Leather clothing

For black leather, i paint flat black, then add a few coats of sepia ink. After that i dry brush with Vallejo brown leather.

I do something similar.  Flat black then artist oils - they have a nice sheen that looks like leather.

Thanks guys! I'll try to show how it goes ;)

Almost looks like black with some silver dry-brushing in spots? I agree, they have that look down.....

Rudy 

The old Testor's "square bottle" Rubber was an excellent way to depict dark leather.

Humbrol's Leather was a decent medium russet leather straight from the tin.

Depicting leather needs a subtle semi-gloss with a bit of color depth.  So, Bish's technique with sepia ink sounds like an excellent one.  Just vary the undercoat for the leather color.

What I've never found a good way to depict is cracked/scuffed leather.

There is an article on painting german leather jackets in the Nov 2017 issue and another one on painting worn leather in the Apr 2016 issue. If you do not have access to these I can post the articles. Hope this helps.

Thanks everybody!

I spent a couple of days at the bench trying to work on my figure chops and tried a burnt umber wash on my test subject (an old dragon figure); seems to do the trick, giving the jacket a nice leathery sheen! A little drybrushing should help now... lightened rubber black maybe?

If anyone is interested, I just stumbled onto this blog entry by Calvin Tan, who paints the Alpine models figures : http://zyclyon.blogspot.com/search/label/Alpine%20Miniatures%20-%20SS-Unterscharf%C3%BChrer%20SSPzAbt%20101%201944

"The leather suit lends itself an aura of stylish class in contrast to most conventional combat uniforms. Its rendering too was not a complex issue as I soon got hold of how. The secret lies essentially in manipulating with both the satin and matt finishes.
A satin finish when compared to a matt one will have a deeper appearance. This attribute greatly enhances the illusion of depth when strategically applied within the deepest shadows. The satin finish was also extended to the mid-tones, creating the sheen of leather. This could be achieved by glazes of both oil paints and acrylic inks.
With the mid tones and shadows addressed, the highlights were rendered with glazes of matt acrylic black. Though most of my acrylic paints are tainted with Tamiya Flat Base I choose to incorporate with a little more than my usual dose into the black, producing a black chalky mixture. As a result, I do not lose any of the colour's properties and still get a tone light enough to contrast against the shadows.
Adding more dimension to the leather suit, effects of chafe and wear were applied along the edges of the suit. This lends itself more contrast to the suit, enhancing the crisp details of the sculpt."

He apparently got a painting guide published. Should be helpful!