I need a good camo artist

jg09

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Seeing the thread about camo vehicles here was the final straw. I'm painting my car camo. I need someone who can lay down some flat camo kind of like this on my outback:

camoimpreza.jpg

(yes, that is one of the photos over in that thread)

camominitruck.jpg


I wouldn't need it sprayed on real thick since I'd have it clear-coated afterwards. Anyone think they could do this for me for cheap? I'm not 100% sure on this, I'm just throwing out the idea to see if someone will even help me.
 
If your base colour was white, you could leave it outside long enough, somebody might tag it, and then if they just kept on tagging it enough, you might get a half decent urban camo paint job. This works on white panel trucks, and also trains, walls, buildings.

Just kidding
 
I'm sure you could find someone to do it, it's the 'cheap' part you might have trouble with.:iconwink: I'd go DIY, I did a part of a camo job on a truck many years ago and it wasn't too hard, I just never finished it.:rolleyes:
 
camo really isn't hard to paint, just go to wherever you get your spraypaint, usually they have special camo paint, tape off your car and go to town (you might want to do a little sanding on your clear coat so you can get good adhesion, just paint until you're happy with it, then you can clear coat it if you want, but don't do gloss clear coat.
 
Lousypirate said:
camo really isn't hard to paint, just go to wherever you get your spraypaint, usually they have special camo paint, tape off your car and go to town (you might want to do a little sanding on your clear coat so you can get good adhesion, just paint until you're happy with it, then you can clear coat it if you want, but don't do gloss clear coat.
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I'm thinking I'll practice on something else and then i MIGHT try and venture into doing it myself. And as for gloss, flat clear definitely, nothing glossier.
 
NOTE: I will do all the masking work, anyone who can help will just need to take down a little clear coat (I'll help) and spray down the pattern. I'll clear coat it.
 
Hey! That's my old OBS! :lol:

Camo is pretty much a mindless thing to do. I sprayed a base coat of flat black then just started to spray on the other colours in patterns that I deemed acceptable :)

I might do it again on my new Outback, if I do I will likely do the basecoat then spray over tree branches and leaves method. Another one I want to try is the old WW1/WW2 battleship "zebra" paint scheme, those always looked cool :)
 
Hondaslayer said:
Hey! That's my old OBS! :lol:

Camo is pretty much a mindless thing to do. I sprayed a base coat of flat black then just started to spray on the other colours in patterns that I deemed acceptable :)

I might do it again on my new Outback, if I do I will likely do the basecoat then spray over tree branches and leaves method. Another one I want to try is the old WW1/WW2 battleship "zebra" paint scheme, those always looked cool :)
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And it was your ride that inspired me! I figured I could do camo if I really tried, and I suppose that if I mess it up, I can just spray over it, but I second guess myself still. I like the pattern on your old OBS, that's what I really want.

Oh, and no matter what you do, if you're doing anything with a plane or battleship's paint scheme, ya gotta have the big shark mouth on it!
 
While granted, it will look nothing like this, here's an idea of what my Outback would look like with a crappy camo job
camooutback.jpg
 
That doesn't look too bad actually, but I think it would look better in matt instead of the gloss.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
I personally plan on going flat green military style. Easier and I think it looks a lot cleaner.

The entire car will be a flat deep green and the bumpers and rims will be a flat black.

Like this:
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If you go to an army surplus store, some of them carry olive drab green in larger quantities. Otherwise rattle can 'er to hell :D

I'd help you if i wasn't too far away, which i am...

Luke said:
I personally plan on going flat green military style. Easier and I think it looks a lot cleaner.

The entire car will be a flat deep green and the bumpers and rims will be a flat black.

Like this:
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I thought about the camo for mine too. there's also the topographic paint like this tacoma, if I wasn't on the same forum as the owner and original owner, I'd go with the topo!

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That's so bad donkey!!!

I don't think I'm going to camo-out my Outback at this point. I might be getting a huge-donkey K5 blazer and I'll do it on that. They look good with camo. There are a couple ex-military blazers in my little town that drive around (and go 'wheeling together) that look cool.
 
I'm working up the motivation to do it to my '06 2.5i Limited. I'm a single Dad, but my girlfriend might kill me...and I'm trying to do it on the cheap. But am a little short on the hands-on aspect so I'm moving slow. Local place does $800 a paintjob but I hate to do even that. I'm going to see about finding some interest locally, bribe with beer and steaks, haha. It can't be difficult to do a good job!
 
I too don't mind the outback on page 1 - just make sure you do something about the silver mags, maybe camo them too?!

Cheers

Bennie
 
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