I have seen some very impressive gaming tables with the use of shaved and brushed/painted synthetic fur somewhere on the internet. It was a must for me to test it. Here are some pictures of the WiP and the results.
The original piece of fur. The "hairs" have a length of 14 mm. The color is a kind of caramel brown.
The fur has been cut with a small scissor.
I colored the fur with acryl colors. The road is done with a brush in browns and greys. The field an the tall gras is done with an airbrush in greens and ockers. I tried to get a realistic look by usind different shades of the used colors by drybrushing ockers into the greens.
The finished piece with miniatures from Artizan Design and Black Tree Designs and a Kübelwagen from Company B with crew from Bolt Action Miniatures. In my eyes a good result that is worth the work.
The test piece for high and low gras with barrow sections.
The test for high gras.
Two small pieces side by side.
Some more photos that show a realistic look using the small test pieces of fur terrain from above. This time with some US boy's from Artizan Design and a (for my taste too big) 1:48 Sherman from Tamiya.
I have done a 150 cm x 250 cm gaming mat in this style. This can be seen here.