I just got some Beastmen in the mail this weekend (
both GW/WHQ versions and Battle Masters versions) and decided to sit down today to finally work out my color groups for various monsters (both ones that I currently own minis for and other ones that I've got my eye on and will be buying some day soon, hopefully).
I only have the base game minis as well as DragonStrike minis, and other random things found along the way or rebased to create new HQ figures from them. I don't have any of the Expansion minis, but when I acquire them they will probably be recasts so I won't feel bad about painting them different colors from what they were originally.
With that being said, here are my choices so far for groups, colors, and figures in those groups:
- Heroes - Hero Red - Barbarian (Male and Female), Dwarf, Elf (Male and Female), Wizard, Paladin, Warrior, Ranger, Thief, Assassin, Hero Sir Ragnar, Mentor
- NPCs - Purple - Prisoner Sir Ragnar, Elven Warrior, Elven Archer, Dwarven Warrior, Mercenary/Dark Warrior, Imperial Guard, Man-at-Arms, Civilian/Townsfolk
- Greenskin - Dark Green - Goblin, Orc, Orc Archer, Hobgoblin, Fimir, Black Orc, Troll
- Chaos - Grey - Chaos Warrior, Chaos Warlock, Gargoyle, Lesser Demon, Doomguard, Chaos Archer, Chaos Dwarf, Corrupted Sir Ragnar
- Undead - Off-White - Skeleton, Zombie, Mummy, Death Knight, Death Reaper, Spirit, Witch Lord
- Vermin - Light Brown - Skaven, Rat Ogre, Grey/White Seer, Giant Rat, Rat Swarm
- Fire - Orange - Fire Elemental, Dragon, Manscorpion
- Beastmen - Yellow - Ungor, Gor, Minotaur, Chaos Hound
- (Misc.) Monsters - Black - Bugbear, Giant, Bear, Giant Wolf, Giant Bat, Giant Spider, Werewolf
- Ogres - Flesh - Ogre Warrior, Ogre Chieftain, Ogre Champion, Ogre Lord
- Ice - Powder Blue - Ice Gremlin, Polar Warbear, Yeti, Frozen Horror
- Wizard/Boss - Midnight Blue - Orc Shaman, High Mage, Necromancer, Storm Master, Elven Archmage, Terraptus, Zargon
Anyone have any thoughts on colors for the Misc. Monster group or Ogres?
Also, I'm not sure where to put Chaos Dwarves. Grey/Chaos seems like a solid choice, but does anyone have any other ideas?
What do you think?
[Edit] Updated!