Necromancer paint scheme ideas

[ImperialMagnus]

Finally finished 8 minis for my Frostgrave Necro warband, gonna be using two old GW minis for wizard and apprentice until I get my wizard painted and manage to choose a model fpr my apprentice. Not sure what kind of colour scheme to do on my Necro wizard, using this guy from Reaper miniatures:

http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/st%20tarkus/latest/02310

Thinking black/red or black/purple, usual kind of Necro thing, but what colours where and what skin tone for his face? Not massively keen on the idea of a rotting green colour.

Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome!

[Digitarii]

On my Lich Wizard and apprentice, I went with a very dark grey (Vallejo German Grey) and a dark bluish green (Reaper Dragon Green) for the clothes and a dark brown (Vallejo charred brown) for the leather, with Vallejo Glorious Gold for jewelry and details. The Lich Wizard's skin was done with elf flesh as the base and a highlight of pale flesh and his hair was done with Vallejo Model Color Grey white. The Apprentice's skin was done with a reaper flesh tone (new color, there was no name, just "sample" on the bottle and the charred brown for his hair.

[Philhelm]

Finally finished 8 minis for my Frostgrave Necro warband, gonna be using two old GW minis for wizard and apprentice until I get my wizard painted and manage to choose a model fpr my apprentice. Not sure what kind of colour scheme to do on my Necro wizard, using this guy from Reaper miniatures:

http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/st%20tarkus/latest/02310

Thinking black/red or black/purple, usual kind of Necro thing, but what colours where and what skin tone for his face? Not massively keen on the idea of a rotting green colour.

Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome!

Black, purple, and pale greyish-purple.

[TheMageKing]

For my necomancer, I went with black, bone, and lime green. Came out pretty snazzy. 

[Hobby Services]

I'd like to try doing a Necro warband at some point where almost everything's monochrome, maybe with a splash of sharply contrasting color here and there.  Either a black & white movie look (like Reaper's catalog photos of their Deadlands Noire stuff) or maybe a shared "spectral green" scheme so everything looks ghostly and unreal.  Undead are about as unnatural as you get, so doing something otherworldy with their colors seems like a way to go.

[ImperialMagnus]

I'd like to try doing a Necro warband at some point where almost everything's monochrome, maybe with a splash of sharply contrasting color here and there.  Either a black & white movie look (like Reaper's catalog photos of their Deadlands Noire stuff) or maybe a shared "spectral green" scheme so everything looks ghostly and unreal.  Undead are about as unnatural as you get, so doing something otherworldy with their colors seems like a way to go.

My undead Necro warband in the attachment (if it works )

[Dreadknot69]

Looks pretty nice!  I like the colour scheme.

[Cool Dad]

I went with this Reaper Mini
Untitled by Steve White, on Flickr
The good old Purple Robes, Red Overecoat. I actually painted the staff to look like the snake was wrapped around the staff as to being part of the staff.

[ImperialMagnus]

Awesome paint job cool dad!

[Azzabat]

Is he perchance called ... Tim?   

[Fiftyvolts]

I also went with the mercenary necromancer from reaper. Similar color scheme too:

[ImperialMagnus]

Is he perchance called ... Tim?   

You can get a Tim the enchanter along with other Holy grail minis

http://www.studiominiatures.com/media/k2/items/cache/e1479c60fc7d7f4f708d42f869f837c8_XL.jpg

[ImperialMagnus]

I also went with the mercenary necromancer from reaper. Similar color scheme too:

I'm still deciding on an apprentice for my warband to go alongside my undead priest, got a couple of ides but not fully sure

[peterstiles]

My necromancer spent about 25 years dressed in drab humbrol grey. a recent application of nitromores and suddenly he was bare metal again...
The re-paint ended up going in a different direction.

I present: bedtime: necromancer style:

[Radu Lykan]

I would be happy with black/dark grey, very dark red, dark purple and dark green. Not sure if other colours work for a dark effect although dark blue wouldn't be terrible.
(Waits for the next post to be an awesome dark orange/yellow combo.....    )