Chills1994 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Post Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 You'll never find them when you drop them in the snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trini Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Just don't drop them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 it was about a 4 beer job, and probably looks like it. I might try clear coating them so at least the clear coat takes the damage instead. The bottom mag, the 20 rounder, is some mag I got back in the 1980's. I sprayed it with a metal etching primer first. So I will see how that one holds up. I don't quite have the courage up to spray an entire AR and optic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwx40x40 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Did you make your own stencils? Or did you purchase them somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 I made them...printed them out on paper. this was my inspiration: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 The second from the bottom mag got the mesh laundry bag treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waktasz Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Sweet. Gives me an idea for a winter project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 Yeah, I am thinking ahead to coyote hunting, especially when there is snow on the ground. Like I said I printed them on regular copier/printer paper. Then I used an X-acto style pen knife to cut them out. I wore a latex glove on my left hand to hold down the paper stencil. Then I used my right hand to run the rattle can. The carbon fiber looking mag doesn't look like that in person. The flash from my iPhone made the little silver checkerboards stand out more. In person, it is more subtle. Re thinking it now, I should have just "dusted" the mag with silver first. Then when I stapled down the drawer liner over the mag, I should have stretched it in say the north south direction to make it look more like rectangles, and more like carbon fiber. I am thinking that maybe a light dusting with a gold metallic spray paint, and then a silver metallic spray paint, might have made it look more realistic. Then I went over it again with a "ghosting" of black spray paint to make the little silver squares not so obvious. I think clear coating that mag will really make it "pop". Other inspiration can be found here: http://www.airsickstencils.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnjus Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 What brand are those mags? They look more curved than most standard GI mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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