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Alright, here it is. Yes, it's not the best model ever. But it's still my first finished model. TT Standard.

C&C Welcome!

Not bad for one of your first models I take it?

You need to thin your paint, I can't stress how important it is...so here it is again all in capitals.

YOU MUST THIN YOUR PAINTS.

Apart from that it's not bad
Maybe pick up one of GW's new shades and give some parts of the model some depth, but for a first go that's good

LazzurusMan

LazzurusMan wrote:Not bad for one of your first models I take it?

You need to thin your paint, I can't stress how important it is...so here it is again all in capitals.

YOU MUST THIN YOUR PAINTS.

Apart from that it's not bad
Maybe pick up one of GW's new shades and give some parts of the model some depth, but for a first go that's good

LazzurusMan

One problem...

I have no idea how...

Water
Just feel it out, generally speaking each paint will act differently depending on the dryness and pigments, but in general, 1/3 water is a good rule of thumb. You may need to paint certain area twice, but it will result in perfectly smooth surfaces.

It also adds just a touch more drying ime which will help you avoid making ridges by disturbing half dry paint.

Good to see you starting up sir! A fine first model!

My only problem is that your soup is not French Onion

I like it, but yeah thin your paints. If you want, you can get a dropper bottle and mix some flow aid and water if you're feeling up to it. But yeah like Tom said, a little bit of water goes a long way

Your cat model and painting is amazing. Good work on the painting. Paint thinning is nice and easy, just a little water

Paint needs a bit of thinning, as they say. My paints aren't much better yet, so don't feel bad.

Huzzah for smiting the foul beast where it stood. Now to stand up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol!

The way I thin my paints is with a pallete. A pallete doesn't need to be a fancy artists accessory, it's just a piece of scrap that I mix paints on. It could be a piece of cardboard, an old saucer or plate, or whatever.

So I dip my brush in the paint I'm using, getting a good load of paint on the brush. Then I wipe it off the brush onto the palette. Then I dip the brush into water. I generally just use the same pot of water for washing my brushes and thinning. Then I take the wet brush and start mixing it with the paint on my pallete. I keep doing this until the consistency of the paint is about that of milk: a bit thicker than water, but not much.

This might mean you have to put several layers of paint over an area, but the end result is much smoother.