Im working on a new AR build and I knew I was going to rattle can it but wasn’t sure how to pull off Woodland. I saw decal-making DIY online and decided to make my own.

Take a sheet of wax paper and layer painters tape all over it, both sides. I printed out some woodland camo pages and used an exacto knife to cut out my shapes. Now, since both sides of the wax paper were covered, you’ve got two decals for the effort of one


I started by stripping the old paint off the upper and lower with citristrip



I oiled it and let it soak for a couple days to protect the metal and then getting ready to paint, I wiped the whole thing down with ISO to remove oils so paint would stick

I did a coat of flat black first and let it dry. I applied a few decals...not many, as I didn’t want the darker spots over powering the rest of it.


Alternated olive green, flat brown and khaki, and did a clear coat after all the tape was up.

Should have the barrel and rail soon