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Hey everyone,
So I have been painting for under a year and have gained some experience with different techniques but I still feel my painting is lacking.
I want to improve to make these models and y armies stand out a bit more than normal.

I am going to add a few pictures of some of my recent work just so anyone can help me improve with different techniques or particular stuff.
I hope this isn't asking to much but I won't be offended if you say my stuff looks bad Only way to get better is to hear what I am doing wrong and what I need to do better.

Here are a few pictures from my Tau project (the piranha is still work in progress)



















Here are a few pictures of a few models from my skaven army

Really like the clanrat, and the grey/green tau scheme
Pretty solid grasp of the basics, some darker shadows might help to bring out certain aspects of the models, maybe a darker wash in the recesses. (perhaps oil washing - something which im keen to try out myself)
Or the reverse, more intense highlights to the same effect of making things pop out a bit more.
A fiendish combination of the two is prob the best bet.

Thanks for the comments
I think I need some more highlights you are probably right, I do think that the oil wash would be an interesting thing to try for the darker models
Funny how you liked the clanrat because that was the model I spent the least time on approx. under 30 minutes :p

I forgot to add this picture of my xv8 suit which I need to do some harder highlights on or do something more like the piranha