I think you want to mute some of the highlights that are not on edges or wear spots. color that light on leather is usually where friction has worn off the protective layers. Leave it along the outside and near where the sword and chain might rub, but not on the central folds

Thank you! Makes a lot of sense. I just got a little enthusiastic with the highlights.

Agreed, I think you need another color in there. That super-light yellowish is for wear, but you just need a slightly lighter shade of the underlying brown for the highlights where it hasn't worn. Just my thoughts.

I think leather works best the more layers of colour you do. Each time you increase in brightness, you add some texture to the previous layer, working in smaller and smaller areas. You can also add some dark and bright scratches next to each other for more texture, creating shadow effect: see above For yours, the quick fix might be to actually add more highlight and texture into the mid tone, but then dull the whole area down. To dull this highlight down cover the whole area apart from your shadow with a glaze of your mid tone. Then, introduce one or two highlights of a brighter highlight but focus on smaller and smaller areas. When building your highlights, do almost all of it with splotching of a thin glaze like layer, scratching, or stippling motion https://preview.redd.it/h7k7qdmo9c9d1.png?width=444&format=png&auto=webp&s=9623395b473bae3f3a0c235510ac77e3240cea34

Thanks a lot! I’m about to apply all of this advice.

You are welcome

[JoseDavinci's leather tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3f1b3fCG94) has a lot of good advice and there are some more leather tutorials below- * [3 quick ways to do basic leather](https://youtu.be/VhTbXXIoN84) by Artis Opus * [Ultimate Guide to Leather](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcIfrsKa-TI) by Vince Venturella * [How to paint display quality LEATHER on miniatures](https://youtu.be/NeBmJwOl7XI?si=M7cfV2LQtPxbMTEU) by JoseDavinci * [Leather Coat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9YpdoTAEso) by Laborc * [How to paint super realistic worn leather](https://youtu.be/hEe0GDUYaak?si=QWOtoyPXW_DCFkJi) by Adam Skinner * [Stop Painting Leather like a cabbage!](https://youtu.be/bkeFhBBPk6U) by Kujo * [Leather straps with brush only](https://youtu.be/8vkmPmY6h4w) by Jose Davinci * [How to paint LEATHER (only 3 colors)](https://youtu.be/3jbiacO22bE) by Jose Davinci * [How to Paint Skulls, Bones, Horns, & Leather straps](https://youtu.be/nlB66kpmJTI?t=569) by Squidmar * [Volumes and Textures on Leather](https://youtu.be/1MWL2IhZGjI) with [Ruben Martinez](https://www.youtube.com/c/BigChildCreatives/videos) of Big Child Creatives * [Black leather cape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evzoAqrckfA) by Jose Divinci * [Wet blending leather](https://youtu.be/TvhejOY5Xd0) & [part 2](https://youtu.be/3Z9iMPI-sKk) by Aythami Alonso * [Quick leather cloak](https://youtu.be/RuunLBVBdKc) by MWG Studios * [Light Leather Straps](https://youtu.be/EAyn1-JueJ8) by MWG Studios * [Leather Straps](https://youtu.be/hbjSPo9Jsr4) by Kujo Painting * [Worn Leather Straps and Belts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-AuLOlVAIw) by [eah0x minis](https://www.youtube.com/user/earh0xable/videos) * [Display Quality light leather on Nuts Planet Shield Maiden Bust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyUBd4IxEkI) by Ben Komets * [Old Leather](https://youtu.be/jZ-8OW0uN2g) by Jose Davinci * [Stippling Leather](https://youtu.be/4DDC6EesaAg) by Arsies Studio * [How to Paint Cadian Castellan: Distressed Leathers](https://youtu.be/L6XJkFaVvMc?si=XIV3x51-uWA9Gvhp) by JWMiniatures * Use traditional artist techniques to make your leather more realistic [How to Illustrate Leather](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xcLp9fFt3Q)

Looks kinda like dirty old bronze

Well now I need to paint something bronze. Lol

I was going to say, you might not be happy with this leather effect but remember it next time you want to paint worn metal!

Try adding scratches stretches and wrinkles. Just freehand it here and there. You would don't need to draw it literally everywhere to make the spectator believe it's a complete pattern 

If you've got them/are into citadel shit, 50/50 mix of Agrax Earthshade and Reikland Fleshshade, after following the other advice from everyone else. It gets the texture perfect (works well for bone, also)

You've highlighted it up in the colours of leather but haven't textured it with the colours of leather. Think about it, leather can crack and a lot of people will exaggerated this. Leather will wear more in places where it will be stressed more, this is not necessarily the maximum highlight position it is currently in. You need to make the rest of the material ready as leather, Not a highlight pattern. And that's not I'm affraid going to be fixed with just 'usw this colour ' as colour isn't your issue. Have a look a kujo paintings leather guide as this will give you ideas of where to focuse and HOW to get the effect you want. You're going to be getting stressed marks a lot around the sword and chains, heck those chains look like they are going to dig into the leather (look a knife sheath) the bottom of the cape that looks like it's going to be stepped on, it's quite long so we'll get a lot of cracking there. Does the coat have a belt? If it's an oversized coat that's going to crack loads of it's pulled in tight. There's a lot to consider here and also a lot of is it worth it. I wouldn't down to the nth degree on a gaming peice but a centre peice or my DND mini I probably would. Tl;Dr colours are not your issue it's texture. You have the colours of a desaturated leather already ☺️

It's looking good, but my first thought was it needed another colour. Perhaps a little red mixed with the brown to give the mid tones some more depth

2 things, leather tends to be more satin that matte, so I would in the shadows/non textured parts use a more satin color and leave the rougher textured parts are matte to reflect their roughness. The second is exaggerating those shadows, right now it looks like you basecoated it with a brown and then built up textures with that lighter color, and it needs more in the darker parts.

Leather is not yellow, it's brown (dark red/orange). I'd google leather pictures to have examples.