22 hours ago, Force Majeure said:

Not trying to be a contrarian, but I think if you're new-ish to painting figures, a more forgiving way to go is to start with the Rebels first. By the time you're done with them, you'll have gained enough experience to be able to paint the Stormies at a fairly good/consostent level. A common comment over in the Imperial Assault paint forums is that people would often start with the Stormtroopers, assuming they'd be easy to do--after all it's just black and white--and that wasn't always the case. Also, by the time they'd be on Stormie #9, it would look 9 times better than Stormie #1.

I say the Rebels are more "forgiving" because they're not required to be as uniform in appearance as the Imperials.

At any rate, when painting non-armored, "clothed" figures, after priming, start painting from the inside-out. In other words, do it in the order of how you'd get dressed. Start with exposed skin, then paint the next article of clothing closest to the skin and move outwards: undershirt, pants, shirt, vest, boots, jacket, packs, gloves, helmets & weapons, etc.

Once you have those base colors painted, then you can do your details and washes & highlights.

This is a very interesting technique but it sounds like the right thing to do, I think this is the way I will go.