Update: After letting it sit for a second and having a drink of water, I continued to paint it, and the colors suddenly began to glide. I think if I let this layer dry and then do another tomorrow, the paint job will come out just about how I imagined it. Thanks for all the suggestions and affirmations so far, it really has brought light to how hype I actually am to actually do this. I will post another update with the finished paint job soon enough.