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This will be my third completed miniature. It wasn't until the end that I sort of figured out how to highlight more properly (I think the hands look good). I also think I did fairly well on the chest emblem and the parchment on the left foot. I think I am improving overall. Any comments, tips, or critique are very welcomed on any aspect.

Keep at it mate, personally I would give light dry brushing a try for basic edge highlighting first. Once you get better at that then move into edge highlights more since it requires better control. Your getting the right edges for the most part but I'd consider where you want the light to look like its coming from. And remember less is sometimes more! Good luck!

What needs work is the edge highlighting... you're doing it far too broad. When I started out painting Space Marines properly (also DAs) I would do two levels of highlighting; one was about as broad as what you were doing but it was a mix of Goblin Green and DA Green (old colours I know), just to make risen areas look a bit brighter than the rest of the model.

An edge highlight done as brightly as what you're going for needs to be *very* fine; keep the paint nice and thin so you can maneuver it nicely and use a fine brush... other than that, it's a matter of practice. Where possible if you can get the side of the brush hitting the corner/edge you want to highlight at a 45* angle you'll have a very easy time.

Other than that; base dat mini! Sand + PVA + Dark Brown + lighter brown drybrush + pva + flock. Easy and it really makes a model pop!

Yeah, the highlights are a bit thick just now. Remember that you can go back over the main armour areas with the base colour if the highlights get a bit out of hand. As long as you're keeping your paints nice and thin a couple of touch up layers make all the difference without obscuring detail.

Like the above said you need to work on the edging.

I use the side of the brush on the very edge of the armor with whatever highlight color Im using. Works well enough.

It looks like you're not thinning your paints either, just dipping the brush directly in the paint pot.

pull some paint out of the pot onto a palette and add a tiny bit of water. About 1:1 ratio of paint to water is usually allright, might water it down more or less for different reasons.

Perhaps my methods are crude, but they work allright.
I use a broken-off tine from a plastic fork to pull paint from the pot and dab it onto a palette - I'm sure something else would work just fine.

And I use a syringe to place small drops of water on the palette. Stir em together and ready to rock.