Hi, welcome back! I also took a long hiatus and came back. Be careful- I was tempted to go into something totally different from what I had been in before (marines in 3rd edition
40k, to wood elves in warhammer fantasy now!). So you may or may not to be able to stick to old techniques
I'm not sure about the color schemes- you might try searching the Painting & Modelling forum. The search function on dakka is
FUBAR right now, so the best way to find things is to search in google and add "+ Dakka".
I'd love to see some pics of your stuff in the P&M forum, too!!
Cheers,
Steve / RiTides