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I am not sure if this is considered warpflame or not but the Skaven use warpstone so it seems right to me to call it warpflame. I am still new to Warhammer really, so not too knowledgeable about specific things like that.

Anyways onto my painting questions. I have painted my flame on the Skaven Warlord's banner thingy that comes in the starter set. I was wondering if washing it would be better than just leaving it unwashed and if washing is better then what would be the best colour? Of course no one could help without a picture, so here it is. Hopefully the quality is decent enough to get a good look!

Most people use green for their warpfire but purple is also a good "warp" color. Just get one of the new glazes that GW puts out and use that.

Of course, you'll want to experiment on some other bit instead of making your first attempt on your actual model.

You could try either a Guilliman Blue glaze or a Drakenhof Nightshade wash.
I would probably go with the Drakenhof Nightshade wash instead of the glaze because it will pool nicely in the recesses but I have little experience with the new Glazes and how they act on a model.

I might try a glaze, either way I don't have that wash or any glazes so I will have to wait until I can go to the store to finish this guy which is kind of lame.

You don't need to own the wash, I used thinned paints for all my washes and they work beautifully. Just mix the colour you need from what you have.

One thing you might want to consider though is that fire is its own light source, so highlighting it in a conventional way (washing/drybrushing) doesn't make a great deal of sense. It might make more sense to paint it light first and then dry-brush it with darker tones to show the heat coming from within. Or conversely run a lighter colour into the cracks with some water.

EDIT:

I found this image of mario throwing a fireball which I think illustrates what I'm talking about quite well. As you can see the ball in the middle is hot and white, but the outside is cooler, going from yellow to a much darker red at the very outside edges. This is the opposite of how a solid object being lit externally might look.