camo - how to?

bones · Post by **bones** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:05 pm

Anyone have experience on how to do camo? thanks JD

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:18 pm

Couple of methods..

Do you have any samples of stuff you like?

One of my favorites is using actual Maple leaves as a template to spray around.. the entire car is in the base color.. then the leaves are randomly used for the pattern..

There are some VERY sweet hand done random ones out there... all air brushed.

If it's a beater, nothing like brush paint.

T.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:06 am

What the military does is draw out on the vehicle in a jig saw puzzle pattern and number each cell, each number has a corresponding paint color, usually separated by another color. The colors depend on the terrain you are in. Object is to break up the lines of the object to blend with the surrounding. Make sure you show us what your starting with and what you end up with, in camo there really is no wrong way.

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:51 am

Leather..

Do they just do this freehand?

I'm guessing they brush paint it on.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:42 pm

The designs I saw where all hand drawn, but there is a reason to the madness, but if you treat it like a jigsaw numbering as you go keeping colors separated it will come out fine, really hard to screw up a camo job.

tragicmagicman · Post by **tragicmagicman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:06 pm

like this?

Post by **Piledriver** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:34 am

I always kinda dug the German Naval camo... looks like modern art.

(since you can't really "hide" something 500 feet long, you can make it look like 2-3 other smaller things)

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:03 am

Pile.. you would.. until...

My wife and I bought a company.. the entire front was done in this hanous color scheme... folks seriously would drop in thinking it was a chilld care.

UJSLOST · Post by **UJSLOST** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:23 am

do a google search for camo clad. stuff works great and looks great but its expensive. Its a vinyl wrap but alot of the truck guys just use it on their rocker panels and tail gate. Good stuff.

Bugfuel · Post by **Bugfuel** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:32 am

that Navy big ship camo paint scheme was called Razzle Dazzle, if memory serves. Look it up too. I like to call it "city camo". Well I did in the 90's

Post by **Piledriver** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:41 am

UJSLOST wrote:do a google search for camo clad. stuff works great and looks great but its expensive. Its a vinyl wrap but alot of the truck guys just use it on their rocker panels and tail gate. Good stuff.

There is a local with a Jeep CJ that has it totally done in that camo vinyl... Looks decent.

tragicmagicman · Post by **tragicmagicman** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:39 pm