If you want to make the perfect ghillie suit for your occasion and needs, then you need to know how to customize your ghillie suit. Some commercial ghillie suits are made so that they are easier to customize. They may have outer netting and thread attached that makes it easier to attach vegetation from the area to your ghillie suit.

Even those that do not have these features can still be customized with a little creativity. You can use camo paints and similar paints to customize your ghillie suit, give a new suit a more worn appearance and more. You can also customize your suit by adjusting the size and shape so that it fits you more comfortably.

One pitfall to ghillie suits is that they can be very hot. Even in cold temperatures, a person can get very hot inside the suit. If there is anything you can do to make your suit a little cooler to wear without lowering the efficiency of the suit, this is another way to customize.

Using vegetation is a great way to customize your suit. You can even change this up with each time that you go out and use the suit. You can take leaves, grass, twigs and other materials from the same environment you will be wearing the suit in and use this vegetation to make your suit blend in more easily. Remember when adding vegetation to do so evenly. Don’t add a lot to one area and just a little bit to other parts. Don’t be afraid to add tons of vegetation. This really is key to being unseen in the environment.

This can be added to all parts of a suit and even netting, backpack covering and other types of camouflage that will be used for the same purposes. You may want to sew in special compartments such as for holding a camel back. Water is extremely important while in your ghillie suit so you can benefit from having a place to keep this.

In addition, many ghillie suits come made from flame retardant materials but if yours does not, or if you make your own ghillie suit, it is important that you cover it in flame retardant before using it. It’s easy to buy this and spray on over the entire suit.

When customizing your own ghillie suit, remember the seven principals of camouflage like what is taught to the military. You want to keep these principals in mind when using your ghillie suit. Shape, shine, shadow, silhouette, surface, spacing and movement are all very important to the perfect ghillie suit. Keep these in mind when customizing your suit and you will do well, whether its at sniping, hunting, or playing paintball.