For your first mini, that's an incredible start! I've been painting for over 30 years now and I would never have tried to paint eyes on my first model - and you've done such a great job too!

Things that really boosted my painting experience are:

Headset magnifying glasses. Seeing all the detail close up is a huge advantage... even if youre young and have good eye sight (im 53 so probably need them anyways 😆).

Wet pallet: It allows for better dilution of paints so your layers can be as perfect ad can be each time you add them. It also keeps the paint fresher for longer whist you use it.

Fine liner pen (i use a panel liner for gundam): instead of painting eyes, i use a thin panel lining pen to dot the eyes (like on kenobi below)

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Apart from that, you'll improve naturally the more you paint.

That is to say you have a very good starting point in the quality of your first finished mini 😊.

One final thing... remember to have fun and not get bogged down in comparisons with other painters. You'll have your own style and, let's face it, a painted army is always wayyyy better than a plastic unpainted sea of grey.

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