover the tan and
butt up against the green, but with the blue painters tape I was using I couldn't see through the
tape to line up the edges, so I had to just guess. I got pretty close, and nobody would know the
difference if I didn't say anything, but every project like this has some flaw in it that only
you'll notice, this was mine.
8. cut out the sections to be painted black,
9. two coats of black.
10. remove the tape, admire your work!
11. I went back with some clear matte paint in an attempt to keep it from wearing to fast, we'll see
how it lasts.
Here are the pics I used as inspiration for the pattern, you can tell by the 1st one that I really
liked that pattern.
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7051/gap1lrgcu3.jpghttp://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1973/gapstockeu1.jpghttp://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4185/308axa8.jpg