Colour suggestions wanted for my cultists. More pics added 21/10-15

[Knightofspades]

Hello. This warband started as an idea for a Mordheim warband but as I have been tinkering with it Frostgrave came to my attention so I figured that they could pull double duty. But I am in doubt on what colour to use on them. I want to have different colours on their hoods and clothes to make the hoods stand out. I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions. Here are my conversions. Here are my archers. I think I made to many. Notice the difference on the thickness on the bows, what the difference a couple of years makes.

[Knightofspades]

Some thugs, the guy on the far left is one of my favourite conversions in this warband.

[Knightofspades]

Here are a templar and an infantry man.

[Knightofspades]

These two guys are my least favourite conversions. They did not turn out the way I wanted but I am not sure if they are bad enough to deserve being torn apart and rebuilt.

[Knightofspades]

And finally the wizard and the apprentice. I went for sword dagger combo on the apprentice per suggestion I got on this forum. I wonder if I should remove the skull from his leg to give the wizard a better sillouhete.
Coming up later is my two theifs and a marksman that I forgot to take pictures of today.

[Philhelm]

Purple and black for a more sinister look.  Perhaps white and yellow (maybe with red accents) if they view themselves as more holy.

[Ajsalium]

You can never go wrong with purple for cultists.

Then it's just a matter of having a look at the colour wheel.
For the rank and file cultists, I'd suggest going for an adjacent colour, that will keep their overall look toned down. In this case, either red or blue (probably red would work better for evil guys, being the colour of blood).
And for making the wizards pop more, go for a mix of purple and its opposite, yellow (gold can be considered a variation of yellow, too). Those colours offer an eye-catching contrast while complementing very well.

[Lawful Evil]

Purple and black with a yellow spot colour. You're utilising the colour wheel and keeping it sombre at the same time.

[Knightofspades]

Purple and black for a more sinister look.  Perhaps white and yellow (maybe with red accents) if they view themselves as more holy.

I like purple and black but black is a bit difficult to paint unless its on smaller parts of the model for me at least. White and yellow with red acents is a good idea for them if they thought of them selves as more holy and I had a thought about the hooded models would make great zelots for witch hunters in Mordheim. But my guys are classic fantasy evil.

You can never go wrong with purple for cultists.
Then it's just a matter of having a look at the colour wheel.
For the rank and file cultists, I'd suggest going for an adjacent colour, that will keep their overall look toned down. In this case, either red or blue (probably red would work better for evil guys, being the colour of blood).
And for making the wizards pop more, go for a mix of purple and its opposite, yellow (gold can be considered a variation of yellow, too). Those colours offer an eye-catching contrast while complementing very well.

Thanks for posting the colour wheel. I hear another vote for purple, I agree that red are better for evil guys .

Purple and black with a yellow spot colour. You're utilising the colour wheel and keeping it sombre at the same time.

Another vote for purple and black. Keeping it sombre hmm..  Thank you all for your replies.
Here are the pic of my marksman and two thives. The guy on the far right is my favourite conversion in this batch.
Maybe I should change the title of this thread to warband wip or something like that?

[Knightofspades]

Deciding on purple hoods really got me ready to paint these guys. I went for green clothes though.
First its the thief, he is my favourite conversion.

Luckily he survived my cat jumping up on the railing to check him out .

[Knightofspades]

Here are the Bowmen and marksman.
So fun to paint these guys. Tried a different technique on the marksman but decided to keep it simple as possible.

[Gailbraithe]

Purple and green are classic villain colors.  If you look through the catalog of Marvel villains, you'll notice that purple and green are the two most popular colors for villains, and the combinations of the two is extremely common.  Green Goblin, The Beetle, Kang the Conqueror, Molecule Man, it's a very long list.  The only hero with that color scheme is The Hulk, who is supposed to be menacing.  The reason for it is that green and purple have a high contrast to each other, which helps make the villain recognizable even when drawn very small in a panel.

Basically what I'm saying is: excellent color choice!

[Eric the Shed]

obviously a cat burglar...

[grant]

Purple and green are classic villain colors.  If you look through the catalog of Marvel villains, you'll notice that purple and green are the two most popular colors for villains, and the combinations of the two is extremely common.  Green Goblin, The Beetle, Kang the Conqueror, Molecule Man, it's a very long list.  The only hero with that color scheme is The Hulk, who is supposed to be menacing.  The reason for it is that green and purple have a high contrast to each other, which helps make the villain recognizable even when drawn very small in a panel.

Basically what I'm saying is: excellent color choice!

Fin Fang Foom.

[Digitarii]

I love the Purple/Blue-Green combo on these models. It is very "Marvel-esque".

That being said, where did the heads come from?