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Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 - 11:52 AM UTC
Victory (Vince Haworth) has submitted a very neat step-by-step article about how to make paper camouflage masks, with photos to illustrate every stage.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 - 12:04 PM UTC
Very interesting and informative.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 08:18 AM UTC
A very interesting and clever technique, thanks for sharing Vince. "You can't have to many Spitfires"
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Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 - 12:41 PM UTC
I suppose trying this technique will answer the following question, however learning from anothers experience is much more expedient.

I suppose after misting and pressing the mask in place ( a few times if req'd) and allowing for a full drying of the surface to be painted and a partial drying of the paper, it should be good to paint. I'm concerned that if I allow the paper to dry fully, the paper might raise in spots allowing overspray to go under the mask. Ah, I guess I'll just try it. Any comments are appreciated.

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Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 - 11:26 PM UTC

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I suppose trying this technique will answer the following question, however learning from anothers experience is much more expedient.

I suppose after misting and pressing the mask in place ( a few times if req'd) and allowing for a full drying of the surface to be painted and a partial drying of the paper, it should be good to paint. I'm concerned that if I allow the paper to dry fully, the paper might raise in spots allowing overspray to go under the mask. Ah, I guess I'll just try it. Any comments are appreciated.


I usually spray paint soon after misting the paper with water - with the mask still slightly damp. If you spray into the painted area away from the masked edge then you will have no problems.

Take a look at some of the wartime pictures of camouflage - they vary a great deal. Some have a hard edge, others soft or a mixture of both. Don't try to get hung up on a 'perfect finish' as the real thing in wartime was far from perfect .

Example of wartime camo pics here;
http://www.geocities.com/psp1945/303/303_pics2.html
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