well go on saltys site and look at the figured stuff it has natural lines in the wood that looks like a zebra......its call figured, flame, or quilted......when dyed the the wood in those areas are darker so it will have a stripe effect
Behlen solar-lux dyes comes in all sorts of colors.......but you need to get the powder and mix it with alchohol solar lux is UV resistant...........i havent tryed it yet but ive been toying with the idea.....salty has the blanks figured square stock.....lathe out some needles dye em green paint the bellys white or what ever floats you blabbermouth popper