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Suit Cont

Deciding what type of suit to make

Crawling, stalking, blanket, poncho, and more are all different types of ghillie suits that are out there.  What are the differences and why chose one over the other?

Military Ghillie (crawlers)

The Military ghillie suit is made to certain specs that are both very durable as well as functional in many situations. Military ghillies  do have one thing in common with each other and apart from many ghillie suits you have seen.  Being how military snipers crawl  more that stalk the suits are normally not covered completely with camo material in the front area.  These areas , the chest, front of the legs and knees are padded with a thick canvas ( normally) to allow the sniper to crawl across the ground.  The extra canvas protects the sniper as well as the suit from wear and tear.

Hunter suits ( stalkers)

These are generally more camouflaged in the front as the sniper has a tendency to walk almost upright.  By doing this the sniper needs the front covered with material that blends like the rest of the suit.  This suit  , although it is used to crawl with, will be damaged with continued crawling( dragging really) across the ground. These suits are used more for hunting.

The blanket ghillie

This is little more than a section of material that is draped over the sniper position. Think of the camo nets the military uses to hide tents and large equipment. Well this is the same theory.  The sniper settles into a good hide position and covers themselves with the blanket, and blend into the background ( hopefully).

The poncho

This is one of the easiest ghillie suits to make as its little more that a big square with a hole in the middle for the sniper's head. The poncho is camo-ed up and worn over the head.  This tends to get caught on brush and can be noisy but it still works.

Colors

What color do you want? Use the basic colors of the area you are playing in.  Remember the ghillie suit will not make you invisible. This is not some cloaking device from Star Trek (sorry).

Our sniper here is a little too dark!  He will need to stay in the shadows and be careful of his surroundings.  

A couple of misconceptions about colors.  Have you ever seem anything in the fields that was REALLY black? It you are thinking too long about that one  I'll help.  The answer is NO.  Dark brown, green, tan, sand, moss, grey, but no black.