swiss camo question

[deep in the bush]

hey got this for my bday.. I am a tad colour blind...so when do think this would be good to use in fall?

I am told it has some red in it so I was thinking in oct after leaves change..any help would be great.

here is alink or two to help

http://www.tridentmilitary.com/New-P...ss-summerb.jpg

http://www.tridentmilitary.com/New-P...ss-summerb.jpg

ditb

[Thunder Kimerson]

i would never wear that...

[deep in the bush]

Originally Posted by Thunder Kimerson

i would never wear that...

my friend ..its a colour question...not a "fashion" one

***teasing you.***

....why would you not wear it? colour? i need more feedback than that...reasons man reasons!!!


look forward to your help
remeber everything in the red spectrum looks grey to me

[Boche]

Originally Posted by deep in the bush

....why would you not wear it? colour? i need more feedback than that...reasons man reasons!!!

What would you expect a 16yr old kiddie to say?

The colour red at a distance blends in with surrounding colours and looks more like brown-ish, or so I've heard. Or you could do this...

http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthr...ght=swiss+camo

[deep in the bush]

that is really really helpful my friend

thanks!!

[Lerch]

I've been looking on eBay for Swiss smocks for awhile now, just to use in the deadfall seasons. It has to be one of the best patterns for the time, with the reds. Maybe pair that up with some Flecktarn and your deadly!

[Lynxicanus]

Hey Deep,

I'm somewhat of a camo whore. (I think I have 15+ full suits now.) I (and my wife) have full alpenflage suits with combat jackets, and we have used them sparingly in play. The colors on this suit are a kaiki, OD green, black, Fire engine RED, and light circles of White(-greenish/white-or-bluish/white depending on the particular suit). I have also noticed that the kaiki can really change shades as well. On some suits it is a deep brown, on others it is almost a 'flesh' color.

I have only seen this suit used once in daytime play. The area was saskachewan farmland tundra. The light tan in the suit helped to blend the colors in well and the red worked great around old red farm machinery, but I would postulate that the suit has too much over predominance of red for normal woodland play (perhaps 25-30% of the suit is Fire Engine RED), however the jacket is very bulky and breaks up ones sillouet fantastically - not to mention one does not need any extra webbing as the jacket has it all. That said i have yet to use the suit myself in a predominently green or tan environment to see if the red tends to blend at all. (too many suits to wear, not enough games to wear them in, and changing 3 times a day just to test out different camo in different locations gets old fast.)

The one thing this suit is GREAT at is for night play. The white blotches along with lighter tan and black lines really add a 3 dimentional feel to the camo during low light and night time play. Granted I have yet to use the suit under infra red, but to the naked eye I prefer the suit to Tiger Strip at night and I have used both and seen both used a number of times.

The option of dying the fabric is a great one, unless you are a purist like me and collect the different suits to have an example of what the worlds armies have at their disposal.

Hope this helped. Feel free to PM me any further questions or ask em here and I'll try to answer.

Mike

[MrEvolution]

and where does one pick up this dye?

[Lerch]

You could probably check out some textile or art shops...Wal-Mart maybe...

[Spitfire]

maybe just contact me :idea:
i can organize it for u really cheap ;-)
somewhat around 40$ plus shiping... so around 80$
if anyone is interested, feel free to contact me

cheers

[Spitfire]

or check this:
http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=21698

[longshot]

A side note to all these: Central Surplus at downtown Toronto -close to Yonge and Wellesley subway station have lots of Swiss Army uniforms to choose from.
One big catch...all the Swiss army uniforms are located at the basement level,deep at the back of the store. And the basement smells like sewage...but the uniforms are clean last time I checked.
I think they are listed at the Yellow Page, call first just to be sure...if you are coming from outside of the GTA.

[Spitfire]

if you need more clothes then i can send it als bulk package.. so its cheeper...
shiping is more than the clothes itselfs...
shiping is like 50 and clothes like 30.. i misthought before...

cheers

[Thunder Kimerson]

Originally Posted by deep in the bush

my friend ..its a colour question...not a "fashion" one

***teasing you.***

....why would you not wear it? colour? i need more feedback than that...reasons man reasons!!!


look forward to your help
remeber everything in the red spectrum looks grey to me

I dont really like the patern i would actually choose a solid colour.... the actuall uniform regardless of patern is decent

[scoobabob94]

This camo works exellent in the fall and is pretty good in general year round except in the winter, it blends in very well with dead foliage and leaves and stuff on the ground. Check out my team website if you want to see some more pictures of it. www.Cesmairsoftteam.com