For all you guys saying that I need something softer, I have something for that too. 
(I don't know why some of these came out fuzzy. Weird.)
This is something I made when I was playing in college at PSU. A poor man's ghillie suit. It's actually based off the weird BDU cloaks that the Rebellion troopers wore during the battle of Endor in the movie Return of the Jedi. (Yes.... again, I know I'm a dork. Isn't that not apparent already?)
This thing is absolutely awesome. It's camo burlap sown over a simple brown sheet cut into a cloak/poncho design. I first made it for the camouflage and quickly found out it's no better than average BDUs, but I kept wearing it after I discovered that it literally catches paintballs. I kid you not. When I'm reaching my arms forward to hold up the marker, the flaps of the poncho hang down like drapes and catch pretty much everything that hits me beneath the shoulders. After games, I would often find multiple shots that punched through the burlap, but then got caught in between the layers without breaking. In fact, it worked so well that my local field refused to let me wear it while playing. They said it was an unfair advantage. Hmmm.... I wonder why.
I don't really use it any more. Like I said, I now mostly play on private land with my friends and we play hits instead of breaks, so it's pretty pointless. But it was pretty awesome back in the day.
(I don't know why some of these came out fuzzy. Weird.)
This is something I made when I was playing in college at PSU. A poor man's ghillie suit. It's actually based off the weird BDU cloaks that the Rebellion troopers wore during the battle of Endor in the movie Return of the Jedi. (Yes.... again, I know I'm a dork. Isn't that not apparent already?)
This thing is absolutely awesome. It's camo burlap sown over a simple brown sheet cut into a cloak/poncho design. I first made it for the camouflage and quickly found out it's no better than average BDUs, but I kept wearing it after I discovered that it literally catches paintballs. I kid you not. When I'm reaching my arms forward to hold up the marker, the flaps of the poncho hang down like drapes and catch pretty much everything that hits me beneath the shoulders. After games, I would often find multiple shots that punched through the burlap, but then got caught in between the layers without breaking. In fact, it worked so well that my local field refused to let me wear it while playing. They said it was an unfair advantage. Hmmm.... I wonder why.
I don't really use it any more. Like I said, I now mostly play on private land with my friends and we play hits instead of breaks, so it's pretty pointless. But it was pretty awesome back in the day.
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