Textures!

When you paint a miniature figure, it’s all just paint on one material.  It can be challenging to make cloth, metal, wood, leather, skin, and fur look distinctive and correct.  To inform my own painting, I like to read about techniques others have found.  This article is a great place to start helping the way you approach simulating different materials.

http://figurementors.com/creating-the-look-of-textures-leather-wood-etc-with-paint