Polls like this need multiple options, hehehe....
I actually like a combo of colors.
Our team's official Uniform is Digi-woodland or DCU. Our vest gear color varies between taste. Chad seems to favor all OD green for that. Cody likes his smoke gray vest with Multicam and coyote brown pouches.
For a while, I had been stuck with an ACU plate carrier, which didn't match any of my other gear. So Even though it's predominantly ACU , I started trying to stick other colors on it.
Before the PC ( and hot weather) I had used a simple Load Bearing suspenders/belt rig, which was black.
Most folks scoff at black, cause it does make ya stand out quite a bit in most environments. But my original plan was to do a combo of OD Green and Black on my load out.
The issue was, I couldn't find enough ALICE compatible gear that wasn't TAN/Desert colors to complete the set up. ( not affordable or not damaged anyways.).
But I custom painted my helmet, which was black and I added OD green skull front, and my call sign on the back. If needed, I can drop a cover on it for any other scheme, but I rather like the paint job.
I really want one of the Delta 2 Style helmets though, probably going to get a black one... as the tan and green ones just don't look right to me.
On the uniforms... I have lost some of my gear to keeping it in storage. Rats , possums, some sort of animal that chews holes... got into my box, tunneled in and made a shredded nest of my desert BDUs, and my black BDU top.
What I was left with was, my Woodland BDU sets, I have quite a few of those because I was in the Army, and that is what I was issued, or bought. ( yes I'm older.) Along with those, Cody gave me a digi woodland top. I had somehow saved my black BDU pants.
Sometimes I mix and match what I have... especially in SOGO's because in there... nothing really seems to blend it well. I even noticed Urban night DCU on the 51/50 guy that it looked like a black blob when playing in there anyways, unless you were right on him.
Out on the field, I like to match up a bit better.
Eventually, I'll complete my digi woodland, for the team colors when we go somewhere and are green sided.
I plan on digi-desert load out for tan... but I am going to do a PMC style tan/black load out as well.
Also, I really like the German Tropical/desert flectarn, which for desert environments, in my opinion works the best ... even beating out digi schemes. That is strictly my opinion though.
I dislike Multi-cam myself. I do have some MC gear, a tac vest and I swiped a few pistol mags from to put on my PC. Over-all though, it's probably a good camo, but I just don't like it's price... nor do i think it works all that well in most environments.
Same with RealTree ... ( the redneck cammo !) ... it works in very specific environments, not generally everywhere.
ACU... looks odd to me, if you aren't all ACU. ACU works pretty darn good in most environments where light and shadows play against the prying eyes. It's actually not designed to blend in with the environment, as much as it is to fool the shades of light your eyes pick up on. Reducing profile at a distance. Standing out in the bright open, in the middle of a green field, of course it isn't going to do anything for ya.
Even so, I'm considering on getting a set at some point just to try out.
I have a OD green PC now, just not much for pouches for it yet. I could rip the stuff off my ACU PC and put it on there, I just think it'd be functional, but look silly.
I'd rather continue my black and OD green scheme with it... but I'll have to see what's in my budget as well. I still need a good amount of gear to make me happy, and I am co-running our field down here, so I have to budget for that as well.
So all in all... I like lots of colors. I'm not too partial to desert/tan load outs ( mostly because it just doesn't work in our environments here to well. ) , but I need some for the times my team gets stuck on the side required to wear em.
ok, tired of writing this book, lol!
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