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Painted this last night, still learning a lot of techniques and getting a lot of ides. Any advice?

My advice would be:

Remember to go back after your base coat and tidy up any areas where you've made any mistakes - if you look at the red area of the storm shield, you can see a few areas where the blue has 'bled' onto it. Taking the time to make corrections like that will give you a much nicer end product.

I'd take a tidily painted mini over one with fancy techniques any day!

Also - remember to get rid of all those mold lines - nothing ruins the 'believability' of a model for me quicker than mold lines.

It's a great start though - keep it up!

Eggs's advice is good advice, but I wouldn't take it too hard. I didn't notice the bleedover on the shield until he pointed it out, and I still can't see any mold lines. (And I'm not entirely sure the only bleedover I can see isn't a shadow.)

I think it's a great model! And I personally wouldn't brown your knickers over every tiny detail. I've spent hours on a single model before, making sure there wasn't a single pencil lead's width of paint in the wrong section, and once it finally sunk in that most people would only ever see my models from a distance of about three to four feet (or about a meter, if you're into that) my painting got much less stressful.

This piece looks damn fine up close, though, so you should be proud. And nice work on the scenic base, too.