Does anyone have or know where one can purchase a camo tarp? I've googled but nothing of any quality really comes up. Looking for a 4m x 3m preferably but smaller would probably do.
Thanks guys.
Thanks guys.
Camo Tarp
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I'm not sure I've ever seen a camo tarp that big, once you get over the standard basha size then you're looking at DD or True North who go for plain colours normally.
The SASS tarps are good value, they do a 2x3m in DPM ....
http://sasskit.co.uk/product.php?id=51
The SASS tarps are good value, they do a 2x3m in DPM ....
http://sasskit.co.uk/product.php?id=51
That's quite nice actually. It's a shame they don't do larger sizes, as camo just blends in so nicely. I've got a poly cotton Tatonka 4 x 3 tarp in pistachio I think! But it just sticks out like a sore thumb from a distance. Maybe the Basil one would be better?
There does not seem to be much of a Market for camo tarps.
There does not seem to be much of a Market for camo tarps.
SimonM
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You can always spray them in camo, like a lot of army boys do. You can get surprisingly good results that belnd into woods & fields better than a lot of standard DPM ones, if you dont go too heavy on the browns. Here are a couple of pics of my favorite small tarp that I picked up off an airsofter that is very good in both woods & in fields.
They do look good. Has anyone here tried spraying a tarp? Could make a good pattern. What paint do you use? I feel it's always better to blend in where ever you stay!
Not tried it on a tarp but ive done two old rucksack's just used paint from a modeling shop both spray and the small tins mainly woodland brown,ocre,and shades of green,works well but does make the material a little stiffer,ok on a ruck,but maybe a issue on a tarp,although Neumo's looks very effective.
That tarp of mine was done by an ex-army sniper who has been doing t for years. It's a olive tarp with swirls of yellow, dark green & a bit of brown. It looks a bit unliky as camo but it just blends in really well in woods, fields or in the caseof the photos on dunes next to a beach.
Biker
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Really like that cammo pattern Neumo. any chance of a more detailed close up version of it? Having painted my motorbike in urban cammo I know how difficult doing somthing like that is. I was boss-eyed by the time I finished it.
Like the idea a lot of painting a tarp but I traded something for a cammo poncho recently so I suppose there's no need. Hmmm saying that I cculd paint the inside of one of the ordinary green ones I have and have it reversable.
Stealth camping, yeah I like the sound of that. (Insert theme tune to Mission Impossible)
Like the idea a lot of painting a tarp but I traded something for a cammo poncho recently so I suppose there's no need. Hmmm saying that I cculd paint the inside of one of the ordinary green ones I have and have it reversable.
Stealth camping, yeah I like the sound of that. (Insert theme tune to Mission Impossible)
Yes that was a 'dome tarp' I messed about with a few weeks ago, that was covered on this thread:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57767&pagenumber=
Biker:
Here are some pics of the spray job close up & of it set up in the woods. The trap is olive green & the trick to painting seems to be to leave enough of the green of the tarp showing so that blends in with the yellow, brown & other colours sprayed on. It is great for stealth camping or nature watching as birds just dont seem to see it. I have had an owl land in a tree about 20 yards away & it did not see me while I watched it eat it's lunch. I bought it off an airsofter, who are good people to know when it comes to second hand army kit.
I will bring it along to the moot so you can have a good look at it. I want to learn how it's done so will try to copy it some time.
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Biker
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Thanks for that. I'm going to run a google image search to try and scare up some homemade cammo designs. Mass produced DPM stuff is OK but I'm betting snipers and such are taught to take it to a new level. Not that I intend being a sniper, but these things interest me. Cammouflage, that is, not sniping.
Anyway really impressed with that. Thanks for sharing.
Anyway really impressed with that. Thanks for sharing.
Biker
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Getting some interesting results back on that google image search.
Thought I'd share a pic of that paint job I did on my bike. You can see why I went boss-eyed doing it, so many overlaps.
Having moved from a town into rural France you can see I really blend in now. D'oh! :togo:
Sorry for the thread hijack Bizmarty.
Thought I'd share a pic of that paint job I did on my bike. You can see why I went boss-eyed doing it, so many overlaps.
Having moved from a town into rural France you can see I really blend in now. D'oh! :togo:
Sorry for the thread hijack Bizmarty.
Getting some interesting results back on that google image search.
Thought I'd share a pic of that paint job I did on my bike. You can see why I went boss-eyed doing it, so many overlaps.
Having moved from a town into rural France you can see I really blend in now. D'oh! :togo:
Sorry for the thread hijack Bizmarty.
Nice paint job ... did u do it your self ....
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Yup, used tipex and crayons. No worries about going outside the lines either. Bonus!
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Hey, no problem dude 
like the paint job on the bike! I'm interested in camo design too. That's a good idea using a green tarp. DPM has 4 colours, green, black, brown and light beige. I've though about using landscape pictures on some photo editing software and adding differnt colours to a section of the land to get different results. Not sure about the shapes that should be used for each colour though. Anyone else tried this or different methods of developing camo for a item?
like the paint job on the bike! I'm interested in camo design too. That's a good idea using a green tarp. DPM has 4 colours, green, black, brown and light beige. I've though about using landscape pictures on some photo editing software and adding differnt colours to a section of the land to get different results. Not sure about the shapes that should be used for each colour though. Anyone else tried this or different methods of developing camo for a item?
What tarp material would be best to take the paint from model shops? I'm sure some would look, feel, last & pack away better that others?
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