Iam wanting to cerakote my rifle i live in north idaho so i want it to match so im looking at USMC woodland MARPAT
Or this i like this alot but i dont know.
so please post pics of your digital camo rifles. Im looking at any digital camo rifles im trying to get some ideas. Also which of the two camos do you like better?
I like the bottom pattern, but I would like a more tan color than light tan. Here is a pic of my digital family. Front, Mom 30 Bellm Striker, middle Dad 25-06, and back Son 22 Mag. All colors are Duracoat with green being Krylon. I had painted the 22 mag digital once early on with Krylon, but didn't like it. Colors were to dark. Stripped it and Duracoated.
I redid the ACU in Duracoat that was on my Precision Carbine. They hydrographics application looked funky and wasn't very durable. I used the Bulldog templates. I only did the stock and may do the rest of the rifle in the future. The magazine is a Dark Eagle Custom 10 round magazine.
Not really digital but matches marpat pretty well.
I used Rustoleum camo paint from the local home big box.
This ones done with Khaki and OD green by first applying a base coat of khaki
Then OD stripes
After that I used a sea sponge from the craft section at Wally world to blot khaki over the OD and OD over the Khaki with the sea sponge.
Clear coated the whole thing with Testors dull coat.
My first attempt I tried to use 5 colors and wound up with a mess. I may have still gotten a little happy with the sponge on this one. It seems as though with camo sometimes less is more. Keeping it simple seemed to work best.
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I like the bottom ones a lot! What pattern did you use where from?
I have a how to:digital camo thread if you wanna check it out to show you how to do it and you could just use whatever colors you wantt
Snake skins work well too and are easy to do. Here's my SOCAL snake skin pattern:
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My home brew version of digital camo that was done back in 2003 before digital camo was cool.
I'd tell you how it was done, but trust me - it was more labor intensive and time consuming than it was worth as back then there weren't templates or "kits" to buy.
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I like thatOriginally Posted by J. Baker
My home brew version of digital camo that was done back in 2003 before digital camo was cool.
I'd tell you how it was done, but trust me - it was more labor intensive and time consuming than it was worth as back then there weren't templates or "kits" to buy.
Here is mine
It was actually an experiment Fred and I did in hopes of finding an easy way to do a MARPAT-like digital camo pattern. The stock is an old SSS/Stockade Woodchuck that was painted tan.
Rather than trying to make stencils we decided to make stamps by gluing 1/8" graph paper to a piece of 1x8" pine board, drawing patterns of various shapes and sizes on the graph paper, and then cutting out various patterns using a band saw. Once we had the wood patterns we glued them to some 1/8" thick foam rubber matting that we found at a local craft store (similar to toolbox drawer liner but solid rather than perforated). This gave us a surface that would hold the paint and also compress easily to follow the contour of the stock as we rolled it over the curves.
From there it was just a matter of using the stamps to add the three additional colors (a light/medium tan, coyote tan and a dark brown) to create the pattern starting with the lighter color and finishing with the darker. We found that having more or less paint on the stamps would result in the illusion that there were more than just three colors being used. We also found that due to the stamping process the edges weren't always perfect (small stamps were easily smudged) which helped to soften the typical hard, geometrically precise appearance of digital camo. These "happy accidents" are really what made this come out looking so good.
To finish the pattern we topped it off with a light coat of black webbing to give it some added depth and help tie it all together. We were very happy with the final result, but both agreed that the time and effort to achieve it made it cost prohibitive to offer as an option to offer to customers.
Here are a few more detailed close-up pics...
If I were doing it again I'd make the following changes...
1. Use 1/4" graph paper rather than 1/8" as the 1/8" is just a little too fine when cutting the patterns out on the bandsaw
2. Use some 1/4" thick foam sponge material (similar to the foam brushes you can buy at the harware store) for the stamps rather than the 1/8" thick matting. This would make doing the tighter radius curves in the grip and wrist areas much, much easier.
"Life' is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." ~ John Wayne
“Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.” —Mark Twain
Not a savage but digital camo nonetheless...
That looks excellent!!!!It was actually an experiment Fred and I did in hopes of finding an easy way to do a MARPAT-like digital camo pattern. The stock is an old SSS/Stockade Woodchuck that was painted tan.
Rather than trying to make stencils we decided to make stamps by gluing 1/8" graph paper to a piece of 1x8" pine board, drawing patterns of various shapes and sizes on the graph paper, and then cutting out various patterns using a band saw. Once we had the wood patterns we glued them to some 1/8" thick foam rubber matting that we found at a local craft store (similar to toolbox drawer liner but solid rather than perforated). This gave us a surface that would hold the paint and also compress easily to follow the contour of the stock as we rolled it over the curves.
From there it was just a matter of using the stamps to add the three additional colors (a light/medium tan, coyote tan and a dark brown) to create the pattern starting with the lighter color and finishing with the darker. We found that having more or less paint on the stamps would result in the illusion that there were more than just three colors being used. We also found that due to the stamping process the edges weren't always perfect (small stamps were easily smudged) which helped to soften the typical hard, geometrically precise appearance of digital camo. These "happy accidents" are really what made this come out looking so good.
To finish the pattern we topped it off with a light coat of black webbing to give it some added depth and help tie it all together. We were very happy with the final result, but both agreed that the time and effort to achieve it made it cost prohibitive to offer as an option to offer to customers.
Here are a few more detailed close-up pics...
If I were doing it again I'd make the following changes...
1. Use 1/4" graph paper rather than 1/8" as the 1/8" is just a little too fine when cutting the patterns out on the bandsaw
2. Use some 1/4" thick foam sponge material (similar to the foam brushes you can buy at the harware store) for the stamps rather than the 1/8" thick matting. This would make doing the tighter radius curves in the grip and wrist areas much, much easier.
It was actually an experiment Fred and I did in hopes of finding an easy way to do a MARPAT-like digital camo pattern. The stock is an old SSS/Stockade Woodchuck that was painted tan.
Rather than trying to make stencils we decided to make stamps by gluing 1/8" graph paper to a piece of 1x8" pine board, drawing patterns of various shapes and sizes on the graph paper, and then cutting out various patterns using a band saw. Once we had the wood patterns we glued them to some 1/8" thick foam rubber matting that we found at a local craft store (similar to toolbox drawer liner but solid rather than perforated). This gave us a surface that would hold the paint and also compress easily to follow the contour of the stock as we rolled it over the curves.
From there it was just a matter of using the stamps to add the three additional colors (a light/medium tan, coyote tan and a dark brown) to create the pattern starting with the lighter color and finishing with the darker. We found that having more or less paint on the stamps would result in the illusion that there were more than just three colors being used. We also found that due to the stamping process the edges weren't always perfect (small stamps were easily smudged) which helped to soften the typical hard, geometrically precise appearance of digital camo. These "happy accidents" are really what made this come out looking so good.
To finish the pattern we topped it off with a light coat of black webbing to give it some added depth and help tie it all together. We were very happy with the final result, but both agreed that the time and effort to achieve it made it cost prohibitive to offer as an option to offer to customers.
Here are a few more detailed close-up pics...
If I were doing it again I'd make the following changes...
1. Use 1/4" graph paper rather than 1/8" as the 1/8" is just a little too fine when cutting the patterns out on the bandsaw
2. Use some 1/4" thick foam sponge material (similar to the foam brushes you can buy at the harware store) for the stamps rather than the 1/8" thick matting. This would make doing the tighter radius curves in the grip and wrist areas much, much easier.
Oh awesome, that definitely turned out nice
Thanks for the tips Mr F. even with the labor involved in the setup, a few digital stamps sound like something that could be worth investing a little time in just to have in the tinker box.
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Snake skins work well too and are easy to do. Here's my SOCAL snake skin pattern:
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I really like this. Is the "skin" very durable?
Darrell
I did a couple coats of krylon before I started work on the pattern. Once I was satisfied with the pattern I hit it with 3 coats of Matte clear finish. It hasn't been out in the field yet other than the range, but I've knocked both the stock and barrel on things and haven't had any chips or anything since it cured. Even heated up the barrel pretty good at the range without issue.
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Overall, I think the good rattle can is about as good as duracoat. I have a duck gun painted with krylon that gets far more use than any rifles I have and it still looks good. I am about done with duracoat, but they have a lot of cool colors.
My first attempt at digital camouflage
Factory Precision Carbine
Hey hunting how do u like that rifle ? 308? 223?
Hey Captain! It's a 308 and I love it! Very accurate, cold bore shoots to the same POI, easy mobility. I just replaced the accustock with a B&C Tactical which I think will even improve what was already a good thing! Her new look.
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