Friday, 8 June 2012

Part 1 - Materials

So to start making a Ghillie Suit you are going to need some materials! Here is a list of some of the materials I used, rough cost and also where I bought them.

Main Materials

- Flight Suit-
£17.50 from www.flecktarn.co.uk
- Badminton/ Volleyball net - BLACK or GREEN
£12 from eBay/sports shop
- Unwaxed dental floss -
£2 from eBay
- Dylon Dye (woodland brown x1, olive drab x2) -
£4 per pack from eBay or fabric shop
- Canvas Material - GREEN
£8.50 from army surplus store
- Jute Twine rolls single ply - ( 2400m of Natural colour and 600m of green) 
£5.99 for 600m from eBay
- Jute potato sacks - 
£5 eBay or farm (use instead of rolls just tear them into strands)
- Boonie Hat -
£7 from www.flecktarn.co.uk
- Fabric Glue -
£3 from eBay or fabric shop


Extra's

- Viper tactical gloves -

£7 from www.flecktarn.co.uk
- Elastic Fabric - 
I found these lying around my house but here is a picture of them:
They are like an elastic waistband almost but smaller.
- Black Spray Paint -
£4 from party shop
- Paintball goggles-
£7 from eBay
- Neopreme facemask-
£5 from www.flecktarn.co.uk
 - Mosquito net-
£10 from ebay 

These are all the items you will need to create your own Ghillie Suit. And here is a picture of the lot excluding the flight suit, spray paint, dye and boonie hat:


And here is a picture of my Flight suit:
Mine is the German Flecktarn pattern but only because is was the only one I could find

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