You could also try fake fur (faux fur). Comes in a variety of colors. It tends to be fairly soft (because it’s imitation fur) but you can use hair spray to stiffen it and make it stand up.
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Don, I agree with Leo, I managed to get a large offcut of teddy bear fur for pennies, it’s going to last me many years.
The stuff I bought was a brownish colour and was quite long. The good thing is you can paint it any colour you want, I used cheap poster paints, and you can trim it to any lengths you want.
I’ve only used it once on a 1/72nd scale build, below is a picture of it uncoloured and untrimmed, followed by various stages including one of the finished article.
G 
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A little small for 1/35 (freshly cut shoulder grass) but great for 1/72.
About the size of sheet paper for the product.
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I’ve been using fake fur for years. I pluck clumps of it, trim the bottom and push it into a dob of pva. Go the a material store and you will find lots of fake fur in lots of colours.
bruce
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