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First ever attempt at Non Metallic Metal and Sky Earth Non Metallic Metal. Thought the gold effect came out well, however not happy with the shield. Need more free hand practice.

Not bad for a first attempt!

I am no super expert but I did paint some 50 chaos models with NMM weapons and details. From my experience I would advice you to be a bit bolder with the contrast on the gold. Always really pure white on edges facing your imaginary light source (usually up) and make the dark parts even darker.

As for the SENMM i feel black for earth is a difficult choice. A warm color like some shade of brown is easier for the eye/brain to understand.

For me it took at least 10 models before I was even getting the idea, so keep trying!

I like it a lot. Love the shield and his arm our. Very unique

You need contrast for anytime you are going to paint metals be it true metallics or non. Your lacking any real contrast and your skipping to much from one level to the other. You want a smooth transition no matter what your painting. I would suggest getting the Figone videos off of C'MON because even though he is arrogant and rather rude he still is an amazing painter. Pic those up as learning wet blending will help you out a lot for these techniques.