When painting camo do you start with a light base color? or a dark base color?
Any input will be appreciated!!
Thanks

Well I'm certainly a hack painter, but I just made a camo "bucket seat" from a five gallon bucket and I painted the base coat flat green and then laid my leaf stencil down and painted over it with tan so that the leaves were green, but the predominant color was tan, which fits best in fall/winter here.

I start with the lightest color. In this varmint rifle, base color is tan, darker is olive. Only two colors used on this one. It works well in sage covered high desert environment. Krylon military flat paint. Used a bit of cheesecloth to make the olive pattern more interesting, probably nothing worthwhile, but fun. Don't forget to tape off the stuff you don't want painted, like numbers on the scope. Regards, Guy

I start with a light color base coat. You might test paint a piece of cardboard in the rough shape of your gun. One side with a light base and the other with a dark base. This will give you a bit of practice for your patterns with the other colors.

There is a pretty good article on gun camo painting...www.snipercountry.com/Articles/PaintingPrimer.htm