Painting My Vest

[vess]

Partly out of boredom and because I wanted all my pouches to match color, I decided to paint my vest.

I used two spray cans of flat tan to cover it and about 1/2 a can of flat green to finish it.

The finished look is close to a ranger green in primary color. There are a few images below which show this and others which show it as more tan.
Link to album

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It took me a bit to learn where to hold the can with the matting, that I was using for the pattern, but once I got the height and how fast to spray it, it seemed to turn out well.
Other than a few smears of the green, I'm pretty happy with it.

[snafu]

Not sure if I like the backpack but the vest and pouches look cool. It has that "through hell and back" look that I like. Hopefuly your bdu's don't look fresh off the shelf..

[Mosin]

Looks good, unfortunately with spraypaint + nylon what usually ends up happening is it'll get crusty and then it'll flake off. Hopefully it sticks but overall it doesn't look to shabby man.

[vess]

Thanks.

It looks really great in person and I'm also just happy to not have a mismatch of colors anymore. I'm not too worried with flaking because it won't really disrupt the look.

I might return with some more pictures of a full get up.

As far as the backpack, I purchased one of these backpacks for school, and while it won't quite hold 3 college math/science books, It will hold more than what I need for any day while being super comfortable (a lot of cushion) and easy to tuck away, due to its slim nature. I liked it so much I got another one just for airsoft mostly out of my need to cut down on how many bags and cases I need to carry from car to set up area.

[O'Dwah]

Looks really good man, wasn't sure at first when I started reading, but the end result looks really good.

[vess]

Picture taken with phone so quality isn't great (bad lighting color)
It's also not me under that. Its an old stuffed monkey thing my older brother used to have.
-Image removed due to size limits- Mosin

fixed- "was extremely blown up." was 169 pixels too tall

[Gunslinger]

Creepy....

[Mosin]

vess, please ensure your pictures are within size regulation on this board, that was extremely blown up.