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Hello!
I started to paint miniatures with the AoS starter boxset. I've painted all of the Sigmarites and moved to Khorne miniatures.
This is the last one I painted - I think it came out fine, but I struggle with many small things, like edge highlighting, proper paint consistency (it's either too thick or too watery).



Can you give me any tips on what techniques can improve my painting? I know I should probably learn to blend colours well but I did a couple of test runs on spare bits and it went horribly bad (probably due to bad paint consistency).
You help is much appreciated!

Looks good! I'd recommend some simple blending (on the flesh and the trousers) and some cleaner highlights.

Watch Next Level painting.

The quickest way to get some blending done is by drybrushing it took me ages to learn how to wet blend etc and i hate it and am bad at it so i drybrush mostly. its honestly the technique that took me to the next level

There are lots of different techniques to blending colours and they each have their pros and cons. Which you choose to use will vary depending on the surface that you're painting on and the effect you want to achieve. These are what I'd call intermediate techniques, give them a go:

Drybrushing can give a good finish to natural textures such as fur: https://youtu.be/c4yiPeThVuc?t=5m29s

Subtle blends using water for shades and highlights on contours: https://youtu.be/cw6QjE2a7A0 and https://youtu.be/caY1iy_hKUc

Zenithal priming might help: http://www.powerfisted.com/?p=199

Learn colour theory, so you know how to mix better shade and highlight colours: http://ordinarygaming.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/color-theory-tutorials-why-didnt-i.html

Personal opinion warning:

Hey there! Looking good!

A few tips:
- Learn to use a Wet Palette.
- Watch Painting Buddha vids on YouTube for only brush work. Next Level Painting if you are into Airbrushing. Both channels are amazing.
- Use a larger brush. Most people think they need to use a small brush to do fine detail, but it's the tip of the brush that's important. I mostly only use one brush. A Winsor and Newton Series 7 regular, size "1". It's the only brush you will ever need after awhile and a lot of practice.

 WaveyRaven wrote:

Personal opinion warning:

Spoiler:

Edge highlights cause special offence and are of the devil.

Neon edge highlights certainly do, especially when they are on every single edge. Blend the edge highlighting properly and it looks just fine. And therein lies the answer to the OP's question, blending. Learning to make smooth transitions between base, shading and highlights.