Home Made Ghillie Suit?

[OneArmedPanda]

I was wondering if anyone knows how to make a homemade ghillie suit without using burlap or that jute twine or rope. Is there any way to create a decent and cheap one without these supplies?

[Zombiefruit]

I don't think so. Just use google.

[lupo]

Burlap and jute are pretty much the cheapest and readily available ways to make a ghillie suit. Any reason why your looking for something else?

[TokyoSeven]

Youtube had many interesting videos in regards to making your own ghillie.

[FOX_111]

I don't see any viable alternative. You need to take the time to do it, or it will look like a mess and serve no purpose other than make you look silly.

[Muffin]

You can get decent ones at a reasonable price, it'd save you the trouble of attempting to create one.

[Naglfar]

I made one a couple months ago for a winter ghillie.
Took half a hockey net and a few pounds of various white fabrics and tied them in knots for a day. Threw in 5 or 6 strips of browns and greens and probably 50 strips of grays.
It turned out fantastic, in an open snow-covered field you cannot see the wearer at all, it keeps you warm and drags a little so it covers your tracks in soft snow.

But for anything other than winter go jute and burlap.

[FOX_111]

If you go with an existing BDU, making one will cost you from 20 to 40$ or material and from 20 to 40 houres of work.

If you do it right (it's easy) you will end up with a military grade ghillie that is 10000x better than the shit sold on the web for 120$ and up.

[ironskull79]

some twigs, leaves, branches one of those painting suits and some glue sticks.
easy for under $30

Originally Posted by OneArmedPanda

I was wondering if anyone knows how to make a homemade ghillie suit without using burlap or that jute twine or rope. Is there any way to create a decent and cheap one without these supplies?

best thing I can think of is getting a cam net(ie for a vehicle) an cutting it down to size to cover your BDUs an hat. Than in the field you can throw in grass, leaves, etc.


But when using natural vegetation it had to be swapped out every so often because it'll die an dry out an make you stand out.

[OneArmedPanda]

hey can someone find me the cheapest forest ghillie? im having some trouble finding decent priced ones for use in the bush.

[Duilin]

i dont think i've seen a premade one for less then $100

[FOX_111]

Originally Posted by ironskull79

some twigs, leaves, branches one of those painting suits and some glue sticks.
easy for under $30

I'd advise against the painting suit... Too hot and depending on the model, might rip to shred in one crawl.

Beside, those things are white right?

[lupo]

Yeah unless you get a used one anything premade is going to be over $100. Cheapest route for a ghillie is a bdu jacket that you already have with burlap or jute shoegoo'd on and then some paracord sewn on for attaching foliage. I did that for the second one i built and it turned out pretty good.

[FOX_111]

I did several stores to buy shoegoo and never found any. I did try wallmart, but I was unlucky.