Webtex Concealment Vest

[kenshin9]

sorry for dp, its been to long to edit.

 

i recently added a ton of hessian to my concealment vest to help it work in winter months when there isnt alot of vegitation in the field. after tediously cutting a small hole and tying on the hessian, i decided i had had enough. i grabbed a massive bag (it was huge) of zip ties and went to work with those. they work incredibly well because they are durable, light, and quick to add. also, if you wrap the hessian around them twice before you completely do them up, you can cover the tie completely so it wont matter what colour you use. i think i used green yellow and black.

 

ill try and get pictures up if i can

 

 

would also like to see pics

 

Jas

[sneaky-fab]

are the pics still coming ?

 

anyway last weekend I tried my webtex with fallen leafs and it works better then gras IMO. My brother passed me for the first time at 2 meters distance !

( what a rush was that ! ). I used big leafs with mixed colours.

 

I am going to make some ghillie jute to attach it on the small elastic loops ( the small ones wich are in pairs ) because they cost too much time and very irritating to fill. And with some jute on I can change very quickly from foilage because I only have to change the big loops.

 

my pics are coming up in 3 weeks ( next game , 4 players )

[thewallhitme]

sorry guys, wont have a chance to take the pics for a while. ill try next time i go, but that will be in bout a month.

[sneaky-fab]

Thewallhitme

 

Where did you added your hessian ?

 

I was thinking to stick bunches of dyed jute at the sides of the elastic loops, especially the small loops wich take long to stuff it with

[crablegs]

Will this ever go to the u.s.?

[sneaky-fab]

dunno , maybe some import shops have the item ?

 

Here in France is very hard to search it, but found an military surplus that import the webtex

[pedrosalas7]

where did you find one because i'm going to paris in january and i'd really like to pick one up if possible.

[sneaky-fab]

THe store is actually in paris so you are lucky

 

http://www.doursoux.com/product_info.php?c...products_id=940

 

Its 49 Euros

 

Name and adress:

 

DOURSOUX SARL

3 passage alexandre, 75015 Paris. France

 

I have never been there cuz i ordered it online

[thewallhitme]

soz, havent seen this thread in ages.

 

i added loads to the hood and down the back. i didnt put any on the arms and front cuz it would just get in the way of kit. after taking it out on a trial run and monkey crawling around for a while without being seen i reckon its oretty good. i ran it through the mud a couple of times and attacked it with a thorny stick to weather it a bit. however, being a lazy $H!7 the hessian was all one colour. im just gunna get some different coloured brown spray paint and get some streaks going on it. gotta get some pics! every time i go i either forget the camera or its not the day to wear a ghillie.

 

just a final point. i started off by just adding strips to the elastic parts, but it looks like a POS and makes no difference. i added it all over just by taking a strip and holding it in place, then getting a zip tie and looping it through the mesh and around the hessian, then before i pulled it tight i wrapped the maritial around it to cover the zip tie. its funny, u cant see them from the outside, but turn it over and u got a load of yellow, blue, green, red and black bits of plastic.

[pedrosalas7]

thanks a lot sneaky-fab

[sneaky-fab]

np

 

@wall

 

Thanks, i am gonna try that. I dont think a paint spray is gonna work on hessian, why dont you dye it ?

[thewallhitme]

im one of the most lazy A$$ snipers around thats why. also i did it to my last ghillie and it took soo long and made such a mess that im looking into any other alternatives. it will work if i say it will damn it.

lols

[sneaky-fab]

lazy snipers FTW

 

just laying there in the mud , with your big *albatross* scope and some snacks next to you

[angelmaker]

I wouldn't say that I mean with the hessian it will at least break up your human out line more.

[thewallhitme]

but would it cover my snax?

 

got a game this weekend, going to be trying out a new loadout. will definetly get some shots of my ghillie and maybe even some in game footage.

[pedrosalas7]

well i just got my web-tex and all i can say is that it look like a very good piece of equipment, light, tough and bigger than it looks(covers almos my entire arms and almost all the way down to my knees), 100% recomended. I can't wait to try it at my next game.

 

sneaky-fab thanks for the tip about doursoux. very nice store with lots of things and good custumer service.

[thewallhitme]

gahr i didnt get to use mine this weekend cus we only ever played respawn games and i morally object to lying in the mud for 20 mins to get one kill and have him come back to get me.

 

im currently charging my digital camera and ill just get some simple photos of it in my bck yard. i wanted to show u guys what it looks like in the field, but its not officially finished (still got the sleeves and the front to add to, then i got to change the colour of the hessian), but ill get some pics later on this week hopfully. this is getting rediculous

[[DART]_Pyro]

mine is underway.

 

just a question though : do you guys fix hessian/scrim net/cloth on to it, and add vegetation through the loops, or do you only use vegetation?

[bitchtits]

i used mine with just vegetation for nearly 2 years and it worked great.

now ive added hessian as well just to help that little bit more

[gunnermaniac]

Just a quick question, are the elastic loops tight, otherwise I can see the vegatation you put in and it falling out, also could someone tell me what is so great about hessian (I genuinly don't know and would like to get some if it is good stuff as I am probably going to get this vest off SAS)

Sorry, I am a n00by to the whole sniping scenario...

Thanks

[[DART]_Pyro]

as long as you think your vegetation could slip out, there isn't enough in. keep adding untill there is enough tension on the elestic loops to keep everything firmly in place.

 

strips of hessian are good because its a rather cheap cloth, with a coarse exterior. that will help break up your silhouette. it's available in different shades of brown and green, which you'll like verry much when trying to hide in a forrest.

[bitchtits]

hessian is a natural material, so it weathers better than a man made material.

i find the best things to use are army sand bags if you can get them as they are normaly standard brown to a slight greenish colour so dont need to be dyed.(i profer a brown base than green on my suit though).

the elastic loops will hold most the vegitation in no problem,of course some will fall out. i tend to add more here and there between games and at the start of a games anyway, or if the terrain changes.

if you can its worth picking up the book sniper by mark spicer,as its full of usefull tips on making a ghillie +alot more

 

[gunnermaniac]

If you don't mind me asking, how do you attatch the hessian to the elastic loops (tie a knot, sew?)

 

Also if anyone has some spare for sale (cheap) I would take it

[bitchtits]

you attach it to the vest not the loops. you can do it in many ways,glue it on, thread it through the holes or sow it on.

all have different benefits and consume differents amounts of time to do.

glueing is the quickest and sowing is the slowest,personaly i sow it on as i find it holds better.

you can gett hessian from alot of places search google,sand bags can be slightly harder to get though,unless you know some one in the army or that works for the council(on road works)....you can also find them at anyroad works normaly not that i condone stealling

 

 

[pedrosalas7]

well i tryied for the first time the vest last sunday and it wasn't very succesfull, i think that it's mostly about the vegetatios as it's mostly dry grass and it falls aout very easily, but i do think it's a perfect base for a classic type ghillie suit so i'm going to try that