Camo Painted Rifle - I finally did it!

[Emptymag]

I've been wanting to do this for several years now.
It was always a matter of no time, or bad temperature - or not having the courage to actually DO it.
Well, now that I've done it, I want to do it again!

[McSull]

Looks good

[DK23]

I thought your camo would blend in with the rocks you usually use for pics...

[Emptymag]

Gravel pics to verify authenticity!

[Emptymag]

Looks good

Thank you.
I HATED it at first. Then I went at it differently to fix it and I hated it less.
Now that I've accepted it for what it is (and not what I had intended) I LOVE it.

[Emptymag]

I thought your camo would blend in with the rocks you usually use for pics...

[McSull]

Why did you not paint the grip. Just curious as I plan on rattle canning one myself.

[DK23]

There ya go. Much more EM-esque!

[Delkal]

How did you do it? Looks too professional to be done by eye and some cans of spray paint. What kind of paint did you use?

[Emptymag]

Why did you not paint the grip. Just curious as I plan on rattle canning one myself.

I didn't want to affect the gripping surface.

Initially, it had a black rubber Ergo Grip on it and I sort of brushed some paint onto it at the top to try and blend it in.
I took some pics in the back yard against some greenery and the black grip just stuck out like a sore thumb, so I ordered a Magpul MOE+ (with the rubber overmold) in OD green. It blends more with the paint colors and I retain the grip that I like.

That said, a plastic MOE grip may have been OK if painted. Not sure.
The fore grip was painted and I did so lightly to try to retain as much of the texture as possible. Seems OK. I don't "grip" it anyway - it's more of a hand stop/point to pull back on when gripping the forearm.