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Right on. I am about to paint a bit of leather up and will use the stippling technique, of course. But am not sure which way to proceed: was either going to base it with VMC Orange-brown and then stipple on a bestial brown, then follow that up with some scorched brown/Rhinox hide in darker spots.
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Basecoat it with a commando khaki type tan color then shade the same way as above. Of course highlifjt both by adding ivory to the base. Any thoughts on this? Having trouble finding an appropriate starting place.
I started off fairly desaturated with a Baneblade Brown base. I stippled & sponged over that with a darker tone and then mixed a little ivory with the Baneblade for some stippled highlights. It was all very rough at this stage but I applied a wash of scale colour chestnut ink to warm up the colour and tie all the texture together. I then went back over with the Baneblade & Ivory and refined the details & texture. The final step was to add a few carefully applied glazes to enrich the colour and tie all the details together.
The chestnut ink was crucial to the success of the finished effect. It's a simple step but it transformed everything like magic!
