First Painted Guys

Not bad, certainly better than my first attempt.



Only one thing, the position of the sergeants sword arm IMO looks a little odd.

Not bad for a first attempt at painting.. I've still got one of the first models I painted and although at the time I thought it looked good, when I hold it next to some of my more recent paint jobs you can really see the difference a bit of practice makes. You should probably do the same.. keep one mini in original state, you'll be amazed in a few months at how far you will have improved.
A couple of tips for making what you have at the moment even better.. washing and highlighting. Washes are great for any surface that has 'grooves'. Basically make a very watered down and slightly darker version of the surface you intend to 'wash'.. In your case it looks like you have used fortress grey for your cloth.. you could try a very watered down codex grey and spread this over all the cloth areas. Due to its watery nature, it will tend to collect in the grooves thus giving you a 'shadow' effect, when it dries you can then go over the raised sections very lightly with the original colour if you think it looks too dark overall. Inks can be used in a similar fashion but I find thinning down paints with water is fine and saves you having to buy additional pots of ink. For flesh tones, browns are great for washes I find, although you want to make sure its very thin when you apply it.. dont want it to run onto the rest of your mini.
Highlights on the edges of armour is another way to get your mini looking great.. although time consuming it really makes your armour stand out.
But again, for a first attempt not bad at all.