Airsoft Tiger Stripe Camo

This will show you how to paint an airsoft gun tiger stripe camouflage, using only paint and masking tape. This is a way to spice up those solid black guns, or make a clear gun, look awesome.

Step 1: General info and supplies

Please know that you probably won't want to paint your $250 airsoft gun on your first try. If you mess up, it could look bad. So please try it on a lower quality gun first unless you are positive you can do a good job.

The supplies
- Two colors of paint. (Unless you want black stripes. Then you only need one color.)
- A roll of masking or painters tape.
- A gun to paint.

Comments

[P.I. Kitty]

where did you get your m16

[jabbathegut1]

ive been looking through this , it looks pretty awesome but do you think it'l work for my gun?
ive never painted my guns ( properly ) so i have no idea how to :L

( picture and stuff )

cause of the orange detail im not sure if the paint will look tacky, should i clear coat it and use a primer?
if you could reply i would be very greatfull :D

[airsoft4ever]

Sorry for the late reply! What I would do is paint the whole gun over with a flat black first and make sure it all looks the same and then go through the camo process.

[jabbathegut1]

ahaa no worries regarding timing ,
thanks for the advice :)

[cdousley]

do you ever use a clear coat?

[airsoft4ever]

I use clear coat when I hand paint guns for example, my M1 garand has clear coat. It really doesn't do a lot for spray paint though.

[cdousley]

i like it for some guns becuse it makes it really shiny

[airsoft4ever]

Yes it does have a good effect sometimes. I just prefer not to use it.

[cdousley]

yep i understand but i had some paint peeling today i guess it depends on the project

[Musicman41]

Do you ever have problems with jamming any of the moving parts with the paint? How would I avoid this?

[airsoft4ever]

Well, I have never had any problems with this, but if you want to be extra careful, then cover up anything that you think might be damaged by the paint. As I said earlier, I have never had any problems.

[thing 2]

isn't that a colt m IV? My friend has one like that!

[airsoft4ever]

I don't remember what it is called, but I have a colt mk iv, and it is different. I got this gun at walmart.

[joshfedo]

epic

[airsoft4ever]

Thanks. This one was a quicky, so I didn't expect much from it, but it turned out great!

[sharlston]

om gonna do this with m p329 and my a1.a

[airsoft4ever]

How did it turn out?

[Gage987]

if you can put it back together i would suggest taking your gun apart and painting the casing and putting it back together when your done so you cant mess it up in any way

[Colonel88]

But if the paint gets in the cracks, such as the mag release button and you push it, then the paint will flake off or the button will jam.

[thing 2]

Nice!