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As the title implies, I'm trying to figure out what order I should be applying these techniques? Do you edge higlight first, then wash, then galze? I'm painting nurgle warriors of chaos.

It really, really depends on what you're shooting for. Not every model needs a glaze. Not every part of a model needs a wash. Some painters paint only in washes.

For basic, tabletop painting, here's my suggestion for armor:

1) Base coat your armor in your 'standard' color
2) Use thin coats of a step lighter, painting towards the edges of the model, leaving the recesses a base color.
3) Mix your base color with the opposite color from a color wheel, making a shadow color. Paint this, very thinly, into the deep recesses and undersides. Anything that has something over it (like a shield) should be painted this. This would qualify as a wash.
4) Hit the raised edges of your model with the brightest version of your base color you want to use. This will pick out the highlights.
5) You can (but don't need to) run a glaze at this point, to try to pull the transitions between colors together. With proper blending, it's not needed. Up to you, though.

Depends on the effect you are going for. The GW line of things is Base, Layer, Wash, Highlight, Dry Brush (edge highlight), Glaze.
Do you have any works you are wanting to imitate regarding the nugle WoC?

 Blaggard wrote:
Depends on the effect you are going for. The GW line of things is Base, Layer, Wash, Highlight, Dry Brush (edge highlight), Glaze.
Do you have any works you are wanting to imitate regarding the nugle WoC?

I'm trying to imitate the GW style. So you edge highlight with a super small drybrush? I thought you're supposed to use the tip or edge of a fine detail brush.

Dry brushing can be easier and gives a different effect.

Use a small brush, when loading the brush twist it to a point and try to get enough off the paint off so it won't flood. Use the side of the brush to hit the edge at a low angle of attack (or high, you decide) with not a lot of pressure.

Dry brushing is easy but my experience with it yields disappointing results

I suggest as above but recommend drybrush then wash then highlit with fine detail brush

Particularly with larger models you can really tell drybrushed effects, looks rough and a little pitted, thus for better effects I suggest fine detail brush and watered down paint leading up to extreme highlight colour/white