Looks good. As soon as it warms up enough to get outside and paint I am going to paint my stuff.
I can't decide if I want to use the sponge or a method I came up with to paint USMC digit camo. For the digit camo that I have used to paint some rifle stocks is easy. I got from Walmart in the craft/sewing section a plastic mat that is used for hooking rugs or something. It is a plastic mat made up of little squares the same size as the USMC digit. For the rifles I used flat sand color as a base coat and when dry then held the mat against and give with a swipe motion a shot or flat green. I skip a little space between the green slashes and when dry come back and blend in the open spots with flat black paint.
Since the sticks are already gray I probably will use the sponge method and use some flat black, sand, brown and green paint I have and do a tree bark with moss look to try and match the trees in my area.
I had never seen a HSP platform until today. I made basically the same thing using a mailbox platform I got from Lowes for $10.99. I used the two bolts that held the top step to the stick and added two bolts through the far end eye on the steps to attach. Then braced it with some metal conduit by attaching to the bottom of the platform and down to the versa button bolt. I did not have to alter the stick in any way with new holes. I also added a homemade versa button made from an aluminum spacer and finder washer down where the bottom standoff is attached. I did have to freshen out the hole in the stick with a 1/4" drill because the original bolt is metric and all I had was 1/4" standard. It did not remove more than the finish to enlarge enough. I did this for fear of kick out. I am using the original strap and buckle at the top and a ratchet strap at the bottom. SOLID like it grew to the tree.
Someone gave me heck about the conduit pieces I used to brace the platform but from looking at the HSP attachment method I think my method is more solid.
