baldie Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 My service rifle was due for a makeover and a new daniel defence for end fitting, so I thought I,d have a go at the Kryptec cammo pattern. This is basically a series of hexagons, stretched out and added at random. I bought some stencils from the states and decided to go for the green/brown Mandrake colour scheme. The base coat consists of Patriot brown , Mcmillan tan , and OD mil spec green H series cerakote. The gun was stripped to the last nut , bolt and pin, and completely shot blasted first. Once the base coats were applied, it was into the oven for a 15 minute part cure and then left to cool down. Then it was the nightmare of the stencil application. Its not a simple job on a normal rifle that has lots of flat areas, it was very difficult indeed on an AR. Then over the top with another coat of patriot brown/flat dark earth, and mcmillan olive. A very small amount here and there of Zombie green. Stencils removed, and then highlights and splots of sand. Back into the oven for a full cure then rebuild. This took over 8 hours start to finish. I,ve since taken delivery of a computer controlled stencil cutting machine and my lad is busy beavering away making patterns and getting it going. This should bring down the cost of such a job as American stencils are ridiculously priced. The day is looming when we won't have to buy anything from them, and that can only be a good thing. This pattern can be varied hugely by different choices of base colours. Mine is very subtle and disappears at a few metres away. If a sand colour had been used for example, the hexagons would stand out a lot more. Depends on what you wish to achieve I guess. The range Nazi,s are going to have a sh it fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeld Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I like that, its like a mega snake skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I like that, its like a mega snake skin Yes me too, nice one Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Looks stunning - almost chameleon like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I'm sure that will catch on very nice Dave Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay666d Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I just see pictures of the base of a tree... Just kidding, looks the business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyw Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 My service rifle was due for a makeover and a new daniel defence for end fitting, so I thought I,d have a go at the Kryptec cammo pattern. This is basically a series of hexagons, stretched out and added at random. I bought some stencils from the states and decided to go for the green/brown Mandrake colour scheme. The base coat consists of Patriot brown , Mcmillan tan , and OD mil spec green H series cerakote. The gun was stripped to the last nut , bolt and pin, and completely shot blasted first. Once the base coats were applied, it was into the oven for a 15 minute part cure and then left to cool down. Then it was the nightmare of the stencil application. Its not a simple job on a normal rifle that has lots of flat areas, it was very difficult indeed on an AR. Then over the top with another coat of patriot brown/flat dark earth, and mcmillan olive. A very small amount here and there of Zombie green. Stencils removed, and then highlights and splots of sand. The range Nazi,s are going to have a sh it fit. GOOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillo Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 The man's an artist. Picasso eat your heart out...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmartin8 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 good effort mate very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistol Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Saw this in the flesh last week. Very, very, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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