In order to achIeve full camouflage,
the patterned unIform, matchIng
equIpment and camo paInted face
Is just not enough. the elements
whIch spoIl the entIre effect could
be a helmet and a fIrearm. both have
faIrly regular shapes, are unusual
In nature, and addItIonally most
of fIrearms Is made In black whIch
practIcally does not appear In
nature.
RAn advice for it is, of course, painting a firearm
with spray paints. The unquestionable advantages
of this solution is easiness and promptness of the
firearms camouflage (or even of the equipment
elements), a possibility to change a camouflage
quickly (e.g. when changing an area of operations,
relatively easy removing of paint which at the
same time are unusually durable and resistant
to mechanical damages, unlimited possibilities
to create own patterns and a low price.
Painting works greatly in for rifles and gear used by
military because they do not have to be particularly
aesthetic or an aerosol does not have to reflect
faithfully a specific masking patterns. A firearm is
simply to work, and it does.
However, there is a possibility to camouflage
a firearm or gear it in the way which mimics almost
in 100% a specific, chosen camouflage pattern.
It can be done using a technology of water transfer,
that is in other words – hydrographics aka water
transfer printing.
All people who have ever stuck together scale
models of tanks or airplanes, certainly, know what
are water transferred decals – I will bet that after a
first contact with hydrographics, you will have such
By:
Michał
Sitarski
Photo:
Michał
Sitarski,
Bartosz
Szołucha
www.fragoutmag.com
