Tutorial: Highlighting black, quick & effective

Welcome to my first try at writing a tutorial, this specific one on how to achieve a good looking highlight of black (well at least in my opinion ;-) when painting tabletop standard. It is especially effective when speed painting, like in my case an mob of Orcs with worn down black leather clothes...

Status update: Where to begin?

Well not having painted for a decade and a half poses a question to you: At what level is my skill?
After going through the models I had painted in my teens I realized that my skills were not half as good as the fifteen year old version of me thought :-)

I never watered down paint, never spent time on analyzing the difference between blending and dry brushing or having patience with the miniatures.

Hence my new take is with humility, i will start from scratch and really do whats nessecary to get good... Practice, practice, practice...