Painting Leather

[dougaderly]

Can anyone point me to a good tutorial on painting leather jackets? I\'m having the worst time on a Hordes Baldur Stone Cleaver and a Warmachine Rhineholt. All the colors I\'m using are coming out to look like chalky burlap rather than shiny leather. Any tips? I\'d put up some WIP pics, but I don\'t have a digital camera and usually have to go a borrowing to take photos.

 

[Wolf Fang]

start with a dark red (scab red works well) and blend up to brown.... or use brown with some red mixed in and simply lighten it a bit for highlights

 

[Shawn R. L.]

I just did a darkskinned Snotling and after highlighting alot I put a wash of brown over it and it really made the color richer. Leather can have a rather smooth, almost shiny surface. You might do it NMM style using browns and such.

 

[funnymouth]

my run of the mill recipie for leather is just snakebite with fleshwash over the top. shade and hilight before the wash. use other browns/reds for color variation. for black leather i use shadowgrey with black wash + variations. id love to hear what the \"masters\" say, as i have seen some really lovely leathers on this site and i havent been able to replicate the effect.

 

[M. A. CORSO]

you can have a good leather mixing red and orange to your brown base and more yellow for the lights

 

[Dragonsreach]

Option 1: Mix in Brown, Chestnut or Flesh Wash inks to you paint colour to raise the sheen of the paint.
Option 2: Wash over with highly diluted inks of above selection.
Option 3: Buy some Vallejo Smoke and wash carefully over the painted area then re-highlight.

Option 4: Don\'t listen to me, Try something else entirely