Hey all, I was wondering if anyone has made a 1/35 scale sniper his own little ghillie suit. I thinking about doing a dio based of a scene from the game Call of Duty 4. It’s pretty much one of the best games ever. But not to get side tracked, I am looking for two snipers that are laying down and aiming at targets, with or without ghillie suits, and maybe a how-to on making a ghillie suit. I tried messing around with some fake plants and cutting them up into really small strips but it didnt go too well. Any suggestions?
I would make a basic shape of a person lying prone out of epoxy putty. Then I’d start adding small strips of the same material to create the details. Remember the suits purpose is to obscure the shape of the person wearing it. In 1/35 scale you wouldn’t need a lot of elaborate sculpting, you just need to define some of the suits material. Let paint do the rest of the detailing.
I don´t know about nowadays but at one time a suit was made by sewing a net onto the back of your cammies and tieing different color strips of burlap on . The same for your cover (hat). Maybe you could do something with medical gauze and strips of paper coated with a mix of white glue and water or alu foil or whatever. Take a while though. Theres a kit Ive seen but cant remember where of a prone shooter and spotter.
regards Mac
I made a Ghillie Poncho for deer hunting once. I had some cheap netting, like the kind you use to decorate for luaus. I tied burlap strips to it, made a hole in it for my head and let it just drape around me. It didnt allow a lot of movement, but then thats the idea. It worked well, but it was hot.
Do a little experimenting to find the right scale fibres and attach them to a figure. Maybe some shredded yarn or cotton would do it. Check the craft store.
[#offtopic] I have CoD4 too. It will be nice to see a dio’ with somethin’ like these in it.
DML/Dragon had a figure set of modern US military snipers. One prone, firing a Barrett .50; one kneeling, looking through binos; one seated aiming/firing a bolt action rifle and one “stalking,” actually walking somewhat crouched. The kit is OOP, but I am sure you can find one on eBay or some other internet supplier. You’d have at least one fig already prone and if you’re gonna cover 'em with a ghillie anyways, conversion would be easy and not necessarily have to be perfect!
If you look at ghillie suits, they can vary from strips of burlap with leaves and other vegetation interwoven to what looks like a bunch of green/brown/black yarn. You could try using Woodland Scenics tall grasses or even just hemp twine painted/dyed, cut to size and glued on the figure or gauze “net”. Kinda depends on the look you’re going for.
Good luck and keep us posted on what you decide!
Masterbox makes a set of four WW2 Soviet snipers, one prone and some crouching I beleive. You might be able to se them for the basic shape.
I’ve used brown paper towel cut into small strips and used white glue on the fig. It takes awhile but the effect is worth it. If done already how did it turn out
try CMK I think they do a sniper set, one in the above mentioned suit.
Terry
A lot of modern Ghillies are made of netting sewn to a uniform with Jute thread tied to it, its lighter, provides a more natural look, and can be easier to fireproof, the berlap suits could easily be lit up by a spark from a incindiary granade, or anything of the sort, it also allows more airflow in most cases to make the person wearing it a little more comfortable, I’d go with maybe some yarn pulled apart as stated above for a modern ghillie. I used mostly jute thread for mine, but there are areas where burlap still works great, so if you want to add some burlap in the areas where theres a lot of moisture or contact with the ground. Whichever you choose, then add some scale foliage for the material that would be added in the field to better suit the local foliage. As for the modeling, I would us apoxiesculpt or something shaped into a body, with a head and arms from a kit attached, you may also want to take boots from a figure kit and add a bit of ghillie material to them and attach them where they should be.