The Shadow Guard Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Has anyone ever sculpted camo cloaks for their scouts and if so managed to get the ghillie-suit effect used by modern day snipers? SG Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmimellows Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 You could go down the route of sculpting a GS cape and then adding a top layer of some gauze or similar from a bandage. You can PVA it on and it will give you the texture of a ghillie suit. You can then drill with a pinvise and insert bits of model foliage to look like bits of branches etc attached to the suit. Could be fiddly but you should get quite a nice effect. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2983832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfinger Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Why not make like it actually is....go down to the craft/fabric store and buy some thread. The thinner the better. Then I would cut about a hundred strands of that thread that were any where from3 to 5mm long. Then using some PVA glue or even super glue and tweezers start attaching the threads to the cloaks that come on the scout sniper models. Taadaaa! instant ghillie suit! Ashton Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2983890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdeptusDavidus Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Over at WIP (the board, not the subforum here) there's this tutorial. There's also this. About halfway down he details how he created his IG sniper's ghillie suit out of plasticard. (I know, it sounds like it would look absurd, and until it's painted it does look a bit pants, but check out the finished effect.) In either case, you can add flocking or bits of thread to the cloak with PVA glue to kind of fill out the texture. Don't overdo it, though, or your scouts will wind up looking like moldy wookiees with guns. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2983976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Something Wycked Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Don't overdo it, though, or your scouts will wind up looking like moldy wookiees with guns. Isn't that what a ghillie suit makes someone look like? :( Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2984050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdeptusDavidus Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Isn't that what a ghillie suit makes someone look like? :P LOL! Nah, they make you look like something out of How Not To Be Seen. ;) I've seen some models ghillie'd up by just gluing what looks like tiny spanish moss (or flocking or thread, can't be sure which) directly to the surface of the model. See the first entry here. It looks ... a little bit less than amazing. I think this is one of the cases where mirroring reality in scale doesn't work well; it needs to be kinda stylized. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2984121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 lather the model in epoxy to destroy all details, then flock ;) Or just go The Doghouse Route. -T14 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2984515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Or just go The Doghouse Route.-T14 Its great to see others remember the S.A.P.S Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2984720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemainus Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 In my pursuit of ghillie-ness, I tried a few different solutions to the problem, and I discovered that the look can be achieved with a basic camo paintjob and aggressive basing. Much easier than sculpting the individual suits. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/JohnnyK3886/Oh%20Dear/sniperandhb.jpg http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/JohnnyK3886/Oh%20Dear/?action=view¤t=ScoutHB.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/JohnnyK3886/Oh%20Dear/Scouts/ScoutSergeantFenlain2.jpg Tie the basing components in with the armor by attaching it to a few places on the models, like they've made a conscious effort to add native fauna to their kit, and it'll seem natural. You won't have to mess around with GS, either! (of course, if you're a better sculptor than I am ((which is nearly everyone)) then disregard my input and try something else. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2987036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennisBall Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Real world examples: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/294/a/2/ghillie_suits_by_militaryphotos-d316sn6.jpg http://mygunculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ghillie_suit.jpg Would suggest using flock, static grass as others have said or small strips of paper (not plasticard). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246526-help-how-to-sculpt-a-ghillie-suit-effect/#findComment-2988557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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