Unusual Camo Patterns...... Arctic?

[GunnersHusband]

Anyone have any pictures of unusual camo patterns? I was thinking today about the possiblility of moving back to Alaska which got me thinking about Arctic camo, or maybe just plain flat white.........

 

[CARNAC]

I've seen white with black lines in a giraffe pattern. That was pretty cool. Think it was on a SUSV. If I find the picture I'll post it.

 

[FrankUSMC]

I have seen Marine trucks painted white with back outlines for operations in Norway. I think it was called "Operation Northern wedding". I saw the trucks at Camp Lejeune, NC.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET

 

[WillWagner]

The 1/2 ton deuce !!!

 

[Refalgren]

Hehe

Guess mine already fits the bill

 

[GunnersHusband]

I dig it! now all you need is some snow!

 

[maddawg308]

I believe snow camo is white background with black splotches, or white with black/brown/forest green, or combinations thereof.

Plain white is UN.

 

[joec]

Anyone have any pictures of unusual camo patterns? I was thinking today about the possiblility of moving back to Alaska which got me thinking about Arctic camo, or maybe just plain flat white.........

I will take some pics of some of the patterns out and show them.

 

[GunnersHusband]

RE: Re: Unusual Camo Patterns...... Arctic?

Great!

 

[10mtnChevy]

RE: Re: Unusual Camo Patterns...... Arctic?

ive seen a few combinations on some drag racing cars using white, gray and black. might find some pictures on www.bradentonmotorsportspark.com, if they are still there. but they did look great! would look amazing on a vehicle it belongs on. will try to locate some old photos and upload them.

 

[Refalgren]

Sorry 10mtnChevy, but www.bradentonmotorsportspark.com is currently being squatted on by domain registration monkeys

 

[10mtnChevy]

peachy -_-

 

[Elwenil]

Everything I have seen on US arctic camouflage patterns in the modern era has just been plain white. Uniforms used to have black looking splotches mainly because they were copied from older German uniforms. Modern uniforms and arctic covers are just plain white. Camo netting and such are also plain white these days.

For interesting winter or tundra camo patterns, check out a Jane's manual on armor and look at some of the Soviet and Russian pieces. They have a very nice pattern that uses a dark forest green, grey, and light grey that is really cool looking.

 

[bigbee]

You could look at the nearest surplus store---some of them have "woodland" pattern clothing that's in white/black/gray or blue/gray/black. When I had cold weather training, we kept the white snow pants on but used the green parka in the woods.

 

[GunnersHusband]

Found some interesting stuff just googling things........... it's not arctic but I did find a pretty cool looking digital pattern on some jordanian Tanks.......

 

[Jones]

For the four-color system; winter artic is all white. Summer artic is 45% white, 45% native (local to the area) earth tone brown to simulate partialy thawed ground, 5% sand and 5% black.
The three-color system winter artic is 90% white and 10% 35240 blue (kind of a grayish-blue to simulate shadows). Summer artic three-color is like the four-color but leaves out the sand and goes to 10% black.

 

[GunnersHusband]

Thanks!!! now is when you tell me I could have looked that up on my own right? I'm going to have to photo shop some things and see what i like.

 

[Jones]

We'd never do that G.H., just glad to help.
If you want to see what that grayish-blue 35240, or any FS-595b color, looks like; go to www.colorserver.net and enter the five-digit color code. Handy site to have.

 

[AK_M1028]

I picked up this M1028 this summer here in Alaska. As you can see in the bed, remnants of the snow camo. The green and white is CARC. You can see on the body of the truck somebody painted over the white with cheap brown and black. I've been driving it with the current paint, but plan on stripping off the brown and black soon.

 

[quarkz]

On my deuce, that had both desert camo and jungle camo parts, I just rattle canned over the darker colors with grey primer and over the lighter colors with white primer then retraced all the black lines with flat black.
It pulled the two paint schemes together.
I like it.
I was orginally going to go with a german winter camo scheme.
This winter scheme also works well in sagebrush.
Plus if you add any chrome, like big pull chains it lools like light reflecting off of ice.