Put on my science hat and started testing out patterns today. Planning to go with a sponge camo. Here's the options I've come up with so far. Thoughts?
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Para is on to something. Knowing the intended environment is certainly relevant. I just went for the one I found most pleasing to my eye. Also, having painted more than a couple rifles myself, I know it'll look different after some use, so whatever you pick will change over time; it'll become less "sharp".
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Did a few more. It's a big piece of cardboard, I can't help myself. I think I've settled on a tan base coat. The bright tan is sand and the darker is khaki.
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Is the camo for camouflage, or more just for you? Meaning are you doing it to really hide the gun, or just doing it for fun, for looks, for yourself? Because the the "busy" dense / tight patterns like that tend to look more like one solid color from a distance.
This is not meant as a poke at you, I have a couple guns that way, knowing the camo was more for looks and not to be just black more than anything else.
Id say its a 50/50 split. It's my pig gun so there's utility to it, but id also like it to look "good". Better camo than black but not necessarily perfect.
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I won’t profess to have a lot of experience with painting guns, but I have a few friends who do, and I’ve looked at a lot of them.
As you’ve discovered, a light base works well to build from. The sponge method yields some neat results, but take it to a whole new level when combined with some irregular stripes to break up the shape of the rifle. I was going to do that, and then decided I was too lazy to go buy a sponge, so I used some light hits of green through an anti-slip mat (don’t tell my wife) on the brown on the last post in this thread:
General camo, bottom left, brush country, bottom right. You put bottom right on the ground in dry grass and desert dirt, and it won't be found for 100 years.
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Came down to a game time decision today on how I would paint it, naturally I didn't do any of the combos I tested Spent a good amount of time prepping and taping things off. Used a sand base with khaki and nutmeg sponged on. I may add some green later on but I liked the look. I appreciate the replies fellas! I'm really pleased with how it came out
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Thanks all! I have one regret and it's painting the soft rubber Magpul pistol grip. It was black and I figured id give it a shot knowing the paint probably wouldn't stick very well. Sure enough it's wearing very quickly on the grip and takes off paint every time I grab it. Gives the grip a weird feel, hindsight should have left the grip unpainted. I'll use it for a bit and then decide whether to swap/strip it or not. Glad I took off the MLOK covers on the handgaurd prior to painting.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Andyb,
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