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Hey guys,
This is my first miniature I painted since a loong time. I am an awful painter, but somehow modelling and painting always gave me more fun than playing. I'd rather have my minis look good than win a game. After spending a lot of hours into mixing colors and so on I finally choosed a cholor scheme I like for my Tau army, but my horrible painting skills butcher every miniature I put my brushes on. I see a lot of great painters here, could you please point out what mistakes I do and what should I change? The base is untouched, the legs not finished. I didn't highlight the battle damage yet. I am looking for brutal, honest comments! Don't need to wrap up words in a kind way, no hard feelings here - I want to get better!

Your painting looks perfectly fine, but the colour scheme is, IMHO, a bit dull. I would add something brighter in some places, maybe on the helmet or shoulder pad or on every second section of the leg armour. A much brighter blue would work, or white, orange...

The painting is just fine. Once based it will look better as a whole.

Looks great! I think the blue on the background makes it look a bit dull since it creates a lack in contrast, but I can imagine a bunch of these guys looking great on the board. I think some line highlighting would really bring this guy together.

On photoshop or similar, try colouring the tau symbol orange with the little dot as white. I think it would really make it pop!