One of Horizon’s most dangerous machines is coming to the MODEROID range.

Bring the terrifying Slaughterspine from Horizon Forbidden West to your collection with this spectacular MODEROID plastic model kit from Good Smile Company.

Designed to reproduce the Slaughterspine’s enormous dinosaur-like silhouette, the kit measures approximately 380mm in length once assembled. Extensive articulation, translucent components and carefully separated colours recreate one of the most formidable combat machines encountered by Aloy in the Forbidden West.

The Slaughterspine

If you’ve played Horizon Forbidden West, you’ll probably remember the first time you encountered one of these.

The Slaughterspine is a huge heavyweight combat machine created by HEPHAESTUS, resembling a heavily weaponised mechanical Spinosaurus.

And it absolutely lives up to the name.

Covered with armour, plasma weaponry and enormous spine-mounted components, the Slaughterspine represents one of the most dangerous machines roaming the post-apocalyptic world of Horizon.

It’s not something Aloy casually wanders up to with a stick.

From Horizon Forbidden West

Developed by Guerrilla, Horizon Forbidden West expands the machine-filled world introduced in Horizon Zero Dawn.

Human civilisation has rebuilt itself into scattered tribes while animal-like machines dominate the wilderness.

Many resemble familiar creatures.

Watchers resemble small dinosaurs.

Clawstriders resemble raptors.

Tremortusks resemble mammoths.

And then somebody apparently decided the ecosystem needed a plasma-powered robotic Spinosaurus.

Enter the Slaughterspine.

Approximately 380mm Long

This thing is going to need some room.

Once completed, Good Smile lists the MODEROID Slaughterspine at approximately 380mm in length.

That’s 38 centimetres from end to end.

The long tail, enormous body and extended spinal structures give it a completely different presence from the humanoid robots normally associated with MODEROID.

Measure the shelf before building.

The Slaughterspine isn’t interested in your existing display arrangements.

Highly Articulated Construction

Despite the complicated mechanical design, Good Smile has engineered articulation throughout the model.

The legs, neck, tail and other sections can be repositioned, allowing the Slaughterspine to move beyond a simple fixed dinosaur stance.

That means you can recreate everything from a relatively neutral roaming pose to a far more aggressive combat configuration.

For something nearly 40cm long, that’s going to create some impressive displays.

That Incredible Mechanical Design

Horizon machines are perfect subjects for model kits because they’re already designed to look like incredibly elaborate mechanical constructions.

The Slaughterspine is particularly impressive.

Instead of simply covering a dinosaur skeleton in armour, the design is filled with:

Exposed mechanical structures
Layered armour
Cables
Weapons
Sensors
Energy components
Articulated machinery
Spine-mounted equipment

There’s detail practically everywhere you look.

Plasma Energy Components

The Slaughterspine is particularly associated with Plasma attacks.

During combat, the machine charges its plasma systems, illuminating sections across its body before unleashing devastating attacks.

The MODEROID kit uses translucent parts to recreate these distinctive energy components.

Against the darker mechanical body, those clear elements should become one of the defining visual features of the finished model.

Massive Spinal Weapon System

The structures running along the Slaughterspine’s back are impossible to miss.

They dramatically increase the machine’s apparent size while giving it the distinctive profile responsible for its name.

Rather than having the clean back line of a conventional dinosaur, the Slaughterspine looks like an enormous weapons platform built around a prehistoric predator.

From practically any angle, there’s something mechanical sticking out of something else.

Exactly as Horizon intended.

Multi-Colour Parts

Good Smile’s MODEROID engineering uses different coloured runners to reproduce much of the machine’s appearance without requiring a complete paint job.

That means builders can assemble the Slaughterspine straight from the box and achieve a recognisable recreation of its in-game colour scheme.

For a machine this complicated, that’s extremely welcome.

Because painting every individual mechanical component from scratch would be quite a project.

A Fantastic Advanced Painting Project

Of course, you absolutely can paint it.

And the Slaughterspine should be a phenomenal project for experienced modellers.

The enormous amount of mechanical detail gives you practically unlimited opportunities for additional finishing.

Consider adding:

Metallic internal mechanisms
Dark washes
Armour shading
Edge highlighting
Cable detailing
Hydraulic effects
Weapon heat staining
Dust around the feet
Scratches and battle damage
Plasma glow effects
Matte armour finishes
Gloss or fluorescent energy components

Horizon machines look particularly good with contrasting finishes.

Keep the armour relatively matte.

Make the mechanical sections metallic.

Then allow the plasma components to stand out.

Perfect for Weathering

The world of Horizon isn’t exactly kind to machinery.

These machines roam through forests, deserts, mountains, swamps and ruined cities.

So a Slaughterspine doesn’t necessarily need to look factory fresh.

Add dirt around the feet.

Dust across the lower armour.

Scratches along the sides.

Oil and grime around the mechanical joints.

Subtle corrosion.

Suddenly you’ve got something that looks like it’s actually spent years stalking through the Forbidden West.

A Very Different MODEROID Build

This is one of the great things about the MODEROID range.

One minute you’re building a classic Super Robot.

The next you’re building an Evangelion.

Then a transforming mecha.

Then ED-209.

And now apparently there’s a 38cm-long murderous robot dinosaur on your workbench.

The Slaughterspine’s quadrupedal dinosaur-like structure should make the construction experience feel completely different from a conventional humanoid mecha kit.

Great for Gunpla Builders Looking for Something Different

If you’re primarily a Gunpla builder, the Slaughterspine offers a brilliant change of pace.

You still have:

Runners.

Nippers.

Parts separation.

Snap-fit construction.

Mechanical detailing.

Painting opportunities.

But the finished result looks absolutely nothing like a Mobile Suit.

Instead of another humanoid robot, you’re building one of the largest and most aggressive machines from the Horizon universe.

Display It with Aloy

The ultimate display would naturally put the Slaughterspine opposite Aloy.

The contrast in scale is what makes Horizon’s machines so impressive.

Aloy isn’t fighting another human-sized enemy.

She’s standing in front of an enormous mechanical predator covered in weapons.

A suitably scaled Aloy figure or miniature alongside the completed Slaughterspine would really demonstrate just how intimidating the machine is supposed to be.

Product Features

Manufacturer: Good Smile Company
Range: MODEROID
Series: Horizon Forbidden West
Machine: Slaughterspine
Plastic model kit
Non-scale
Approximately 380mm long
Highly detailed mechanical construction
Articulated body
Movable legs
Articulated neck and body sections
Long articulated mechanical structure
Detailed spinal equipment
Translucent components
Plasma-system detailing
Multi-colour moulded parts
Colour separation designed for an impressive straight build
Snap-fit construction
Painting optional
Excellent potential for additional detailing and weathering
Officially licensed Horizon Forbidden West model

Why Add MODEROID Slaughterspine to Your Collection?

Because it’s a 38cm-long robotic Spinosaurus covered in plasma weapons.

There really doesn’t need to be much more of a sales pitch than that.

But there is.

The Slaughterspine is one of the most visually impressive machines in Horizon Forbidden West, and its complicated mechanical construction makes it almost perfectly suited to becoming a plastic model kit.

Good Smile’s MODEROID format means you get to actually build that machinery rather than simply buying a finished statue. The articulated body provides display options, the translucent components reproduce the distinctive plasma equipment and the enormous approximately 380mm length gives the completed machine serious shelf presence.

For Horizon fans, MODEROID collectors, creature-mecha enthusiasts or Gunpla builders wanting something completely different from another humanoid robot, the Slaughterspine is a seriously exciting project.

Plasma charged. Spines raised. Nearly 40cm of mechanical predator ready to hunt. MODEROID Slaughterspine brings one of Horizon Forbidden West’s nastiest machines out of the Forbidden West and straight onto your workbench.