![]() ![]() NATURAL RAFFIA – I’ve said many times, to many people who ask me about materials, that raffia is God’s gift to snipers. Tape is a great alternative, if you get the fabric stuff, or make a wrap of some sort. MATT PAINT ON SMOOTH SURFACES – Like a gun, even though it says “matt effect”, will still leave a shiny, unnatural surface because it’s smooth anyway. Wavy protruding things are bad, because no player stays perfectly still, and they’ll highlight you more easily. Aimed for the waving plant, cracked him straight in the head. A fern leaf on the side of his head started waving around as he looked for me, and of his suit that was actually the only thing I could see, the rest of it was really good. He made some noise nearby so I was alert and trying to spot him through some very thick woodland. I recall doing a sniper event once against a very good sniper, who I’ll not name. This big green leafy thing, anchored at the bottom, is usually left free to wave around in the air. Looks great (although far too many people use them in environments where there aren’t actually any ferns) but there’s a bigger problem – movement. Quite often you’ll see them on suits, attached at the base of the fern leaf. Like…įERNS – Not just ferns to be fair, but they’re a good example people are familiar with. Also pay attention to which way round they’ll be on your suit, and be careful how and where you attach them. I’ve seen plenty of snipers go crazy on ebay and buy loads of random artificial plants, that aren’t present in their environment, and just attach them all over the place. Too much makes the suit etc too busy, too much on the head and face area inhibits vision and hearing which you rely on far more than your camouflage to stay out of trouble, and looks out of place if you use the wrong stuff. But…ĭON’T OVERDO IT WITH VEGETATION – Artificial or otherwise. Get rid of as many as you can, or make wraps and covers for things you can’t bear to do. ![]() also, things like straps present very clean, straight lines. At the very least, use some spray paint, if possible add some fabric tape or 3D camouflage too. Everything, especially things with a smooth, flat surface. NOT CAMOUFLAGING ALL YOUR KIT EITHER – Straps, boots, gloves. If you’re going to use camouflage, use it on everything. NOT CAMOUFLAGING THE GUN – It doesn’t matter how much you paid for it or how cool it looks, leaving the rifle in jet black or whatever solid colour it comes in will get you spotted in no time – that long black barrel poking out from the vegetation is an easy target for anyone looking for a sniper. Especially with camouflage where obviously you can’t look at yourself, but you can see how other snipers’ kit works in an environment and learn from it. Down the years, I’ve watched plenty of snipers both online and especially in the field, where I’m happy to sit with the finger off the trigger and just observe what they do and how they do it (for educational purposes only, I’m not some kind of creep). It should be equally as useful to talk about what people do wrong as well. What I want to do with this article is highlight a lot of common mistakes, both with kit selection, camouflage, and tactics, as opposed to all the articles online about how to do things right. This isn’t one of those compilation YouTube videos, don’t worry.
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