Ok I know that there wasn't a particular standard pattern or anything but I was wondering what everyone here did with helmet scrim?
Did you use a picture for guidance or copy a real helmet?
Anyone got any pics of their scrimmed M1?
i used the helmet on one of those 1/6th models on ebay TBH...... it looked good.
I think that less is more when it comes to scrim. My first few efforts ended up looking like I'd carpeted the whole helmet 
Also, getting the scrim nice and mucky before you attach it helps.
I just cut some into strips, wire brushed to break it up a bit, shoved in. Job done.
Thanks for the help, I think I've got it down now. The photos are brilliant reference material.
Just be aware that it's not a particularly authentic thing to do, but is bloody useful in the field.
Its authentic for a D-day impression, though.
Not neccessarily a widely done thing though Matt, prolly the brighter bunch who did it.
The idea is NOT to make a pattern at all, your eye is drawn to patterns. All you need to do is break up the outline of the helmet, you don't need a lot to do that.
i used the helmet on one of those 1/6th models on ebay TBH...... it looked good.
my gawd you must have a small head 
After losing some of mine either on the way in the Jeep to Gulch or during the weekend, I'm now going to grease mine so they stick down to the helmet.
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
You could use some of your hair products... 
Not a bad idea!
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
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hehe or tie it to the net!
Yes, the ones I have are tied and oiled. Takes some of the sheen of it, it does have a rather interesting smell though.
What do you think about this?
A Good start, best thing to do is to hold it up in the light so that it casts a shadow on the ground. If you can still clearly make out the outline of the helmet, thats what people will see too. If its blurred around the edges its fine.
You can put too much on as well though, I think double the amount you have, but dont weave it flat against the helmet, keep loops sticking out etc
Over at Belgium there will be soon the first ever WW2-only skirm so I found it time I would make my helmet more D-Day like. 
It took pretty long to make it look like this but I do like the result very much.
Dawson; Baker Company; 101st Airborne; 82nd Airborne; 5th Rangers, 89th Panzer Stählern Füchse, 6th FJR.
Nice Dawson, whats that down the back?
Nice Dawson, whats that down the back?
(Me and Lt. Corrion)
Rita Hayworth
Dawson; Baker Company; 101st Airborne; 82nd Airborne; 5th Rangers, 89th Panzer Stählern Füchse, 6th FJR.
Did they do that much? The whole piccy under the scrim thing?
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
