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December 17, 2010
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This is a just a simple model of a Cave Grove light mechanized unit, or Walker Tank as they were known. Crewed by a single tanker, they stood only four meters tall, and were very nimble and quick on the battlefield. Walkers were deployed in mountainous regions, within cities and even on larger orbital facilities to help repel boarding parties. They could move in all directions, and even jump short distances, and were intimidating units to confront in anything short of heavy power armor. The skilled tankers who piloted these vehicles did so through a direct brainstem implant that made the walker a literal mechanized extension of their body.

This walker will be featured in an upcoming drawing, which was hinted at in the description of my last piece ;)
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~Misfit2-1 May 3, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Very cool! looks like something the Japanese would use, or maybe it's the red circles
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:iconcanuleyo:
Looks like a Metal Gear model.
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~someguynobodyknows Sep 3, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Very kind of you, putting such excellent red dots in critical places. Incredibly helpful for anybody trying to shoot it.

Jokes aside, I quite like the angular design. Looks just slightly post-apocalyptic with the distinct lack of metal surrounding the legs. One would think that even a paltry covering would provide enough armor/aesthetics to be worth it.

Where does the driver go, though? Looks like there's a hatch on the top of the main body, but at the same time, that would be the only place to store all the ammo, and a pilot generally should be wanted to survive the ordinance being blown away.
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*JazzLizard Sep 3, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
If you don't mind shooting at the thickest armor ;)
The driver sits in the rear portion of the body section, and since the gun is an elecromagnetic rail-driver firing rather small diameter flechette rounds, ammo is stored forwards near the gun.
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:icontulsatrash:
got any more talking tanks? I want to scratch build some model walkers and I need all the reference material I can get.
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*JazzLizard Jul 25, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
You mean walking, right?
I've got these: [link] and [link] and plenty of walking robots: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] but not many other tanks.

Feel free to use them for inspiration, just don't copy anything.
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*HaroldPotter Feb 27, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
For some reason, I'm thinking about Daleks here. Not sure. Cool design, though! *thumbs up*
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*JazzLizard Feb 28, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
I could definitely see this thing belting out "EXTERMINATE" while shooting dudes.
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:icontehgodman:
*is bored*
*goes to junkyard to build one of these things*
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*JazzLizard Feb 4, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
Do it up!
And take pictures.
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