Camo stencils

Bozo, what works really nice and very inexpensive is leaves, stems, etc, from plastic plants. You can reuse them over and over. See if maybe you have a dollar store, salvage or second hand store near you. Don't discount using natural material either.
 
I just went to the local Hobby Lobby store and back in the stencil/ applique section, an entire rack full of different shapes and sizes. I went for the ivy stencil, 4" X 12". So far, I've done my rifle, my shotgun and my ATV. If I could get my kid to sit still for a couple minutes, I'd do him, too. Fastest I've seen that li'l nipper move his skinny li'l butt in a very long time.
 
I am no camo guru, but the primary purpose of good camo is to break up an image profile and make the eye either ignore the image presented or not see what is there because the easily or instinctively focused image available distorts or hides what is there.

There are a lot of good ways to "trick" the eye. One of them is using a sharp dark irregular line over a set of lighter fuzzy images. If you vary what the eye perceives as depth (dark and light) it is amazing how inobvious the actual image becomes.

I just figured out a way to make a nice break up image by using plain spray paint in a couple of shades and then dabbing on darker colors in uneven random shapes by using a piece of sponge from the hobby shop.

Take a look at the jpeg under this thread:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43302

and tell me what you think.
 
Coltdriver,
I'm sorry, but that is just...just...wrong. How could you do that to a 10/22 stock?
Now, I'm not in the West, so maybe that blends out there, but in the East, it'll stick out like a sore thumb. I think the white background kills it. Put a light brown background on it and it'll be better. If I ever paint a stock, it'll be a combination of dark brown, light brown and maybe a little green.

Jim
 


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