Sometimes artists, like Yoshitaka Amano, give this sort of cloudy texture to a piece of the costume and that particular piece doesn’t look like fabric. It’s something weird, like a shoe buckle. Instead of spending a ridiculous amount of money on a fancy buckle that doesn’t really look accurate (but is expensive), try this.
Buy a bunch of shiny seed beads in the color you need and pour them out on a paper plate. Find a nice, cheap and plain version of, say, that belt buckle. Coat the area you need decorated with E6000 (please do this outside with proper ventilation and safety precautions) and dip.
After your item is covered, coat the beaded surface with polyurethane and leave them somewhere nice, like your garage, to dry out.
I like to add a few seed beads that are lighter and darker to give this effect more depth. Also, you can buy undrilled miniature gemstone chips and do the same thing if you’re looking for a different texture than seed beads can provide.
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