Newer A-5 Paintjob.
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Topic: Newer A-5 Paintjob.
Posted By: RavenGuard
Subject: Newer A-5 Paintjob.
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 10:38am
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Those who know me... know i like to personalize my stuff. I was planning on doing a digicamo pattern to be a relatively good match in woods as well as urbanish areas, and i came up with a good camo scheme. Then all I needed was templates, and not a single store in the entire universe seems to carry that low tac ahesive sheet stuff, so I was out of luck. For days i sat around with nothing but a reciever completely stripped of paint, and then it hit me... SPRAY ON ADHESIVE AND GRAPH PAPER! YAY! Suprisingly, my ghetto method turned out very nice and is very strong to top it off. The left side:  The right side:  and the money shot:  In between the 3 coats of different coloured paint, there were 6 coats of primer and 7 coats of varnish, and it is tough as nails... well, not literally. I'm still overly protective of it though :P And to top it all off, my rampage board and jcs trigger arrived, and i'm at the point where i'm running out of upgrades lol! My major complaint about existing camo patterns is that they are wayyyyyyy to dark to be used most places... Trees normally have a light brown/grey colour, and longer grass tends to turn yellow.... My plan was to make a pattern that would be good in many different forested areas, urban areas, grasslands, as well as slightly desert like areas, and i think i succeeded for the most part. Questions/comments? ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
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Posted By: estcstpnt
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 10:48am
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Very nice Raven. I give you a thumbs up. ------------- Thinking about it... |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 10:49am
Thank you very much :) ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
estcstpnt wrote:Posted By: Jmann4567
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 10:52am
Very good work ------------- 98c Smart Parts Teardrop Ricochet Rhino hopper deadOn double trigger Pen spring mod Custom paintjob http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=6/16221294395.jpg&s=f5 |
Posted By: Hadarac
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 10:58am
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i like it alot
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 11:03am
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Thanks everyone, it took me long enough :P
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Posted By: Zirlian_1788
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 11:29am
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Amazing work. Took alot of time and effort I know from experience. Still not the colors I would use, but you accomplished what you wanted. ------------- >Smart Parts Ion >Tippmann A-5 http://xgunslingerx.piczo.com - Team Adrenaline Rush |
Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 1:14pm
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very very very nice
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 1:18pm
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yeah, nice, but looks a little...bright. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 1:19pm
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nice i like it how do u like ur reg? ------------- 
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 1:33pm
Keep in mind the brightness of the light on it is about equivilant to direct sunlight. In person it's like a slate colour...
It's a good reg, but it's old and unused befor I bought it, so it's not as good as it should be. I tried to get some parts for it but the guy never sent them... I'm going to probably get a palmers stab after I start working full time in the summer. Remember everyone, vote in GOTM :) :P And someone open up a TOTM! ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: AlienA-5
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 1:34pm
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paint your grip ------------- stop whining an play |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 1:45pm
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and raven: there is a totm. its all evolved into one complex feat of engineering now though... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 2:09pm
hmm i never saw it.... P.S. i think it's dumb to paint the grip/reg etc. because you'll be holding it anyways, and if you were to paint it, the paint would just rub off over time because you're always holding it. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 2:46pm
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^^^youre right. the mods got it. i guess they figured a scenario and a speedball gotm were enough. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 3:05pm
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Nice work. It looks really good. ------------- 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: pbdude985
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 4:55pm
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very very nice work i like ------------- 
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Posted By: Hybrid
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 4:58pm
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man thats beautiful...
i had a disaster a little while ago with my gun. I attempted to make a tigerstripe-type pattern on my a5 with olive drab and flat black with tan. The primer and olive basecoat was perfect, until i got impatient and taped it and sprayed the black too quickly....all peeled off when i pulled the tape back
excellent job, keep it clean! ------------- Tippman A-5,Polished Receiver,Scepter,PMI Expansion Chamber Bullet Drop, E-Grip with WAS at 17bps, JCS trig,Vortex Mod and QEV,SpecOps SAW,Red/Green Dot Sight,380 Round Hopper,Polished internals |
ill try it again soon once i get the heart.Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 7:50pm
Yeah, you really gotta take your time. I'm doing the ricochet right now. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: TEHGANGSTER
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 7:54pm
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looks great, i think you shoulda done the reg, or do u use it as a grip? and maybe your hopper and grips
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Posted By: Silver-Spirit
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 8:12pm
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Holy shizer does that look nice. Now i get to envy your a-5 on a whole new level. ------------- ..::none can face the wrath of a woman::.. |
Posted By: Desert Wookie
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 8:13pm
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Spiffy RG. You should take some field shots to show off how effective it is. ------------- http://tacticalcamo.com - Custom Duracoat Camouflage and Stencils |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 9:18pm
Yeah, i hold onto my reg when i play. I just finished the R-5 so i'm gonna take new pics. I'm not gonna bother showing off my tac-cap and stock hopper once i finish them, because the tac cap is nothing special and everyone will think my stock one looks like crap the way i ripped it to shreads... It is now a nice 100 round sight hopper for my covert operations :P As for action shots, I'll probably bring a camera when i go to play next week. I just really hope the paint stands up to hits from paintballs, i'm scared it'll scrape off bit by bit. I clear coated it a lot though, 7 coats of varnish, so it SHOULD be strong. Wish me luck :P ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: mamasboi
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 2:04am
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this is probly the best all around digi camo
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Posted By: Squishey
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 3:31am
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i hate to be the party pooper but i don't like it.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 3:55am
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your prince is pleased. make me another ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 9:12am
LOL! And mamasboi, you just may be right. I couldn't find a good grey to use, as i wanted the main colour to be a grey, so i went with the tan. It turned out to match treetrunks and ground better, so i'm happy. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: mjicmike
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 9:59am
not bad, looks good.  ------------- A5 Rfs Dwg triggr Ricochet R5 8"Lapco Bigsht/14"CP Classic Palmers Stab. Lapco uni-mount DOP bullet drop fwd PMI 88/4500 Woods Flatline/14"Lapco Bigsht CMI Thunder pig reg. Remote adj. stk |
Posted By: knukclez
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 6:36pm
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thw workmanship is unquestionable. But I would like to see the enviroment you play in. Because where I play, it's nothing but green...Very, very, green. Are you in a more woodland style? If so it will work perfect. If not then  ------------- Tippmann Custom Pro-E Polished Internals Custom Mill/Paint Job 16" Rifeled SP Barrel A-6 Stock QEV Cyclone Feed System Chroned at 18 Balls a Second |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 9:20pm
Yeah it's mostly dead leaves, tree trunks... and i play indoors a lot and all the bunkers are pretty much wood. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: Rbmllr412
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 11:07pm
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it looks like your gun is made out of legos hahahahahha ------------- SP Nerve, Max-flo 68/45, Halo B w/ V35 victory board, and RIP drive--All black |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 09 July 2006 at 9:59am
LOL yeah one of my friends pointed that out. and it's "LEGO" not "legos" :P respec. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: UglyBoy
Date Posted: 09 July 2006 at 2:10pm
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very very nice Peter lets see what your new avatar will look like . ------------- Tippmann A-5 Flatline / 14" Progressive E Grip Double Trigger 48 3000 Psi Clippard QEV |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 09 July 2006 at 8:56pm
peter? what are you talking about? Anyways, I played today. My reg went all retarded so I took it off, I'll be ordering a Palmers Stabalizer sometime soon to replace it. I couldn't crono by BPS because the crono at the paintball place would constantly read 12bps nomatter how much faster you're shooting, so I have no idea if I can truly get 20bps. The ape board is great, though most of the modes never come in handy. I love 3 round burst, much more than I anticipated. I infact shot less paint using 3 round burst than I did when I had the gun completely on mechanical semi auto. I set the rampage board back to the standard 15bps, because I have already noticed it's useless to fire any faster. Walking the trigger (especially while in turbo mode) becomes pretty much useless, because the recoil pushes the gun up the more you fire. I don't like stocks much, so I'll likely just live with it until I decide a LPK is in order (after new stab, mask, and barrel). ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: WILD4WAR
Date Posted: 13 July 2006 at 8:08am
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Nice paint job. ------------- GO MILSIM OR GO HOME! 
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 13 July 2006 at 11:30pm
Thanks! P.S. I ordered a palmers stab and an 8" bigshot, i figure i'll be able to modify the apex end to fit the bigshot, and i'll see about drilling some new holes in the apex to make it more of a quick attach type thing so I can remove it easily without screws. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 13 July 2006 at 11:38pm
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^^^hose clamp. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Ghost-Rider
Date Posted: 13 July 2006 at 11:45pm
Looks really nice man a little shiny but by the time they see your gun youll have gogged em  Good Work ! ------------- 
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 14 July 2006 at 10:44pm
That's what i was thinking, pins and a hose clamp. And it's only shiny because in that pic I just finished the last clearcoat, so it's not very reflective now. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: thornygravy
Date Posted: 15 July 2006 at 12:06am
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i personally dont like digi-camo, but u did a nice job, good colors ------------- -Tippy 98c -Polished Interns. -RD Double Trig. -5'' Drop -j+j ceram 14'' -12v revy x-board -SmartParts Grips -Pen Spring Mod -Milled Rear Sight -Filled Front Grip -Blue Paint job |
Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 15 July 2006 at 10:30am
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THAT is awesome! good job. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 15 July 2006 at 11:16am
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thanks again guys. vote for me on woodsball gotm! :P I will give you candy. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 15 July 2006 at 4:12pm
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OMG CANDY! i would really like to get my 98c done in digital urban camo. again excellent job! ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 16 July 2006 at 11:20am
I can talk you through the method I used if you would like. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: Markle
Date Posted: 16 July 2006 at 12:32pm
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wow nice job
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Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 16 July 2006 at 12:52pm
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ok! that would be great! ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 16 July 2006 at 9:37pm
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Alright, heres the stuff you need: 1.) A boring life with lots of time. 2.) Elmers Spray Adhesive. 3.) Assorted colours of spraypaint, I used 3 colours. 4.) Graph paper. 5.) Primer. 6.) Steel wool/sandpaper/paint stripper/paint thinner/whatever floats your boat. 7.) Small knife. 8.) Scissors. 9.) Varnish. Ok, so start by deciding your colours. Best way is to take things from the environment you play in most, or the several environments you play in, and match some spraypaints to them as well as you can. The majority of camo patters are 3 or 4 colours, it really won't make a big difference if you choose either, just don't go under 3 colours, or over 4 (unless they are small touchups, which really don't apply in digicamo). Once you have selected colours, decide the order in which you want them to appeare. Number them in reverse, so the colour you most want to be visible is number 3, and work your way down to number 1, which is the colour you least want to be visible (in my case, brown.) Strip all the paint off the recievers. To do this I used plenty of stripper and a small knife, because I found the finish amazingly tough. Once you strip the paint, you'll want to take a medium grain sandpaper and rub all the metal, make sure there are small visible scratches everywhere you want the paint to stick. *ENSURE ALL HOLES AND PLACES YOU DO NOT WANT PAINT TO ENTER ARE COVERED PROPERLY* Now, spray the recievers with primer (very VERY light coats). Give each coat a little time to dry, and spray pretty much as many coats as you want. I did 6 thin coats. Give it plenty of time to dry after priming unless the can says otherwise. After the recievers are primed and dry, spray colour #1. Remember, #1 is the colour you LEAST want to be able to see. Give it time to dry. Now, go sit infront of a tv. Bring your graph paper and your scissors, you may want a pencil too. Draw out random patterns of squares and cut them out. Once they are all cut out, apply the Elmers Spray Adhesive to one side of them, and stick them on the recievers wherever you want the colour #1 to show through. Now the recievers are ready for the coating of colour #2, repeat the previous step for each subsequent coating, until the final coat is complete. Give some time for the final coating to dry, then gently remove the pieces of graph paper by hand (unless you may have a gentler method). Once you are done removing the graph paper, you may proceed to varnish the recievers, unless the paint needs more time to dry. Spray the primer in several medium coats, not dripping but not thin. Do as many as you like, I did 7 to ensure it's a tough finish. Different varnishes may be thicker and not need to be applied as much. Now, you're essentially done. If you have any other metal pieces you wish to paint, follow the exact same steps. If you have plastic parts (like my cyclone/hopper/apex end) then do everythign the same, minus stripping the paint. (I.E. scratch 'em up with sandpaper, prime them in layers etc.) You may want to give the varnish a few days to fully settle befor you take it on the battlefield. It should take paintball hits without scratching, though it will wear as any paintjob does, so be gentle if you really want to keep it looking new. I think that's about it. Enjoy! ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: KoolKidsKlan
Date Posted: 16 July 2006 at 10:48pm
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Looks great. I like the colour pattern it's very different. ------------- 
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 16 July 2006 at 11:15pm
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looks great. great job RG ------------- X |
Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 17 July 2006 at 11:35am
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Thanks for the instructions! ill be sure to write those down! although im not going to attempt this right away. ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 18 July 2006 at 10:40am
Thanks everyone.
Just make sure you take your time when you get to it. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |