I'm building an hexapod robot with 18 mg995 servos. Video here:
https://youtu.be/si1gMbXttUo
It uses a 3S lipo (12v) and for now a 160W buck converter set to 4.5V. I use an arduino due as mcu and i'm writing code with trigonometry and IK all by myself. In the circuit you can see how the new buck converter will work :-)
-niki