Doing my own paint job..

TheFlatulator

I have taken on the task that I am going to do a cutom paint job on my JG G36C... I am going to do an old style tiger camo paint style on it and then spray on a clear lacquer over it to seal it and stop it from chipping when I am skirmishing with it...

I have a few stills included to show the initial stensils that I pencilled last night... Fingers crosssed it will go well...

defenderdude

cool looking so far - just wonder, have you made up stencils or are you going to cut em out?

or are you going to airbrush em?

TheFlatulator

nothing made as yet, i am in cork the moment so i am going to get some syntec paints in a craft shop tomorrow that won't weaken the plastic and then I am to see if I can hand paint it. I know hand painting is risky but I am willing to take that risk as I will be able to blend in some of the colours so that it looks better as a camo...

What I might do if I need to is cut out stensils with the 'lacks' craft night and then get some sprays and do it that way, but it will all depend on getting paints that won't effect the body of it...

defenderdude

be careful wit the selection of paint - synthetics can be just as harmful to certain plastics - or if they've no effect they simply may not adhere. Unless the paint is specifically designed for a specific plastic - you are really just taking a chance. There's a fine line between attacking & dissolving and getting a proper key to simply sitting on the surface until scraped at which point it just walks off... Overcoating with a clear lacquer (while helping) wont make it stick any better - the bond is only going to be as good as it's weakest link.

I'd suggest painting a small test spot somewhere inconspicious, leaving it at least 48 hours (better still - wait a week) and then have a go with your nail to see how it performs. If it's crap; go to plan b (krylon or similar), if it's ok - go for it!

Very nice stencil design btw.:)

TheFlatulator

cheers for the advise much appreciated....

I will see if I can a place and see what they have...

i'll keep ye updated

MAD Ozzie

Have bilt and painted many small scale moddels, mostley warhammer 40000,and larger scale ww2 tanks. as i have played war games with these i found that the larger tanks are moved around and transported to an from paint has chipped. what worked for me was using the finest wet&dry sand paper, just damp, and verry lighty rub the surface, then when dry using waterbased paints from the games workshop (most good hobby & toy shops have) ask warhammer paints. work perfict on plastic and metal. thay also supply matt clear cote, only prob have to use brushes, unless you have an airbrush.
ps a **** brush will do a **** job. wont cost the world eather, did my helmet. an bbs wont chip it. (well depends how close im shot in the head) .. looks good sofar.

defenderdude

Very good point there Ozzie. The rub with a bit of fine paper will make a huge difference (good mechanical bond as opposed to chemical one)

I've used Vallejo waterbased vinly acrylics on models (high impact polystyrene I think. quite similar to the ABS on your AEG) with fantastic results - great adhesion too. http://www.princeaugust.ie/ sell them online or you could get them in most good model shops too.

With WB acrylics - build up the coats as opposed to trying to achieve the finish in 1 or 2 coats. Far better results. Maybe think about getting an airbrush - you can get cheap ones which run off a cannister of aerosol - should last for the job (then chuck it). Might give you more control and a better finish.

remember; practice makes...

As an afterthought - careful with the pencil marks - graphite will give adhesion failures. Also- very importantly; you need to degrease the AEG before you paint it, especially around the grips and anywhere you hold it. I use IPA (Iso Propyl Alcohol) because of it's sensitivity to most plastics, relative safety and anti-static properties (and I get it in work, which helps too:))
If you use detergent - be sure and rinse it very thoroughly... nothing like an alkaline/soap residue to give adhesion problems. Wear plastic/rubber gloves - keep fingerprint grease off it too.

MAD Ozzie

Thats the job. couldent have said it better myself. And princeaugust is just down the road from me. Thers a lot more to a paint job than just slap it on and hope for the best. IT can take some times days to get a desired result. nothing worse than people saying,
WHAT THE HELL HAVE U DONE TO IT. if somethings nice, every one likes it, be it airsoft gun or tank or whatever. So dont rush it, not even for game sake. would love to see how it works out, so post more pics when you finish. ps. some good lookin shealas work in princeaugust to...

TheFlatulator

cheers for all the tips lads really appreciated, i am in cork this weekend so there a place here that sells them.
what I will be doing is painting a little then clearing the pencil and then degreasing and etc.. I am going to try and make my spare bedroom a clean room for all of this...

I will certainly keep the pics coming to show ye updates

MAD Ozzie

Other relms. in cork its up stairs in a mall, i think its on st palls street. or if on patric st, look for the momans shop modern, down ally behind that youl see the mall. good luck.

MAD Ozzie

If yuor on patric st look for the womans shop modern, down ally behind , see a mall, in there up stairs at back of chemist. shop called other relms. st pauls street i thing. (look for grone men playing huegeo).

TheFlatulator

Anyways, here is an update to my paint job...

I got some acrylics that wouldn't effect plastics, the first coat is on at the moment, I am waiting for it to dry fully and then do some maintanence on it... When that is done I am gonna do a varnish over the paint to protect and strenghten it.

The first pic has a very bright light on it that has made the colour look a lot brighter than it really it...

The Master

looks like its coming out well , cant wait to see the finished product

TheFlatulator

cheers, i have to sand it a little to take the edges of and then touch it up and that way, i can then keep it a matt colour so it doesn't draw attention to itself

zero19

Looks wild! I'll be painting my SL8 when i get the donor JG G36C for it

Masada

looks nice so far man, id replace the lighter of the browns though, it doesnt seem to fit with the rest of it.,

ED E

Oh noo:eek: Now we'll have 2 liamos,cept this one is full auto:p

LB

zero19

Actually can anyone tell me where i can get Krylon?

Witcher

zero19 wrote: »

Actually can anyone tell me where i can get Krylon?

mia are getting some in soon



:cool::cool::cool:

ED E

Thought somebody said it was out of production

MAD Ozzie

Coming along great, puts my helmet to shame. (sorry for the dubel text dont no how i did that) Anyway great job. 2 coats of mat varnish and wala.
now all you have to hide in camo is fingers and face.

Spitfire666

it was re branded or taken over or something.
either way, krylon is just the brand, not the paint.

TheFlatulator

cheers for all the comments, I was thinking about darking the brown a little, the lighter green is darker than the pic makes it, but I will do a few more coats and see how it goes...

Mark_Sc

zero19 wrote: »

Looks wild! I'll be painting my SL8 when i get the donor JG G36C for it

Care to elabourate?

I'm doing a sniper project on my JG G36c at the moment too

TheFlatulator

throw up a couple of pics when your done Mark_Sc

Masada

Mark_Sc wrote: »

Care to elabourate?

I'm doing a sniper project on my JG G36c at the moment too

i think i remember he has a BE cheapo SL8 and wants to fit all the decent workings of a G36 into the crappy SL8., exactly what i was gonna do and should work nicely. then just decided to get a proper SL8 instead.,

zero19

vtec wrote: »

i think i remember he has a BE cheapo SL8 and wants to fit all the decent workings of a G36 into the crappy SL8., exactly what i was gonna do and should work nicely. then just decided to get a proper SL8 instead.,

Spot on vtec;) I wanna pimp it out big time

Mark_Sc

I was thinking of doing that too actually, but i decided a MagPul PRS would look better than the SL8 stock... but i do plan on getting a Star SL9 at some stage

Actually does anyone have a G36 bipod they're willing to sell?

zero19

The SL8 body is quite good but very long, the thumbhole adds good stability when firing it and i love how it looks, twas my first AEG but has crap internals hence this project

Mark_Sc

Sure a G36 is the same length as an SL8, no?

zero19

Mark_Sc wrote: »

Sure a G36 is the same length as an SL8, no?

SL8 is 980mm G36C is
720mm afaik

TheFlatulator

here is the 2nd coat anyways so far i darkened the lighter green and then made a deeper brown to meore woodland, should be nice when it dries out fully....

The pics are a bit blurry as may camera is a bit crappy....

Masada

Mark_Sc wrote: »

I was thinking of doing that too actually, but i decided a MagPul PRS would look better than the SL8 stock... but i do plan on getting a Star SL9 at some stage

Actually does anyone have a G36 bipod they're willing to sell?

is that you that has the G36 with PRS in the photo thread? i saw that a while back and wanted that stock straight away for my M4. i got it in the end but customs are holding it at the moment, just waiting for them to get back to me.,
oh and the SL8 is a fair bit longer than a G36.,:)

Mark_Sc

zero19 wrote: »

SL8 is 980mm G36C is
720mm afaik

Ment a full length G36(hence the lack of "c")

Mark_Sc

vtec wrote: »

is that you that has the G36 with PRS in the photo thread? i saw that a while back and wanted that stock straight away for my M4. i got it in the end but customs are holding it at the moment, just waiting for them to get back to me.,
oh and the SL8 is a fair bit longer than a G36.,:)

Nah that's tonyj_mc I think, but i am getting a prs to fit to a full length G36. Only ordered it a few days after you ordered yours... tracking still says "left on the 25th of january" or whatever. Thought i'd have it by now

Masada

Mark_Sc wrote: »

Nah that's tonyj_mc I think, but i am getting a prs to fit to a full length G36. Only ordered it a few days after you ordered yours... tracking still says "left on the 25th of january" or whatever. Thought i'd have it by now

customs might have it too., they sent me a letter telling me they have mine though.,

Mark_Sc

Really? what did it say? And when did your's leave Hong Kong?

Masada

it left on the 18th Jan and arrived in dublin a few days later, customs sent me a letter after that and i emailed them back and they still havent replied.,

MAD Ozzie

Getin beter with each coat. Verry nice.

Mark_Sc

TheFlatulator wrote: »

throw up a couple of pics when your done Mark_Sc

Will do

Mark_Sc

vtec wrote: »

it left on the 18th Jan and arrived in dublin a few days later, customs sent me a letter after that and i emailed them back and they still havent replied.,

Arrived yesterday... On the same day as the G36-M4 stock adaptor... Very exited... went upstairs and opened it up to reveal..... A M93!:(( http://www.magpul.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=70_74 )
Can't believe it... I've sent Paul an emal but still waiting for a response, maybe he'll let me keep it:D

niallispuresex

Very nice, good job!

kdouglas

Mark_Sc wrote: »

Arrived yesterday... On the same day as the G36-M4 stock adaptor... Very exited... went upstairs and opened it up to reveal..... A M93!:(( http://www.magpul.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=70_74 )
Can't believe it... I've sent Paul an emal but still waiting for a response, maybe he'll let me keep it:D

he sent me a vest instead of a coat recently and he just told me to keep it and sent the coat on in the post, the cost of the vest was likely less than the cost of having it shipped back to be honest

Masada

lol., im starting to hope he got my order wrong too., well unless he sent me a speed loader or something.,

Mark_Sc

Maybe you'll be lucky