Just got my Specna MK18 upgraded by Negative Airsoft and its an absolute machine, however, i'm not sure if i should paint it?
I'd probably go with ranger green and some brown with netting over the gun for the pattern if i did.
Should i do it?
Novritsch sell camo gun covers. I bought a cover that was on sale in the hope it would fit ok, and with a bit of stretching it did, and so the gun looks like this, no permanent painting required:
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If you're less stingy than me you could buy the
actual M4-compliant cover and it would no doubt be even better, but even this does enough to break up the long horizontal 'slab of black' which can be easily seen at distance. (Your hands and arms will block / break up much of the lower receiver and mag, especially from the front)
I think this illustrates the worth of it pretty well... side-on is the worst case scenario, and at short range the movement gives away much more than shapes... but even at this
super close distance, the only thing that really shows up is the magazine, mag well, and sight.
And as someone else mentioned, vertical lines are much more natural than horizontal ones.
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The super-easy alternative to the camo cover is to get some green or camo scrim and wrap it around the barrel and fore-end, and tie it on with string or (sniper's) tape.
