after being in army cadets for 4 years i have lernt the 'art' of camoflarge and consealment. there is alot more to it than just wearing camo. the best way to remember how to keep hiden is to follow the S's of camoflarge, there are loads of these but these ae the most inportant imo-
SHAPE - familier shapes will naturaly be eye catching, like the shape of a man. so get rid of that shape by useing local camo like twigs, tufts of grass, etc. but you can go over the top, you dont want to be a walking bush because you will stick out more and bushes dont walk lol. something more relivent to bushcraft is your tarp or a lean to natural shelter (just because made of nature it doesnt meen it will look natural), large, strate and square so again break up the shape by useing twigs and branches. but this time you can make it look like a bush because it wont move.
SOUND - i think you can work this one out.
SILLOWET/SKYLINE - (sorry i dont know how to spell it or camoflarge lol) basicly stay away from hilltops and bright backgrounds like chalk cliffs.
SHINE - bright clothing and what everybody forgets exposed skin, hands, face etc you can use get rid of shine by blacking up you face with char cole, ash or cam creem but again (espesuly with cam creem) you can over do it and it will shine even more.
SUDDEN MOVEMENT - the faster something is moveing the more eyecatching it is also any short sharp movements.
i know what your thinking 'why the hell yould i want to do that, this guy must be a right nutter!' and your right you wouldnt want to black up you face, stick twigs in your clothes and change you walking root to avoid skylines. in the world of army cadets its fine but you wouldnt want to be found like this in your local wood lol (and no i dont do it).
but what im trying to say is that if you dont go all the way it wont work at all no matter what type of camoflarge your wereing. the only thing i would do is camoflarge a natural shelter so theres less chance of someone finding it and smashing it to bits!
pete
