As somebody who also bought Reaper's Learn to Paint kit, I would recommend getting the second set they have as well (Layer Up). It teaches you more useful techniques, mostly focusing on how to use layers as another way to get shadows and highlights alongside washing and drybrushing. Also, for your particular needs, it gives you 2 different reds and a different blue than the first kit, giving you a lot of options for blending up a good purple. None of the paints are repeated and the two sets together have really served me well so far. Here's the second kit on Amazon, but it's easy to find in a lot of places: https://www.amazon.com/Layer-Bones-Miniatures-Learn-Reaper/dp/B01N458GBK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1506348474&sr=8-4&keywords=reaper+learn+to+paint Edit: Forgot to say that from one new painter to another, this looks incredible! Keep it up!
Second this. It’s a perfect starting point, and if you finish it, Reaper has a second kit with more advanced techniques and more minis :)
Reaper Layer Up Bones Miniatures Learn to Paint Kit Miniatures https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N458GBK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IPZkCb2MT6VGM
We used a combination of this kit and a metallic set like this. The red one is almost all metallics, just flat on the cape and skin. The hatchet is a combination of woodland brown and dark highlights from the reaper set. The demolitionist is a combination of metallics and flats. Ebony skin for the face and arms and I mixed purple for the pants from the blue and red in the reaper set.
Reaper: 08907 - Learn to Paint: Layer Up! Bones Paint Set https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N458GBK/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_00WV61CEZH4RFZBT70HM
Learned a lot from it, anyone tried out the Layered up tutorial? would you recommend i try that one next?
Edit: more pics