Stealthy camping in winter

[Gullivers3]

not so stealthy moondog but neat winter digs.
phil

[Moondog55]

Ah Yes
I've seen that before and I totally approve

[Lophophaps]

I can't see him carrying the tent very far.

[Moondog55]

I can't see him carrying the tent very far.

Tent weighs bugger-all but all those pine logs and mud would certainly be a load and a half

[jdeks]

I've got a bit of experience with cam and concealment.....

People often tend to think camo is about color, but the number one thing that your eyes notice is actually shape. All those 'bunny ears' and digital pixel military cam patterns arent about looking like leaves - its about breaking up the outline of a 'man shape' against a variety of backgrounds (dirt, foliage, rock).

Snow is actually a bit tricky. It's a very stark, uniform background that really contrasts irregularities, but at the same time, depending on the amount of snowfall it can have its own dark breakthroughs and very subtle tonal patterns (Insert '50 shades of Grey' pun here). Often 'whitewashing' whatever youre trying to conceal can be less effective than youd hope, especially if you've got trees and terrain involved.

THose sheets youve made up would be good for concealing something (or someone...) lying on mostly-snowed ground, but for an upright tent against the trees in that photo, it's going to make for a stark white silhoutte that will stand out. You've also made your dark stripes too regularly spaced (and unconscious tendedy we all tend to have when we deliberately try to make a 'random' pattern), which will look unnatural against a snowy backdrop.

Try and add in some some larger, darker 'branch' patterns like this. It will disrupt the regular lines of the tent and match the patchy tone pattern of the trees against the snow





Pitch it against the side of a drift with some trees behind it so it doesn't interrupt the horizon, and with some trees in front to add some obscurity and depth to the pattern.

[Moondog55]

Nice "Paint" job
You are right tho I admit but I only had a single can of matt black
Regularity tho is a feature of Snowgum woodland depending on when it was last burnt and the background hopefully will be white
I'll fatten the pattern when I get there with a can of matt grey

[Mark F]

Now we know who is responsible for all the graffiti around Geelong

[walkerchris77]

Now we know who is responsible for all the graffiti around Geelong

Lol.

[Moondog55]

OK jdeks some insight from you into colours needed.
I've just bought a big water resistant polyester flysheet that is bid enough to cover the tent roof. It is creamy ivory in colour.
Rattle can white and what other colours? Broad sprays of the white and narrow of the others?

[jdeks]

What time are you planning to pitch it? Full snowcover or still patchy.


If its backed against treetrunks, big broad 'snakes' of different hues of snowgum grey, brown and cream is what i'd go for. Maybe some streaks/patches of white from ground up to thigh level.

If its up against a snowdrift, just stick with white hues in irregular patches.

Heres a quick vid that kindof highlights why even in snow, upright things still blend best with woodland type camo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlW4SYNr6VE

[Moondog55]

Interesting video, if the bloke in cammies had been wearing white pants and moved like a soldier he would have been very hard to see 15 metres into the woodland. Luckily for me the most exposed sides of the tent fly are silver; silver is easier to camouflage up as it does tend to reflect what is around it, so I'll do as you suggest there and buy one more rattle can in white.

[Moondog55]

Just out of interest I have one photo showing the polarbear cream/ivery tarp I rattle canned

[Neo]

The Lycra clad yuppie crown don't read this forum and it's my visual profile I need to keep down, once I hit the slopes at FC every-one will know Moondog's back

:):)
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I was looking for the old topic where 'grey vertical stripes' seemed to be the solution to help a tent blend in. Zebra stripes are vertical too, like trees and shrubs.