Ghillie suits- how to make your own

For those of you who have the time and access to some local fabric shops, we can help you with detailed instructions on how to make your own ghillie suit. Depending on where you will be using your ghillie suit, there are some different color alternatives available to custom make your own ghille suit for the environmetn you will be in. How cool will it be to have your own ghillie sniper suit?

Here's some excellent instructions for making your own ghille suit:

1. Buy a pair of overalls a size or two bigger than you normally wear because you need to disguise as much of a human shape as possible.

2. Buy at least 10 yards of burlap at your local fabric shop.

3. Buy some clothing dye in a couple shades of browns/beiges and a couple of shades of greens, depending on your primary enviroment backgorund.

4. Dye 1 or 2 yards per shades you buy.
5. When the burlap is dry, cut it into strips approximately 1 to 2 inches wide and various lengths from 6 to 18 inches.

6. Sew these strips all over your overalls, allowing some strips to overlap each other.

7. If the area you are going to be in has a lot of shadows, then get some gray spray paint and squirt some gray splotches on your suit to blend in with the shadows of the land.

8. This leaves you with a few options on what to wear on your head. If you want to look like the guys in the photo above, then you'll have to custom make yourself (making sure eyes holes match up) a mask, using the same strip sewing technique that was for the body suit.

9. If you don't want the fuss of all that on your head, then you have the options of a few different style ski hats or masks or camouflage makeup.