Howdy,
Was asked to show this technique I use to camo guns so here goes.. Using standard Kyron/Rustoleum 'camo' paints and lots of 2" wide masking tape (must be the cheap white kind) I get pretty cool results. Its a layering technique with three seperate steps. Tape off everything you don't want painted, like turrent marks, actions etc..
Step one- make the gun one single color. Got a green stock? Paint the whole gun green.
Step Two- using the masking tape, rip out little roundish pieces with uneven edges and apply all over the gun in a pattern that leaves the spaces between the tape kind of a spidery vein. The more tape you put, the more of the base color remains. Then paint the whole gun again (over the tape) with the opposite color. Green gun- tan second layer
Step Three- Remove the tape after about ten minutes, so that the paint is drying but not completely dry. This feathers the edges on a lot of the new paint splotches and looks better. Reapply another layer of tape, this time in vertical strips leaving small gaps between the tape. Then, using foilage green and brown paint the gun in a zebra stripe pattern and lay on the paint kinda heavy. Again, in about ten minutes peal the tape off. It should be a little sticky and just wet enough to transfer a tiny bit of paint to your fingers so that you again get the feathered look on the edges of the patterns. Pretty simple, and it gives a cool 3d look to it. I've done over 20 rifles like this and its always turned out really well. Enjoy!
Was asked to show this technique I use to camo guns so here goes.. Using standard Kyron/Rustoleum 'camo' paints and lots of 2" wide masking tape (must be the cheap white kind) I get pretty cool results. Its a layering technique with three seperate steps. Tape off everything you don't want painted, like turrent marks, actions etc..
Step one- make the gun one single color. Got a green stock? Paint the whole gun green.
Step Two- using the masking tape, rip out little roundish pieces with uneven edges and apply all over the gun in a pattern that leaves the spaces between the tape kind of a spidery vein. The more tape you put, the more of the base color remains. Then paint the whole gun again (over the tape) with the opposite color. Green gun- tan second layer
Step Three- Remove the tape after about ten minutes, so that the paint is drying but not completely dry. This feathers the edges on a lot of the new paint splotches and looks better. Reapply another layer of tape, this time in vertical strips leaving small gaps between the tape. Then, using foilage green and brown paint the gun in a zebra stripe pattern and lay on the paint kinda heavy. Again, in about ten minutes peal the tape off. It should be a little sticky and just wet enough to transfer a tiny bit of paint to your fingers so that you again get the feathered look on the edges of the patterns. Pretty simple, and it gives a cool 3d look to it. I've done over 20 rifles like this and its always turned out really well. Enjoy!
