New paint job help!

[Capt.Flan]

Ok folks!

I need all the ideas and pics possible here to help me doing my next paint job! I need inspiration.

I am looking for any tiger camo related pics and ideas. I want the look to be like a tiger camo whit the classic woodland colors. Not the vietnam one.

Also any place I can get templates? More ideas?

Thanks.

P.S. Any tips for paint job welcome. (Nothing too obvious... Many threads on paint job already. Just special stuff thanks.)

[voorhees -FWA-]

the easiest way to achieve a good tiger stripe look to anygun is apply a base colour... then use strips of masking tape and with the tape applied tear the edges of the tape off to achieve that tiger strip look. keep adding layers of tape and tear and paint. find a piece of cardboard and experiment first and see what works best.

cheers

[Drake]

Probably not the color you want, but the idea is right.

As mentioned above, you'll want to apply a base color and then you'll have to create a negative stencil of the pattern to mask out the areas you're painting (you want the reversed pattern because you'll be "protecting" the base color, so you want to leave the parts you WILL be painting unmasked).

You can keep layering and working your way up that way.

If you don't feel like creating the stencil yourself, you can buy one pre-made.

[Shirley]

Wow Drake... The colour is....
But how you masked it and painted it looks so smooth and clean. Great work.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman

Wow Drake... The colour is....
But how you masked it and painted it looks so smooth and clean. Great work.

lol, thats not mine, its just some pic I found on Google. It just showed a good pattern.

There's various ways to create stencils; to get crisp edges like that, you need to use masking sheets (or even masking tape in a pinch). It's called frisket, it's commonly use for airbrushing. It's like a sheet of slightly sticky vinyl which you can apply to the surface and then remove the areas you want to paint (you can cut it out with an X-Acto).

For small surface like a gun, and small patterns (like tiger stripe) you could just pre-cut it, too. Same with regular masking tape (get the wide one).

Obviously, give the underlying coat time to try before you put the mask on.

[drk242]

duracoat paint is a paint that claims to take a lot of abuse and keep lookin for more and i was looking at a pamphlet that has cadpat, tiger stripe, acu, brick , steel grip plate and several other templates all about 200 or less including emough paint for 2 rifles just a helpfull heads up . good luck
dave

[Capt.Flan]

See this is more what I am looking for whit the woodland colors...
I looks more blur. I am not looking for crisp lines.

YouTube - G&G GR16 Sportline / Plastica Tiger Stripe Camouflage

And almost exactly like this!
YouTube - Custom Painted Tiger Striped Camo Classic Army CA36K / G36K

Thanks.

More ideas welcome!

[Shirley]

Here's a great one I liked.

http://www.airsoftretreat.com/review...php?product=72

[Alex Le Chef]

heard...that instead of using a stencil you use a mop.
sounds dumb but it does makes sence it will give you a tiger patern
any one else ever heard of that ?

[Capt.Flan]

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman

Here's a great one I liked.

http://www.airsoftretreat.com/review...php?product=72

Yea its really nice. May want to do something like this. Looks simple too.
Thanks.

Now should I got from darker colors to light or the opposite? I hears you start whit a tan base then you make it up to the darker colors...

Not sure.