This is a Steelhead Arcanist for Warmachine Mercenaries. He’s the same sculpt and has the same rules as the other one I painted a few years ago, but for some reason I never put him back in a box when I took a break from the game. As a result the Arcanist has been staring longingly at me from the side of my painting table until I finally cracked and put some paints on him. It’s not my finest work – especially the eyepatch which I just couldn’t get to work at all – but I’m very glad to have him off the ‘to do’ pile.
Next on the painting table: Loki, God of Mischief.
The Bovine Overlord 
I like the yellows on the cloak.
Do you have any plans for Warmachine MK4?
Thanks very much.
Currently the new Warmachine isn’t bringing up much excitement in my local gaming groups so I suspect that it’ll depend on whether it takes off or not. In principle I would be interested to play it again once the release is complete though, so I’m not binning my minis or anything.
I’m of the same mind. I’ll see if I can give it a try when the full rules are out, otherwise my Everblight will just be kept in Saga.
Lovely job mate, that yellow cloak worked out nicely!
Thanks Alex. I feel like I’ve had plenty of practice on yellows lately – it doesn’t hold the same fear for me that it once did 😉
Excellent. The yellow looks great.
Thanks IRO, you’re very kind.
Its always great to get something like this done and I like the colors you chose too. You can’t go wrong with yellow, green, and a goldish metallic color!
Cheers Kuribo. Quite apart from the fun of painting the Arcanist, it feels great to have him off my Pile Of Shame!
I think the eye patch turned out all right. Model looks tough, as it’s pretty busy with lots going on. Nice job on getting him done!
Thanks Faust! Like many of the minis from Warmachine, this one does suffer a bit from an overabundance of straps and buckles on everything. Still, as he’s a Solo at least I don’t have to paint a whole unit of these chaps.
Haha, too true! A unit of strapped chaps would be a nightmare! 😀
He is very nice. I you doing any Warmachine any more or just focusing elsewhere?
Cheers! I haven’t played Warmachine in ages and the local scene has moved on to other games. But I think that the new edition of the game isn’t fully released yet so it’s definitely possible that we’ll go back to it once the game is back on its feet.