Alas, the best F1 livery of the week is one that won't be used in races

Unleashed in the wild 🖌️🤩#McLaren @MurWalls pic.twitter.com/igo0LFYbHC

— McLaren (@McLarenF1) February 15, 2025

Reigning constructors' champions McLaren have become the first team to reveal their 2025 car ahead of the start of the new season 👀 pic.twitter.com/R7FJ8Nhq8c

— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) February 13, 2025

Still in awe 😍 pic.twitter.com/5rZf4wvfCC

— McLaren (@McLarenF1) February 17, 2025

Stealth mode: activated ✔️#McLaren pic.twitter.com/vOUC05VldP

— McLaren (@McLarenF1) February 13, 2025

The funniest moment of the reveal gala:

No interview with the Red Bull drivers on stage - maybe for the best, but a good effort from the crowd in the arena to drown out boos for Verstappen whenever his name was mentioned #F1

— Chris Medland (@ChrisMedlandF1) February 18, 2025

Christian Horner brutally BOOED at F1 launch event. 😮 pic.twitter.com/8cV0OkJawv

— Sun Sport (@SunSport) February 18, 2025

The best live performance (Aston went with a Bond-themed reveal):

Tems performing Higher on behalf of Aston Martin at #F175LIVE pic.twitter.com/hWUpdpbi43

— ASTHTC (@theASTHTC) February 18, 2025

A special moment as @temsbaby introduces our 2025 livery.#F175Live pic.twitter.com/sxlPStp1xL

— Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) February 18, 2025

And some odds and ends

i fear nothing is ever going to outdiva the 1997 mclaren livery reveal pic.twitter.com/fuvytH93gR

— Paris ✮ (@lecxtasy) February 17, 2025

this was so cute 😭 pic.twitter.com/h9MRQswZk1

— olivia 🐥 (@technorodrigo) February 16, 2025

Surreal painting of a dazzle camouflage test

new favourite painting is this one by James Yunge-Bateman of dazzle camoflague being tested on model ships in a pool on the roof of the navy's camoflague testing department in Leamington Spa during WW2. this is both a true-to-life and purely surrealist painting

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— Ben (@cinemashoebox.bsky.social) January 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM

Gallery of his art.


This one, too, prints available:

Felipe Posada pic.twitter.com/uC3x5kAP42

— Oğuz Pancar (@opancaro) January 25, 2025

Camouflage Wizard Hats

Camo wizard hats go crazzzzzyyy 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/YIeH5Y0KhE

— krus🪖 (@krus_chiki) January 7, 2025

Camouflage Wizard Hat pre-order live now 🔮🧙🏼‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/27kID8uzia

— Kruschiki Supply Company (@KruschikiSupply) January 8, 2025

Webstore.

Two very different Warhammer 40k tanks

keeping it #grimdark pic.twitter.com/C3AaPFSItY

— Tyler Russo (@BDClownFarm) November 8, 2024

A stunning Sisters Of Battle Adepta Sororitas Immolator which we painted in this rich magenta covent scheme.

For a quote or to book your commission:https://t.co/jwbtgJUCD5

We absolutely loved painting this scheme across a complete army which included nearly every miniature… pic.twitter.com/oVQC4FcrcG

— Siege Studios (@SiegeStudios) November 8, 2024

Also, some really chaotic jetbikes:

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And speaking of tanks:

A Ukrainian M113 APC with classic newspaper winter camouflage.
The black-and-white pattern of newspaper sheets matches the winter landscape. pic.twitter.com/VHA1XC5R0l

— Roy🇨🇦 (@GrandpaRoy2) November 10, 2024

Super car with dazzle paint livery

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*Dazzle ships in drydock.

Pink cell tower; A genuine smoke screen in progress; Alternate Dryden Vos concept

Very pleased to present Pink Cell Tower, commissioned by & for Skulpturenpark Berlin. A work of 'extroverted infrastructure', this fully functional & open source cell tower is designed to be seen, departing from the innocuous, monitored & privately owned towers we use each day pic.twitter.com/M67ihi7HLH

— Julian Oliver (@julian0liver) November 11, 2021

Striking satellite imagery over the Syrian port of Tartus today, courtesy of @Maxar. It appears that there was a concerted effort to create a smoke screen. pic.twitter.com/mqx5fvSIvb

— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) November 10, 2021

While the smoke may not be “necessarily highly effective, it could still have been useful in preventing some sensors — or prying human eyes — getting a good look at what was happening there.” Good write-up by @CombatAir, @Aviation_Intel and @FranticGoat. https://t.co/qRFaHgkKz2

— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) November 11, 2021

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🔊 (For @spacecoyotl.) pic.twitter.com/rnbIVR5he2

— Cabel (@cabel) November 9, 2021

Tarsem https://t.co/ICxwqx2iTP

— not chappie (@voellig) November 10, 2021

Space Marine Scouts with camouflaged cloaks

Brad Humphries... my god!#Warmongers #40K #Warhammer #GamesWorkshop #PaintingWarhammer #paintingminiatures #painting #miniatures #effects #warhammer40k #models #scouts pic.twitter.com/HgrAZytxpT

— Luvo (@Luvvo1) April 23, 2019

*Previously: Camouflaged Tau.

Wargaming miniatures roundup

Finally finished Archmagos Nereus! Ruler of an abandoned ocean world, Master of the seas and commander of the tide, protector of the submerged forge! #paintingwarhammer #warhammer #warhammer40k #40k #adeptusmechanicus https://t.co/Ehx568PjVu pic.twitter.com/QcFlld4KtY

— AJ Ratcliffe (@AJ_ratcliffe) April 7, 2019

Brick Farth, ogre star player painted for the NAF GT 2019 team.
He took twice as long as any other model as I managed to drop him and break off all his fingers. #bloodbowl #naf #PaintingWarhammer pic.twitter.com/8XfozQEXp4

— Ross Leckie (@spubbbba) April 14, 2019

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DC universe king shark, was awesome fun to paint! pic.twitter.com/ygr93WHFzJ

— Duane Dribblie (@dribblie77) April 12, 2019

I finally stuck this pink horror up on my Instagram. I was very happy with this first attempt. I have a few more to practice on, luckily!#GloriousBadger #Tzeentch #paintingwarhammer #Warmongers #40k #ageofsigmar #AOS #warhammer pic.twitter.com/tk2ahlggCA

— GloriousBadger (@GloriousBadger) April 12, 2019

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From a lengthy thread about how British troops decorate their helmets

British military Helmet fashion is based not only on “allyness” or “gucciness” (measures of military fashion), but also utility: “is this alteration likely to get me hurt?”

The black band in the example below fell out of fashion due to a nasty tendency to melt when on fire. pic.twitter.com/uPPjqQFkOd

— Nick Waters (@N_Waters89) January 16, 2019

"The era of the Navy's much-reviled blue digital camouflage work uniform is rapidly drawing to a close"

"The uniform, first introduced in 2009, became the butt of many jokes, earning the nickname 'aquaflage,' as it would camouflage a sailor only if he or she fell overboard underway."

"The Government Says It Wasted Millions of Dollars Dressing the Afghan Army in Proprietary Camouflage"

Gizmodo:

as much as $28 million of that cost was tacked on to pay for a proprietary camouflage pattern

...

According to the report, the pattern—a green-and-brown forest scheme useless for concealment in the 97.9 percent of Afghanistan’s landscape that isn’t forest

...

HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp., a company whose name seems to have tumbled out of a comic book (and which has, in fact, made uniforms for a Marvel movie, the bad Iron Man one).

Founded in 1999, the Canadian company started out around a plan to make “hyperbaric chambers and passive negative-ion generators for professional hockey players,” according to the Atlantic, but later pivoted to making copyrighted camouflage patterns

(William Gibson's Zero History is sort of about this.)

Wetsuit looks like Aquaman's blue camouflage suit

Anti-shark wetsuit.

License plate frame designed to combat red light cameras

noPhoto, a license frame designed to detect red light cameras and emit a flash that prevents the cameras from taking a clear photo of your plates.

"The Army is ditching a $5 billion failed camouflage redesign"

"it actually made soldiers easier for the enemy to spot."

"During World War I, fake trees for snipers would pop up overnight"

io9:

To develop the O.P. Tree, Royal Engineers representatives selected, measured, and photographed the original tree, in situ, extensively. The ideal tree was dead; often it was bomb blasted. The photographs and sketches were brought back to the workshop, where artists constructed an artificial tree

Urban Camouflage

Urban camouflage.

Chinese tank with digital camouflage

Link.