My self-custom painted A5
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Topic: My self-custom painted A5
Posted By: SgtPoisonMiller
Subject: My self-custom painted A5
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 2:02am
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Because I am great at spraypainting:
And no, it really isn't all that shiny, camera flash does wierd things to lighting. ------------- ------------------ Sgt. Poison Miller ------------------ Current Owner of: A5 w/Remote, 68/45 Crossfire, Flatline, Ricochet R5, Tapco T6 Stock Vforce Shield Standard (Green) ------------------ |
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 2:13am
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Did you just change the hopper color or did you also repaint the marker and the barrel? ------------- 
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Posted By: SgtPoisonMiller
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 2:58am
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I painted the cyclone outsides to match. It was a 6 hour job. ------------- ------------------ Sgt. Poison Miller ------------------ Current Owner of: A5 w/Remote, 68/45 Crossfire, Flatline, Ricochet R5, Tapco T6 Stock Vforce Shield Standard (Green) ------------------ |
Posted By: P!NK panther
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 7:44am
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looks alright ------------- http://www.theimagehosting.com"> 
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Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 12:17pm
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it took you 6 hours to paint a hopper? ------------- 
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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 1:38pm
Looks good.  ------------- http://www.macdev.net - MacDev Militia http://www.alienpb.com - Alien - Because winning is more fun. |
Posted By: SgtPoisonMiller
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 2:09pm
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Because of the way I did it, yes. That include the time it took taping it off, and applying anti-overspray plastic. Basically, I took it apart, removed the cap and spring, and then put it back together with a shopping bag inbetween, then trimmed the shopping back down really close to the surface of the hopper, and used it to make an anti-overspray shield on the bottom hole of the hopper. Then taped off the connection part of it so that it would still fit in the cyclone properly. Also I used a Pringles lid to cover up where the cap would be so that there wouldn't be any overspray through there and so that the area the cap connects to wouldn't be sprayed over. Then painting took about half an hour because after the first try I realized that I didn't get ALL of the hopper, so I had to wait a little while and repaint. Painting the cyclone exterior was a simpler process. I just unscrewed it from the side of the gun and then taped off everything that I didn't want painted (such as the tube, the internals, and wherever paint could go through cracks to get into the internals. Painting took about 5 minutes. ------------- ------------------ Sgt. Poison Miller ------------------ Current Owner of: A5 w/Remote, 68/45 Crossfire, Flatline, Ricochet R5, Tapco T6 Stock Vforce Shield Standard (Green) ------------------ |
bluemunky42 wrote:Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 2:47pm
nice job i like the color  ------------- 
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Posted By: CrazyPainter
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 2:50pm
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I think you need paint your hole maker green ------------- When my A-5 starts shoting I think you sould duck. |
Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 3:41pm
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What brand of paint did you use? ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 3:55pm
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nice paint other things on ur gun to match ------------- 
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Posted By: SgtPoisonMiller
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 3:58pm
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No, because it will make my gun look too.. "cartoonish" or "speedballish". I used Krylon Fusion Satin Hunter Green paint. I am considering getting a M4 stock and painting it the same to balance things out. ------------- ------------------ Sgt. Poison Miller ------------------ Current Owner of: A5 w/Remote, 68/45 Crossfire, Flatline, Ricochet R5, Tapco T6 Stock Vforce Shield Standard (Green) ------------------ |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 5:04pm
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I was expecting much more when i clicked it. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 6:11pm
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Looks out of place since the whole gun isnt painted. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: Buggy
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 6:43pm
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Posted By: Sarge14
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 8:18pm
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Good job, not too big of a fan of "shiny" but looks good, keep it up. ------------- Nothing is Stronger than the Heart of a Volunteer Proud to be a Soldier in the United States Army! Commo Leads the Way!! |
Posted By: 98cowboy
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 8:28pm
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Not to good at all seriously. Just the hopper naaaaa. ------------- GO BUCKS!!! |
Posted By: shmavistime
Date Posted: 20 May 2005 at 9:02pm
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you took six hours that would have taken me 60 minutes.
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Posted By: Smitty
Date Posted: 21 May 2005 at 1:14am
| I figured you would have painted the whole gun. I don't like it with just the hopper painted like that. |
Posted By: SgtPoisonMiller
Date Posted: 21 May 2005 at 1:36pm
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Well I want to keep the rest of the gun black to keep it looking, gunnish. Sortof the reason I painted the hopper is to 'seperate' it from the gun, make it look like it's not apart of the gun. I am going to do more to it, I am going to buy a M4 stock and paint parts of it the same to balance things out. I am also considering painting it woodland camo, or painting it as if it was a US WW2 tank and put the star symbol, my last name, and serial number on it. I am trying to decide. Just note it's not finished yet. This is actually my second time spraypainting ANYthing, so the fact that I got it done and it looks clean is a great accomplishment to me. ALSO: 'Good job, not too big of a fan of "shiny"' ------------- ------------------ Sgt. Poison Miller ------------------ Current Owner of: A5 w/Remote, 68/45 Crossfire, Flatline, Ricochet R5, Tapco T6 Stock Vforce Shield Standard (Green) ------------------ |
Posted By: borntopaint
Date Posted: 21 May 2005 at 1:45pm
not crazy bout it 
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Posted By: dredned
Date Posted: 21 May 2005 at 6:12pm
| Am I looking at a stock A5 with a green hopper? I am still baffled by the 6hr paint job, I don't know if you should classify your self as a If you were a "great spray painter". Nice leather jacket. |
Posted By: SgtPoisonMiller
Date Posted: 21 May 2005 at 7:13pm
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I repeat... it only took me about 10min to actually paint it. I had to tape everything off and etc before hand, which took about 2 hours each time. I am a perfectionist and it takes awhile for something for me to be happy with it. It would probably be shorter time period now due to the fact I know exactly how to do it. I had to repaint it after the first time because it didn't completely get covered... Heres a timeline: Paint Prep (dissassembling cleaning, taping, etc): prob 1 and a half hours Painting (5 coats with 30 second intervals): 5min Letting it dry, then reassembling: 1hr 5min Re-Preping: 1 hour Re-Painting (3 coats): ~5min Letting Dry & Reassembling: 1hr 5min Total: 4hrs 50min Ok I exhaggerated by 1hr 10min... but still. You guys are really critical you know that? ------------- ------------------ Sgt. Poison Miller ------------------ Current Owner of: A5 w/Remote, 68/45 Crossfire, Flatline, Ricochet R5, Tapco T6 Stock Vforce Shield Standard (Green) ------------------ |
