Sharing my love of Camo Tents!, It's not a man-love of them or anything. Options

[Jesse James]

So I'm a big military customizer/modeler guy, and I like that it applies to Star Wars so well...

Something I've enjoyed lately though is camo-netting and it's amazing ability to obscure poop!

That said, finding GOOD netting in a decent scale to Star Wars toys and such, isn't easy. Well lemme tell you an easy and cheap way to find it! Head to your local Big Lots (I love Big Lots!), and first stop by the toy aisle, and see if you see any good Power Team Elite customizing poop laying around.

Then, leave if you don't find anything, and go to the Halloween aisle... Look for "Creepy Cloth". No it's not the clothing the local Megan's Law Offender wears! It's basically just netting in 3 different colors ("white" which is more of a sand color, "Green", which is a nice OD Green, and "Black" which is more of a charcoal than actually black). These make insanely cheap (and you get a lot too) netting to cover your Star Wars armor to help set up an ambush! It's only $4.99 a pack too, so I stock up this time of year.

Makes a great stocking stuffer and such.

Sure, you're saying to yourself, "but Jesse! I don't know what to do with this stuff now that I bought 30 packs of it!", and I say to you, "What were you thinking buying 30 packs!?"

And then I say, you can roll it up and hang it on the side of your AT-ST, or your Clone Fighter Tank, stowed away for their next overnight stop or fixed position to fight. You can unfurl it and make 4 "tent poles" out of Styrene Strip, and have it just cover your armor piece so it's slightly visually protected against air attack! You can even make more tent poles (and bigger ones), and cover your AT-TE... You get that much of it in a pack! Or you can cover your Rebel Trenches with it, obscuring their point of defense from the oncoming juggernaught of steel death!

You could probably make weird underwear out of it too... Don't ask me how.

Enjoy the fun of this $4.99 wonder.

[darthschroeder]

Good lead!

I had a diorama idea for it, now that you've found it:

An old ROTJ pic I saw had some (full size) netting over the lights on Endor miniatures. I am going to put some between my Endor dioramas and its light, to help give it that forest-y feel.

Thanks.

[Jesse James]

Not the intended purpose, but an excellent idea nonetheless! Just beware of potential heat/fire hazards Doug!

[CorranHorn]

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but seeing Jesse and Doug talking about "unorthodox" customizing ideas gave me an irc chatroom flashback. Ah the good old days...

[Jesse James]

We should start fighting about the landing gear on an A-Wing or whether or not the Empire would use aliens in "home guard" situations to free up human man-power for more aggressive situations.

[pbarny]

Good thing to clarify on the netting. I thought it was about you, sharing, cammo tent. Automatic thread avoidance.

Wait till Nov 1 to get your creepy cloth. Buy even more for less

[Jesse James]

Unfortunately, last year I did wait and none was available by me locally... THis year there MIGHT be more, or it's just the new colors making me think there is. That I cannot say for certain, but last year I waited and basically lost out for the year save the one pack I got.

$4.99... you get a ton too, so if it's borderline, I wouldn't hesitate.

That's the weird thing about Big Lots, you just never know if what you saw will be there next time... Power Team Elite toys had such an insanely strong showing their first two years, and now they've slacked off in what they stock the past 2 years... I kept thinking "I'll wait for next year's stock" and just never saw some of the stuff.

Speaking of... Time to start a new thread for PTE stuff!

[DnJcustoms]

Sadly, all of the Big Lots near me closed down. I used to get some good fodder there...

[Jesse James]

They're a dime a dozen here... I literally have 3 within 5 to 20 minutes drive... They're especially popular in the more remote areas, but still they're everywhere here it seems. It's weird though, that one will have something the other is completely devoid of. PTE toys are a good example... Usually they all have SOMETHING, but it really varies as to what.