Camo Tarp

[Neumo]

I am not sure what materials take paint best but mine is a pretty standard tarp material. It gets stored folded up and the paint has started to crack in places, in irregular patterns, but that adds to the camo effect as the olive green of the tarp material shows through as long random cracks, which adds another dimension to the overall effect. My tarp seems to be made up two ways of adding the paint; one is long (18" to 2') wavey lines about a spay line width wide (3" or so) usually have a kink in them & the other is patches of paint finely sprayed on from further away. Another way of looking at it is it looks a bit like the stripes on a tiger, that help to conceal it in the long grass, but a bit more random, if that makes sense. As with all camo it's about breaking up the ouline & the longer wavey lines on mine seem to work better than the quite short blobs of colour you get on DPM & other camos. There are some other threads on BCUK about painting tarps but can't remember how much detail they go into; i have also seen ex servicemen on here mention it a few times, so maybe some of the could tell you how it's done as maybe the army has developed some ways of doing this. Interesting subject & sorry that the OP's thread has taken a detour... but I hope they find this interesting.

Biker: I like the bike & it must have taken ages to do, with lots of breaks to stop your head spinning.

 

[lab72]

Oh I say Nice paint job cut the back end out !

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

good topic! i did some rucksacks and webbing with humbrol tins and got good effects. saw the plain og equipment painted up by sf troops for gulf war and got inspired. i just randomley dry brushed the paint onto the material and roughly blended in places, used some white, brown, yellow. amazing what patterns work well, if u think that dpm is a camo but also a uniform which is almost a contradiction! snipers from ww1 started painting their overcoats to make a true camo which is probably where it started. i saw some local troops in brunei going into jungle training with what looked like a home done ragged tree bark type camo which used lots of white and green and it was very effective.
reckon spray would take fine on any tarp, not sure about the solvents in them having a negative effect on the waterproofing, any body had any problems?

 

[Neumo]

Mine is a good few years old & the tarp is still waterproof. I must get some cans of spray paint & give this a go myself some time.

 

[aus bushcrafter]

it looks like a German WWII late war tiger tank camo scheme.

 

[gorilla]

if you have the means to sew, i have a roll of ripstop DPM (used to make Soldier 95 pattern military wear - official MOD issue), and a 100m roll of 35mm black heavy duty webbing - it could be joined to make a tarp no problem. i've been meaning to stick some up in the classifieds for a while

 

[Andy J]

Hi folks, not been on this forum for ages, looking for a Large Camo Tarp also. A Mate of mine has a 5 x 4M lightweight Aussie camo tarp, asked him where he got it, and he tells me from a member on this very forum-Andywink.... Is he still around? and does he still make tarps? If he does, I'll be having one!! Thanks, Andy

 

[Bizmarty]

Quick bump to see if anyone has made or come across a desent camo tarp? I feel Tarping season is almost upon us! Although I'm sure you winter guys have been out already!

Cheers

 

[mountainm]

Check out the DD hammock group buy thread

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69068

- new product 3x3m Camo Tarp

 

[Bizmarty]

Well that was good timing! Thanks for the heads up! I'm in

 

[Ivan Owen]

You guys may already know this but one way of making your tarp blend in a bit better is to chuck a few handfulls of whatevers on the ground (if possible) on top.

 

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

if you get a camp tarp you could hide in the tree ^^


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