first zombies (continued)

[phantomninja]

Well, for washes I generally use a mixture of Sepia (light brown) black and a dark brown called Devlan Mud. It depends on what shade I would like to achieve, for darker colors and good crimson blood I use black. For light colors, whites and light browns I tend to use Sepia. This works great on a solid white...it makes it look like a smelly dingy work shirt. And lastly, I use Devlan mud when I want a quick shaded figure all around. Some hobbyist use a method called the 'DIP' method which requires submerging the mini in a tiny vat of shader. This works but the miniature of course is shaded in a dark brown.
Also for the highlighting I would use the same color that you used as a base, apply the wash and then drybrush that same base color. I find that this doesnt make the highlighting stand out too much.
Within time you will catch on the the tricks and painting time will decrease.