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Im working on my commissars and I have huge problem with their black stormcoats. I simply cant make it look like black leather. Whatever I do, it just looks like...black paint
With use of varnish, its just to glossy...dunno, do you have some magic trick, combination of colours? Some special shading?

Thanks for help ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/594418/6815014.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/594418/6815014.page GMT - start off with really dark grey instead of black
- give it a kind of exaggerated highlight in comparison to the rest of the mini
- apply a really small amount of varnish for the shine (alternatively, mix in a bit of silver paint)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/594418/6815109.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/594418/6815109.page GMT http://www.planetfigure.com/pages/Painting-Leather-Boots/

The trick is to not use straight black but rather a very dark grey. You can use a black ink or wash for the shadows to give it depth and then your highlights should be a brown-beige to simulate how black leather ages.

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