anyone know how to make ghillie suits?

[bad moon on afull moon]

does anyone know a good method of making ghillie suits?

[isotope99]

I'm using little bits from the wood terrain kit (the leaves) and then filling in some of the gaps with green stuff.

Sorry, the picture's not very clear.

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/578/DSC01077.JPG

[Valdore]

Not something I've tried personally, but I imagine if you get some small mesh type material, the sort of stuff you'd use for model-scale wire fences, mould it around your model, then get some actual foliage, moss etc. fix it through the mesh, seal in place with a spraypaint, then paint it up how you want it. Might work well, or it might not :p

[bad moon on afull moon]

both seem like good ideas but i think using moss might make the model stink a bit after a while in the heat, but using the mesh sounds good, ill try it some time and see how it goes thanks

[TSINI]

If you're going for a "body shaped" ghillie suit (like Modern Warfare 2 / real life)

you could just stick a thin layer of the clump foliage directly to the model, leaving out the hands and boots

don't know how this will turn out, but i'm definately going to give it a go :D

[bad moon on afull moon]

good idea thatll look right and be less work than using mesh going for my own guard snipers in ghillie suits like this http://www.ghilliesuitsource.com/products/paintball_sniper.jpg

[LadasN]

I made ghillie's for my guard snipers the scorched grass flock and just glued it on. It worked really well for them.

[hellbringer]

There was an article on GW's sight a long time ago, back during on their old site, where they had used the really fine metal mesh and draped it over the sniper's they'd modeled and then threaded foliage through the mesh. They finished it off by putting tall grass on the base.

I've never done this technique, but I do remember this article cuz it looked really cool and didn't involve hardly any painting.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

[bad moon on afull moon]

thanks everyone for the tons of different techniques, i might just get that 5 cadian box and try out each technique to see which one works best :D

[Masterowen45]

I have found some examples that people have done:

Scroll down to Dave38x.s entry. (http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Ammobunker/topic/178375/1/)

Some kreig Snipers with Green stuff camo suits (http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126013&highlight=elysian+drop+troops&page=60)

hope that helps

[bad moon on afull moon]

thanks for the links masterowen those kreig snipers really do look awesome and the greenstuffing not too hard. that one by dave 38x is awesome but i cant tell how the ghillie suits been made.
ill try greenstuff, probably the least fiddly of all the techniques. thanks again for all the ideas.

[FastEd]

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2009/11/40k-hobby-paper-tarps.html

Try this. Should be able to add a little on top of the tarps to give it that leafy look and feel.

[bad moon on afull moon]

thats could work too, so now iv got 5 different methods to try out :D

[vharing]

I made ghillie suits for my SM scouts a while ago. I used mesh for modeling with clay. I molded the mesh around the models and than spray painted it. I then glued flock to the mesh and used a dull coat to seal it. I didnt glue them on so that the ghillie suits could be removed. It worked so well that I forgot them in forests a few times.

[Denzark]

Best method I know, I got my old man to make a Squat (yes I said it) sniper for me. I now use it as a vindicare assassin. Take scrap sprue. With a modelling/stanley knife, make 100's of little shavings, all 5mm or less. Then, coat the miniature in liquid poly, and simply sprinkle on - remember at rest the strand of a Ghilllie suit will droop downwards. I will try and post a picture later.

[bad moon on afull moon]

thanks denzark and vharing, both those ways sound like theyd work really well