This is my first attempt at using oil paints, i used Burnt Umber, Yellow Orche on the seat. I’m trying to make it look like leather, opinions please and advise.
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Hello!
I think you are moving in the right direction, although still not quite there. What could help you would probably be looking at photos of 1:1 seats more - but then you’ll probably find that it’s not so easy to find seats like that, because most of them are paintes some colour - and that’s just my uninformed opinion, I didn’t do any research here.
Once I have built a model of a Harley and got good comments on my seat - and it was painted very lazy, I just painted it neutral grey and put one layer of acrylis paint on top of that - it was a paint by Citadel, called “Snakebite Leather”. Same treatment went for the saddle bags. Here’s how my seat turned out:
I hope this helps you - good luck with your build and have a nice day
Paweł
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Wow that’s amazing. Looks real, thank you for the information and advice. For now i thinking of leaving were it’s at. I have a lot of learning to do .
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@bigsparky65 , @Pawel, Thanks for posting on this subject. I am learning a great deal here from both of you. I have not yet tried Oil paints for any of my models, but I will now from what I am learning here. The burnt umber and yellow ochre seem like a good combo that work well together to add depth and interest beyond just the texture. The leather texture is also a challenge with the grain being subtle. A clear matte sealer would finish the saddle nicely.
Pawel, beautiful work on yours.
Thanks again guys.
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'M learning how to use oil paints, i watched different YouTube videos on how to make leather. I wish you the best in trying oil paint, i bought a small set at Ocean City Job Lot.
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Were you going for a patched up seat look? With the silver on there, it almost looks like someone took duct tape and tried to fix a split in the seat. Maybe dull the silver down a bit as most duct tape is rather dull looking.
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I tried my best, i like the way the seat looks. This is my first time using oil paint. I appreciate your opinion, maybe i will get better next time.
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I was in no way trying to put down your work. I was honestly asking if that is what you were trying for with the silver section across the seat. I have seen numerous motorcycle seats that were patched with duct tape like that.
My first advice would be to paint this seat once it’s been removed from the sprue.. You can superglue a section of the sprue to the bottom of the seat so it can all be painted without the risk of touching drying paint and the need of any touch up job. A base coat of a paint close to what you’d want the leather to look like would be of great help too, oils being, all in all, pretty transparent. The base coat, preferably matt paint, helps to ‘hold’ the oil paint on.
Note that on smaller surfaces, you can obtain a pretty realistic leather job by first using a base ‘leather’ coat, which you can buff, once well dry, with nose grease. Yes, the natural grease produced by your body works really well for this. Sounds maybe a bit gross, but really works. Use a soft plat, rounded, brush to collect the grease and rub it into the base paint.
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That’s a lot of advice, thank you. I painted a flat brown Tamiya paint first, then i mix Burnt Umber and Yellow Orche oil paint thinned. I like the results for my first time using oil paint. I wouldn’t even call myself a intermediate modeler. More towards the novice side of modeling. There’s so much that i have no clue about modeling. I try my best.
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Keep up the good work. Practice will make things, if not perfect (what and where is perfection?), at least easier and better.
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