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A few tips that will help , first decide if you want a generic camo or if you want to tailor it for a detacated type of hunting , like marsh waterfowl hunting or woodland tree rats . Most start with lighter colors and work out with darker , I do it the other way around to get better fadeing at the edges .
First start with a solid base color to match the area you will use the gun in , avoid Red & Blue as both show up as game colors and people do shoot at color without seeing the whole target .
You can do as Andy said and use leaf's and sticks for a pattern , or as 45 did with the webbing style , i have copied leaf parrerns from the Internet and cut them out to make a stencel before too .
If you deside to start over , just hit the whole thing with some 240 grit sand paper lightly to allow the new paint to stick and go from there . take a look in the CF forum FAQs under painting a Handi , there are some step by step pics of a Marlin that i did a few years ago .
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