Painting leather especially black

[montythefirst]

hi guys

Looking for some tips on painting leather from a weathered state to spit polished, all tips greatly received but really need some for Black leather as painting a Union infantry figure at the mo who has a lot of black leather equipment.

step by step would be great

cheers

Simon

 

[ChaosCossack]

http://www.planetfigure.com/pages/Painting-Leather-Boots/
This is a great SBS for painting black leather boots... I'm sure it would do well for all black leather kit. I'd push the worn/weathered look on edges of belts, straps and pouch flaps and corners. Don't forget the crease where the pouch flap is repeatedly openned and closed and therefore tends to be more worn out.

This is a great technique... Luck

Colin

 

[Helm]

I will second Colin, that SBS works for any leather from boots to straps its excellent
Steve

 

[montythefirst]

Its good guys cheers, only trouble is there's a lot of flat surfaces on the equipment I have to paint and this technique is really aided by the folds and shapes of the boots

 

[Helm]

You can still do it just vary the base brown for shadow/highlights and edges or wear then apply washes
Steve

 

[Ferris]

You could try this:

Basecoat black (acrylic/humbrol doesn't matter)
Black oilpaint coat. Remove with soft brush.

A satin leatherish sheen should remain.
When it has dried you can touch up edges with a light brown colour for wear.

An alternative is this:

Paint as black fabric: just-not-black basecoat, highlights and shadows as usual (acrylics). Keep a blueish tone.
Finish with a few thinned coats of satin varnish until achieving the right sheen.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Adrian

 

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Or you can go with, Mars Black and Cad orange and highlight with Burnt Sienna. Then for high highlights use Naples yellow.

 

[montythefirst]

I found this sbs by Mark (gothicgeek) over on Historicus Forma http://www.hfmodeling.com/modules.p...e=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=157512#1321454


Will give this a go as I paint with acrylics

A. plain paper
B. A brown base ( Burnt Umber )
C. GW Snakebite leather
D. GW Blazing orange
E. GW Scorched Brown
F. GW Chaos black
G. Re work colours C, D and E to highlight cracks
H. Re establish the black to represent the finished surface of the leather

Basically the base colour of brown and the final finish of black can be exchanged for a variety of colours, Leathers are made in various flesh/brown and grey colours and the outer finished skin can also be in a rainbow of hues,

 

[garyhiggins]

Check out Marta Slusarska's blog - Twisted Brushes, I know she did an article on painting leather.
Best wishes, Gary.

 

[ChaosCossack]

Check out Marta Slusarska's blog - Twisted Brushes, I know she did an article on painting leather.
Best wishes, Gary.

Oh yeah, forgot about that one... also excellent information

Colin