As I was building in the shed I went all out and
had a go at Teddy Bear fur fields.
Once again trusty ebay did the job and up
turned a bag of hair. After reading online I
found an old pair of clippers and lowered the height
of the fur which must start at about at least 2 inches
or more. Anyway either the clippers were blunt or who
knows what, but it was useless. Plan B came into force
and out came the trustee scissors which worked a treat.
I cut a lowered section of fur through the middle so it looked
like a natural path.
Now for the colour. The fur comes as a natural creamy/
brown which is great as grass is usually that colour
towards the bottom, away from sunlight. I borrowed the
kids hogs hair brush(big fat thing) and dry brushed
acrylic paint into the fur, trying to only paint the
top third of the fur. I basically started with a dark
green and got steadily lighter.
1st shot after 1st lot of paint:
2nd shot, more paint:
3rd shot surrounded by bocage:
I think it worked out well and once surrounded by
additional terrain such as walls and hedges it will
look even better.
The model warrior 
Hello Teddy! This is looking really good, too.
Does the fur remain pliable, so that when you set figures in it they sink down, or do the figures ‘hover’ on top of the grass?
I’ve often thought of trying out the teddy bear fur technique, because it makes GREAT hay fields, but I haven’t pulled the trigger, yet.
Its soft, but not too soft if that makes sense. Tanks sink in it but troops hover a little. You can add pva to the grass if you want certain sections to remain ramrod upright.
Its all a learning curve at the moment so I will report back as I find out what works and what crashes and burns.
Good information. I can handle troops hovering, but hovering Tigers would be a no-go!
Sounds like a Nazi secret weapon 🙂
This is a great idea. I just bought teddy fur (the wrong sort for thatched roofs) from eBay. On seeing this I fished it out of the bin to make fields.
Look forward to seeing your thatched fields 🙂
Your result loks veru realistic. Good idea to use the fur to your advantage. I wanted to give this technique a try, too. Might use the airbrush and see how it goes. I assume if you would put, say a book, underneath it, would you get gentle hills or is the fur not stiff enough and just sinks down?
No it will shape and you can glue it with pva if you want to stick the grass in a certain position. I intend on using it on some hills shortly so I will post up some pics 🙂