Homemade Woodland camo rattlecan

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Im working on a new AR build and I knew I was going to rattle can it but wasn’t sure how to pull off Woodland. I saw decal-making online and decided to make my own.

Take a sheet of wax paper and layer painters tape all over it, both sides. I printed out some woodland camo pages and used an exacto knife to cut out my shapes. Now, since both sides of the wax paper were covered, you’ve got two decals for the effort of one
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I started by stripping the old paint off the upper and lower with citristrip
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I oiled it and let it soak for a couple days to protect the metal and then getting ready to paint, I wiped the whole thing down with ISO to remove oils so paint would stick

I did a coat of flat black first and let it dry. I applied a few decals...not many, as I didn’t want the darker spots over powering the rest of it.
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Alternated olive green, flat brown and khaki, and did a clear coat after all the tape was up.

Should have the barrel and rail soon

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That's really, really beautiful. I could never do that. Me, I just take some netting and a couple cans of paint and have at it.

I have my share of those rifles also....much easier! Just decided to give it a shot. It was tedious but turned out pretty good. I like it a lot
 
That actually does look good.

I'm shocked.
 
Great job Adam. That looks awesome
 
Looks real good considering you didn't stay on the lines when you cut your patterns. :rolleyes:
 
Adam that looks sooooooo much better than your practice attempt. Lol.

That looks really good man.
 
Impressive! Excellent work!


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Mine isn’t quite woodland and isn’t quite multicam. My stencils were made the same way except I cover both sides of the wax paper with tape so when I cut it out, I’ve got two stencils for the effort rather than one.

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That's slick as owl chit right there!
Good job, man.
 
EVH is well loved!

I used to have a skateboard I did like that.
 
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Stay tuned - I have a 10/22 stock that was just done like this. Pics coming.
 
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Thanks, now I have "Jump" stuck in my head.
 
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