Deus Machina
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Caught some sales.
Bear Creek Arsenal upper. Palmetto State Armory build kit. Aero Precision lower (not on sale).
Swapped the build kit pistol grip for a Magpul K2. Seriously, I love these grips. Built for me.
The initial test fit:
Then decided I wanted something so it wasn't Just Another Black Rifle, but didn't want the local Bubba spray-can camo job or Realtree, and didn't want the effort of multi-color jobs.
Turns out 'Magpul Foliage Green' is right smack between 'palmetto bush' and 'cement', and would work well against wood ground litter or sandy soil. It's the exact gray-green of the lichen on tree bark or dry spanish moss.
Also I wanted an excuse to finally use my airbrush.
So, a bottle of Duracoat and an Amazon adhesive stencil later, I got this:
Yeah, I'm happy with that.
The stencil was 9x14, including a border. Not long enough either direction and the longer had the pattern horizontal. So I cut it in half and cobbled it together the other direction. It still wasn't quite long enough, which led me to that pattern--a vague gray-black-gray fade along the rifle.
I think I did okay.
I'm not going to say that masking and cutting out painter's tape for the hexmag was the best decision I've made for my time, but it worked well.
And, set up the most comfortable way to actually use it:
Going to slap a Romeo 5 on top and call it a day.
Bear Creek Arsenal upper. Palmetto State Armory build kit. Aero Precision lower (not on sale).
Swapped the build kit pistol grip for a Magpul K2. Seriously, I love these grips. Built for me.
The initial test fit:
Then decided I wanted something so it wasn't Just Another Black Rifle, but didn't want the local Bubba spray-can camo job or Realtree, and didn't want the effort of multi-color jobs.
Turns out 'Magpul Foliage Green' is right smack between 'palmetto bush' and 'cement', and would work well against wood ground litter or sandy soil. It's the exact gray-green of the lichen on tree bark or dry spanish moss.
Also I wanted an excuse to finally use my airbrush.
So, a bottle of Duracoat and an Amazon adhesive stencil later, I got this:
Yeah, I'm happy with that.
The stencil was 9x14, including a border. Not long enough either direction and the longer had the pattern horizontal. So I cut it in half and cobbled it together the other direction. It still wasn't quite long enough, which led me to that pattern--a vague gray-black-gray fade along the rifle.
I think I did okay.
I'm not going to say that masking and cutting out painter's tape for the hexmag was the best decision I've made for my time, but it worked well.
And, set up the most comfortable way to actually use it:
Going to slap a Romeo 5 on top and call it a day.