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Step 9: Blending and spray painting the suit
Don’t worry if you think the colors stand out a little bit more than you’ve hoped for. This is the time to wash all that away and blend everything together. Whatever combination of colors you have used, it is always a good idea to add another color of spray paint to the mix, one that is closely related to the base color that you put on in the beginning. Here is a nifty chart to figure out which spray paint is the best for each base color.
Light green | Olive Drab |
Dark green | Olive Drab |
Light brown | Brown |
Dark brown | Brown |
Tan (natural) | Light brown or tan |
Grey | (depending on the other colors added) very light green, light brown, or Olive Drab) |
Olive Drab | Green |
Remember that adding the colors of spray paint to the suit is an art. You may notice in the picture above that I sprayed some of the tan part of the suit with the Olive Drab spray pant. This makes it so that the tan color doesn't stand out as much. This is what you are trying to do. And as always, this chart is not the limit so how many, or what color you want to add or blend in to the suit. You may even want to take this opportunity of blending
to add another color all together. This is very limited however. For instance,
if you have a suit with light green, dark green, and olive drab, you may
to consider adding a darkish gray to the mix. Be very sparing with this
tactic however. Also, the spray paint will not make the burlap sticky,
but it will somewhat restrict the individual strands from spreading out
more than it should. Therefore, if you do use spray paint on your suit,
take a big-toothed comb and comb the some of the individual strands. This
will separate the stuck togethered strands.
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