Never feel bad...
Most painter on Cool Mini have years of experience and practice under their belt.
Also many of the guys on these forums have won many a competition, so with that said you are in the Library of Alexandra when it comes to painting minis.
** The only thing that I can recommend for you to do is to thin you paint and gradually build up the color that you want to achieve.
the color scheme is real cool but it looks like the paint was caked on...