u/DRDev_Craft

Minature is Orc King from the Northern Orcs set by RescaleMiniature, scaled up to 110%,

I need some advice and critique, especially on NMM and how to focus and pick apart all of the different details in a way where I don't burn out while painting a pack/squadron/army.

First, some background about how I got into the hobby and where I think I am right now:

I've started painting minis about half a year ago or so, since my DnD group was not very much into painting tabletop pieces. Our DM usually just printed out minis and we used them as is. I like to have things "pop" (I do Gunpla custom paintjobs, so you can imagine I like things being a bit special), so I decided I would start painting everything. I was also (and still sort of am) the dedicated 3D printer of the group ever since I got a S4U, so this felt like natural progression.

I did some basic paintjobs to get things started - basic paint schemes, paying attention not to muddy things up. Then I started blending skin, researching colour triangle schemes, how to match and balance warmer and colder tones, etc.

Now, I decided to finally give it a go with NMM and I feel awful about the progression. This mini is the best try I've had so far, and I am positively certain it is just wrong in so many ways. Granted, I am getting burned out due to having to paint an entire expanded set for War of the Ring Tabletop game for a friend, printing and painting a bunch of orcs and adjacent creatures for a sort of penultimate fight we are soon to have in the DnD campaign where I am a player, AND I am writing my own campaign right now and printing & painting sets I am positively certain I will use in the coming months (I am a control freak, don't ask me why I do this to myself lmao).

I've seen tons of videos, but I just feel like on this particular thing (NMM), and higher-detail miniatures like there, I just get analysis paralysis and botch it in one way or another.

I need literally ANY and ALL critiques, suggestions and advice I could possibly get from you folks.

I love the hobby, I can see myself doing this virtually for the rest of my life, but I want to get better instead of stagnating and being "okay with okay".

tl;dr - Feeling stuck, need advice on methods & how to not get caught in a burnout while trying to improve

One of my all-time favourite Mobile Suits. I have 4 more unbuilt that I also plan on pairing with Mission Packs and custom painting.

Used a wide variety of paints across these kits, ranging from Kaleido Metallics/Auto/Mecha to Tamiya, HobbyMio, Jumpwind, Mr.Hobby. The L-pack was the first time I was mixing my own paints to achieve the inner-frame purple tone, too, which was a mixture of various Auto/Metallics from Kaleido (done that one last December).

If you haven't built this kit, I highly recommend you do so!