Here's one of the elements of my Mechanicus Explorator warband: a heavy duty servitor converted from a Necromunda Ambot.
An adaptation of the Luther-pattern excavation automata commonly found throughout the Imperium, the Graia-pattern heavy duty servitor is employed when operations require a much sturdier frame than the normal humanoid servitors. Keeping the chassis almost unaltered, the ambull cortex is replaced by a servitor brain, making it far easier to control and reprogram. They're usually fitted with much more powerful tools than common servitors and, as befits a warlike world like Graia, they can be turned from assistant to warrior with a single thought, their heavy duty tools and sturdy frame making them powerful battering rams.
This servitor is fitted with a heavy rock saw and a multi-melta, allowing it to tear through rockcrete and steel with ease, cracking open the old vaults forgotten under the hive city so that the techpriests can prey upon the treasures that lay within.
I like how this guy came out. Especially the saw arm, that emphasises the already hulking pose even more and had been so much fun to realise. I wanted to give the idea of an industrial tool that could be fitted or detached as needed - and there's still the option to manually operate it in case of problems.
And the tiny skull head too!
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