Painting all of these at once will speed things along. What's slowing it down is, as expected, the felt soaks up the paint and leaves plenty of visible splotches of white. Two layers of paint. Per side.
Yes, it will be a double-sided rope full of heraldic flags. And it will be awesome ^_^
Based on my experience tonight, the Desert Wynds pennants will be entirely finished in five days. I could probably finish them in two or three but there isn't much of a rush and I'll get sick of it if I don't do something that allows me to sit upright every once in a while.
Thinking about trying a bit of braiding....
Oh, and I checked the bones in vinegar. It's been five days (with the nets suggesting three) but they are not really rubbery yet. They are rubbering a bit but we'll see how it goes in another week or so.
(is rubbering a word? It certainly is an amusing verb...)