Camo painting AR

Been debating for awhile to camo my ar. Haven't really decided yet but most likely will give it a try soon. Been looking at different ways to do it and think settled on the "pine staw" method. Tried it out on some pmags today and this is what ended up with. One had a forest green base coat followed by brow and khaki. The other was a khaki base followed by green and brown. Used a straw broom I cut apart as the straw. Not much difference really but think I'm leaning toward the green base coat. Either way if doesn't turn out spry paint is pretty easy to remove.





One on left is khaki base and used a little bit different shade of brown because didn't know which I'd like.

Anybody else try this?

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It's too subtle of camo for my liking. Are you trying to spray paint it or send it off somewhere?

 

Can you post some pics of how you painted the layers and used the straw broom? Looks sharp!

 

Just spray it myself. Gonna probably practice on a few more things before the real deal. Hoping to get it to were the lines are a little more defined and maybe the colors of possible. Right now it just kinda blurs all together.

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Actually didn't get pics but I'm gonna head outside and try it again, got a bunch of mags and like said it's pretty easy to remove. I was gonna snap some pics but I'll be sure to do it this time.

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When I get home I'll try to post a pic of one of mine that I used a laundry bag and some550 cord guts.

 

Pretty awesome. I sure cant spray paint or rollerbrush worth crap. Making things look professional is not one of my strengths, I can do it, but it'll look nasty.

 

This is basically all I did. Used od green mags this time and they look a little different because I put some stippling on them.

This is what I started with.







Basically just pull the broom apart and cut some off of it. May try some other vegatation some time.

Started off with a base coat on each after being wiped down with rubbing alcohol. Can use brake cleaner too if doin a entire firearm.





Waited for it to dry then added the straw. You can add a little or alot. I tried starting with less that way could add some if needed.



Then just spray stripes of your other two colors your using. I did one at a time goin dark to light on one and light to dark on other. After the first stripping color (2nd overall) I removed some of the straw and moved it around some before applying last color.





Let it sit for about 5 mins before moving or removing the straw. The closer you hold the can to what your painting the more the lines will show up. The closest I was holding it was about 4-5 inches away. The below thread is where I got info from how to do it and it probably explains it better.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_19/214547_Pinestraw_strikes_again___now_with_brief_TUTORIAL_.html

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Cool, thank you!

 

I do the same thing but also use some broadleaves here and there to mix it up...

 

Ha yea I usually don't like tackling any kind of painting either. Figured it'd be something fun to try though, I don't expect to much though. I picture what it supposed to look like but it rarely turns out that way.

 

I havent did an AR, but I spray painted my .17 kinda like that.

Only pic I have on my phone.

Pretty easy, but make sure all the oil is off the gun.


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Pretty cool man. I actually just bought a .223 bolt gun that may end up being coyote rifle so the AR might not get it done. Of course now I gotta do something to match the mags ha.

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Thanks man it turned out pretty good. I have thought about doing one of my ARs to, but I haven't yet. Be sure to post pics if you end up doing it!


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