Leather mixes

[absolutrudy]

anyone have some good leather recipies using either VGC or VMC?

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[Sakura]

I allways use hull red as a base colour and highlight up to cavalry brown. It results in a rather red tone, but I\'m very found of it.

 

[Ritual]

If you want an old, dried out look use a dark brown as base colour and highlight it with a light beige. It makes a greyish leathery look.

Sakura\'s recipe for red leather is also good, though you could go a bit brighter with the highlights using VMC Red Leather if you want to. Depends on how you like the finish to be...

 

[Dragonsreach]

Old hard leather can be simulated by careful washes of VMC Smoke over most browns.
I fine that Chocolate Brown, Leather brown, Flat Earth, Beige Brown and Cork Brown (VMC) all work well together in painting leather.