how to achieve the look of leather?

[chromesamurai]

Could a watered down transparent Burnt Umber type color over a black give it that deep, distressed look?

[Danno]

Hey Tony,

Specifically for that red leather effect, this is the formula that I use:

Basecoat the red areas with Burnt Sienna.

Then mask off and airbrush on a mid red tone (I like thinned Vallejo Gory Red, it has a very very slight purple tone to the red), build the color up slow so that the Burnt Sienna acts as your shadow color.

Then air brush on your highlight color with a nice bright red (here I prefer Vallejo Bloody Red since it is a bright red with just a slight orange tint to give a nice contrast to the colors below).

Finally, do some shading with a thinned (thinned heavy with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol....about 70 % alcohol to 30% paint) Transparent Raw Umber Hue to etch out the separation between the fingers, wrinkles/fold, etc. Seal it up and you are good to go.

I hope this helps.

[High Lord Apocalypse]

thank you danno!!!!!!

[chromesamurai]

Originally Posted by Danno

Finally, do some shading with a thinned (thinned heavy with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol....about 70 % alcohol to 30% paint) Transparent Raw Umber Hue

Nice! Guess so!

Any statue of yours you have pics of where you've used this technique, Danno?