Update.
My first Orc of the Confrontation batch, the Barbarian having been worked on slightly, and a batch of Zombies.
These days I don't aim for specific goals when painting but try to be very spontaneous. You wouldn't believe the techniques I've been trying.
I am proud-ish of most outcomes, especially from an artistic standpoint, sometimes I'm also disappointed, set the figure aside and wait for inspiration to strike.
This first Orc shows off what I do. Sloppy basecoating of all areas, cleaning up in midtones with wet blending, then highlights, partly way over the top, then downshading and tinting darker with washes and glazes.
Right now, painting is more about the way than the goal, but you can see that I try to take care of the holy trinity of contrast in this one miniature.
The Zombies were batch-painted, which I've since refrained from, as I want each miniature to have an individual look. I wouldn't do them as this again, but I'll admit that I like my color choices very much, including bluish-green NMM with rust effects, having all three kinds of contrast in the metal alone.
Also, all primary and secondary colors are utilized there: yellow, blue, green on the skin/flesh; violet as a fleshshade; red and violet in the wounds and open muscles; orange in the rust, blue and green in the iron.
The barbarian: I can't seem to figure out NMM chainmail. His is pretty fine, too. Considering to do him in TMM.
Mind you that the gold is also NMM which came out pretty good. Don't really wanna destroy that work.