Quarantine rattle-can camo time! *hold my beer*

[clcustom1911]

So, I can't think of a better way to waste several hours of several days doing some not-so-meticulous spray paint camo on one of my rifles. AMIRIGHT?!?

As far as pattern goes, I saw the A TACS Arid Urban and that looks pretty good for my general area and areas I frequent

I visualize a desert tan base coat, with lighter tan, sage, and other sage/OD mix colors as accents to he applied with a sponge or some shit.


Here be my colors I'm gonna fuck with. The base color is circled in black, and the accents to be sponged are circled in red.

Before

Masked off all the surfaces of my Geissele handguard that touch, rear sight aperture, front sight post, trigger, charging handle channel, magwell, and a couple other spots because we have to think all if 1 step ahead to reassembly and dont want my iron sights to anything other than black.

Thus far, got the base coat on the main parts.

Done with paint for today. Gonna let it set until tomorrow. That's where I gotta figure out how to actually mix and sponge on the other colors.

 

[ThreeBravo]

Interested to see how this comes out, been looking at doing something similar.

 

[kriller134]

Don’t forget to color match your bcg too

 

[clcustom1911]

Don’t forget to color match your bcg too

Oh really? Man, I can't believe I missed that part. Ya, no.















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[Slab74]

My first two rattle can jobs.

 

[Chit126]

Black was the base then I used an old yellow sponge and just started blending till I was pleased. I tried to copy the Manners GAP camo

 

[clcustom1911]

Laundry bag over the top:

Some sage and OD stripes, some overall light spray with the sage and OD to darken everything....

 

[clcustom1911]

Different lighting

 

[Slash0311]

I couldn't bring myself to rattle can mine. I did this with vinyl wrap. Take your time and it will come out well.

 

[clcustom1911]

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I couldn't bring myself to rattle can mine. I did this with vinyl wrap. Take your time and it will come out well.

I really like Kryptec. Looks cool as fuck.

 

[hermosabeach]

We had "that guy" working at a local range.... he did bunny flage and Prarie Dog Flage....

printed out bunnies

made stencils

sprayed away.....


It looks good and then you realized one rifle was covered with PEEPS


sorry- no pics

It would say a lot about a man to have pastel peep camo on his 10/22 or Barrett

 

[ThreeBravo]

Finally got around to painting my .22

 

[jb326]

I put a little bit of a touch up on my workhorse carbine today as well.

 

[Dumptruck01]

I did a couple today. 1st is started out tan . And the McMillan was Green. Did a base layer in black and sponged the rest. I think they turned out ok.

 

[ThreeBravo]

I put a little bit of a touch up on my workhorse carbine today as well.

Looks nice!

 

[buffalowinter]

 

[Kickin45]

 

[2aBaC̶a̶]

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I couldn't bring myself to rattle can mine. I did this with vinyl wrap. Take your time and it will come out well.

Rattle can FDE and then wrap.

 

[Kickin45]

I’m gonna try a “dry-rub” style on my next stock.

 

[TACC]

The quarantine definitely has not stopped the creative juices from flowing through you guys.

Great job

 

[BlkZ06]

I rattle canned mine for a 45.70 Bear gun.

 

[ThreeBravo]

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I rattle canned mine for a 45.70 Bear gun.

I like that color pattern, what did you use to do that?

 

[BlkZ06]

I like that color pattern, what did you use to do that?

Branches and leaves off my tree in the yard.

 

[Kickin45]

Beautiful day here and I have my first day off since March 6th so I decided to try my ‘dry rub’ style on my AR-9mm

Used an antiquing brown and rubbed it into all the crevices and wiped it off. Had to do it a few times in each spot to get the look I wanted.

Took some long grass and laid it over it and then lightly sprayed satin black to give a very subtle illusion of depth.
It is very very subtle, which is what I wanted.
I may go more extreme color differences on the next one.

 

[powdahound76]

I’m gonna try a “dry-rub” style on my next stock.

I did a “dry rub” on my barrel last night.

Was kinda messy......

 

[Merle]

I did a plastic M1A stock with Krylon Fusion paint. That stuff really does fuse well with plastic. It wouldn't scratch at all.

 

[Kickin45]

Tried my hand at “battle worn” for the first time.

 

[Mooseknuckles]

Tried my hand at “battle worn” for the first time. View attachment 7296621View attachment 7296622View attachment 7296623

Looks like a good job. I may give a go at doing this today.

 

[Kickin45]

It’s time consuming, but rewarding

 

[Ravenworks]

I did a plastic M1A stock with Krylon Fusion paint. That stuff really does fuse well with plastic. It wouldn't scratch at all. View attachment 7295028

Did you use their plastic dye or just paint?

 

[Merle]

Did you use their plastic dye or just paint?

Just the paint.

 

[Gypsy]

A damp sea sponge sprayed with paint will give that softer A-Tacs edge. Dry sponge dipped makes it more like Manners. Either one looks good. A-Tacs makes a better camo IMHO.

 

[Qwkcrss]

Haven't tried this yet but I'd like to paint my bravo

 

[TxDerek]

Just got a new rifle in a trade. Definitely going to attempt a rattle can job on the new chassis

 

[gunsnjeeps]

We had "that guy" working at a local range.... he did bunny flage and Prarie Dog Flage....

printed out bunnies

made stencils

sprayed away.....


It looks good and then you realized one rifle was covered with PEEPS


sorry- no pics

It would say a lot about a man to have pastel peep camo on his 10/22 or Barrett

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Sorry, I've got to make one now.

 

[300wmSlick]

I was just informed today I'll be off work for another two weeks, looks like I found something to fill my time. I'll try to post some pictures when I'm done.

 

[J-Fonz]

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Deets on the flecktarn style?

 

[Whiplash6.5]

 

[45ACP223]

Tried my hand at “battle worn” for the first time. View attachment 7296621View attachment 7296622View attachment 7296623

Wow, nice job! I really like how that turned out. It does look battle worn!

 

[JLo210]

Rattle can!

 

[Aftermath]

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Did you ever finish the tire?

 

[clcustom1911]

Did you ever finish the tire?

No, definitely now. That was my workout tire. I actually gave it to a friend before I moved out to Texas.

 

[extendoclip]

AXMC with $15 paint job

 

[clcustom1911]

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AXMC with $15 paint job

Nice work! That looks great! And kudos to doing you AI. So many would scream if they got a scratch on theirs.

You: let's ghetto paint this thing!

Hell yeah

 

[extendoclip]

Nice work! That looks great! And kudos to doing you AI. So many would scream if they got a scratch on theirs.

You: let's ghetto paint this thing!

Hell yeah

Thanks man.

Hell yeah! Spraying ghetto krylon on rifles is liberating.

 

[clcustom1911]

Thanks man.

Hell yeah! Spraying ghetto krylon on rifles is liberating.

It is! I was apprehensive at first not know how tough the finish was gonna be, etc, etc. Overall, I'm satisfied.

 

[extendoclip]

I was apprehensive too but now I pretty much paint all my black guns. It’s always fun and when you fuck up all you have to do is keep painting.

 

[Dave__th3__ss]

I did my sons stock on his cricket. Use some pattern stickers I bought of eBay. It came out ok. But still super nervous to do it to an expensive rifle ....

 

[Kickin45]

Don’t shoot for perfection and it will turn out great.

 

[Aftermath]

No, definitely now. That was my workout tire. I actually gave it to a friend before I moved out to Texas.

Sorry, I was just fucking around. Sarcasm at the wrong moment will likely be the death of me.