Post by LowKey on Apr 16, 2017 11:49:14 GMT
I'm not a fan of most camouflage patterns, particularly for anything other than a smock worn just for that purpose. I prefer earth tones that blend into the background nicely and don't scream milsurp or "tactical".
Decades ago I had some old 70's era OD jungle fatigues as a kid and I noticed that when they had faded just a bit they tended to blend in to almost any outdoor environment (aside from the beach
) that I could find near me.
In the 80's I noticed that slightly faded uniforms worn by our West German counterparts made them virtually invisible one they were a step or two inside a wood line, or even in the middle of a field of grass if it were a cloudy or overcast day. Over the years I've come to believe that a slightly faded muddy tint of one of the more predominant colors in your area is really the most effective camouflage you can have short of a gillie suit.
Flash forward many, many decades and I'm trying to come to a decision between two colors; ranger green and coyote brown. As colors vary a bit between manufactures and even dye runs I'll specify that on this occasion I'm looking as some of Hill People Gear's products.
I like both colors, but to my eye the ranger green is a touch too green and the coyote brown is a touch to brown. Yup, I'm a picky gear junkie who's never satisfied.
I'd like the items not to stand out like a sore thumb outdoors anywhere on the planet, but the inland NW would be the area I'd like it to blend in the best. That area can get pretty brownish in the summer, but also stay pretty green most of the year.
I suspect I'll do a light over dye in any case to give a tiny tint of green to the coyote, or a tiny tint of brown to the ranger green, but I'd like some second opinions as to which base color from which to start.
And yes, all this over thinking of the issue when I know the gear will get dirtied up out in the woods.
Decades ago I had some old 70's era OD jungle fatigues as a kid and I noticed that when they had faded just a bit they tended to blend in to almost any outdoor environment (aside from the beach
) that I could find near me.In the 80's I noticed that slightly faded uniforms worn by our West German counterparts made them virtually invisible one they were a step or two inside a wood line, or even in the middle of a field of grass if it were a cloudy or overcast day. Over the years I've come to believe that a slightly faded muddy tint of one of the more predominant colors in your area is really the most effective camouflage you can have short of a gillie suit.
Flash forward many, many decades and I'm trying to come to a decision between two colors; ranger green and coyote brown. As colors vary a bit between manufactures and even dye runs I'll specify that on this occasion I'm looking as some of Hill People Gear's products.
I like both colors, but to my eye the ranger green is a touch too green and the coyote brown is a touch to brown. Yup, I'm a picky gear junkie who's never satisfied.
I'd like the items not to stand out like a sore thumb outdoors anywhere on the planet, but the inland NW would be the area I'd like it to blend in the best. That area can get pretty brownish in the summer, but also stay pretty green most of the year.
I suspect I'll do a light over dye in any case to give a tiny tint of green to the coyote, or a tiny tint of brown to the ranger green, but I'd like some second opinions as to which base color from which to start.
And yes, all this over thinking of the issue when I know the gear will get dirtied up out in the woods.
