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Hello all,
For those of you who do not know the helbrute is a beast. both literally and figuratively. I wasn't sure if this ought to go in lore or modelling. So here is my question: would it make sense to mod a helbrute to use the body model to turn it into a adeptus mechanicus battle servitor? I would remove all of the chaos heraldry and replace it with the heraldry of mars as well as the poor person trapped inside for either nothing and have it have no visible face or have it have a servitor's head on the inside. I would still paint all the flesh as flesh as we all know that the AdMech are really into flesh + machine (look at literally any of their models or lore...) Do you think it would fit in?

Thanks,
Xofox

Well the problem is that the Helbrute got a ridiculous amount of fleshy parts except for the armor plates so it will look a little bit off, But it would be totally amazing idea for dark mechanicum.

Besides what kitbashermagos said above, also consider the size difference. The Hellbrute is dreadnought sized, while the Kataphrons are essentially human bodies stuck on 1" by 1,5" tracks. If you use the tracks, it'll look weird. if you don't it'll be confusing. Also - even more expensive.