I experimented with creating my own feather templates and giving them different properties.
This is a test groom using one of the feathers above to test out the new workflow. I am trying out both the manual method and the procedural method. The manual method offers more control but is more time consuming while the procedural method (hair workflow) is faster but is quite difficult to control.
I will need to figure out rendering soon. Karma is optimized for feather rendering however we as a team have the most experience with rendering and shading in Redshift.
Truly admirable!