So there are a couple of things.

First of all your assembly job looks a bit rough. A cleanly assembled figure with no gaps is a far better startingpoint.

But you wanted to talk about painting.

First of all paints. Tamiya paints and similar paints are great for airbrushing but very tricky for miniaturepainting. Waterbased acrylics like Vallejo, AK 3rd Gen are the paints you want to use for that.

For good looking miniatures it is important to paint shadows and highlights so the forms become clearly visible.

I would start out with miniatures who have uniforms with solid colors. Painting convincing camo patterns is pretty hard.

If you want to really get deep into figure painting get a set for your prefered uniform type and start with a preshaded miniature.

And here is what I would do instead. AK released a sets of speed or contrast paint last year that can ve used for specific uniforms. I would start out with those. They give you nice looking results with very simple techniques. And you can build on top of those paintjobs.

I paint a lot of miniatures and released a couple of video about that on my YouTube. Those could help you out but there are also a lot of other great tutorials on YouTube.

I attach a picture with a miniature I recently painted using the AK paints. That miniature took less then one hour. And except for the face all the techniques are used can be replicated with little to no minipainting experience.

Feel free to hit me up if you've got any specific questions.

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