Here's another one. I didn't paint this one but rather, the guy who taught me most of what I do know about painting, did. He had over 40 hours of time in this paint job. Thankfully, he's a good friend who is very talented and patient. I would never have been able to pay his rate for that long on a stock. He did it for basically the cost of materials...and beer.
. Last I knew, Chad at 10X bullets had it. I should've kept it but I just couldn't justify a hunter class stock for my purposes. Again, pics can't do it justice at all.
Your imagination and wallet are just about the only limits on what you can have done. I stick to solid colors and basic graphic as I'm just not talented enough to do the really complex art work, but he has done a few more for me that I needed him for. He can do pretty much anything you can dream of. He painted a Calfee rf stock for me that Wally Smallwood shoots. I don't have any good pics of it, but it was black with some multi colored graphics, the name of the gun, as Calfee is fond of naming his builds, and Chromillusion mixed into the clear. The chromeillusion is very expensive and is basically several different colors of pearls that make it sparkle and change colors from different angles. It turned out very nice, too. I'm sure some of you have seen it at some rf matches. I think Wally had to do some gouging on it for some reason and at some point, really messing it up, but I thought it was a beauty before that. Another thing that's nice IMO, is to simply clear over some stocks, like the McMillan swirly patterns. It really makes them pop and is pretty easy to do..much easier and nicer than sanding and buffing the existing gel coat that they use. The only down side is that they all have minor flaws and pinholes in them. It's tough to make the absolutely perfect because you just cant put any fillers and primers on to fill all of the little imperfections unless you paint it. McMillans are the worst I've seen about the pinholes and imperfections. They're typically a good stock, of course..just not real slick. You can fill a lot of them as you go, but sometimes you'll be filling literally hundreds of pinholes on them. That's not much fun, taking a tiny brush or toothpick and dabbing a small drop on every single one of them before the last coat or so. The last step is to wet sand and buff. I use 3000 grit for the final wet sanding prior to buffing. Of course when you're done, it's nice, though.
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