Re: Another Ghillie Critique
You never did answer the question as to if that's a bunch of velcro? If it is, your money would have been better spent on Shoe Goo.
Locate that camo thread I was referring to and you'll have another excellent option to the Krylon AND with more color variations.
Thread:
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1506735#Post1506735
You could always try the jute dye in a squirt bottle (touch up method), but the spray paint would likely adhere to the reinforcement material. Remember, some material will absorb some of the color which may result in an altered color (black may turn gray).
Buckles: as stated, those are a redundancy that you really don't need and more material isn't the solution. If you're intent on keeping the zippers, you could install a thin piece of material to mask the zipper slightly (like on the front of the flight suits), but you may still have the distinct hard-edge outline problem. By the way, zippers on the side of the body should ALWAYS zip toward the bottom with a keeper button...your arms in a low-crawl or sniper-crawl....well, you'll see if you try it out before you jute-up. You'll find that those buckles may leave obvious drag marks, will pick up nature's material, and may even hang up in brush creating noise, a trackable trail, and possibly positional discovery.
I tried to post this earlier, but the pc didn't agree.
Your shoulder straps appear to be duffle-bag straps. Granted they're functional, but can you quickly remove them and use them for something else in an emergency? I'd suggest military issue style suspenders, but yours will work for all intents and purposes.
Tips to try: Safety pin some material over those buckles and straps, then stand in front of a full length mirror (top and bottom must be worn), evaluate the outlines to see what stands out and if it creates an outline that looks like "tree cancer" which would be a non-natural bulge in an outline. I'd bet you'll have an even more pronounced outline than before making it even tougher to conceal.
Next, use some scrap reinforcement material and test-paint it to get the coloration you want to match your burlap/jute coloration.
Get out (pre-jute) and work a low-crawl and a sniper-crawl (low is slow yet quick, sniper is low using toes and fingers only push-pull and no more than 4-6 inches at a time then stopping for a few breath cycles) to see if your 1-piece frontal reinforcement and/or the zippers are going to pose a functionality problem. You'll want to make alterations to these BEFORE you jute-up so you don't affect the jute install. You can do this for the buckles as well to see if covering or removal is the best option.
Don't forget: <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Burlap/jute tie-in begins at the bottom!</span></span></span>
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