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Maybe I'm an ignorant asshole, but...
...wouldn't "battle worn/distressed" Krylon look just as cool, be done immediately, and cost only a few bucks?
I had a nasty habit once of simply spraying Krylon and letting use determine how operator I looked.
Not screwing with anyone who wants to spend their money like that, I just fail to realize the worth of spending money to make something new look used.
I have done a few dozen. Here is a couple of my own rifles.
Thinking about doing this for the next chassis, anyone have one done and care to share photos of it?
That first one is awesome.
How do you do it? This was my first go at it and looking for pointers
You damn right it is.When everything in life has to be a fashion statement…..
This will likely sound retarded, but look to the RPG game piece painters for tips.
There are several ways to apply a worn finish, depending on the desired outcomes. Dry brush, rag knock down, thinned ("inked") paint into the crevices...lots of ways to skin that cat.
And yeah, I used to make a few bucks on the side, painting these things for guys when we were deployed on ship for 6 month cruises. Easy beer money for when we hit port...
looks good man!
looks good man!
im going to use this as an example, so dont think im shitting on you.....as i can tell you are going for aesthetics and not necessarily realism....but this has a few things common to most "worn" finishes that give it off as artificial wear
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areas in green are areas youd expect to see wear
areas in yellow are areas you might see some light wear
areas in red are areas you would not expect to see heavy wear
any areas that come in contact with skin or fabric, youll expect to see rub-wear......pain will be worn away and have soft edges (paint thinner on a rag work well for this).......so grips, and on the forend on the body side (left side for most people)
high spots and edges you will also see wear, mag wells and edges of rails primarily.....body side will be more worn (as we just talked about).....far side (right side for most shooters) will be more scuffed, as thats more prone to be banged into shit (light passes with 60-80 grit sandpaper work well for this).
the underside of the forend and front of the magwell will also see heavy scuffing from barricade use (again, sandpaper for this)
but just as importantly to where youd expect to see wear, is where you WOULDNT expect to see wear.....essentially any "low spots"....directly underneath pic rails, the vertical flats of the forend, and the low spots on the magwell all instantly tell that wear is artificial.
The dorks paint their rifles like they've been used and pay stupid money to buy or "build" a Gucci Glock.I was just about to say, in b4 dorks go “JuST Sh00T iT brO”
But I was too late.
The dorks paint their rifles like they've been used and pay stupid money to buy or "build" a Gucci Glock.
Even funnier when you are them shoot.
Every morning for the last 5 years i have woke up and thrown this rifle in the back floor board of my ranger. I drive the worst trails you can find around here all day bumping around. Personally the minor wear a gun gets over time looks good to me, too much "battle wear" looks like you just drag it by the sling everywhere you go.Even funnier when what now?
I dont have any battleworn cerakote jobs myself, but have painted a few of them for people. Just seems so weird that anyone would care, its not like they paid for the paint job with your money.
I have actually drilled pin holes and painted rust on a fiberglass car body for a guy before to mimic old crap. it actually turned out looking pretty realistic cause i sanded actual rust off old metal to use. Wasnt badI want to see Cerakote in rust color getting sprayed here and there become a thing.
Wow, there goes my appetite for dinner.