Camouflage Tips and Techniques

Camouflage Tips & Techniques

cam·ou·flage [kam-uh-flahzh]

noun, adjective, verb, -flaged, -flag·ing.

–noun

1. The act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that have from a distance the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.

1a. The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them

appear to be part of the natural environment / surroundings.

2. concealment by some means that alters or obscures the appearance.

2a. Concealment by disguise or protective coloring.

3. A device or stratagem used for concealment:

3a. Fabric or a garment dyed in splotches of green, brown, tan, and black so as to make the wearer

indistinguishable from the surrounding environment.

4. clothing made of fabric with a mottled design, usually in shades of green and brown, similar to

that used in military camouflage.



The Following are Internet Web Sites providing Camouflage Painting Tips & Techniques.
1. Basic Camouflage Techniques. 2. How to paint Camouflage using a Mask by Testors. 3. Painting Military Vehicles for Photography. 4. Painting Hard-Edge Camo Schemes. 5. Painting Small Scale Armor - Part One 6. How to do armor weathering - A YouTube video. .

–adjective
5.
(of fabric or clothing) made with or having a mottled design similar
to that used on military camouflage.

–verb (used with object)
6. to disguise, hide, or deceive by means of camouflage:

to camouflage ships by painting them gray.

–verb (used without object)
7. to use camouflage.

Origin:
1915–20; < French, equivalent to camoufl ( er ) to disguise
(probably a verbal derivative of camouflet; see camouflet) + -age
-age

—Related forms
cam·ou·flage·a·ble, adjective
cam·ou·flag·er, noun
cam·ou·flag·ic, adjective
un·cam·ou·flaged, adjective
well-cam·ou·flaged, adjective

—Synonyms
3. mask, blind, front, cover.

"Numbnuts. . .

Pay Attention!"

"This is how the

Marine Corps does

Camouflage Painting!"

"Hoorah!"

Typical Military Camouflage Patterns.