I thought I would share some of my "recipes" to get (what I believe to be) a great result from your HQ minis with minimal effort, using GW paints.
I am in no way a master painter or believe myself to be, but as a contribution to this wonderful forum (seeing as there is no other thread canvassing this topic) I thought I would share-and this is in no way meant to preach to the converted or talk down to anyone...
(Note that all paints are GW/citadel)
General points first up, and #1 is WATER DOWN YOUR PAINTS. For many years I have been frustrated by my painting efforts and despaired at the hopelessness of continuing when no matter how I try the results are not great.
I am pretty much as lazy as it gets when it comes to painting, and despite reading in pretty much every guide over the years to water down paints I never did, it is too much hassle.
But lo-WATER DOWN YOUR PAINTS
Thin layers of watered down paint are the key to success in my opinion.
It really is worth it.
#2 is that great looking minis aren't in my experience the result of amazing skill or talent per se, it is more the result of multiple simple and easy techniques/layers combined.
Of course skill/talent is there, but again In My Experience it is actually just multiple, basic applications built on one another for the end result rather than one impossible task.