Try mixing your paints, don't use paint straight out of the pot. And miniatures won't look garish.
I have a you tube channel where I'm posting video tutorials and 360 views of miniatures. At the moment I'm doing step by step Ice Golem series including sculpting a scenic base and painting.
My You Tube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_AHXT4ycU6tNOPhjiWTQlw/videos
Hobby Update 26/02/17. What I'm doing after Ice golem. Malifaux, more miniatures for Mei Feng,
female fire starter. Bushido Mikio, irezumi / yakuza tattoos.
Here's another You Tube video. Malifaux Ice Golem tutorial 10. I started painting Ice golem's base, rocks and snow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulLFEnsIHRY
Malifaux Ice Golem tutorial. Scenic base sculpting and painting part 7. The whole process. Putting it all together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4rADKSEmpw&feature=youtu.be
Malifaux Ice Golem tutorial. Scenic base sculpting and painting part 6. The whole process. Second tree. Slight change of plan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6FBhj6YkwU&t=11s
Malifaux Ice Golem tutorial. Scenic base sculpting and painting part 4. The whole process. Sculpting trees continued.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk2gv4NCMVs&feature=youtu.be
Video tutorial. Malifaux Ice Golem. Scenic base sculpting and painting part 3. The whole process. Sculpting trees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5CbAWeZRLA
Video tutorial. Malifaux Ice Golem. Scenic base sculpting and painting part 2. The whole process. Time to finish the last miniature in my Rasputina starter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF7omsNA2WM
You're welcome. And yes I intend to show painting process as well. If you can subscribe to my channel on you tube, and or share my videos. That will encourage me to produce even more content.
Video tutorial. Malifaux Ice Golem. Scenic base sculpting and painting part 1. The whole process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABtAQ3nJ0Xw&feature=youtu.be
New You Tube video, hobby update.
Malifaux scale dilemma Hodgepodge Emissary.
Beginning Ice Golem video project. Sculpting a scenic base and painting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPD6ot9xhRE&t=35s
Don't know if anyone remembers this game. It was doing okay in 2004 - 2008. Called "Rezolution"
Here's some 360 degrees views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8HwnYP7Syo
New Bushido mini. Taka orphan of Yurei. Now I have all the footage for next bushido video. I just need to edit it and do a voice over.
Rezolution Video is next and then this.
Something I forgot to post here, a couple of Guild Ball miniatures. Here's the first of them. Captain Corsair. The mermaid on the base is Reaper, Coral Mermaid.