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Summary: Learn about protective gear and camouflage for paintball in this free paintball lesson from an experienced player and strategy expert.
About the Expert
Robert F. Stewart Robert F. Stewart is a 15-year veteran of paintball who brings his military training and experience to the sport. In designing and building Hill 13, Robert go... read more
Hi. I'm Robert Stewart, with hill13.com. The next thing we're going to talk about mostly applies for woods ball, where you're playing in a natural environment, a lot of greens, browns, and tan colors. Especially if you're playing in a deep woods field, a lot of players choose to take that sniper route and want to wear what's called a ghillie suit. Ghillie suits are used in the military to completely destroy your profile, so that the enemy can't detect you. And while now there have been some recent improvements in ghillie suits directly for paintball, they still tend to be a little cumbersome to wear in play. This is sectional ghillie. And what that means is that we've taken ghillie material and actually bonded it to my hopper bags here, which carries my paintball and my tools, and my mask. And as you can see, on my forearm guards. The cumulative effect of all of that is that it gives you the movement, as you can see when the wind blows, it moves like everything around you. Remember, camouflage only works when you're still.