Just add the Grav! Was this the inspiration for the Adeptus Mechanicus’ Kataphrons?
Love it or hate it, we all know how Games Workshop loves to ‘borrow’ inspiration from real life sources.
Does this cyborg (named a Mandroid) look familiar to YOU? He hails from the movie ‘The Eliminators’ circa 1986, well before 40k was even invented.
Either way GW makes some of the best minis out there, it’s plausible that they source ideas from all over.
It wonder if the producers of this movie every imagined their character, a little smaller? Once you get past the first 10 minutes of the movie, it’s not to bad for a 80’s flick either. Check it out on Netflix today!
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