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Meh.. seems 2016 is shaping up to be the year everyone was offended part 2...

That said, depending on what sort of effect you're going for, you can wash and dry-brush in either order.

Adding a wash after dry-brushing will knock back the highlight effect but with also help to blend things together, and somewhat get rid of the sometimes "Scratchy" appearance Dry-brushing can leave behind.

Washing before a dry-brush will simply help make the highlights stand out more, and give you more contrast.

There have been Cases. Especially with Reds where I will base coat, dry-brush, ad a wash, dry-brush with a different color and go over that with a glaze to get the highlights I want. Because I hate edgeing with a brush.

So, if you're asking which one everyone else does first? Well there's my answer.

If you're asking what YOU should be doing? The right answer is doing whichever order gives you the look you want, but neither order is the "proper" order.

 Icurus wrote:
I tend use both combinations of drybrush then wash, and the other way round.

For example I painted a ton of ork infantry fairly quickly with a bright drybrushed highlight then a wash all over.

If I am taking more care on a model I will wash then drybrush up highlights starting with the base colour and getting lighter. Drybrushing a whole model can be effective, such as on my rhino here:

I know it's OT but worth saying, I've never seen the smoke Launchers on a Rhino put there, but I like it.. I might have steal that myself.