Yep. The paint was applied to raw wood after using a coat of grey primer and sanding with 400 wet dry. The paint was a simple rattle can product. I used that because I was too lazy to use my HVLP sprayer or my airbrush set up. :-) Glad you like it. I think I wrote this before but I did build both versions, ie, unpainted and painted. I offered the painted version to a veterans group for a silent auction. It ended up going to $600. I was happy that there was that much interest and the money went to an excellent cause.