So now it's crunch time and some
monumental head scratching took place here.

in the pic of the real lady, the boots looked like plastic and smooth,
here they appeared ruffled and leatherlike,
that limited the choices.
Rightyho, black leather then.

Where to find leather that thin so it wouldn't look like body armour?
This is where a spark of inspiration and the 'i wonder?' quotient comes in.

I was speaking a while before this, to my best friend who is also in the motor trade
and a fellow modeller and he was talking
about this leather effect material he'd seen
that was thin with a material backing.
A completely unconnected conversation by the way,
summat to do with auto repairs.