Should I get a BDU to compliment my MOLLE vest?

[Cardinal]

Anyways.. I've been saving up some money for airsoft and have been pondering about if I should get a BDU? I know they can conceal anyone in minimal cover with the right camouflage-phased BDU. However, I also hear they can become extremely warm in the late spring and summer months. Can I get any suggestions? Currently, I'm just sticking to one color scheme depending on the local games I attend. If someone could give me advice here, thanks.

[X]

Yes.

You will want some sort of camouflage. There are some games where you can get away with civvies but you will look like a total "n00b". Most everyone recommends Woodland BDUs as a beginners choice. This is because it's allowed at 99% of all games. My recommendation is to go to your local surplus store and find a decent set of used BDUs.

[Thor]

I hereby whore out my Noob Camouflage Guide: www.miairsoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=newb&action=display&thread=25344

X is right on the money though, I recommend either Woodland or 3 color desert BDU's for your first set as they are widely available, cheap, and accepted at 99.9% of all games. Your next best choice would be the digital woodland and digital desert patterns the Marines use.

[Cardinal]

I'm glad I live in Michigan, the place of a thousand different weathers and a place where woodland BDU's are acceptable. ;D

[samfisher]

Whether you're doing airsoft recreational or milsim it's an athletic activity. Civilian clothes typically aren't made for extended athletic and ruggid/high abrasion wear. Sure, you can buy "tactical" clothing that can double as low-profile civi wear, but those articles of clothing aren't cheap. Woodland or three color desert as everyone has pointed out is affordable, aids with TEAM ID "friend of foe," accepted at most games, and real cheap. Old set of BDUs can last you for years and years. I can't keep a pair jeans without the back leg bottom wearing out for more than a year and I'm not running and gunning in them. So yeah, go buy some surplus BDUs just make sure to take any rank or unit insignia off them.

[Bigbake]

Feb 6, 2012 19:15:27 GMT -5 samfisher said:

So yeah, go buy some surplus BDUs just make sure to take any rank or unit insignia off them.

Just a quick question, why remove the rank and unit insignia off surplus uniforms? Is there a state/federal law or rule in airsoft against keeping them on?

[Pagan]

Feb 20, 2012 17:35:56 GMT -5 Bigbake said:

Feb 6, 2012 19:15:27 GMT -5 samfisher said:

So yeah, go buy some surplus BDUs just make sure to take any rank or unit insignia off them.

Just a quick question, why remove the rank and unit insignia off surplus uniforms? Is there a state/federal law or rule in airsoft against keeping them on?

No, it's out of respect for those people who have earned those insignias.

[Thor]

Exactly, you didn't earn them, so you really shouldn't wear them as some people will think you are trying to misrepresent yourself. So to just avoid any confusion, I would highly recommend "sanitizing" any used BDU's you might get before you wear them.

[Bigbake]

Alright, I didn't think of doing that. The surplus stores keep them on. I do WW2 reenacting and I'm use to doing impressions of various units, so we always kept them how they were.

[Thor]

With reenactment it's a little bit different, and I'd argue there's a bit more leeway there since that's more akin to acting than airsoft is. If you go walking around in a Civil War, WWII or even Vietnam kit and you're in your early 20's or so, no one is going to actually think you were in those conflicts. If you're wearing more modern camo (anything used in the last 15 years), you're much more likely for someone to either mistake you for being a soldier, or trying to call you out for being something you're not.