Mtp but darker, greener......

[Jaylordofwaargh]

Yes, it is called DPM...or whatever but this thread is going to be renamed soon enough as "crazy s#it I have done with kit because I'm cheap/inventive....

 

I have signed on for a battlesim/milsim/larp event. Like many of these events it has a kit list..the team I have singed on for is DPM/m81/penicot, you know the green ones

 

My current "go-to" gear (and havent skirmished with out since getting it is an MTP 'grab bag'. As some know, this kinda event often has loose kit guides rather than stitch counting however, another of the teams kit is very much mtp and the brown/khaki uniform.

 

All of that has lead me here, with my basket loaded with many green hand dyes....and possible regrets.

 

I will of course update

 

Also - what have you folk botched/Gerry rigged/ found creative solutions for?

 

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

Not sure that you'll get green material using green dye on tan shades.  

[Tackle]

Rit dyemore ???? 

If guys on here have used it to dye plastic pistol slides it should work with more "material" based plastics/nylons. 

[Tommikka]

1 hour ago, Tactical Pith Helmet said:

Not sure that you'll get green material using green dye on tan shades.  

Cue Michael Yon photo of the Rifles  …..

 

Desert DPM dyed ‘green’ to allow for the mixed terrain of Afghanistan, and resulted in the introduction of MTP

 

 

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

Appropriate that the chap was a member of the Rifles!

[Jaylordofwaargh]

So what I'm getting is be wary of which green I choose....

[Tommikka]

1 hour ago, Jaylordofwaargh said:

So what I'm getting is be wary of which green I choose....

Be wary of what materials and colours you use

 

If you can, chop up something and dye each piece

 

…… or the easier option would be to buy some DPM

[Jaylordofwaargh]

On 12/08/2022 at 11:04, Tommikka said:

or the easier option would be to buy some DPM

You would think so wouldn't you?

 

I cannot find a dpm grab bag. I have mtp kit that I have written of so am up for trying crazy stuff that might make a mess of it, oh well, it's only mtp

[Cannonfodder]

How big does it need to be be? I keep my bangy things in a seperate bag and use an old S10 respirator bag. They're quite easy to pick for about a tenner 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

1st off, I have the dyes....

2nd I found an eBay DPM "grab bag" looks smaller than the mtp issue.

 

It's only 15lt but has multi pockets...

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

See if you can get a Dutch small kit bag.  It's about 40L I'd guess, and made from their Gortex substitute.  I've kept my spare kit in one for years and it's 99% close to British DPM.