Rattle-can gun camo - show me your *bold* patterns

[Dan Robinson]

But then we won't all be able to get cheap laughs at other people's mistakes

If you can't laugh at your own stupid - what can you do?

 

[Gunboat Diplomat]

Here's mine with chrono shelf...

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Ha!  And I thought I was the only one using the weekly Gousto box as a ballistic gel substitute. 

 

[heroshark]

Couple of the many I painted at NAF.

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[Dan Robinson]

Ha!  And I thought I was the only one using the weekly Gousto box as a ballistic gel substitute. 

I have ine as a divider in my magazine and bb box too.  Gousto is great.

 

[Egon_247]

Bold, yes.

Camo....er not really. ?

Wanted to copy the Q honey badger and even got pics sent from Kevin himself in the states.

He liked it too. ??

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[gavinkempsell]

Not bold but the closest I could get to the C7's green...

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[Jacob Wright]

Not bold but the closest I could get to the C7's green...

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You could almost get away with that as a 2-tone! Always found the Canadian C7 green very bright!

 

[RostokMcSpoons]

The C7 build inspired me to put my Classic Army M16 back together and rattle-can it (again) ...

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I might add some more stripes to break up the stock a bit more and add some extra contrast, but it came out quite well considering it's cold and windy outside so it wasn't ideal conditions.

Now the only problem is that darned thing isn't feeding from my Lonex mags   The feed nozzle is pushing down enough to release the normal 4 BB's through (which fall out when I release the mag) so it's not the mag positioning that's the problem - I guess the cylinder's nozzle isn't moving back far enough?  I can see it move when I fire.  Bah humbug.


@Egon_247 you might like the new FW video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwPsgXZpSXI
Ian's preferred version very much in line with yours
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[Egon_247]

@RostokMcSpoons

Yeah, just seen that one. I like FW. He's an Ian, same as me, so he gets even more brownie points. ?

All my mags have the 300 blackout elastic band things on too. ?

 

[JimFromHorsham]

Another Krylon job

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[ParHunter]

My first try at Camo painting. I’ve tried the sponge technique, worked out quite well. What do you think? 

The green isn’t quite as bright as in the picture.

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[hprentice]

Been spraying kit for a while. Thought id share a few tips ive learnt over time.

Halfords camo spray paint is top quality for price, works just as well as higher priced brands like krylon and EC paint.

Best way to make stencils is put a laminator sheet through the laminator to get a thin perspex like sheet. Then trace the camo patterns off the back of a shirt and cut with an exacto knife. Gives nice clean lines.

Stencils held away from the item you are spraying gives less clean edges which actually work really well for camouflage.

Using a light colour spray far away from the finished product to create a light dusting that dulls all the colours youve sprayed.

Airfix/ modelling matt sealents work well to protect the items from lots of chipping

Dhobi mag/netting works ok as a spray template, but can look bad as a finished product. Using a net with bigger holes works a lot better to break up shapes.

Appreciate most people probably already know this stuff but hopefully helps someone.

 

[JinxDuh]

Halfords camo spray paint is top quality for price, works just as well as higher priced brands like krylon and EC paint.

I just recently bought Krylon “camo” as Halfords was out of stock. Personally I prefer Halfords, goes on better and dries better. I also prefer the colours of the Halfords paint. 
 

The far away dusting is a good idea though, I may have to try that!