TUSX HUNTER "The Design & Development process of our Camouflage Pattern"

[Ryan Sanpei]

Thanks Jarrod!

Unfortunately, we don't have any coveralls in the line up for 2014.

Aloha!
Ryan

[varmint101]

Camo looks awesome!  I haven't read the while thread. Is there a price point yet?  Unfortunately most of the new camo is way above what I can afford.

[IdahoCurt]

Ryan,the camo looks great and would love to try it out here in Idaho for Elk.
can't wait until it comes out.

[Ryan Sanpei]

Matthew,
Once we have the final production in hand, then we'll be able to provide prices. We're hoping to launch during the first half of 2014.

Thanks Curt! We'll be sure to post more info about the apparel shortly. Hopefully the apparel itself will suit your needs in Idaho. We won't have a "full range" of gear for the first half of 2014, but if things go well, we're hoping to expand.

Thank you guys!
Ryan

[Ryan Sanpei]

Following on from our last pattern, we created another two designs with similar themes, OVAT-V2 & OVAT-V4-2. Again we experimented with element countershading, color palette and contrast. We also reduced the width of the disruption lines, however this rendered them ineffective from medium distances onwards. We felt that these patterns showed some promise, however we were dissatisfied with their overall performance…


   


   

[MikeNova]

Just don't have those Wakiki prices. Camp socks $50 camp tee $150 lol!

[Ryan Sanpei]

LOL Mike! We won't be selling any TUSX apparel at the local ABC stores.

[Ryan Sanpei]

The macro pattern is not necessarily developed to offer concealment, but rather it is designed to deceive game animals into believing that what they are in fact looking at is not actually a threat. A single solid colored object can be readily recognizable, while a two toned object has the ability to create visual confusion. The contrasting borders between tonal groups can be perceived as natural boundaries. As such, game animals can be deceived into thinking they are looking at a clump of shapes, rather than a single solid mass.


     


This simple example illustrates the working principle behind the macro pattern concept. In this demonstration we use basic geometric shapes comprising of circles, squares and rectangles. Note how the objects on left can be easily recognisable as a circle and rectangle. While the objects on the right create visual confusion, giving the illusion of many small squares rather than a whole object.

[Marksman Quivers]

I don't think ANYONE has thought as in depth about camo as you guys.

Hats off for the massive amount of work you have undertaken.

Cheers
Mark.

[Ryan Sanpei]

The advantages of a macro pattern design become evident as distances recede…

   

[Ryan Sanpei]

We also experimented with additional green for pattern OVAT-V5-2 while continuing with the element countershading disruption lines theme…


 


   

[Ryan Sanpei]

Continuing on with the development process, pattern OVAT-V5-3 was closely related to pattern OVAT-V5-2, however with different contrast & color palette. We did feel the disruption lines were once again becoming ineffective at medium to longer distances.

 
 


 

[Ryan Sanpei]

Patterns OVAT-V5-5 & OVAT-V5-6 were developed in an attempt expand the pattern spatial frequency while also exaggerating the element countershading effect. Additionally, we thickened the disruption lines in an attempt to create better long distance effectiveness. However, we felt these patterns were a step backwards, we were unimpressed with their overall performance. At this point we abandoned element countershading altogether. Although we feel it does have merit, it proved ineffective during our tests. We needed to try another approach, but at this stage we were out of ideas. We began to search for insight…


 

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

I really think you guys should start paying attention to details!! (kidding)

Lovin' the process!

[Ryan Sanpei]

LOL!    

Tony's middle name is "meticulous"...  If he could assemble every piece of TUSX apparel, we'd have no worries!!!

[PZee]

Hey Ryan,

This is great, you guys are masters. Are you looking to distribute in Africa?

Thanks

Pete

[Ryan Sanpei]

Hi Pete,

Thank you for the kind words, we're just passionate about what we do.

We currently don't have distribution in Africa, but will have international online sales.

Thank you!
Ryan

[Ryan Sanpei]

After almost a year of working on our various abstract patterns, we felt our overall designs were not quite effective enough. We felt we were close to achieving our goal with some patterns but something was always lacking. We created a new pattern based on our prior testing, it showed promise during workstation development. On this occasion we did not use continuos disruption lines, but rather, scaled down alternate toned predator stripes. Our inspiration coming from one of the worlds most lethal predators, the Asiatic Jungle Tiger. It's high contrast macro pattern stripes offers a boundary concealment advantage. Once we viewed the first field test pictures, we felt this pattern showed real promise.


 

[Marksman Quivers]

This is a very good pattern. you can really see its effectiveness over the other designs.
Cheers
Mark.

[Ryan Sanpei]

Thanks Mark!

Here is Pattern V6-1 photographed with varying backgrounds. Although we were satisfied with this patterns overall performance, we crated another two versions for experimentation.