I am setting up a 1942 Western desert game between an attacker on the move and a static defender who has been in place for some hours and has had some time to disappear into the landscape. Part of the solution is spotting rules but I also want to use some camouflage nets. I have tried hessian but it is a bit stiff and it is difficult to get it to drape into a contoured shape.
Any thoughts anyone please?
Holdfast
The right sort of bandage, cut into small pieces and coloured.
Thin mess net curtain with a small amout of flock after colouring green with brown or black blotches.
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 30 April 2024, 02:22:56 PMThin mess net curtain with a small amount of flock after colouring green with brown or black blotches.
Western Desert ... wouldn't that be mainly sand coloured?
Or am I just showing my Eastern Front centric interest in things WW2?
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 30 April 2024, 01:52:17 PMThe right sort of bandage, cut into small pieces and coloured.
Tried that. Got all sticky on me models.
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 30 April 2024, 02:22:56 PMThin mess net curtain with a small amout of flock after colouring green with brown or black blotches.
Hmmm. Interesting. Do you leave it as a piece of materials or build some sort of supporting structure?
Netting from oranges of old fashioned hair net
Quote from: fsn on 30 April 2024, 04:24:34 PMHmmm. Interesting. Do you leave it as a piece of materials or build some sort of supporting structure?
Depeds what its on, supply dumps drap it over, gun pits use coktail sticks or match sticks.
I remember from my youth ?Featherstone recommended hairnets, but that would have been for 1:72.
For 6mm I use plain loo-paper (not the padded or recycled stuff - paper kitchen towel might work equally well) - liberally dampened with a very liquid solution of PVA. Draped over the camo-frames or vehicles whilst damp.
Adding some random flock clumps & then dry-brushed. It wasn't very translucent - but it works OK and might work with 10mm as well.
I found that plastic fruit bag netting worked ok (ish) in c.20mm - but it was a bit stiff - so I used to 'dunk' it in boiling water (held with tweezer) before draping over the camo-frames or vehicles. However the holes in the netting were rather large and a lot of additional flocking was required. Also getting paint into the underside to hide the usually bright orange or yellow was a lot of a pain!
Many thanks to all.
I think the kitchen towel roll with dilute PVA sounds the most promising. I will try and report back.