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Honestly, find a color scheme you like and go for it. It takes time to develop a look. I've been painting for 10 years and I'm still learning and finding new things to try.

You sound like you want to get it perfect the first go round and I completely understand. I made an entirely female space wolf army and did custom paint on all of them. I definitely messed up some models along the way too. I'm sure that in another 10 years I'll look back at the models im doing now and see where I could have done better. That's just art in general.

TLDR, just do it and if you don't like it, simple green the little dudes and try again.