This is the 2nd mini I've ever painted. Critiques more than welcome. Things I'm looking to improve on for next time: smoother blending; cleaner details; and better lighting for the photo.
If this is your second mini then you have loads of potential. This is better then stuff I was doing a year ago! (And I've been painting a verrrrry long time). Besides the articles on here, you can also read some helpful how-to's on the Reaper and Prvateer press sites (I hear GW has info too, but I wouldn't know). For highlights and shading try using a pallette. I only started to recently and what a difference; wet blending is definately the way to go. As for your photos, they look a he££ of a lot better than many I've seen here.
there are some great articles on all three of those topics here at CMON - well worth a look! In brief - thinner paints, smaller paintbrush, daylight bulbs. Keep at it and welcome!