I did mine different for archery hunting. I know, two different things, but, I had another hunter almost walk into me and didn't see me. I moved my bow and he about crapped his pants! Lol. I just had on the old TRUSTED woodland cammo and a hunters ball cap. I was about 30 yards off a crossecting game trail. He was on the other side of this hill heading back to his van. Bad news is, alot of sign for deer but only had a chipmunk hollerin at me and a crow above me lettin everyone know I was there *sigh*
This is by far the best camo video I've seen on youtube, it gets the basic points right. One suggestion to even improve your camo further: Apply light color first. If you do that, you can then simply go "over" the light color with your dark one, and if you applied light "generously", the darker one will blend in straight away without creating edges. I suggest you try it and compare the results.
Biggest mistake was dropping woodland camo. Look how the new camo uniform is lit up compared to his face and camo back drop. out. That was thorough demonstration.
Nice and straight forward. I always went with this style due to how quick you can apply it, and only requiring two colors. Green and Dark Green. An OD cravat around the neck helps reduce how much camo you go through.
I hated applying the camo with the sticks they provided because I had light-colored hair, which stood out at long-range. I had camo way up into my hairline. If the helmet didn't cover it, the camo did. Getting it off later was never fun either, and many guys soon developed rashes from the irritation of constantly having to apply the stuff. I'm sure there have been advances in face paint since the mid 1980's, but back then, the sticks were all we had. If you could heat the ends with a match it went on easier, but most times it was just put on as is.
I have used heat to melt the wax stick to make it go on better but I've also heard of soldiers putting a little bug repellent on the camo to soften it for application.
I love this video! Very straight forward and easy to understand and follow. Only two colors to blend and done! Thank you for the knowledge you shared with us!
Best make up video ever! Much perfer your story, to the nonsense that most people babble about during their videos and at least your makeup is practicle....though I do have to ask what kind of make up remover you recommend and what would be your skin care regime with this product😊💚....Love your vidoes and you great video as alway
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you liked the video. I can do winter camo. Winter camouflage doesn't usually involve face paint because of the potential cold weather injuries, more accurately, the inability to identify those injuries with paint on the face while on mission. Exposed skin is the most likely area of the body to get chill blains or frost bite apart from the extremities. With paint on one's face it would be harder to identify and treat those injuries resulting in a greater injury over time. Typically 10F is the cutoff for winter camo.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft Someone go to CWLC ? My home unit was Artic, "winter" camo consisted of a white frostbite/skijourn mask whiteout top and od bottoms and a white ruck cover.
STEADILY READY PREPAREDNESS I did not, but one of my platoon sergeants was stationed in Alaska and did go. We were stationed in Europe together and EUCOM policy was face paint for all training events. A debate ensued when we were doing enter and clear trenches in 0 degrees. We went with the recon wraps that day.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft burnt cork or charcoal is the best on skin pigment for extreme cold like that when there is no powder.Carbon and scrim netting.
should be asymmetrical. don't be the same on both sides. they knew that in WWII. no Al Jolson. no war paint. use the old stick camouflage, can't sweat it off--usually, and it hurt to put it on unless softened by heat.
Thanks for making this video. as a former army journalism / public affairs soldier i didn't spend much time learning about the expert infantry stuff in relaxin' Jackson much less when i got into my fieldwork. Not sure how many infantry applied woodland camo to their faces in Iraq either lol.... anywho. I'm getting into this now that I'm getting into hunting. I wonder does it depend if it's humans or animals whose detection you're trying to avoid?
You younger grunts are lucky. We had the shit that was hard wax in a metal tube and made you smell like a crayon. It was hard to apply but it didn’t rub off easily.
You can take them out of the tube and melt them down and add a few drops of coconut oil to soften them up. If you do too much, it’s soft like the compact stuff y’all have now.
That's what we used in my generation too. Felt like it was tearing the skin on the face when we applied it. Also we used black and green sticks as well as dark green/light green sticks. Hard to put on but hard to get off. Many times I'd be back in garrison after a shower and someone still tell me I had camo behind my ears. Baby oil worked well getting that stuff off in the shower.
Good video! Just want to add my 2 cents worth: light colors on dark areas and dark colors on light areas: it's called "counter-shading" and it can be found on many animals and can also apply to clothing... The Brits don't paint their entire faces; they only use enough to break up the pattern of their faces... When you're done applying camo to your face it shouldn't be easily recognized as a face, regardless of what method you use..... And PLEASE, for the love of Chesty Puller, PUT PAINT ON YOUR EARS! Also, "Touch-up" is a thing... Camo paint will come off; it's inevitable... Take a few minutes to periodically check your face paint and reapply as needed...
New from 2023. Pencil thin, app wide "roller ball", digital print. Your buds stencil you (prior mission) and can carry (small) when re-ap applies. OR...Roller ball with ever-changing colors, roll and go.
10 mins to put on 2 hours and a flamethrower to take off. what I really want to know is why you didn't use the cammo sticks? you know heat it up with a lighter...
abntemplar82 Thanks for the comment! Yeah, I’ve always been lucky that camo hold well on my face and is easy to get off at least for me. I have sticks, but prefer the compact because it makes it easier without a buddy and the mirror doubles as a signaling device. Plus I lose the sticks too often!
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft I know the deal on the sticks. I retired in 04 so the sticks were our go to, unless you bought the civi stuff. Idk about ranger school, but when I went through the Q, the civi stuff wasn't allowed in either phase 1 or 3. losing sticks is nothing new either. look forward to more vids brother. god bless and happy new year.
They came out with several patterns, most recently is the "scorpion" pattern. I'll publish a video later today using that camo. Most of the camo contrasts with the uniform.
I was trained basically the same except to use a bit more light green in the areas that tended to shadow such as under the bottom lip and where the nose meets the rest of the face. I was also told no straight lines across the face. So the brow would have been half dark green and half brown. I was also told no black. You can blend black with green or brown but no straight black.
If black wasn't an important color, why is it in most woodland camo? I disagree, I think it's extremely important to use black. The technique of green and dark green seems like ATACS, where as I'm used to woodland. But I suppose there are serval ways to grandma's house
Yes I disagree with his technique granite you have to adjust to the area surrounding youI I was 0300 United States Marines and that is not how I taught taught...
Do you have a better method? This one can be done quickly and efficiently. It is easy to learn and if the rangers are good with it, I trust their decision.
Don't you paint all the way up to your hairline (if any 😜 ) in case you lose your headgear in the field? Seeing that bright patch of 'forehead' reminded me of a story Tony Randall told about seeing a performance of Otello. The Met often opened new productions out of town (say in New England) to work out the kinks before the New York debut. This time the lead tenor put the Moor's skin tone all over his face and hands ignoring the fact that there was one scene in which he would be bare-chested. 😝🤣
Yeah, I’d usually cover my dome with camo!!! LOL! Or wear a boonie cap! I’ll be doing another video shortly on desert camo and I’ll have to remember to mention the forehead! Cool story, that’s hilarious! Definitely working out those kinks!
this is one way but the way i have learned it is to put a light brown on first then in streaks of green and dark brown to then put in lines going all different ways
There are subtle techniques for different climates and how exactly to break up the human features with face paint. The end state should be to conceal the human face and reduce the appearance of human facial characteristics so as to avoid detection. So as long as that is being done one can't go wrong.
I have a query Sir....I put on facepaint for Halloween because I wanted to be a soldier on jungle patrol. Maybe it was the face paint, I got it from ArmyNavy surplus....It just melted into my face and I didn't get proper coverage. I also speculate that my skin was too oily.... It was a hot mess. The camo just absorbed into my face....Where did I go wrong? Should I have lit it on fire first? I've seen people do that.... What say you, Sir???🇺🇲🤔🇺🇲
Newbie forgot the skin so soft and always apply the light and then the dark but outside of that he's good enough for working in the head shed or loggie work. We all need to get paid and have a regular supply of coffee down range. I've had to make that difficult command decision. [more ammo or coffee as a priority] I can get weapons and ammo off the enemy if I can shoot straight and move and communicate. I can't do that if I don't have coffee. You should have known that. At the end I give him a GO at my now Fatty Veteran station. RLTW
Update....I got some damn good camo paint... It didn't run or melt into my face, it stayed true and it was easy to take off and didn't clog my pores. I love putting on camo.... imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.....fun times....I can't wait to get the ghillie suit for Halloween night....😂
Lo siento, hablo espanol mas o menos. La pintura facial es mejor para climas cálidos. Baklava es bueno para el invierno para evitar lesiones por clima frío. Gracias.
the British actually leave some areas of the skin exposed, as skin colour kinda looks like dead plants. also in Australia we tend not to put paint above our eyes because if you sweat, that stuff can get into your eyes and it hurts lol
Definitely did that quick. I always used the rule, "light on the meat, dark on the bones"..same thing you explained.
Great minds think alike!
I did mine different for archery hunting. I know, two different things, but, I had another hunter almost walk into me and didn't see me. I moved my bow and he about crapped his pants! Lol. I just had on the old TRUSTED woodland cammo and a hunters ball cap. I was about 30 yards off a crossecting game trail. He was on the other side of this hill heading back to his van. Bad news is, alot of sign for deer but only had a chipmunk hollerin at me and a crow above me lettin everyone know I was there *sigh*
This is by far the best camo video I've seen on youtube, it gets the basic points right. One suggestion to even improve your camo further: Apply light color first. If you do that, you can then simply go "over" the light color with your dark one, and if you applied light "generously", the darker one will blend in straight away without creating edges. I suggest you try it and compare the results.
Am Freiceadan Dubh Thanks! Great point!
"This is kinda like one of those make-up videos." You crack me up.
Guys you'll have 10 mins to do this, and he did it in 8:27 mins with explaining everything that he was doing!
instablaster.
6 year old me getting ready for laser tag 😂😂😂
Hell yea same😂
Move to the staging area for the next evolution , you are a go at this station.
"This is like one of those makeup videos"
Biggest mistake was dropping woodland camo. Look how the new camo uniform is lit up compared to his face and camo back drop. out. That was thorough demonstration.
Wife just asked me what I’m doing… I said watching a makeup video on TH-cam. It just got weird at my house!!!!
2:08 and that’s what video games think face paint looks like.
HULK SMASH!....😂
Thank showing👍
I usually just close my eyes and stick my face is mud...Pro Tip: DO NOT do this around a cow pasture!
I’m going to an airsoft game I’m gonna be the best sniper
Nice and straight forward. I always went with this style due to how quick you can apply it, and only requiring two colors. Green and Dark Green. An OD cravat around the neck helps reduce how much camo you go through.
I hated applying the camo with the sticks they provided because I had light-colored hair, which stood out at long-range. I had camo way up into my hairline. If the helmet didn't cover it, the camo did. Getting it off later was never fun either, and many guys soon developed rashes from the irritation of constantly having to apply the stuff. I'm sure there have been advances in face paint since the mid 1980's, but back then, the sticks were all we had. If you could heat the ends with a match it went on easier, but most times it was just put on as is.
I have used heat to melt the wax stick to make it go on better but I've also heard of soldiers putting a little bug repellent on the camo to soften it for application.
oops my bad, I think I'm in the wrong channel. Preparing for a Marvel cosplay as the Hulk
Different Militaries have different methods for applying cam paint but achieve the same goal in the end. 👍
I love this video! Very straight forward and easy to understand and follow. Only two colors to blend and done! Thank you for the knowledge you shared with us!
Best make up video ever! Much perfer your story, to the nonsense that most people babble about during their videos and at least your makeup is practicle....though I do have to ask what kind of make up remover you recommend and what would be your skin care regime with this product😊💚....Love your vidoes and you great video as alway
How cute!!! Don forget eyes and lips🤣🤣🤣
Can you also show how to apply camouflage in winter? This tutorial was the best by far!
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you liked the video. I can do winter camo. Winter camouflage doesn't usually involve face paint because of the potential cold weather injuries, more accurately, the inability to identify those injuries with paint on the face while on mission. Exposed skin is the most likely area of the body to get chill blains or frost bite apart from the extremities. With paint on one's face it would be harder to identify and treat those injuries resulting in a greater injury over time. Typically 10F is the cutoff for winter camo.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft Someone go to CWLC ? My home unit was Artic, "winter" camo consisted of a white frostbite/skijourn mask whiteout top and od bottoms and a white ruck cover.
STEADILY READY PREPAREDNESS I did not, but one of my platoon sergeants was stationed in Alaska and did go. We were stationed in Europe together and EUCOM policy was face paint for all training events. A debate ensued when we were doing enter and clear trenches in 0 degrees. We went with the recon wraps that day.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft burnt cork or charcoal is the best on skin pigment for extreme cold like that when there is no powder.Carbon and scrim netting.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft do US soldiers wear face paint in desert environments? Or is camouflage face paint only used in a woodland environment?
Great video. Easy to understand and very helpful. Do you have a specific brand of face paint you recommend?
Wiener products are good as well as BrigadeQM
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft Thanks!
should be asymmetrical. don't be the same on both sides. they knew that in WWII. no Al Jolson. no war paint. use the old stick camouflage, can't sweat it off--usually, and it hurt to put it on unless softened by heat.
Manly version of a makeup tutorial
Thanks for making this video. as a former army journalism / public affairs soldier i didn't spend much time learning about the expert infantry stuff in relaxin' Jackson much less when i got into my fieldwork. Not sure how many infantry applied woodland camo to their faces in Iraq either lol.... anywho. I'm getting into this now that I'm getting into hunting. I wonder does it depend if it's humans or animals whose detection you're trying to avoid?
You younger grunts are lucky. We had the shit that was hard wax in a metal tube and made you smell like a crayon. It was hard to apply but it didn’t rub off easily.
I’ve got one or two of those concrete crayons laying around!
You can take them out of the tube and melt them down and add a few drops of coconut oil to soften them up. If you do too much, it’s soft like the compact stuff y’all have now.
That's what we used in my generation too. Felt like it was tearing the skin on the face when we applied it. Also we used black and green sticks as well as dark green/light green sticks. Hard to put on but hard to get off. Many times I'd be back in garrison after a shower and someone still tell me I had camo behind my ears. Baby oil worked well getting that stuff off in the shower.
@@SoldierDrew We used shaving cream to take it off.
Is it true that OCS Class 001-17 Squad STX was the inspiration for this video?
You know it!
Chipmunks….MOVE OUT!!
Just think!!!
Marijuana leaf shape!!!!
If camous sticks??? Apply chigger joice or slimy baby oil for base before the camou applied. Works Everytime
Light on the meat, dark on the bone
This is correct, but I always put the light green around eyes and mouth first, then applied the dark as he did. Works either way, great video!
Sir!!!!!! It’s Duran!!!!! I love that I found you on Yourube and I’m passing this off to my candidates for EIB
What up big Sarge!
Good video!
Just want to add my 2 cents worth: light colors on dark areas and dark colors on light areas: it's called "counter-shading" and it can be found on many animals and can also apply to clothing...
The Brits don't paint their entire faces; they only use enough to break up the pattern of their faces... When you're done applying camo to your face it shouldn't be easily recognized as a face, regardless of what method you use..... And PLEASE, for the love of Chesty Puller, PUT PAINT ON YOUR EARS! Also,
"Touch-up" is a thing... Camo paint will come off; it's inevitable... Take a few minutes to periodically check your face paint and reapply as needed...
Good halloween idea
Awesome! As soon as you started to shade your eyes you started to disappear into that background.
Now make a video on the best way to take facepaint off
Shaving Cream
New from 2023. Pencil thin, app wide "roller ball", digital print. Your buds stencil you (prior mission) and can carry (small) when re-ap applies. OR...Roller ball with ever-changing colors, roll and go.
Oh, excuse me, didn't see you there.
Why is it, only one person is ever right on TH-cam?
Rule of thumb. Darken light areas, lighten dark areas.
10 mins to put on 2 hours and a flamethrower to take off. what I really want to know is why you didn't use the cammo sticks? you know heat it up with a lighter...
abntemplar82 Thanks for the comment! Yeah, I’ve always been lucky that camo hold well on my face and is easy to get off at least for me. I have sticks, but prefer the compact because it makes it easier without a buddy and the mirror doubles as a signaling device. Plus I lose the sticks too often!
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft I know the deal on the sticks. I retired in 04 so the sticks were our go to, unless you bought the civi stuff. Idk about ranger school, but when I went through the Q, the civi stuff wasn't allowed in either phase 1 or 3.
losing sticks is nothing new either. look forward to more vids brother. god bless and happy new year.
abntemplar82 Thanks brother! I’ll work hard to earn those views.
Excellent, thank you! There’s lots of face paint to buy out there and I’m just trying to find the one with the correct colors.
Did they ever come out with face paint for the color of the uniform you have on? Or do they just use desert Cammie paint?
They came out with several patterns, most recently is the "scorpion" pattern. I'll publish a video later today using that camo. Most of the camo contrasts with the uniform.
Seems a bit easier than it did when we had Light Green and Loam sticks and a lighter.... Things have improved.
That's cool. I have never seen camo face paint applied before. Keep up the good work.
I like to put mine on just before I go grocery shopping. Gets funny looks from the little old ladies.
who cares about EIB when everyone's got CIB? promotion points i guess...
Just found you thanks to Corporals Corner. Good stuff! Looking forward to the rest of your content.
I was trained basically the same except to use a bit more light green in the areas that tended to shadow such as under the bottom lip and where the nose meets the rest of the face. I was also told no straight lines across the face. So the brow would have been half dark green and half brown. I was also told no black. You can blend black with green or brown but no straight black.
Yep, no black. Dark green on the shine, light green on the shadow
If black wasn't an important color, why is it in most woodland camo? I disagree, I think it's extremely important to use black. The technique of green and dark green seems like ATACS, where as I'm used to woodland. But I suppose there are serval ways to grandma's house
Hoooah! RLTW 2/75th 🤙🏾
Yes I disagree with his technique granite you have to adjust to the area surrounding youI I was 0300 United States Marines and that is not how I taught taught...
Thank you! Straight forward video that’s not some artistic camp pattern that’s half assed.
James Hesch Thank you for the comment and awesome feedback, appreciate it!!!
You’re not breaking up the features as well as they should be because you’re applying a symmetrical pattern.
Do you have a better method? This one can be done quickly and efficiently. It is easy to learn and if the rangers are good with it, I trust their decision.
Why don't we see SEALs wearing facepaint?
Don't you paint all the way up to your hairline (if any 😜 ) in case you lose your headgear in the field? Seeing that bright patch of 'forehead' reminded me of a story Tony Randall told about seeing a performance of Otello. The Met often opened new productions out of town (say in New England) to work out the kinks before the New York debut. This time the lead tenor put the Moor's skin tone all over his face and hands ignoring the fact that there was one scene in which he would be bare-chested. 😝🤣
Yeah, I’d usually cover my dome with camo!!! LOL! Or wear a boonie cap! I’ll be doing another video shortly on desert camo and I’ll have to remember to mention the forehead! Cool story, that’s hilarious! Definitely working out those kinks!
You skipped the cold cream as base layer.
“S- son… why do you have face paint in your closet? Are you gay?” “No dad I’m in the military” “oh thank god- wait what branch” “marines” “LES GOOOOO”
Awesome!
Awesome
You and Trixie Mattel should do a colab
Features that stand out, my fucking nose 😂for sure
just be careful not to smile those pearly whites can be seen miles away lol
What if your black? Seriously
I couldn't see you so I'm not sure what it's supposed to look like
this is one way but the way i have learned it is to put a light brown on first then in streaks of green and dark brown to then put in lines going all different ways
There are subtle techniques for different climates and how exactly to break up the human features with face paint. The end state should be to conceal the human face and reduce the appearance of human facial characteristics so as to avoid detection. So as long as that is being done one can't go wrong.
Video up man. Let's see this killer technique. Every dude worth their salt is open to learn multiple new fieldcraft techniques.
I have a query Sir....I put on facepaint for Halloween because I wanted to be a soldier on jungle patrol. Maybe it was the face paint, I got it from ArmyNavy surplus....It just melted into my face and I didn't get proper coverage. I also speculate that my skin was too oily.... It was a hot mess. The camo just absorbed into my face....Where did I go wrong? Should I have lit it on fire first? I've seen people do that.... What say you, Sir???🇺🇲🤔🇺🇲
Works great with Tiger stripe camo
Thanks man! Have to give a class tomorrow and havent done facepaint in like 3 years so really great refresher!
Where's the dude? I don't see him
Easiest one I can face paint is a skull
my daddy also taught me to not forget about the back of your ears
Outstanding work!
So are baby wipes the best way to wash/wipe clean?
Guy flicks us off for about 3 minutes and people be like, "Thank you for showing me" lol. ;) Just kidding. Thanks for the info.
Awesome that was an excellent explaination
How to camouflage face from computer camera ?
Newbie forgot the skin so soft and always apply the light and then the dark but outside of that he's good enough for working in the head shed or loggie work. We all need to get paid and have a regular supply of coffee down range. I've had to make that difficult command decision. [more ammo or coffee as a priority] I can get weapons and ammo off the enemy if I can shoot straight and move and communicate. I can't do that if I don't have coffee. You should have known that. At the end I give him a GO at my now Fatty Veteran station. RLTW
Update....I got some damn good camo paint... It didn't run or melt into my face, it stayed true and it was easy to take off and didn't clog my pores. I love putting on camo.... imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.....fun times....I can't wait to get the ghillie suit for Halloween night....😂
That is interesting! And cool!
That’s the standard I know!
He turned into colonel kurtz
What do you do for Iraq?
Blotches
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft tears?
Holy fuck where did he go?
Which brand are you using, the one I got is trash?
Wiener Products, BrigadeQM is also pretty good.
thank you is best painting or use balaclava ? thank you from Chile
Lo siento, hablo espanol mas o menos. La pintura facial es mejor para climas cálidos. Baklava es bueno para el invierno para evitar lesiones por clima frío. Gracias.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft thank you sir is very good spanish best regards from Chile.
Spot on , remember those days well.
The guys that didn’t do it right ,we would call them Hollywood . Lol
the British actually leave some areas of the skin exposed, as skin colour kinda looks like dead plants. also in Australia we tend not to put paint above our eyes because if you sweat, that stuff can get into your eyes and it hurts lol
Going to be teaching a class to my soldiers today on proper way to apply face paint thank you
I'm gonna help A lot of people by saying vasoline is your best friend in removing face covering.
You look like The Incredible Hulk just sat on your face.
makes a lot of sense.
Man I miss the army some days.
An boom, Cheshire Cat😜 Thank you for the clarification.
Is he trolling us?
Is back of the neck dark or light paint?
Apply vertical lines with as best as possible
Very clear explanation! What mistakes do you see in other videos?
what brand paint?
How was the video
Fantastic video, man! Keep em coming!!
Bit different but if it works it works
exactly what i was looking for. eib standard
0/10 no mascara