Macragge Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Always repainting that dang thing. Another creative and professional paintjob from Souske. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge133 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) Do you strip the paint before repainting Souske? If not how in the world do you not have a quarter inch of paint on there!? Â Looks good, although I prefer the longer barrel M203 it still looks very nice. Edited January 22, 2008 by Sarge133 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azulsky Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 yeah but now it can have a 10.5 barrel and be perfect Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STRELOK Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 the biggest issue with 'natural' wear? most folks dont have 60 years to spare naturally wearing an MP40 or thompson, nor are they lugging it around day in day out wind rain or shine for 6 months or more in a wartime environment..  sure a gun thats on regular armourer and arsenal rotations is going to look pretty spanky pretty often. But a lot of militaries dont work like that. In thse countries issued guns do get kicked around for years finally getting rotated back to an arsenal. There they might get a refurb, a crude refinish or they might just get cosmo'd and shoved into storage then sold to a third party and end up in hands of a less developed nation/guerillas/insurgents where needs will as needs must.   Ukranian forces AKSU at least 15 or 16 years old by time these photos were taken  another AKSU with not untypical wear that is a beautiful gun you got there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victory Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Question... Â I messed-up my flash hider pretty good, in an attempt to remove it. (Unsuccessful...) Â Â What should I do? Is it too worn? Ok the way it is? Â Should I repaint? Â I was looking at painting the entire gun in a desert scheme, and some of that camo would cover this, but I'm afraid the wear might still be too much. Â -Vic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Souske Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) Always repainting that dang thing. Another creative and professional paintjob from Souske. Haha, yea, thanks.  Do you strip the paint before repainting Souske? If not how in the world do you not have a quarter inch of paint on there!? Looks good, although I prefer the longer barrel M203 it still looks very nice. Paint came off really easily (down to black layer). Took about 3 minutes with Acetone. Thanks by the way.  yeah but now it can have a 10.5 barrel and be perfect Like this?? Navy CQBR rendition (early generation version)   I have 2 sets of barrels (internal ones as well)...depending on where and how I'll be using the carbine.  Edit: Victory, If you can get your hands on "cold blue solutions," you could blue the muzzle where the finish was worn off. Over time, the blue will wear off gradually, but it'll look a bit more 'natural' in terms of wear. Edited January 22, 2008 by Souske Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fr00b Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Question... I messed-up my flash hider pretty good, in an attempt to remove it. (Unsuccessful...)  -  What should I do? Is it too worn? Ok the way it is?  Should I repaint?  I was looking at painting the entire gun in a desert scheme, and some of that camo would cover this, but I'm afraid the wear might still be too much.  -Vic  Depending on the material it's made out of, i've always wondered what heating up a flashhider with a blowtorch might do, especially with paint on. You could do the proposed desert paintjob then heat up the top half to red/white hot for a while, (simulating prolonged fire)... I dont know exactly what would happen, but seeing as you seem to think its *fruitcage*ed already ... ;D Anyhow, i'd expect some interesting burnished patterns in the actual metal if it's a steel hider, having heated up a fair few things in my youth with a blowtorch ;D (boredom) Has anyone tried this? OH btw, this probably isnt safe with anything but some good old steel. at least at high enough temperature to cause colour change in the metal (though i guess you could try just burning off the paint a bit if its low quality metal.) Does this sound interesting to anybody or am i just sad and crazed?  Btw Souske, another fine "authentic" style job, like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BentleyCntlGT Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Â So cool. I'm getting a cheap gun to practice on today, so I still havent gotten to my M16. But you did all that with only acetone and a q-tip? Thanks! Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Souske Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Thanks. I didn't use much acetone this time. I pretty much sprayed the color on there, took a dishwashing scour pad and rubbed the heck out of it before the paint fully cured (so about 2 minutes+ after spraying). I then made a dark gray wash (diluted dark gray acrylic paint with water) and lathed the gun in it to give it the dirtied look in the end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge133 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 A couple pictures of the wear on my M16 from a year of play. Â Makes the rifle look great as a whole. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
demfranboyza Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 demfranboyza, is that the G&P SR-16 URX? Its a G&P M4 and has had almost $400 dollars of internal work done to it and and good amount of external parts also. Â My next project will be painting my Mk18 Mod0, just have to wait for my wilcox mount to get in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evilliboba Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'll post this pic one more time tonight. My TM M1911A1 with Guarder kit with some added wear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sgt_stinger Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 That looks like it's a catalog picture! In my opinion, the wear is just right too. I like the vietnam style guns with a bit of wear to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evilliboba Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks. Not bad for 20 minutes with some 150 grit sandpaper. Â Note: I used GIMP2 to add some grain the to photo and to de-saturate the colors a bit. Just in case anyone was wondering. Anyone who can guess the caliber of the spent rifle casings and the ones in the stripper clip gets a internet cookie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dookieboy Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 7.92 mauser. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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The Crunchy Bunny Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Here's my relativly beat up M4. Some natural wear and some artifical  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evilliboba Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 7.92 mauser. Darn... How did you guess? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dookieboy Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I first demand my E-cookie, and to tell you the truth I was reading awhile ago in the Real Guns thread that you got a Mauser and since im an WWII weapons nut I was like, ZOMGiT AM TEH 7.92. lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabachthani Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 .  And no slight meant to anyone with this post- clearly some people want the 'fresh-out-of-the-box' look- Maybe your afraid of 'ruining' it, or don't feel your creative or handy enough to pull it off- I don't know. Maybe you don't care to do the research required to see how real guns wear and look after years of use- again, I don't know...  All I can say is that I prefer my guns to look pristine. To me, weathered guns (weathered anything for that matter. That is, actually weathered) remind me of every time I was an idiot.  Say...and this is purely hypothetical, that I see a room of enemy soldiers that I could easily get the jump on. So I have my pistol out to really drive the point home, and as I jump out from the door way, my sling snaps off because I didn't secure it properly, and my gun clatters to the floor. Now there's a big scratch down the barrel because of my own idiocy.  You guys might be good enough to weather your guns -artificially- and have it look great, but people like me weather their stuff naturally through sheer stupidity xD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
[BS]_MARS Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Or it gets worn from when you crawled 30 meters through needles to surrender a guy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
medic23 Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 painted my blaster; most of the wear is "starter" wear and the rest im going to let get worn on its own from games and the silencer is worn to look "used" a bit     Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Souske Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Inspired by Medic23's CQBR's stock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
medic23 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 lol that stock has inspired so many people within the last 3 days its amazing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kipper Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 I did that, except with arabic translations. Â However ive put it on the otherside of the stock, that way you can just roll the weapon and read it, while still keeping it locked into the shoulder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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