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Author Topic: Added color to the suit please look.  (Read 163 times)

Offline wisconsinteacher

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Added color to the suit please look.
« on: March 18, 2010, 09:36:00 PM »


I added some color to my ghillie suit.  I am trying to keep my color blotches big, but I think the tan area is a little big.  Any thoughts of what I have done so far?  I would like to know before I rock and roll with it this weekend.

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Re: Added color to the suit please look.
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 09:41:00 PM »
IMO I would only do 4-6 inch groups of any color except green(8-10") and random all the colors depending on the dominent color pattern of your area.Lighter colors for fields,darker for the swamps and a mix for the oaks,greener for the pines ect.
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Re: Added color to the suit please look.
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 10:08:00 PM »
Looking good, I would keep the blotches a bit smaller, maybe 1/2 the size of the tan in the pic. Keep us posted on your progress.
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Re: Added color to the suit please look.
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2010, 12:22:00 AM »
I would start from the bottom and work up!  You will get really frustrated flipping the hanks back and forth.  As stated before, you want an overall background color that matches the woods you hunt in with blotches that match other sub colors in your hunting area.  

Look at ASAT or Predator camo to get an idea of what I am talking about.  Also look at professional ghillies suits on the web and you will see a core base color with blotches of added color to blend.
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Offline wisconsinteacher

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Re: Added color to the suit please look.
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2010, 08:28:00 AM »
I am hanging the suit upside down so I don't have to flip the hanks.  I removed some of the tan and added a little green and it looks better.  I am trying to make it more tan than any thing.  My wife has a better eye for where to put the color.  Thanks for the help, keep it coming.

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Re: Added color to the suit please look.
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2010, 08:39:00 AM »
If I were making a suit I'd try to make it resemble one of the Predator camo patterns. It would take more work, but how cool would it be when it's done?
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Re: Added color to the suit please look.
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2010, 10:24:00 AM »
Keep at it and good idean hanging it upside down.  Another reason to start from the bottom is that I found the shaggie was way to long when I was done and had to cut out a bunch of my work.  I like to stop the netting about knee level.  You don't want the burlap anywhere near the ground.  It catches on lots of branches / twigs / briars.  You can counter this by simply keeping a close eye on where the bottom of the burlap ends on your legs as you tie down it's length. I prefer to have the burlap ends just below the bulge of my calf.

I have never had a deer or elk blow out on because they looked at my legs.  If they know you are there, they are looking for eyes / head shapes / movement.
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