New Camo Pattern

[Eric H.]

The Black Eagle cam patterns are nice, However the don't fit in with sage mesquite Paloverde and sand stone.
Arid regions cover alot of our states, from Arizona all the way up to the badlands in Montana. There are many species of birds that are hunted in these regions. Perhaps we dont see a pattern that would blend in to these hunting regions for the simple fact that most hunting shows aired are based east of the Mississippi river. Out here in Arizona there is a nasty little cactus known as Choya this stuff can cripple a dog in seconds. So stocking birds is a must, hard to do with off camo weapons. Think it's time for two new patterns one with dried grass and sage the other rock sage and a few grey brown branches (small diameter).
What's the thoughts of other desert hunters out there? Getting tired of doing my own camo.

[BenelliBoy]

I think i found what you are looking for however i dont think you can find it on a gun yet...

Advantage Max 1 (http://www.realtree.com/patterns/guide-max1.tpl)

Hope this helps...

[tucker301]

How much longer is the full moon going to last?

The camo industry has managed to convince a lot of people that a camo pattern must look like indigenous rocks and flora in order to be effective.
Simply not true.

Any camo pattern which breaks up profiles and outlines is effective.

[IdahoDucker]

By the time a bird or whatever gets close enough to tell that your camo (or the lack thereof) doesn't match the immediate surroundings it's too late.

[BenelliBoy]

Happy now.... no moon. :D

[sdkidaho]

What ever did our forefathers do without camoflage guns and bows?

<laugh> **** I'm funny.

[sdkidaho]

Ok, ok, Eric has a fair point. I think the problem is that there is no way they will be able to please everyone, Eric, and so places like this: http://www.camoent.com/ will take up the slack and make it so we can have our guns done up however we like.

I've seen this place posted about on a turkey hunting forum that I read, and doing a search on Google it came up as the first hit on the page, so their site gets a bit of traffic due to that I would think. You might try something like that out.

Best of luck and welcome aboard.

[Butch-M]

Fingerpainten on $1,500.00 guns? ... grandpa's rolling over in his grave. His 1908 Browning Hump Back is still killen bunnies & birds without no fingerpainten!!!

[tucker301]

Look at the US military.
They use two basic camo patterns, and they're not Max4HD, Realtree, Mossy Oak, etc.. Yet, they are effective.
Their desert camo would probably be very close to what Eric is looking for, and you can find it in surplus stores or online on the cheap.

[mudhen]

Benelli should offer whatever pattern a customer asks for.

Geesh! Peformance Worth the Price? I think not.

I want Long Grain Rice Camo, and Short Grain Rice Camo, and then I'd like a Wild Rice Camo.

For $1500 I should get whatever I want :mad:

mudhen - CA

[sdkidaho]

This ain't Burger King!

But yeah, whatever, I'm with you! I want mine to be in paisley!

[sdkidaho]

Paisley? You ask why I want paisley? Well, I'm thinking if it were in paisley then my wife would let me take it to church with me, and that way if I can't be out huntin I could at least be holding it.

[tucker301]

Alright, alright!
That's enough!

http://www.gemsdesigns.com/images/paisley-eagle.jpg

[sdkidaho]

LOL

Ok, I never show my wife anything to do with hunting, but I had to show her this thread. Oddly enough, she didn't find the humor in the paisley SBE II. <just shakes head>

Women.
:D

[ 12-19-2005, 09:55 PM: Message edited by: sdkidaho ]

[tucker301]

Mudhen,
I guess I owe you one too ;)

http://www.gemsdesigns.com/images/cali-eagle.jpg

That one looks pretty good!

[tucker301]

I keep forgetting that not everyone has 20.1" widescreen monitors.
Images reduced to 800 wide.

[sdkidaho]

Bah! Looks great on my Dell 2005FPW :D

[tucker301]

That's about half of that Xtrema2 ;)

[sdkidaho]

True, but work bought this for me. :D

[BenelliBoy]

Hey Tucker how do u edit those gun photos and customize the gun with different colors and camos? I have always wanted to do that. Please Help.
Thanks,
BenelliBoy

[tucker301]

Originally posted by sdkidaho:
True, but work bought this for me. :D Sounds like you and I have a lot in common.
Two jobs here.
Day job pays the bills and keeps the kids in school.
Job #2, computer & networking services, is all about the mad money :D

[tucker301]

Originally posted by BenelliBoy:
Hey Tucker how do u edit those gun photos and customize the gun with different colors and camos? I have always wanted to do that. Please Help.
Thanks,
BenelliBoy Adobe Photoshop:
Open Benelli stock image from website.
Open source image for pattern (paisley, rice field, etc.)
Select gun outline using magnetic lasso on stock image and copy/paste to new image w/ trans. background.
Using the healing brush, clone a large selection of pattern image to new image of gun. Basically, this gives you the gun-shaped pattern layer.
Copy/paste this layer back to the stock image, adjust transparency to blend with original gun features, and then tweak hue/color settings until desired effect is achieved.
Add text caption with drop shadow.
Flatten layers and save as jpg.
Done.

Glad to help.

[ 12-20-2005, 07:43 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

[BenelliBoy]

Thanks Tucker. I greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks Again,
BenelliBoy

[sdkidaho]

Check out the Stoeger camo pattern, maybe this is close to what he was looking for?:

http://www.vursan.com.tr/camo.jpg