Viet Nam Tigerstripe Camouflage Howto
Masking
Mask off any vital areas with 3M Painters Tape.
This may include things like open bolts, hopper feed tubes, etc...
Apply the basecoat.
Black Basecoat
This should be done slowly, and evenly.
It is better to apply 5 light coats than 1 heavy dripping coat.
Initiate the spray before you reach your marker, that way you have a nice fine mist hitting your gun. If you start right above your marker you risk globs and splotches. Not good.
Experiment with distances. If you spray from too far back, the paint particles will glob together making a nasty orange peel looking finish. For my airbrush 3 inches seemed good.Start placing stencils with the assistance of your xacto blade. Do not press them down until you are happy with the position. Remember, with any camo you want to make sure the pattern starts off the edge of the weapon. Once you are happy, press them down to make sure they stick.
Black w/ Stencils applied.
Note: Everywhere you place a stencil on the basecoat will show through all subsequent layers. Use your largest stencils first.
The pattern looks better with long, almost continous, black stripes, so feel free to have the stripes touch each other.
Apply the tan coat. Let it dry.
Next, pick up several of the larger stripes and shift them up slightly. This will give you a nice tan line alongside your broad grey green stripes.
Shift the stencils up after applying Tan
Apply the Brown
Brown basecoat.
Apply some more large stripes (not shown) and apply the final basecoat of green and remove the all of the stencils.
You may want to follow up with a matte clear coat for added durability. Plus it will even out the sheen of the different paint
I will post up some rifle or paintball marker pics using woodland colors later on.