All
I’m currently working on the Tamiya British Quad kit and I’m at the seat stage but before I assemble and fit them I would like a paining/aging technique to give the seats a worn leather/vinyl look. I’ve tried using a cottonwool bud on some scrap plastic with a weak (ish) red brown paint mix but it doesn’t look right.
Any ideas, suggestions or tips are most welcome.
Many thanks in advance for taking the trouble to read and reply to this thread.
when the leather wears it can get an uneven coloration. I recently did a gunner in a leather flight suit and varied the base color with light and dark washes. But what really made it pop was when the guys in the Figures section suggested dry brushes areas of wear with some light gray or light tan
This was all done with Model Master leather, flat black and flat white enamels.
Agreed
I did the Verlinden B17 crewman (standing holding parapack) i started with a near-black enamel basecoat and worked my way up using a mix of umber, seinna and black oil paint for the basic color. I lightened the mix up with a touch of yellow ochre for the worn, highlighted look that the old filghtsuits took on, with only the lightest highlight around the highest edges. The dried oil paint had the correct sheen as well.
HTH
David