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So i was wondering if i am doing this right.

for an example i have a LR i prime the whole thing with army painter black primer.

I then wash with nul oil over any place where edges meet.

Then go back over it with an air brush of abadon black from citadel. Seeing as how the air brush does not hit every nook and cranny i figured this is a good way to do it.

Any opinions yay or nay?

What is the ultimate goal? what are you trying to paint?

Sounds like you are painting black on washed black on black.

You have three layers of black of only slightly varying tones. I would think about airbrushing lighter colors, grays and whites. And THEN washing/candy coating. It will give a more dramatic effect

Washes are usually there to bring back the depth of a model that priming either cant do or covers up. I wouldnt waste it at the actual priming stage.

Painting something black isnt easy if you want to add depth. when i do it i dont hesitate to add a dark grey edging since that makes it WAY easier, even if it takes away from that jet-black look slightly.

Washing after you primed would be best with a colored prime. I paint my tau with Alien Purple from army painter and after i paint the green spots i hit it heavily with wash to fill the cracks and give the ridges depth, wiping flat spots that ended pooling a bit. You can get rid of the "oily" look by doing this if you hit it with Gloss varnish then some Matte varnish, which you should be doing anyway since it adds a very strong protective shell on your models.

Well i hqve kinda a weird paint scheme, i have a LotD army and i edge with a light blue, a sky blue i can remember the color name, so i mean the edges really pop out and gives a nice "spectral" look to it.

Would you suggest not priming it black? But like the space wolf grey and then wash black, then air brush black, edge blue?

I know out of all the army colors i had to pick theblack one, painting black sucks.