Airsoft Canada - View Single Post - Painting your rifle traditionally vs using camo patterns

TopGunnerz · March 14th, 2016, 16:46

Hi everyone, so with outdoor season coming and the weather warming up it seems like a good time to start considering painting my rifle. However, looking at rifle painting videos and tutorials makes me wonder why patterns used on clothes are not used on rifles, and vice versa.

When looking at paint tutorials for rifles, and what most rifles painted look like (here in Canada at least), usually they are krylon od with krylon dark earth/ khaki accents of local foliage on it, with some tutorials saying that the colours have to blend and transition smoothly.

On the other hand, a lot of bdu camo patterns have the colours clearly separated and are in much more different colours.

Are traditional paint jobs more effective since you technically made it for your areas, or are camo patterns more effective? Why isn't there camo patterns sold in typical gun paintjob style and guns painted in camo patterns? Is it just too difficult/ expensive to paint your gun in a camo pattern? Or is there a difference in philosophy between camouflaging rifle and person?

March 14th, 2016, 16:46	#1
TopGunnerz Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: North York / Scarborough	Painting your rifle traditionally vs using camo patterns Hi everyone, so with outdoor season coming and the weather warming up it seems like a good time to start considering painting my rifle. However, looking at rifle painting videos and tutorials makes me wonder why patterns used on clothes are not used on rifles, and vice versa. When looking at paint tutorials for rifles, and what most rifles painted look like (here in Canada at least), usually they are krylon od with krylon dark earth/ khaki accents of local foliage on it, with some tutorials saying that the colours have to blend and transition smoothly. On the other hand, a lot of bdu camo patterns have the colours clearly separated and are in much more different colours. Are traditional paint jobs more effective since you technically made it for your areas, or are camo patterns more effective? Why isn't there camo patterns sold in typical gun paintjob style and guns painted in camo patterns? Is it just too difficult/ expensive to paint your gun in a camo pattern? Or is there a difference in philosophy between camouflaging rifle and person?