Omnissiah's Skunkworks

Adding a maniple of murder bots to my Legion forces. These Ultramarines Legion Vorax automata remind me so much of the old Titanicus (Epic) scale 'Crusader' robots. That's probably why I felt compelled to add a maniple of them to my collection. These kits are fantastic, primarily due to the high level of poseability they offer. Unlike the automata found within the ranks of the Mechanicum, these Vorax automata are authorized hunter-killers assigned to the legion and operate under the control of a Consul Praevian. I wanted to fully utilize the articulation of the Vorax models, portraying them as loping pack hunters, hunched low with rotor cannons and head sensors scanning for targets. Among them, my favorite was the one depicted leaping over a resin Dragon's Tooth tank trap, an old terrain piece from Forgeworld that I found in a bits box. Originally part of a row of three traps, I broke one off to use it on the base. I also repositioned the claws on its left foot to grip ...