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Welcome to the hobby! The advice from the other two commenters (at time of writing) is fantastic.
Remember to thin your paints - you can always build up layers if they're too thin, but having too thick paint will totally cover up details.
Don't panic if you make a mistake; you can brush off paint while still wet, paint over something after it's dried, or totally strip paint in a number of easy ways if you need to!
Good luck with the emperor's children - super cool model range!
I learned that the hard way while painting hair haha. what's the best way to thin paint? just adding water?
Haha, it's tricky for sure! But, as with all things, it just takes a bit of practice.
I just use water yeah, but I think there are other products out there that can help thin paints down further than just water called "mediums". I don't use them personally and I'm by no means an adept at painting 😅
It depends. For stuff like layering, washing etc where you need really thin paint I prefer thinner medium, but for base coats and in the beginning, water will suffice. But use clean water.