Medusa Maker

Having a problem having more than one version of this hair on a character as when i come to apply materials it only affects the first one. I wanted to have a thicker set of snakes but using 2-3 sets of this hair in different poses but in essence cant seme to colour them past the first using the materials. Is there something I am doing wrong?
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Are they marked as H Material at top-right of the thumbnail? That's a Hierarchcial materials preset, and may well affect only the first item. If so, try applying then File>Save As>Materials Preset and apply that to the second hair.
Excellent thank you