My Painted Gat!

[busta_cap]

Hey Busta.  Ya Missed a spot, Heh,,,

Damn you guys are special...Hasn't anyone noticed a missing part?  :shock:

[Dust2Dust]

Magazine catch.

[busta_cap]

Yeah that too...you are getting close..but no cigar!

[Kurn]

Pistol grip

[busta_cap]

Pistol grip

You got it! No mechbox in the gun right now, besides, who needs a pistol grip!

[stoneaglewolf]

Christan, it looks awesome, however you may want to blend the color a bit more the harder the line and contrast between the colors the more it will stand out.

Andy, great blend of colors, the paint job is so good that the lower receiver pistol grip is almost invisible.  lol

[busta_cap]

Mark for your sake I hope you are kidding about it being invisible..*shakes head*. But thanks.

[azsarge]

I didn't mention the missing parts in an attempt to spare myself from the "Captain Obvious!" award.

Something you practiced in that camo job that alot of guys seem to ignore is the use of large patches of color.  Close and intricate patterns may look neat, but it's the larger color patches that break up the outline of the gun.

Mark, I have had a painted AEG longer than anyone I know in AA, and this is about the 11th incarnation of the scheme.  Trial and error bro, and this one works great!

[busta_cap]

I kept it as simple as I could, There was WAY too much contrast at first between the line of brown and Khaki, so I used OD to blend the two together and break up the solid brown against the like khaki, of course OD blends in very well over brown so it looks more naturally blended, if thats how ya want to think of it. This is the 4th time I have painted my M4 and it seems to be the best.

[azsarge]

Wow, you put alot of thought into it!  

Did you take field photos too, to make sure the blend was correct for the majority of foliage found in the Arizona Desert?  

[busta_cap]

NO, I just looked at it sitting against the wall after the brown got put on and thought "That looks ghey, Its too stand out ish" So i whipped out one of my cans of OD.

[Gantaliano Hoff]

Well you did well. But for me personally, I like leaving my AEG plain black, the way it comes. I think it looks slick. (only my opinion)

[stoneaglewolf]

I didn't mention the missing parts in an attempt to spare myself from the "Captain Obvious!" award.

Something you practiced in that camo job that alot of guys seem to ignore is the use of large patches of color.  Close and intricate patterns may look neat, but it's the larger color patches that break up the outline of the gun.

Mark, I have had a painted AEG longer than anyone I know in AA, and this is about the 11th incarnation of the scheme.  Trial and error bro, and this one works great!

Well, it was only an opinion, take it or leave it. Doing something 11 times good is good. Doing it 11 times bad is still bad. I've only been camouflaging hummers, helicopters, foxholes, uniforms, gear, and gun implacements when I was in the military, but I still learn something new everyday.

We are never to old or too good to insult the advice of others.  Whether we follow it or not is what defines us as individuals.

[azsarge]

I didn't mention the missing parts in an attempt to spare myself from the "Captain Obvious!" award.

Something you practiced in that camo job that alot of guys seem to ignore is the use of large patches of color.  Close and intricate patterns may look neat, but it's the larger color patches that break up the outline of the gun.

Mark, I have had a painted AEG longer than anyone I know in AA, and this is about the 11th incarnation of the scheme.  Trial and error bro, and this one works great!

Well, it was only an opinion, take it or leave it. Doing something 11 times good is good. Doing it 11 times bad is still bad. I've only been camouflaging hummers, helicopters, foxholes, uniforms, gear, and gun implacements when I was in the military, but I still learn something new everyday.

We are never to old or too good to insult the advice of others.  Whether we follow it or not is what defines us as individuals.

I was not insulting your suggestion, but rather saying "thanks, but I like it the way it is."  I could do it 11 times sh*tty, but if I like it that's how it's gonna be.  I have no SOPs to follow, so whatever I do with the can is for a reason, not because that's what I was told.

[stoneaglewolf]

No worries, I just perceived that you were implying that because you were the first to paint your AEG that this meant that you knew better. My misunderstanding.

As for the size of the pattern. Here is what I was taught when I was in. The pattern size is relative to the collective amount of color surrounding the object at the minimum distance of which the object should not be seen.

In other words if we were to place a vehicle in the field and it is estimated that we should not be able to see it at 100 yards, then we would stand at 100 yards and look at the size of the various colors involved. You will probably see several patches of one color approx 3 ft in diameter and so on. This determines the size of the pattern.

As the object gets smaller then the detection range will also decrease. Therefore a rifle should be undetectable at approx 20ft give or take. Therefore stand at 20ft and look at the size of the collective colors around the odject.

And lastly, nature has many contracting colors. The human eye is very reactive to these contrasts because is makes our eyes dialate or contract. Let nature have the contrast and soften the blend of colors so the eye will skip past it.