December 2nd, 2009, 16:45 | #121 |
Ohhh okay. So the bottom ones i pull off, while pushing the Above ones up, creating a less boxy shape?
sounds awesome, hopefully ill get started around Christmas, have to go get all my materials. |
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December 2nd, 2009, 17:03 | #122 |
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When you are "destranding" your jute, do that in a place you don't mind dirtying. It make a lot of mess! It ceated my work erea with jute fibers.
It also help to hang your ghillie suit so you see how the jute is comming down. Like this
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December 2nd, 2009, 17:05 | #123 |
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Bingo!
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December 2nd, 2009, 20:51 | #124 |
Nice, and thank-you so much guys! Cant wait to start it!
I'm going to make it look like this: http://www.ghilliegear.com/images/Pa...ie-Poncho1.jpg good balance of colours, but not so long, and with more Large strand that CDN_stalker was talking about. Look and sound good? Any pointers for color would be cool too |
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December 2nd, 2009, 22:46 | #125 |
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IMO, the example you showed is not that good. The jute look too thick, not long enough and the color is weird.
Here some example of what is should look like, thickness wise and lenght wise. This example depic good ghillie base that match the ground and allow placement of natural vegetation. They still stand out, because they are hunters and are not under cover. But move them back in the tree line, their ghillie suit will be perfect. In this example, I think the guy is facing the camera and I think it's a bow hunter. Anyway, The lenght is long and he incorporated some juste rectagles to simulate leafs and branchs. Notice how the color match the ground and not the foliage? That's what you want, because you will be stalking close to the ground and rarely standing.
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December 2nd, 2009, 23:03 | #126 |
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Rit dye 'Kelly Green' will give you the colour of freshly cut grass once the burlap is dyed.
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December 3rd, 2009, 00:10 | #127 |
Alright guys, so i think for B.C, it would either be Mostly Dark Green, or brown....
I say this because some areas are dirt, with alot of roots ect And others are very grassy, so i guess i'll do a Mixture |
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December 3rd, 2009, 00:18 | #128 |
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Don't forget lots of mud to blend it all together. Lol
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December 3rd, 2009, 00:26 | #129 |
Of course! I'm thinking Mud + River + grass + sun = perfection
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December 3rd, 2009, 00:27 | #130 |
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Rope tied to a car bumper and dragged a couple miles on a dirt road is what some guys do to help weather their ghillie. Lol
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December 3rd, 2009, 00:30 | #131 |
Lol, sounds just as good!
Then the next step will to be get my Kit for under the ghillie, and finish off the internals of my aps-2 |
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March 25th, 2010, 00:24 | #132 |
Damn you guys, reading this thread makes me want to build one!
Where do you guys get all the jute and burlap from? May slowly start building up an old jacket |
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March 25th, 2010, 00:27 | #133 |
I got my Burlap in 1m x 3m sheets in the outdoor garden section at Walmart. They come in clear bags, with blue writing, and are 3$ each.
If you are dying, go to Michaels, and get RIT dyes of your choice, and grab the decorative netting while your at it. Get shoo gue Profit. |
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March 25th, 2010, 00:37 | #134 |
I have many sources for my burlap.
1-A buddy of mine works landscaping, so I can get from him at wholesale cost. 2-Where I use to work, I'd hit up the landscaper's in the spring while they were pulling the burlap off the trees (winterizing). They were planning to throw it out anyways, so I'd get them to leave me a couple of trees that I'd strip for them after work. 3-Another buddy of mine has a farm, see number 1 and 2 depending on the time of year. Burlap is CHEAP and easy to work with, unless you buy the craft burlap (which has higher thread count per square inch). You can get the patterned burlap (ie, mossy oak) from places such as Canadian Tire, Bass Pro Shop, and Le Barons. SHA DO
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March 25th, 2010, 02:09 | #135 |
I finished my third suit using predyed and cut jute twine. It was purchased at a local surplus store , the bundles are similar to what ghilliesuits.com sells. It took much less time to build the suit and I didnt have nearly as much waste. The problem I had with my last suits using burlap was you end up removing about 50% of the burlap. Cost wise it was more then burlap but overall the time saved for something that looks the same was worth it.
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