I also didn't really dig the giant swords sticking off of Vortex, so I set out to give him an nicer update. Though the colors aren't much of a match, I took the missile launchers off of HFTD Tomahawk and gave them to Vortex (admittedly, the missiles were trimmed down, but that's a pretty easy mod).
These weapons work fairly well in robot mode, though they are a little tight to get in next to Vortex' rotor blade weapon.
For combined mode, I plug these guys into the UC2.0 Tankor weapons I gave Onslaught and clipped them onto Bruticus' back.
I think it completes the silhouette much nicer than the original Onslaught weapon did.
They can be flipped up and brought forward to act as back mounted missile launchers if you fancy.
And that's that folks. Hope you enjoyed my cheap and easy upgrade to FOC Bruticus! Thanks for looking!