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I want to paint the pants on my undead team gun metal, but I don't wan them to look like they are wearing pants made out of metal. Any tips?

You can make matte paints look like metalic colors without actually using a metalic color.

https://2plusinvulnerable.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/how-to-paint-non-metallic-metal-on-miniatures/

Look at that link for some reference if you need it. Have fun!

Great article for nmm, but I'm looking for tips on metallic non-metals. I want the pants to be bolt gun colored but to look like regular cloth not polished metal.

Mix in some grey to mute the metallic shine?

Try doing a nuln oil wash over the metallic parts, see if it gets the result you're looking for. While I've never specifically tried to accomplish what you're looking for, the result on some of my models looks like it might fit the bill.

Was thinking some Brown mixed in might mute the shine

Paint the pants first then Dull Coat them. Then paint the rest of the model.

Has anyone tried that mixing a metallic paint with a non-metallic paint to see if it looks like metallic cloth? Is it mostly the normal color with just a little bit of metallic mixed in?

I've done a Cloth of Gold cloak by just drybrushing metallic Gold over matte black. Really simple but it worked quite well.

No photos of it unfortunately.

You could try using metalisers rather than regular metallics.

Regular metallics have quite large grains of metallic flake. Metalizers are far smoother, the grains are smaller and more of them.

Vallejo make "Metal Color" that is designed for airbrushing but you can apply it with a hairy brush using a few thin coats.

If you paint like normal whatever color you want (like yellow for a gold metallic cloth, then very lightly drybrush with metallic paint, that seems to work pretty well. Just make sure there is as little paint on the brush as possible when you do the drybrushing. Gives it a sort of sheen without looking fully metallic.

What about using a non metalic base and then watering down a metalic paint to paint over it?