What do I do with this fake fur?

[FifteensAway]

Here is the piece:



How to make it game worthy?  Leave as is?  Spray with some flat greens and yellows to 'tone it down'?  How say you all? 

One more picture on the blog:

https://steeplechasingzebras.blogspot.com

Thanks for your input.

[Belisarius]

Get a seamstress to make it into a really, really tight pair of shorts , about two sizes too small .  Then buy the Bee Gees greatest hits album and start to sing along ......😎🤩

[FifteensAway]

Well, yes, I could go down some absurdium row in a Ponty Mython (sic) way.  However, I'm hoping for a more wargaming usage. 

[Eric the Shed]

Make them into bandanas for your next Zulu Game...buy a couple of Pith Helmets and you are good to go...

[Munindk]

Personally I like the "tight pants" idea, but I can see how its not really helpful wargaming-wise.

Your own idea about toning it down sounds good, some sandy colours perhaps?
Shaving/trimming it bit to make trails might be worth a try too.

[carlos marighela]

Make yourself a stylish but culturally inappropriate merkin?

[Belisarius]

Make yourself a stylish but culturally inappropriate merkin?

who Angela ?

[H.G. Walls]

Most fake fur materials take paint quite nicely and you could color it to represent grass or wheat fields. It could also be used for thatch roofing and painted appropriately.

[Daeothar]

All good fashion tips have already been given, so I'll stick to the wargaming pointers...

Toning it down before painting it might be the way to go, because thinned down paint, as used for teddy fur, will not cover those stark contrasts between the background colours and the spots, so the original pattern will show through. And too much paint (or too many coats) will make the hairs stick together and ruin the grass effect.

You might try using bleach/chlorine, watered down or not, on a corner, to see if it will soften the pattern; especially on the black spots. When that works, use the same mixture on the whole cloth and make sure it gets rinsed out very well afterwards (wear gloves!). Maybe even pass it through the washing machine (no detergent) to completely get rid of the bleach. And then paint it.

Worst case, you'll melt the entire thing. And speaking for everyone not fashionally challenged, that too would be a win...

[Smokeyrone]

Just what I need  for the seats of my Lincoln!

Then call me "Bishlap Harris"

[FramFramson]

who Angela ?

You're thinking of something that's appropriate but unfashionable.

[FifteensAway]

Having used spray paint effectively with fake fur (one color, though) in the past, I'm betting (or is that hoping?) that a judicious use of spray paint will combine with those varied patterns to create a pretty good effect.  I'll just have to cut a piece off and experiment when I get the time. 

And to heck with that merkin idea - I ain't 'bald'!   

[Munindk]

On the whole Merkin/Angela business I have it on good authority that she prefers her fake fur to be pink.