I agree with Ed. In this scale, painting the figure with too much attention to detail can lead to a very artificial-looking figure. One thing to bear in mind id the period being modelled, where style and colours of some clothing, for example, leather jackets and flying suits, changed. In the earlier war years for instance, many Luftwaffe fighter pilots had their leather jackets made for them by civilian tailors, as they weren't 'officially' on issue, and they tended to me, in the main, smooth black leather. Later 'issue' jackets were more oftem brown. The grey/blue, two piece flight suit from mid to late war was also seen in a similar style, but in black leather, there were at least three styles of flying helmet, in differing colours and mateial, depending on season/theatre, different syles of cap, depending on rank, period, occassion, and so on.