well im not exactly new here i lost my other name and password but its all good im making a diorma of a sniper team i have the ground work laied out the 1/35th scale sniper and spotter painted what could i use to make gullie suits for them? i havent taken any pics yet but i dont know i just feel it would be more accurate with guillie suits anybody have any suggestions? i was thinking lose pack gauze but the holes in them are way too big for the small scale. so im kinda stuck and need some help so maybe i can get plublished and show off my novice skills
Ok first think of the suit itself and what it’s for, then think scale. It is supposed to make an average man look like essentially like a bush. It accomplishes that task by breaking up the outline of the human form, allowing a person to “blend in” with the natural surroundings. I really cannot recall, but a 1/35 figgie is akin to viewing a person at say 50 feet? Soooo, what would you see of a sniper in a ghillie suit at this distance? (minus surroundings) [;)]
That said I believe you’d be better off by taking your figure, modifying the pose or using the existing pose, and start with two part epoxy putty. Google images of ghillie suits, snipers, etc. Sculpt the suit with the putty in such a way as to replicate what you’d see in real life. Paint the whole thing in colors that match the scene, that’s what the real folks would do, use fabric in colors that match the terrain they’re operating in.
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im very familure with gullie suits i wore 1 in the army for a time. we made them out of 3/8 inch netting with burlap jute and anything else we could stuff in it to make it blend in to our surrondings. my problem is scaleing it down, im not too good with 2 part epoxy not saying its not a bad idea just dont have alot of experence in working with it. i know it sounds stupid but i also have 1 hanging in my closet for when i deer and hog hunt, and just like real life its always changeing. anyother ideas you might have or maybe even articals you can send me links to to see how i can either scale down something like loose pack gauze or how to work with 2 part epoxy? after all the more experence the better.
Maybe this will help… the forum search tool isn’t working right despite several attempts to type in ‘sniper’ or ‘ghillie’ but I remembered the great snipers wearing ghillie suits posted by Modelchasm few months ago and it was one of best I have seen wearing those ghillie suits. Good luck!
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I have not tried it yet, but the only thing I can think of to give a ghillie like effect in 1/35 would be to use pencil sharpener shavings or something similar glued on to your sniper figure and then painted in varying green/brown/tan hues. I have seen stuff off spice racks (not sure what sort of spices, cloves oregeno or whatever) used in a similar manner on to gauze for an excellent 1/35 modern camo nets.
Just a thought, take twine, and cut it to equal lengths. separate strands into clumps of 2-3. Put a slow-setting superglue gel on a small area of the figure. Place with tweezers. that should work… never tried it, but looking at it, it might mork.
Thanks for the “plug” DP … Glad those can still be found on the forums.
The figures I used are by CMK and can be found on their website. I was there just the other day looking for something else and noticed that they were available. They are pretty rough looking sitting by themselves, but they look really good if you add them into a scene. The thing that I really liked about them was that you can put them in a scene pretty much from Korea - present. The only thing youd have to change out would be the rifle … and that might be a little tricky, but its possible.