Finished my first full squad. I started with the ones that lost arms due to overzealous de-treeing. Things I've learned: Cheap acrylic is cheap for a reason, 4 is the ideal number to work on in a single session, thin the paints, it's easy to overdo it on the wash and it gets easier. Goals for next time: Better at fine detail, try out the whole basing things. Work less on making it easier, more on making it better Since I seriously overdid it on the wash, I'm calling this squad the Greasy Bastards.

Nice mod there. As someone who paints at about your level I'll say keep it going, it gets easier, and then it gets better.

Fedex shops will print on good quality card stock, may be tricky to get the back right but I've had good luck with them for print and play games.

Technically not my first, but the less said about my 12-year-old self's attempt at painting BattleTech miniatures the better. I used a flat white primer and FFG's paint set, durasteel for the guns and some of the backpack details. I had a decent lit magnifier for soldering and that proved useful and used the wash on the non-white parts. Remember, you don't have to be as good as Sorastro, you just have to be better than me.