[Dracheous]

Originally Posted by CDN_Stalker

I'd also put in 2" wide strips as well to make it 'leafier' looking. I know strips will look retangular, but once you tie them in you grab the upper part, and about 2" from the end, and literally pull out the horizontal strands from the strip. The end gets all frayed, and the upper part gets bunched up a fair bit. After all that, and you've made your ghillie, soak it outside with the hose, let it sundry, soak it again, then stomp in the mud, hose it, let dry, etc. The best ghillies out there look like total crap, beaten all to hell and back. What you have there Drach is good looking, but it'll only really work well in areas of long grass, won't work very well in woodlands (which is mostly where you play). And as Iceman said, add more tan (natural) and browns to it, since you will be using it close to the ground.

I'll have three shades of brown by the time I'm done. I haven't even gotten my light brown out. I have another shade of green... but that really dark one gets it good...
I want to thin out the tan along the top, and get it more fanned out in the piece. Remember, this is just the hat, I'm having my fun learning how to fuck it all up here!.

Btw, this grassy stuff takes up ALOT of burlap...
there is ALMOST a meter by a meter of thread in here... not quite, but almost.