Camoflage netting

Modeling Subjects Armor
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What can you use for camoflage netting For armor

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Some things I have used are Toole lace, cheesecloth and medical gauze.

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Hi Sand_Man3,
I’ll go with claymore on this . I bought about 3 yards (I think) of cheese cloth at Wal-Mart for about a $1.00 or so. You can get tons of of it cheap.
Regards,
Joe

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Sand_Man3,
Please excuse my manners in failing to welcome you to the board. There are many great people here that will be able to help you with just about anything you need. Hope you will enjoy taking part in some of the discussions.
Regards,
Joe

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I bought Verlinden’s Camo netting and it has lasted me over 3 years and only costs about $4.95.

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if you want to do it yourself I use medical guaze, white glue (elmers glue) dilute it in water and cut the guaze to size. Then you dip the guaze in the glue water. Then you squeez out the extra liquid on the guaze, then strech it in diferent ways so it dosent look like perfect squares, and the place it on your armor. Let it dry then airbrush or paint the camoflage on it and your done.

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[#ditto][#welcome]

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Welcome to the forum. I am another that uses cheese cloth. I tried bandages but it did not seem to work quite as well.

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I have had good results using gauze bandage soaked in white glue, sprinkled with tea leaves and drybrushed.

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Welcome to the forum. I like to use the medical gauze and cheese cloth. If you are adventurous you can use ladies fishnet stockings. Use the same process for the gauze. I have tried it twice so far. Once was ok the other was not so good.

Happy modeling.

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I have tried the gauze with glue/water, and my cam nets come out wafer thin. Should I fold it up to the size/shape I want then dip it, or dip it then fold it? Is this just a matter of me not using enough gauze? Thanks.

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I used medical gauze treated in the same manner for quite a while before I broke down and bought Verlindens Camo netting. I will never use anything else.
Ryan

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Hi buff,
Been a while since I’ve made netting and haven’t done it that often, but I believe it’s like you said. Make it the size and shape you want then dip it and see how it turns out. It will probably be like anything else that you’ve not done before, just have to experiment a bit to get the results you’re looking for.
I think I may have just put a little paint in a jar and some thinner and soaked the cheese cloth in it. Take it out and wring the excess liquid out of it and shape it the way you want.
Regards,
Joe

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Sergical Gauze is my choice but I have seen how some builders make their netting by weaving it with cotton thred or thin string .[:)]

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Welcome to the Forum

If you have the time, check thru the past threads in the Armor and Techniques sections of the forum. About six months ago, someone posted the same question and there were a bunch of answers using everything from gauze to tinfoil.

Having said that, I use either gauze or bridal veil material - the gauze I wet and let shrink and then paint it a dark color (OD or Brown). Once dry, spread it and tack it to a piece of board. Then shoot on a thin coat of contact cement (Elmer’s works well). Then while still wet, sprinkle it with crushed paprika leaves. When dry, fold it, roll it or stretch it over your model. you can do the same thing with the bridal veil, you just don’t need to wash it.

BTW, for you who have never had the pleasure of working with the damned things, a camo net is an invention of the Devil. They come in sets with hexes and diamonds (the shapes) which have to be assembled (guess who gets to do that) and it takes 3 sets to properly camo a Hummvee. When assembled, they are heavy and bulky. They will catch on any protrusion on the piece of equipment you are trying to cover and you will be amazed at the number of things on your body they will find to catch on. (buttons a real pain when putting one up - and the military has yet to discover velcro or zippers for most of the clothing it issues). It’s positively amazing how quickly the order of “Get the nets up” will empty the area of available bodies.

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Shoot with what? Airbrush? Spraybottle? It doesn’t come in a can, does it?

Won’t the contact cement make it brittle?
Thanks for the help.

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Amen to that! Then there’s the added pleasure of trying to get the poles and spreaders under it to get the net off what you’re trying to cover. All while the 0’s get in the way and complain that it doesn’t look “quire right.” One of life’s little frustrations for the enlisted man…

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try camo netting an M-109! yuck-yuck-yuck!!!