I think the Spanish version is a little too grey. But a darker Multicam variant, while still keeping it brown, would be very interesting. Hypothetically, that would work excellently year around in a temperate environment, by blending with the ground and being independent of foliage. In my opinion, the revolutionary aspect of Multicam is that it proved that brown dominant patterns worked outside of the desert, compared to the centuries of only using dark green for those environments.
I actually like the CCE better, even though the colors don't match the background that well, but it breaks up the human silhouette nicely. Multicam has a tendency to blob. You should modify the CCE with green dye and test it again.
I find multicam has this distinct look that can sometimes come off as too tan or even like smeared & not matching it's environment. I love French desert & other desert camos for fall actually. Also Switzerland alpenflage is nice in the fall as well cause it has red, orange, white & some weird colours that match up with leaves very nicely. Flecktarn is great for fall too.
The D-CCE works alright with the leaf litter on the forest floor, but obvious that Multicam blends better overall. To note- Multicam still washes out and lightens as you move away from the camera.
I got txtile/fabric color and applied it with a brush. I recolored ervery single splotch: Black -> light brown, Red -> redish brown, dark green -> light green.
the OCP definitely looks a lot lighter which seems to blend less, surprisingly way less than i expected even. disappointing, i thought maybe it would be a little more comparable for how big of a deal it's treated as instead
great, very well-selected shade of colors for the terrain, But for me it doesn't break up the silhouette enough in small distances. In my opinion, the light color you used should be less bland, Its spots should be larger and longer with torn ends in the shape of fallen leaves // Kind of like the Russian PARTIZAN AUTUMN // I also think that it is a mistake to produce camouflage from small spots. At the very least, it was necessary to make camouflage that would anatomically deconstruct the human figure, that is, the color, light, and the spots must asymmetrically cut the silhouette of the legs, arms, torso, shoulders, head. I have seen such illustrative designs, if you modernize the camo yourself you should try this
You are absolutly right. This is what i tyed too achivein other projekts by counter shading. I really like Phantomleaf patterns, they mastered it du disrupt the body shape.
My eyes were drawn to the animal pattern. It didn't break up the outline of the body enough, and when it did, something still looked off. The only section that it really blended well on was the hillside in the second set. The flecktarn broke up the silhouette enough that everything looked natural. Ground litter, sections of downed trees, etc.
A lot of You Tubers do this, what they forget is:- You are not lying in open field, you would be in a bush, also your helmet would be camouflaged with local fauna.
Very effective but like for the CCE-desert the brightness is taking over the pattern, it may performs better when it's getting dark. Camo patterns which do not contrast with the environment during the day tends to appear black in dark environment.
CCE-desert works way better to break the body shape in the distance, too bad that it's too bright, because of that I could sport it much easier than the others. Great test, thanks.
No question, when a camo pattern doesn't break the body shape its efficiency is reduced to the environments of similar colors as long as the light doesn't create to much contrast.
Flecktarn goes better in darker tropical jungles or forests with low light exposure during spring or summer whereas the beige CCE seem to work better during fall or in dry forests during summer.
The Tropentarn/ desert blended in great with the leaf litter on the ground, Flecktarn/ woodland blends in great with the standing brush and trees, both are very effective though, I love the dot and fractal pattern camouflages.
@@customcamopatterns Will you make a video on how to do that? I am especially interested in the countershading part. (Because I don't understand what it is)
Countershading ist a prinicple to darken body parts that are exposed to sunlight and to brighten the parts of natural shadows. In this case i took white fabricdye and to color the inner parts of the legs. Dueto the diferent coloration the bodyshape gets disrupted.
Tropentarn/ Flecktarn definitely takes the win here, CCE 2nd, UCP is totally useless unless dyed green or brown lol, give me some flashbacks of wearing the worst pattern our Army has ever made back in the day hahahahahahahaha.
Great stuff! I really love all the interesting stuff you do here on your channel! I am a camo nerd too, so i subbed when i found you (YT recommendations) a while ago <3 Now to the video: IMO In most of your trial areas they are all, overall to light in colour. Most of the time your pants blends better. The CCED has the best macro pattern that really helps break up the shape, but the lighest sand colour of them all. The 3CD and DDPM has better (a bit darker) sand colour, but no macro patterns to speak of. What really breaks all three of them in most pictures is the big "sand lump" with a hard contrast to the rest of the forrest floor. Ideas for improvements: For the CCED you could do the same dye as you have on the 3CD. But only on the sand colour. And not on all of the sand. Only around 50% of it, in the middel of the sand. So where the sand meets the brown and khaki the sand will still be the original light colour and provide a great contrast. For the 3CD and DDPM you could do the CCED macro pattern on top of original patterns of the 3CD and DDPM. Same spacing, same size. With the brown beeing the same shade as on the CCED, but the khaki exchanged for the same green as you have on your pants. Pleace let me hear your thoughts on this. Ps. I am an ex army recon, and in my sparetime i often play around with different camo uniforms, custom patterns and ghillies.
@@customcamopatterns Yeah in some sections of the test the khaki is very bleached out, I chock it down to the uniform not being as dirty/ worn as the others, but it could be the palette.
They both work pretty darn good, I think the biggest takeaway is the light/ daytime brightness value and time of day that affects/ effects how much you see brightness or shadow with these. The lighter pattern works amazingly well in the leaf litter, and the darker one works great getting into the thicker brush and undergrowth. Good stuff!!!
I love both these patterns, and both are super effective in resulting different ways-- the muted blending nature of Flecktarn works well especially against the brush and foliage, and the diffusing contrast of CCE (much like US Woodland or DPM) just works, especially in a proper environment like yours and mine with lots of trees and leaf litter, great woodland pattern.
Obviously the predominant brown of the jaguar pattern does better in the dried leaves on the ground whereas the more predominant green of the flecktarn does better amidst green foliage. I had an experience with guys wearing flecktarn that absolutely sold me on it, but I have discovered that older faded flecktarn works better than the darker brand new flecktarn.
I have been fascinated by ASAT camo for some time now. There were patterns that I made on my own which were clearly inspired by it. ASAT has certain advantages over the 'Tiger stripe' patterns. The vertical orientation of the strokes seems to blend in much better in many locations.
