Re: Help painting 700
Some good links here on the DIY painting techniques. However, one thing I've noticed in all of them is that they all seem to go a tad too heavy on the shadow colors. And as one of the articles pointed out, the author failed to put the lightest color on first and then follow up with the other colors. Always start with your lightest colors and sparingly apply the others, less is actually more. Now before someone points out that the colors have to match the environment, thus all the dark color(s), I will say this, what about when you are not in shadow? When your environment changes to a lighter color you now might as well have a bright orange gun.
If you look at animals in nature, they typically have a very light color fur (usually white) and a tan/light brownish/golden color and they are solids, no cool patterns. They all tend to blend in extremely well in just about all environs they move through. Also look at Multicam, it blends into most environments better than others, it tends to be on the light side of the color wheel. Light colors blend into shadow easier than dark colors blend into light ones so it's a safe bet to stay with a more predominantly light color even when using several colors.
Another thing I didn't see mentioned was the need to paint the inside of your scope caps and I assume this is because most people don't have people looking for them with spotting scopes. However, when you flip that scope cap up and it's black side is facing your target, that nice symmetrically round black scope cap stands out like a beacon to the eye.
There used to be a product called Bowflage on the market that came with everything you needed to paint your weapon to include a fake piece of plastic foliage and instructions. It was designed to be removed if need be but it worked really well. It also came in small spray cans that you could carry in your kit just in case your environment changed. It can be a fun project to paint your kit and as one of the articles mentioned , there really is no text book right or wrong as long as your weapon blends into the environment you move in.
