Don't really have a role for it, it's just a model design that appealed to me, and they look of the wings in robot form instantly mad it a favourite after I saw it, even beyond the original Coleopter's version that keeps the lower wing fully folded instead of splayed out like the mantle of an evil god 
Including a giant gun (in this case, I've been calling it a Hyper-Velocity Cannon) is a nod to the VF-27 Lucifer in relation to that, but will at the least be de-emphasized in any way I can possibly manage it; including a primary weapon in a transformation sequence is far from the worst sin a robot design can commit but partsformers are just inelegant when the 3D puzzle aspect of changing one shape into another via solely mechanical transformation is a big part of what fascinates me about them. The transformation might end up entirely redesigned to that end, but the question of overall proportions of wingalingaring to the rest is still relevant even if it does.
I guess the big gun would probably make it a fast "shoot-n-scoot" ranged support unit if it's mass produced instead of a hero or villain custom, but eh, who knows.
Including a giant gun (in this case, I've been calling it a Hyper-Velocity Cannon) is a nod to the VF-27 Lucifer in relation to that, but will at the least be de-emphasized in any way I can possibly manage it; including a primary weapon in a transformation sequence is far from the worst sin a robot design can commit but partsformers are just inelegant when the 3D puzzle aspect of changing one shape into another via solely mechanical transformation is a big part of what fascinates me about them. The transformation might end up entirely redesigned to that end, but the question of overall proportions of wingalingaring to the rest is still relevant even if it does.
I guess the big gun would probably make it a fast "shoot-n-scoot" ranged support unit if it's mass produced instead of a hero or villain custom, but eh, who knows.
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‎noli esse culus
‎noli esse culus