Nice scene

The scene looks really good, but did you really have to pass it through the static applicator? It doesn't look as if the strands are vertical. Well ... after further investigation it seems that quite a few are near vertical.

I knocked some down at random

I knocked some down at random to give more natural look.  Had some time to kill so experimenting and tinkering. 

Tulsa

This post comes at a perfect

This post comes at a perfect time because I didn't want to buy a whole shaker of SG just to do a small patch on my shelf layout.  I would have never thought that these paint brush bristles would hold a static charge.  Most SG is made from rayon fibers.  Even though your color looks great, I think that RIT fabric dye would work better than paint.  Being colored water it will soak into the bristles without clumping them together.  Thanks for sharing this valuable information.

I was considering rit dye.

I was considering rit dye.  Let us know how it works/looks.  These brushes are China bristle but was also considering horsehair (most shoe rushes have horsehair).  

Tulsa

Great tip

Your modelling looks great!  Thanks for the tip!

But is it worth the cost and

But is it worth the cost and effort?  I would think that you don't get very much from one brush, but I could be wrong.  Don't get me wrong, I like diy projects, I just want to make sure that it is actually saving money.

-Doug

Worth the cost?

Doug:

A package with 1 1/4 cups worth of Silflor static grass currently lists for $8.49 at MRH sponsor Scenic Express.  I used about four for the ground cover on a roughly 30 X 30 foot layout, plus parts of a few more I picked up for some color variation and to make separate tufts for weeds.  Given the area I needed to cover it seemed like a good value to me, not that there's anything wrong with trying other methods.