sounds like a tough assignment, I've done some sniper footage with renerder.drawhud 0, it was painful, but very pleasing when you see it all strung together - the tiny-weeny pop of blood that you sometimes see on a chest shot makes it look awesome, I know exactly what you are saying about needing to get into position and then recording, I had to try lots of times on Sfakia, I have a sweet spot that overlooks the whole field but getting there is a nightmare - then you get people wandering over, standing next to you and firing their mp40s at anything that moves, it took me 4 rounds to get 2mins 10secs worth of half decent sniper film.