Tag: leaf suit
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For the love of DPM
Why British DPM camouflage remains one of the best camouflage choices on the market, despite being retired by the UK armed forces. As an Airsoft sniper, I don’t need to match my teammates’ patterns or pull off a particular historical look. The only thing I need to worry about is being effective, so I can…
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Ghillies vs IRR, Reflectance and Materials
A Stalker Leaf Suit, KMCS 4.0 and an old DPM Jacket walk into a bar. There’s a power cut. The bartender gets the NVG’s out. I don’t think I can finish that joke off but hopefully the picture can; in this article I wanted to go over a couple of things that are all too…
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How much 3D?
How much 3D should you add to your ghillie or camouflage suit? Is more, more effective? Or is less more? Recently there has been a noticeable shift towards lightly decorated suits, as the Russian factory made leaf suits have disappeared and many airsoft snipers are starting to wake up to the idea of adding Haloscreen…
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Planning for the Worst
Most airsoft snipers probably go to games with an idea in their head for how they’re going to play, the perfect shots they’re going to get, and having that ghillie working in ideal conditions so that nobody sees them. And they’ll probably film it to show everyone afterwards how great they are. However, games rarely…
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Ghillie Testing Vids
Just in case it interests anyone, I recently did some testing of a ghillie base at my local airsoft site, Dirty Dog Airsoft, and made a couple of very short videos. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mgUvE4wBN8o https://www.youtube.com/shorts/poSnKHpD8L0 It’s important when making a ghillie to not just observe it at 1 metre range, but to drop it into different places…
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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
There are a lot of different approaches to making a ghillie, or suit, or concealment system (I’ll stick to the word ghillie as a blanket term for it all), and a lot of different materials. But where do you start? That’s generally the moment where people get it right, or terribly wrong. Modifying and making…
