I thought I'd post my latest piece.

if you remember my cowboy hat
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12494054/

The color wasn't right and it was rather plain

I learned that leather dyes wouldn't work well on the faux leather, but I learned that for this artificial leather there is a cheap alternitive that works better. its a simple mix of water and acrylic paint that actualy does stain the base material. It now has a nice dark, weathered look.

the hat band is a dark blue to almost black panel of quilting material sewn into a tube with the seam against the hat itself.

I have some brass accents I am thinking of adding to the band, atificial barb wire, small bird skulls and and a crest but I'm not sure if I'll use them all. I might just stick to the barbed wire