Spray Painting Camolauge Style

[Guy From Nowhere]

We have decided, after a group vote, to paint our little bush rig in the Australian Army camoflauge colours. Before we all set our hearts on it it seemed to be a fairly easy option; just point and spray.

MY ISSUE: how do I make the sprayling on of the second colours look good. I have inspected an actual Army Land Rover and noticed the edges are feathered, not abrupt or gradational. How do I do this without making it look like it is just bad overspray?

Any help on this issue would be tops as we want to do it this Thursday (date today is 17Sep07).

Cheers
SANGA

[Mick.]

You mask up your different colours using a feathered edge with your masking tape. Basicly what you do is grab a roll of 3/4 inch tape, fold it in about 5mm and then drag the tape over a sharp edge or your leg and this will give you what is called a feathure edge.

You can actually buy a little devise that does it for you from most automotive paint shops for about $5 which is good if you don't have the time or patients to learn the way I explaned above.

Cheers Mick.

[bushy555]

October long weekend 1999 we sprayed my old girl the army camo dark olive green, and after three coats of it over two days, we spent the next three or fours hours sitting, drinking, pondering about the important things in life, like how to apply the black patches/lines in such a way that they'd look good.

In the end, my mate stood up, filled the spray can with black paint, and just sprayed one line straight across the bonnet, coz he got sick of waiting for anyone else to make a decision. It looked good, so he continued on and within ten minutes job was done, and we kept on drinking. Suppose that there isn't all that much body work of the old girl either when compared to something that is usually considered being 'normal'...

There was a tad bit of overspray but really there was bugger all.

[patrol42]

We had this done with an airbrush, it took probably a day all up including the clear coat..we have a couple of pics of it during the stages of painting showing how it was done somewhere if you want..

[Guy From Nowhere]

We had this done with an airbrush, it took probably a day all up including the clear coat..we have a couple of pics of it during the stages of painting showing how it was done somewhere if you want..

I have seen a few photos of you guys doing this build at mega quick speed. While I would love to see some photos of the air brushing, I don't think we will end up going that hardcore perfectionist! Thanks for the thought though. P.S. I love that mog so damn much!

October long weekend 1999 we sprayed my old girl the army camo dark olive green, and after three coats of it over two days, we spent the next three or fours hours sitting, drinking, pondering about the important things in life, like how to apply the black patches/lines in such a way that they'd look good.

In the end, my mate stood up, filled the spray can with black paint, and just sprayed one line straight across the bonnet, coz he got sick of waiting for anyone else to make a decision. It looked good, so he continued on and within ten minutes job was done, and we kept on drinking. Suppose that there isn't all that much body work of the old girl either when compared to something that is usually considered being 'normal'...

There was a tad bit of overspray but really there was bugger all.

This is more what I was talking about. I only have one question. How far away did he hold the spray unit when doing the lines and on what angle?

This would be of much help.

Cheers
SANGA

[Ol'40]

Go out tonight and find yourself a good/bad graffiti artist...

I rattle can painted my entire 40....looked good..

[bogged]

This is more what I was talking about. I only have one question. How far away did he hold the spray unit when doing the lines and on what angle?

This would be of much help.

Cheers
SANGA

Go gt a few panels off an old wreck somewhere and trial and error... he held the tin 10.039cm from it on a 39.09987878734 degree angle.. read what he wrote and you will realise the were on the piss and would have taken no notice of that sorta stuff

[Hekta]

In the movie 'Shooter' Marky Mark lays leaves and branches over his gun, paints it, then moves them a bit and sprays again, to give it a cool camo effect.
I know it's not what you're asking for, but it might be another option.

[Vineboy]

Thank God for the internet.

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_mvg_camo_patterns.php

Seek and yea shall find.

[Guy From Nowhere]

Thank God for the internet.

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_mvg_camo_patterns.php

Seek and yea shall find.

Mate, did you even read the link you posted up? Besides the fact I had already found that, it does not answer my question at all. All it gives me is an outline, colour numbers, and reasoning behind camoflauge etc.

Go gt a few panels off an old wreck somewhere and trial and error... he held the tin 10.039cm from it on a 39.09987878734 degree angle.. read what he wrote and you will realise the were on the piss and would have taken no notice of that sorta stuff

Come on mate, I expected more from you. I am sure you realise I was asking for an approximation. Also, the approximate distance is import to me, as there is not much between the perfect distance and more runs than a dihorea victim.

The reason I ask about angle is that you could achieve a nice edge on one side and overspray by holding it on an angle. All I am doing in asking this is assuming he has more experience than me (I have not done this before)

Ok, so I have been on outers for a while and know how to use google and the search option here.

Anyway, thanks to Bushy555 for his help so far, and Ol' 40, the grafiti idea is actually a damn fine one.

SANGA

[RAY185]

In the movie 'Shooter' Marky Mark lays leaves and branches over his gun, paints it, then moves them a bit and sprays again, to give it a cool camo effect.
I know it's not what you're asking for, but it might be another option.

Hekta brings teh tech!

[sniper]

I used to know a guy who painted the army trucks. They dont mask anything. All straight free hand from the gun. The use a guide templete pattern in a book. They paint it by eye as per picture, or close as possible.


thinking of doing this to mine. Already have heaps of paint to do it.

[dogbreath_48]

Who wants to practice on my troopy? Plenty of room to get it right by the time it's finished.

[bushy555]

This is more what I was talking about. I only have one question. How far away did he hold the spray unit when doing the lines and on what angle?

From my lousy memory:
Mostly just at right-angles and kinda fairly close. Maybe 300 to 500mm distance. The stripe across the bonnet may have been a single or maybe two swipes. Really cant remember...

Unfortunately I can not recall if he changed the mixture of the paint to make it thinner/thicker, or if he lowered/upp'd the air to at least try to lower the overspray effect.

I rattle can painted my entire 40....looked good..

Would do that to my ute if the flipping cans weren't 15 something dollars each. (Rust guard - half decent paint). Took 3 cans to do three coats just to do the rollbar, sides and rims.

[Ol'40]

Yes, I dont think it was actually that cheap to do it that way, but I was able to do it over a period of time as I blasted, prepped, and undercoated each panel..... the paint is still ok after 5-6 years apart from bush scratches.
there's a couple of shots of it in 3rd rock members rides...(must update that thread)...
Still cheap tho, a spray painter would charge 5-6-700bucks. If you get the technique right you 'can' do a good job...light coats and allow to touch dry between coats...
Cheers

[shrekman]

If your using a real gun (not an el cheapo) to spray with just narrow down the spread and reduce the pressure to do the outline. Do a few passes around the edges then fill in the gaps.

Free hand works fine or use a photo as inspiration as you go.

Ps. If the photo doesn't work try alcohol and a couple of mates!!

Or maybe not!

[Guy]

Ps. If the photo doesn't work try alcohol and a couple of mates!!

Or maybe not!

Hey guys check out my new compressor

"Pssht" "Pssht"

camo hilux here we come

[patrol42]

here's a couple of pics of the painting in process..

First he did the outline


Then dave just filled it in..

[Vineboy]

Thank God for the internet.

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_mvg_camo_patterns.php

Seek and yea shall find.

Mate, did you even read the link you posted up? Besides the fact I had already found that, it does not answer my question at all. All it gives me is an outline, colour numbers, and reasoning behind camoflauge etc.[=quote]

Excuse me for trying to help. Besides my ESP machine is out getting fixed so I didn't know you had already found it.

[xenith]

we useto use an overhead projector to do the army fire trucks we painted . if i rember right there is a web site that tells u all the patterns and colours of all the armys of the world

[patrol42]

we useto use an overhead projector to do the army fire trucks we painted . if i rember right there is a web site that tells u all the patterns and colours of all the armys of the world

thats a very smart idea and I have seen that used for quite a few things..