LSP_Kevin Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Looks great, Brian - and I agree that the new photos seem to represent the colour more accurately. Great job! Kev Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 What a great paintjob. The masking with kite-wire seems to worked out great. Do you have a closer pic so we can see the line between the sand and the blue? I'm just curious. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Looks like a totally different color, Brian! Much better! The spots are really going to set it off. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Thanks again boys. I'll take a close up of the demark line to give you guys a better idea of the shading. It looks like a harder demark from a distance, but is decently feathered when seen up close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Here is where I'm up to at this point..... I was not satisfied with the spacing of the spots on my test bed spot painting experiment, nor the overall shape of the spots. The test bed came out more like a Japanese "puzzle" looking camo vs the less jagged spots in the leapard spot camo. I was happy however with the overall hand sprayed look of the spots, and the test confirmed to me that hand spraying was the way to go. I figured out a way to rectify the spacing and shape all at once, albeit a bit unconventional. I went to the local Hobby Lobby (US arts and craft store) and picked up these: Round baseball, basketball and general office type stickers. Ok, stick with me on this one......its gets a bit weird. So, I figured that it would be way easier to figure out the spacing I wanted, and move these around VS having to just wing it. I de-tact each sticker on my wrist before application and set about applying them in a random, but evenly spaced pattern. Strangest looking camo EVER! Weird I know........... The next step I took was to use a dark green colored pencil, fairly close to RLM 80 and very lightly traced each circle: The next step was to make randomly shaped camo spots (generally) inside the circles and then use a moistened cotton bud to remove the circle: As you can see, even with a good de-tack on the stickers, some still pulled up a tiny bit of paint here and there. Fortunately, wherever I found a spot like that, with some judicious planning I just formed a spot right over the pulled up paint, after some 6000 grit polishing of the spot. Im much happier with the spacing and general shape of the spots. Should get working on the spots today. Cheers! Shawn M, Alain Gadbois, Azgaron and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Neat idea Brian. For a moment, it looked like you were going to do the Octopus ambush camo that was used on late war German tanks. Carl Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Ooh that’s a creative approach! Well thought out and executed. This will go in my bag o tricks. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Clever solution, Brian! Looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Kev Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 7 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Round baseball, basketball and general office type stickers. Ok, stick with me on this one......its gets a bit weird. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 That WAS weird. But strangely effective. I would've never thought of doing it this way but the spacing of your mottling looks great. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Nice (and original) planning ahead for the mottle. Better to take a bit of time to think before than mess things up! Alain Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Thunnus said: That WAS weird. But strangely effective. I would've never thought of doing it this way but the spacing of your mottling looks great. I'm just glad he found the balls to do it. Kev LSP_Ray, TAG, Out2gtcha and 9 others 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 1 hour ago, LSP_Kevin said: I'm just glad he found the balls to do it. Well, As they say, they only thing you really have to fear is sphere itself. Kahunaminor, j ferguson, MikeMaben and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Nice trick to sort the pattern! Håkan Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Thanks guys. Tiz hard on the airbrush hand doing ultra tight, small patterns so have to break things up into many sessions. Bit of progress: Cheers Kagemusha, jimbo, LSP_Kevin and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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