Category: Ghillie and Camouflage
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Tuesday Thinkings #4 – Phantomleaf
Not much on the horizon this week as I’m still waist deep in aeg repairs, but there is a look at some new camo you need to have a look at. Phantomleaf has arrived and it’s looking pretty damn good. Lots more pics than usual this week! So, after having a look at concamo previously,…
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The 7 S’s of Camouflage
(featured image – Raw War, Carlisle) Can’t remember how many there are to be honest, so I’ll go with the 7 that i can remember/may have made up. These are the things you need to think about in the field. Having a good ghillie suit or camouflage system is only half of the battle. You need…
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Getting colours right
How do you go about getting colours to match the environment you play in? One of the most common issues with a lot of suits, although brilliantly made to add depth and texture, is simply getting the colours wrong. A ghillie colour matched perfectly even with no decoration will work better than a well constructed…
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Ghillie Guide – Materials to Use
2026 update Ghillie materials have evolved enormously since the first guide as needs, experience and technology has changed not only on the Airsoft field, but in hunting, wildlife photography, and, of course, the modern battlefield itself. It isn’t a case of simply attaching as many things to your suit as possible though. Every element needs…
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Ghillie Guide – Choosing a base
How to actually build a ghillie and what to make it out of… I’ve touched on a few articles about camouflage now, because it’s a very important part of being a sniper – being able to disappear from sight. There are a lot of different approaches to making a ghillie, or suit, or concealment system…
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The Ghillie Guide
The complete ghillie building guide. I’ve been working on a few little camouflage articles lately, but decided that instead of having lots of seperate articles to flick through, I’d just put them all in one place, and have one resource to help you build a suit from scratch, or help develop your current one. Rather…
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Principles of Camouflage
On days off I spend hours on end looking through pictures of ghillie suits, leaf suits, camouflaged rifles and webbing setups. There are now thousands of airsoft snipers posting pics on social media. A lot of them now are taken indoors and in poor light so it is sometimes hard to judge their effectiveness in…
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Do you hide?
Yeah it sounds a stupid thing to ask a sniper. Of course we do, hence the camouflage. We’d be lost without it. The question I got yesterday though was quite an interesting one, so I thought it worth an answer. “How do you build a sniper hide?” I guess for most people, mention of a…
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Bulking Up
Ghillie bulking. Not gym bulking… Just a quick article today while I’ve been starting a new suit using some new materials and ideas, and thought I’d share what I’m doing in the hope it helps someone else with their build Ignoring the lenskin, which I’ll be playing with later, here’s my Viper cape in Multicam…
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Winter is coming…
Well, it’s a bit early for discussing winter but the seasons are changing and having taken time off during the summer for holidays and family time (taking them camping in the wild, obviously), I’ve been having a think ahead to the onset of autumn and changes to my camouflage. Summer in the UK is brief,…
