Maple-Leaf Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I've just been looking over the TACGEAR.de stuff in MULTICAM again and I'll be damned if the photos in their gallery didn't make me stop and think - maybe MULTICAM really is the most awesome camouflage pattern yet applied to military uniforms? Opinions? Link to post Share on other sites
Gene Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 That really is awesome. Damn their high prices! I just might be poor for the next 6 years! Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 That really is awesome. Damn their high prices! I just might be poor for the next 6 years! Crye Precision is expensive - TACGEAR are actually fairly reasonable (€99 for an awesome smock, €59.90 for an awesome pair of trousers). Other suppliers are starting to do Multicam stuff - I imagine it won't be long until the stuff doesn't cost such a premium anymore. I was planning on getting a set of TACGEAR's stuff in DANCAM - now I'm not so sure.... Link to post Share on other sites
Crandall Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 For us americans, you can get a pant and shirt setup for $165 from http://skdtac.com/category.asp?CATEGORYID=231 Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Don't take this the wrong way, but what cave on which planet have you been hiding in?! Pouches are becoming a bit more common now it seems, which would appeal to some. I'm still not a fan though, especially when it comes to woodland. I guess it's just too light for my liking. I like the white blobs mind you; they remind me of when I get pigeon cr@p on my clothes Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Don't take this the wrong way, but what cave on which planet have you been hiding in?! Hey - what's up Doc? I ain't been hidin' in no cave. In fact, if you search, you'll see that I was one of the first people to bring up the topic of MULTICAM on this board and also on the Airsoft Community board. I first spotted MULTICAM on the Miltary Morons website early last year - when it was still a prototype called "Scorpion pattern". Its just like I said - I was looking at it again and thought, mmmmm, maybe I should change my direction and get some of it instead of other stuff. Problem is - there are just too many too damn sechsie camo patterns coming out these days. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I still want CADPAT, and that's a bit of a mission to get I nearly ordered some from Canada, but the shipping was about £80, and what if the trousers didn't fit And M84; mmm... But they're darker patterns than Multicam see, and I just feel more comfy in that. I guess it's because dark colours are more slimming I haven't seen Multicam (or CADPAT even) with my own two peepers though, so I could just as easily back-pedal on this. I need a swatch book of camo, like you get from a carpet store... Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_darkness Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I have full cadpat. Jacket trousers helmet and patrol cap. Costs about 80-90 quid not including p&p. Its well worth it Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I still want CADPAT, and that's a bit of a mission to get I nearly ordered some from Canada, but the shipping was about £80, and what if the trousers didn't fit <{POST_SNAPBACK}> thought they had that stuff at flecktarn.co.uk. Link to post Share on other sites
HardCoil Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I dunno. I was really impressed by the pics too, but then I saw some people in multicam at the beget4 event in Sweeden. They looked like huge yellow/brown blobs in the green forest. It apparently doesn't work everywhere, and since then I have noticed that ALL the pics are taken in dusty, arid or dark environments. In a sunny forest it really really doesn't work. It's good, but not magical. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 thought they had that stuff at flecktarn.co.uk. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've been told it's El Crappo. I was going to get it from a Canadian supplier I'd been recommended. Link to post Share on other sites
Scizz Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Those pics made me happy about getting mine when I did. I love my Multicam! Link to post Share on other sites
catsfrommars Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Good ol' multicam Link to post Share on other sites
Kukailimoku Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 It's likely that those pics are "set up" specifically for the multi-cam to look amazing. A bit deceptive really. Link to post Share on other sites
Wege Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Even with those 'pose' shots, they are still impressive? Me? I have that aforementioned smock and pants on order.... Gonna be pricey, but I reckon worth it. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 One thing I do like that is that Crye seem to have actually paid attention to what flora does over the seasons I was looking out the passenger window on a journey a few weeks back, and I noticed that most of the meadows were full of dried, yellow grass. "I could get away with dessies in that" I thought. Come winter, most of the greenery will have died back, meaning you could get away with a cam without too much green in it then as well. Those photos don't look that amazing to me Kukailimoku They look no better or worse than most other camos I've seen. I often get hit by 'The Unseen Enemy', and they never have Multicam on! Link to post Share on other sites
Magsz Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 For us americans, you can get a pant and shirt setup for $165 from http://skdtac.com/category.asp?CATEGORYID=231 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Keep in mind that the BDU's offered by skdtac are NOT official crye BDU's so the quality is suspect. Then again, Joe doesnt tend to carry crappy products so im going to go out on a limb here and say that those bdu's are probably very well made. Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 It's likely that those pics are "set up" specifically for the multi-cam to look amazing. A bit deceptive really. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It really just shows that it's not made for Britain, Canada or Northern Europe. Shame really. Closest thing to a 'green' version of that would be danish M84, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 It really just shows that it's not made for Britain, Canada or Northern Europe. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I disagree, like I've already said. I mean, this pic: Isn't a million miles away from my mate's back garden, is it? Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 I disagree, like I've already said. I mean, this pic: Isn't a million miles away from my mate's back garden, is it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, that's what I mean. But then on the other hand, I do have my doubts about its effectiveness in darker, northern boreal forests. But for sparser, drier woodlands it seems to work VERY well. I'd be very interested in hearing what real life experiences/photos other people have of it. When all is said and done, it could be like every other camouflage pattern - it depends on where you play/fight. But don't forget, the mission of MULTICAM was to give people a camo that worked pretty well almost everywhere - as opposed to one that works well in one type of terrain, and not at all in a different type. Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_darkness Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 I chose cadpat as its a nice camo that few people will have and that it works very well around the UK as its a nice green. I have put it on a regular fern, which there is plenty of around here and at our local site. Its next to DPM for comparison. Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 I chose cadpat as its a nice camo that few people will have and that it works very well around the UK as its a nice green. I have put it on a regular fern, which there is plenty of around here and at our local site. No question that CADPAT works very very well in thick green foliage areas. But its not a muti-environment camo like MULTICAM. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Indeed, even CADPAT has an arrid version Link to post Share on other sites
HawaiiIceMan Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 i was thinking of making a ghillie from Multicam as my next ghillie....but i dont no how i would make the front canvas in multicam....dont they sell multicam in juss fabric by it self? Link to post Share on other sites
Verymanynames Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I know a local dealer by me was getting NYCO and Marpat Twill and 1000d cordura in multicam from crye, dont know how you would get it from them. Link to post Share on other sites
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