Painting Miniatures: Evening 2

Things I've learned so far:

1. Mixing paint with ink is a great way to achieve a smooth blend. The next step is figuring out how to keep the paint/ink blend from drying up on my palette. Perhaps a wet palette is in order?
2. It's easier to paint details with a detail brush! A stroke of genius, really.
3. Ink tends to overpower paint. Mix with care.
4. Washing refers to painting over a painted area with a heavily watered down paint mixture. The idea is to tint the washed area a particular color, typically for a blending effect.
5. Highlights often go both under and over a wash.
6. Base coats are not a finished miniature.
7. Base coats and washes are not a finished miniature.
8. Base coats, washes, and highlights are not a finished miniature.
9. Base coats, washes, highlights, and base are not a finished miniature.
   
10. Base coats, washes, highlights, base, and sealant is a finished miniature (I think??).
11. Paint the base coat. Then wash and highlight as many times as necessary to achieve the desired effect. I've found working from light to dark is the most natural approach to highlighting for me, but I may need to reverse this as I learn to wash.