Spray Painting a Gun: The DB 15 Stormtrooper Blaster

I did a quick bit of rattlecan work for a buddy today. He bought a Diamondback DB15 rifle and wanted it black and white like a stormtrooper's blaster.

Here's how we did it.

Using only the most modern equipment, we de-greased the gun so that the paint would not  run off. We took off the rail, and took a Magpul 40-round PMAG, stripped out the guts, and hung it by the floor plate.

We kept the upper and lower together, and taped off the muzzle device, barrel, charging handle, grip, buffer tube, trigger, and mag well. All the sights and rail accessories were removed at this time.

We gave everything a nice coat of matte white with the primer included and let it dry for a few hours. Afterwards, we took it inside and my buddy added red accents by hand using model paint. It's hard to see in the pictures, but they add some flair.

We let that dry, then hung everything back up for a coat of matte clear varnish.

That dried in about an hour then we put everything together, added all the rail gubbins and we were in business.

The gun now looks great, feels great, and stands out in a crowd of black rifles.

I hope this gave some ideas to jump start your painting project.

I'll catch you next time, and of course, stay accurate.