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Finally got down to it and knocked together something to serve as camo netting. It's a petticoat mesh, folded and held together with some glue.



The center one in this pic was my original prototype. It turned out... less than optimally, what with the blotch of static grass. The other two are, I think, improvements.

Started life as sub-$2/yd petticoat mesh from the fabric store. I cut it to fit and folded it. The original assembly was a pain: superglue didn't behave particularly well, and plastic glue was useless (in retrospect, this is expected, I think). Eventually settled on PVA and good ol' foam tack glue in the the final form. After getting the corner glued and it was able to lay flat on the model, it was time to apply the flock. Inspired by breaded meats, I "battered" the mesh (not completely) with Liquitex matte medium (it has a really good consistency for this, although watered-down PVA might work if you can get the mix right), and dredged it in flock.

Since the mesh on these designs was going to be anchored at the turret as well, I decided to stop trying to glue four corners and instead cut it to fit with one glue point.
Important note: it helps to wrap the model in plastic wrap ahead of time, especially if this is going to be an aftermarket attachment to the model, applied after painting.

That is way cool. I'm going to have to see if I can apply that to some snipers to make a less goofy looking ghilli suit.

If I were trying to apply it to infantry, I'd probably combine it with the paper method I posted about, layering the mesh onto the paper. Or just using the paper towel and dredging that with some flock. I honestly don't know for sure.

Cheesecloth works better as its a soft cotton mesh. Dye a piece with RIT dye and you have a basically unlimited supply camo cloth that easily drapes over any shape and can be cut to any size.

T

timd wrote:
Cheesecloth works better as its a soft cotton mesh. Dye a piece with RIT dye and you have a basically unlimited supply camo cloth that easily drapes over any shape and can be cut to any size.

T

Yep,cheese cloth is the way to go.Any brown paint and argax wash and just leave to dry on a radiator or in the sun. Then just stick on flock with pva for extra camo.

Check my blog out for an example :

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Gauze bandage is also popular. Unlike petticoat mesh (which I presume is some sort of nylon or similar), gauze bandage is cotton and so will droop nicely when wet, giving a better scale look. Most people dip it in watered-down white glue then drape it over whatever - when dry, it will hold its shape.

It's very cheap and commonly available - worth a try.

Im sorry to be critical but I don't like it, its to static to appear as a fabric mesh at that scale, it looks like a mix of them having driven through a chain fence and then had some strange stuff spilled on them, with the turret then plonked ontop - personnely I would include the turret in the camo-ing process and use a much more piece meal approach with layers of different gilli. I think the lack of depth and battle worn look to the model under neither further alienates the effect you are trying to convey. Id consider putting some extra layers of work into the tank before covering it up, this may sound strange as you wont see a lot of your hard work but it will tie what you have done together much better. Hope this is some help not just trying to be rude.



google has lot of great examples of tank gilli