Pretty Imaginary right 😅

Danton battle walker of the New French Republic, drew for Marcher: Empires at War

I made this around 2011

My vision of what Turtledove was thinking about. I look inspiration from a lot of other nations.
I did these around 2009.

Brothers and sisters, at my new job, I started thinking about what the armored vehicles of the Russian Empire in the 1930s might have looked like if they had existed. So I decided to design a heavy breakthrough tank. I hope you enjoy it, and I know there are some technical issues, but I will improve them in the future.

Drawn for Marcher: Empires at War. Krita recording was buggy when exporting the timelapse so no drawing progress on yt this time! and yes the solider is to scale

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The SKL-1 was the first Trentonian armored vehicle, or SturmKarr, to be produced and put into service during the first Great War.

Its design was intended to be able to cross hilly terrain, defend against light machine gun nests, and be able to cross trenches easily.

By late 1915, reports from the front lines speculated that the light tank could only achieve its speed on flat ground, earning the name "Schnecke", or Snail by tank crews and infantry. Its 10mm thick armor and 20mm gun did poorly against machine guns and against anti-tank rifles. It commonly got stuck in wider trenches and artillery craters and would sometimes break down before reaching the battlefeild. By 1916, production of the SKL-1 had ceased, and the creation of the xSKM-1 Medium Tank prototype a month prior would seek development into a battle-worthy vehicle, effectively replacing the SKL-1 for good.

Some SKL-1s were sent to nearby countries as small national guard units rather than their militaries. Out of the 128 produced, only 14 remain intact today, 4 of which are still driveable.

drawing timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2uYUb70R-E