there's a poem with clashing cathedrals by a famous french or german poet. think its about the nibelungen. i learned about in school and it was neat. unfortunately cant find it anymore
The demonic illustration born from the simple sketch inside the letter before it was realized to be tanks is a GENIUS piece of worldbuilding that I never see used anywhere. It reminds me of how travelers from the past would see new, unique animals during their journeys (that are very well-known to us now), and would draw or write about them to try and capture what they are for others to see, which in-turn, is how many mythological creatures were born from these depictions. Also tanks with legs and the heads of saints are just INCREDIBLY cool in general, it's easy to see how they could be mistaken as demons (which is VERY ironic considering the demon/saint contrast)
yes i love that aspect of misunderstanding and miscommunication. i wanna play around more with what perspective we hear about things from and how that changes the feeling we have about a concept.
@@monlenzfear clouds the mind and turns mundane things into terrifying beasts. So I can only imagine what seeing one of these ornate abominations would be like in those trenches.
This is literally how Unicorns got into the Bible! They were talking about rhinos, of course, but painters heard “untamable beast” and the most untamable beast they knew of were probably stallions so they just slapped the horn on one.
Idea for the how and why of the legs: Make them spring-loaded with huge springs inside most of the leg and add a girthy chain between the "foot" and a crank shaft of sorts that runs underneath the chassis and has off-center mountings for the end of the chain which tension the springs to bend the leg and then release to have it unfold into a mighty step, which might even give rise to more interpretations since it will be "kicking" the ground swiftly to move instead of actually stepping like anthing living would. The workings of sewing machines might give you some idea on the crank shaft design too, since the yarn can't just be coiling up on itself - as the chain shouldn't too. Or, a bit easier, gears with tilted teeth that slowly increase the tension on the chain in one direction until a bolt gets released and the springs do their thing. This would be easier to incorporate into a closed chassis as only the chains would be leading out again and even a low rpm motor can pull it tight. :)
a game you might be able to take some inspiration from is The Forever Winter, it's an extraction shooter (not released yet but beta is soon) where you play as a scav in the middle of a war and the war has progressed to a point where both man and machine are blended as one, where war machines are seen as deities and prayed to, stealth bombers drop zombie soldiers from the sky. It's a cool concept, i know it's set in a different time period but there still may be some inspiration
yes ive been very exited about it, even if the game turns out not good the world is still all ive been dreaming of, honestly it is quite similar to my world just executed way better. the idea of focusing on a 2 sides war and how far peoples are willing to go when winning is the only goal.
That kind of reminds me of the podcast ‘the silt verses’, which has similar beings called war saints who are humans adapted into battle monsters + god powered weapons. That game sounds really cool!!
@@monlenzthe devs them selves admit of the game fails then it does, they want to make a experience. Not the next hit. They jist take ot as a win if it makes it big.
My ultrakill addiction has gone too far. When I see a walking tank (or any walking war machine, really) I immediately think of the 1000thr earthmover. Cool concept by the way, especially with strapping pieces of saints onto a tank to make it "holy"
Reminds me of a GIF I saw yesterday, someone made a little robotic coffee table with strandebeest legs just like that! No flamethrower on that one though
The saint thing is like something out of Warhammer 40k, but even cooler. So sick. Also the voiceover was on point, at least to me, for whatever that's worth. Awesome design
Rad stuff as usual, Monstergarden. Love learning more about your world whether it's Dwarfs, clothes or weapons like this. Seeing the interpretation of the soldier at the start was great too, though I do feel sorry for those fighting in the trenches. All of this sounds like World War 1 but somehow even more terrifying. Keep the good stuff coming, man.
YESSS I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I’ve actually been to see one of those references you used, namely the mummified fist of Saint Stephen’s basilica. I think this is a really cool way to incorporate real life religious practices into your world, especially since the idea of using body parts feels so fantastical
Great video! What do you think about this idea about the Ram underground cathedrals? The idea is having a huge tricone driller under the cathedral (it would give the cathedral an ominous and crude look) that makes the digging and drilling. In order to remove the detritals generated by the drilling, a dense fluid needs to be pumped down from above through pipes (it also gives an industrial and crude vibe) that go through the cathedral. The fluid removes the detrital from the bottom of the tricone, and then it goes up on the sides (through the space between the wall of the hole and the tricone-cathedral) of the hole carrying away the detritus. Also, as the hole is very deep, it needs to be stabilized with walls. In order to construct such walls in a hole full of that dense fluid with a lot of currents, swimming creatures need to be created that are called the "wallers" or maby it is special sorcerers with underwater masks and oxygen tubes (they may infuse the dense fluid with mana and control it). If the drilling was abandoned, maby there are still waller-creatures roaming around in the depths near the tricone and inside the pipes of the cathedral, waiting for prey Ive done some drawings of these ideas for Ram in discord
Well the drill going vertical down is out of date now. Now I changed it to them going more on an incline and the church being a giant one of those tunnel boars that they use to make subway tunnels. I have an idea on how they look
Warped sorcerers, beastmen hybrids, and now fire-spitting cathedral tanks. All that's missing is for the Ram soldiers to start shouting "For the God-Emperor!" 🙂
The way the finger-legs work might be impossible in our world, but you can just blame it on the Rule of Cool (it looks freaking cool man) And also; there could probably be some magic involved, so you can also take inspiration from "A wizard did it!"
I am a biologist, and im working on a speculitve evoloution project, and its really nice to hear people say "to hell with realism, i wanna draw something cool" becuse though i want my stuff to be biologically sound, i very much agree with that sentement. Drawing something that makes you or others say "hell yeah" is way more fun, and makes the world a slighly more interesting place to live in than a drawing that is very, very, accurate, but also very dull.
D U D E This video was RAD!!! The tank-crawler designs are badass and I love seeing bits of the process of design in these videos. The opening voice-over was so cool also, I think your voice fits your setting so perfectly, and the confusion/fear you injected into the reading was, while appropriately subtle, very well done and always brings that extra bit of character out of the work that I adore every time. Keep it up my dude, you're doing great!!
amazing, I loved this design since you did that see through drawing a while back! I can see we share some inspirations from Strandebeests! as I plan to use them as well for my Hecaxian engines, maybe more a klann linkage to have higher ground clearance. I need to get to that, and soon Cx Great video as always Simon, loved the lore!
@@monlenz Thanks a lot man C: It's been har finding the balance between gigs and personal work, and my own indecision doesn't help haha, but im working on it a bit at a time, and after September I should be fully free to make videos often once again.
if the joint moving each leg independently is inside the tank we dont have to see it. I really adore this design love your content Simon much love and encouragement from Denmark.
I think you'd need a clutch for each leg, that you activate and deactivate to steer and maneuver, but there's still one central shaft powering them all. That could be why there's a spot for crew above each tank- so they can manually work the clutches on each leg pair if the linkages break.
This is supremely badass! Legitimately fucking slick. So envious of how your designs ooze with ornament and yet undulate with utility and look believable. You are and forever will be the patron saint of us lowly TH-cam world building mofuckas.
theres a period-possible way to actuate those legs i can suggest. early diesel style engine powers a large air compressor. that compressed air is then fed to a series of pneumatic actuators, essentially inflatable balloons inside a woven outer sleeve. when inflated, the balloon cannot escape the sleeve, snd so expands it while shortening it, like a muscle. through clockwork and linkages, valves are turned to expand and contract each "muscle" within various parts of the leg, moving it against its own armored exoskeleton. it would give it an eerie, organic cadence to its movement. probably contribute to the demon rumors.
Could magic power a machine? I imagine something like Warhammer 40K tech priest combined with a dreadnought pilot. A Mage that has been injured too severely to still be of use entombed in the tank as its engine.
The walking holy tank is such a wicked cool concept. The relics being built into it is a very neat idea, reminds me of how catholic churches all have a relic in the altar. Its a neat blending of warfare and religion. Intriguing stuff. I love the art style. You making an art book or graphic novel some day would be awesome. Can’t wait to see more!
The idea of tank crews proudly naming their tanks after the saints entombed within it's chassis and styling themselves after the particular characteristics of the saints is awesome.
The tank design is really cool, and I've always found these armoured vehicles with legs very interesting. Maybe there's some kind of mechanism that allows the legs to move like that, but it's always nice to give free rein to the fantastic haha.
3:00 some might be sticklers but it should be fine. "awesome" is an apt term. "To inspire a state of awe" absolutely fits for the enshrining of a saint.
Love the 40k vibe with saint bits. Mabye you could work in a parallel to landships being called tanks bc of a attempt at deception and have tanks actually being called deamons in your world.
Hey, just found out about the twelve legged “Carpentopod” table by Gilliam de Carpentier and immediately thought of this! I highly recommend checking it out for art reference!
I see the side machine guns have an odd crew placement in your internal sketch, but in the final drawing the side emplacements jut away from the legs a bit, so Maybe try this: those machine gun emplacements on the sides are actually separate compartments from the rest of the tank, and are only accessible by external hatches (No access from within the tank) this odd design feature could be a quirk of its early and rudimentary design. The emplacements are there because the cannon can’t see enemy infantry if they are at the sides of the tank, so in order to close the blind spot the machine gunners were placed there. The machine gunners would complain incessantly about the poor placement, lots of rocking and vibrating making it almost impossible to shoot anything besides point blank, and they have high mortality rates due to their large gun ports being close enough to the ground for enemy infantry to throw a bomb in. Overall a clunky design feature that barely serves its purpose well enough to be kept on the tank, like many, many early tank examples we have irl. (You are completely free to use this idea if you fancy it, full permission)
@@monlenz imo one of the best ways to make something like this believable is underline the flaws and have ‘crew testimonies’ that complain About them, because that’s pretty much what we saw with early tanks in our world lol.
I absolutely adore these designs. Have you ever considered turning this whole world building exercise into a tabletop wargame, similar to how Mike Franchina did with his art and Trench Crusade? I think it would be amazing to be able to realise the art as 3d models
I'd love to make miniatures for the world. I'm planing to already but I'm not sure about a war game. My world mainly has 2 sides and I feel that's quite limiting for a war game where you want people to have lots of choice.
@@monlenz not limiting at all if you know what you're doing! You have two main factions fighting against each other, but I'm sure within them you have many sub-factions. It's these sub-factions that could allow for lots of variety of gameplay. And you could easily have a bit of infighting or training be a reason why two sub-factions might do battle against each other. Either way, I'm excited to see models! Your art is fantastic and inspiring
The tank legs could be organic, like those science experiments that eletrocute dead frogs to activate their muscles but with a larger animal and mass produced to fot the demands of war. Or maybe it could simply mimic muscles like in battletech, where the mechs work by using an artificial 'muscle' made of metal alloys. Either of these could work and it wouldnt be a big strech. After all mages and pillar men already use a lot of body modification so it wouldnt be a big strech to see people use that knowledge and apply it to their warmachines
I like that you changed the cannon to a flamethrower. Makes more sense in the cramped turret and with muzzle-loaded guns being used everywhere else. Also I can totally see this thing in warhammer, Fantasy or 40k. The spider-demon illustration was an excellent bit of worldbuilding
Ok that is just bonkers. I really love the drwaings you made with the crew inside to figure out how it works and all. I love the design it’s amazing. I would play a wargame in this universe without a second thought. I am not asking anything lol it’s just praise ^.^ but if you want to make a tank figurine I mean…
Aah the strandbeest, the gold-mine for fantasy authors for when they want a unique and fantastical feeling machine. Glad to see the chunky ones being chosen for the tank, its fitting offcourse, the thick and angular shapes make it look strong and "elephantine" that tank design is wounderful.
The sages tell us thus about the tanks our fathers crafted: Nails filed, and from bronze minted Clawing earth they gleamed and glinted Holds entombed the shapen dust Safeguarding souls like that it lost A cannon from its mustached mouth Observes the kingdom in the south If any out of line had stepped Their friends and neighbors promptly wept
There is this crazy comic (I'm not sure if it's still being written/published) where the armies of hell were fighting the armies of heaven and the angels used bombs and other weapons with pieces of dead saints inside them because they caused more damage the armies of hell (who were vampires and zombies). I don't remember the name of the comic, I think it was french.
You could make the legs (just blocks really) in blender, bend them as you wish, move Tha camera to fit your drawing idea and export it. then draw the rest of it on top. It will save you so much time.
Everybody gangster till the Cathedrals start walkin'.
*40K intensifies*
I like where this is going
there's a poem with clashing cathedrals by a famous french or german poet. think its about the nibelungen. i learned about in school and it was neat. unfortunately cant find it anymore
FOR THE EMPERO- oh wrong series FOR THE GODS FOR VERUS!
The demonic illustration born from the simple sketch inside the letter before it was realized to be tanks is a GENIUS piece of worldbuilding that I never see used anywhere. It reminds me of how travelers from the past would see new, unique animals during their journeys (that are very well-known to us now), and would draw or write about them to try and capture what they are for others to see, which in-turn, is how many mythological creatures were born from these depictions. Also tanks with legs and the heads of saints are just INCREDIBLY cool in general, it's easy to see how they could be mistaken as demons (which is VERY ironic considering the demon/saint contrast)
yes i love that aspect of misunderstanding and miscommunication. i wanna play around more with what perspective we hear about things from and how that changes the feeling we have about a concept.
It reminds me of the more dramatized Japanese illustrations of American gunboats
@@monlenzfear clouds the mind and turns mundane things into terrifying beasts. So I can only imagine what seeing one of these ornate abominations would be like in those trenches.
@@monlenzagreed when fear feeds a soldiers mind it makes for a intresting war. Tanks decorated with saints onlynto be mistaken for demons.
This is literally how Unicorns got into the Bible! They were talking about rhinos, of course, but painters heard “untamable beast” and the most untamable beast they knew of were probably stallions so they just slapped the horn on one.
Love how soldiers interpreted these as genuine demons at first. Great touch.
🎉
I heard that irl soldiers had a similar reaction to first appearances of tanks on the battlefield
So it’ll be a endless cycle of shrines and putting corpses on your tanks as the endless turret of war spans on forever
I'm not seeing a problem here
Forever Winter?
War without reason?
Speaking as an anglo-catholic, describing reliquaries as "awesome" is literally the intended effect, you're 100% on point here!
… To strike “Awe” is literally in the name, eh? >):^D
As a catholic I couldn't agree more!
Saints relics inside fire spitting tanks is such a Warhammer 40k thing
It really is
Came here to say the same thing. Bad ass.
Idea for the how and why of the legs: Make them spring-loaded with huge springs inside most of the leg and add a girthy chain between the "foot" and a crank shaft of sorts that runs underneath the chassis and has off-center mountings for the end of the chain which tension the springs to bend the leg and then release to have it unfold into a mighty step, which might even give rise to more interpretations since it will be "kicking" the ground swiftly to move instead of actually stepping like anthing living would.
The workings of sewing machines might give you some idea on the crank shaft design too, since the yarn can't just be coiling up on itself - as the chain shouldn't too. Or, a bit easier, gears with tilted teeth that slowly increase the tension on the chain in one direction until a bolt gets released and the springs do their thing. This would be easier to incorporate into a closed chassis as only the chains would be leading out again and even a low rpm motor can pull it tight. :)
a game you might be able to take some inspiration from is The Forever Winter, it's an extraction shooter (not released yet but beta is soon) where you play as a scav in the middle of a war and the war has progressed to a point where both man and machine are blended as one, where war machines are seen as deities and prayed to, stealth bombers drop zombie soldiers from the sky. It's a cool concept, i know it's set in a different time period but there still may be some inspiration
yes ive been very exited about it, even if the game turns out not good the world is still all ive been dreaming of, honestly it is quite similar to my world just executed way better. the idea of focusing on a 2 sides war and how far peoples are willing to go when winning is the only goal.
would love to see a war machine gone rouge that people idolize in your world, could be something ancient made by a long gone race
That kind of reminds me of the podcast ‘the silt verses’, which has similar beings called war saints who are humans adapted into battle monsters + god powered weapons. That game sounds really cool!!
A youtuber called Riloe has some good videos on The Forever Winter
@@monlenzthe devs them selves admit of the game fails then it does, they want to make a experience. Not the next hit. They jist take ot as a win if it makes it big.
The world building of a soldiers account thinking the tank was a spider demon is such a fantastic detail to have! As always an incredible video!
The word "awesome" is supposed to mean "awe inspiring", so the word awesome is appropriate.
I can’t get over how sick the finger-legs look.
this is by far the coolest thing ive seen besides the dwarf pot
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You have such a specific, original, signature style. Very ornate, almost oriental feeling, yet also rustic and "lived in". I love your stuff.
Very reminiscent of a game called Blasphemous, check that out if you like the aesthetic!
The way the Spider Tank incorporates the corpses of high ranking religious figures is a Warhammer 40k as fuck. And I love it!
This is my favorite channel on TH-cam. It reminds me of a combination of Elden Ring and WW1.
My ultrakill addiction has gone too far. When I see a walking tank (or any walking war machine, really) I immediately think of the 1000thr earthmover.
Cool concept by the way, especially with strapping pieces of saints onto a tank to make it "holy"
Benjamin
I'd just go with:
"It's magic, I ain't gotta explain sh!t"
If its any consolation to you, your voice has a wonderful, deep, melodic tone to it. I implore that you keep doing your own voiceovers.
'Even In Death, I still end up on the battlefield' -a saint who ended up in a tank
"Wow those tanks are so cool! How do they work?"
"asikapsdfkm idk magic or some shit"
Reminds me of a GIF I saw yesterday, someone made a little robotic coffee table with strandebeest legs just like that! No flamethrower on that one though
The saint thing is like something out of Warhammer 40k, but even cooler. So sick. Also the voiceover was on point, at least to me, for whatever that's worth. Awesome design
This is just something else. It's both fascinating & uncanny.
Strand beasts are so cool, definitely a crazy unique tank design.
Rad stuff as usual, Monstergarden. Love learning more about your world whether it's Dwarfs, clothes or weapons like this. Seeing the interpretation of the soldier at the start was great too, though I do feel sorry for those fighting in the trenches. All of this sounds like World War 1 but somehow even more terrifying.
Keep the good stuff coming, man.
YESSS I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I’ve actually been to see one of those references you used, namely the mummified fist of Saint Stephen’s basilica. I think this is a really cool way to incorporate real life religious practices into your world, especially since the idea of using body parts feels so fantastical
The repeated finger motif will never get old for me. I love that's one of the unifying designs in this world and lore.
This looks incredible!!!!
Also your voice over was amazing
such a cool idea, love the opening on how a soldier mistook it for a monster.
You've reinvented WH40K Dreadnoughts. They're beautiful.
Horrifying yet badass at the same time. I love it.
Great video!
What do you think about this idea about the Ram underground cathedrals?
The idea is having a huge tricone driller under the cathedral (it would give the cathedral an ominous and crude look) that makes the digging and drilling.
In order to remove the detritals generated by the drilling, a dense fluid needs to be pumped down from above through pipes (it also gives an industrial and crude vibe) that go through the cathedral. The fluid removes the detrital from the bottom of the tricone, and then it goes up on the sides (through the space between the wall of the hole and the tricone-cathedral) of the hole carrying away the detritus.
Also, as the hole is very deep, it needs to be stabilized with walls. In order to construct such walls in a hole full of that dense fluid with a lot of currents, swimming creatures need to be created that are called the "wallers" or maby it is special sorcerers with underwater masks and oxygen tubes (they may infuse the dense fluid with mana and control it).
If the drilling was abandoned, maby there are still waller-creatures roaming around in the depths near the tricone and inside the pipes of the cathedral, waiting for prey
Ive done some drawings of these ideas for Ram in discord
Well the drill going vertical down is out of date now. Now I changed it to them going more on an incline and the church being a giant one of those tunnel boars that they use to make subway tunnels. I have an idea on how they look
@@monlenz Cool :) i'm looking forward to it! Hugs
everytime you pump out one of these beautiful abominations my dnd players get another crazy cool bossfight to challenge. thank you 🙏
Warped sorcerers, beastmen hybrids, and now fire-spitting cathedral tanks. All that's missing is for the Ram soldiers to start shouting "For the God-Emperor!" 🙂
I really like the steampunk/gothic aesthetic of the tanks
The way the finger-legs work might be impossible in our world, but you can just blame it on the Rule of Cool (it looks freaking cool man)
And also; there could probably be some magic involved, so you can also take inspiration from "A wizard did it!"
I am a biologist, and im working on a speculitve evoloution project, and its really nice to hear people say "to hell with realism, i wanna draw something cool" becuse though i want my stuff to be biologically sound, i very much agree with that sentement. Drawing something that makes you or others say "hell yeah" is way more fun, and makes the world a slighly more interesting place to live in than a drawing that is very, very, accurate, but also very dull.
D U D E
This video was RAD!!!
The tank-crawler designs are badass and I love seeing bits of the process of design in these videos.
The opening voice-over was so cool also, I think your voice fits your setting so perfectly, and the confusion/fear you injected into the reading was, while appropriately subtle, very well done and always brings that extra bit of character out of the work that I adore every time. Keep it up my dude, you're doing great!!
This tank had made me wonder what a Monstergarden tabletop wargame would look like.
… “Festering”. That’s what comes to mind. >):^]
gives new imagery to saints go marching song. love it
amazing, I loved this design since you did that see through drawing a while back!
I can see we share some inspirations from Strandebeests! as I plan to use them as well for my Hecaxian engines, maybe more a klann linkage to have higher ground clearance.
I need to get to that, and soon Cx
Great video as always Simon, loved the lore!
Excites for whatever you got cookin up next man.
@@monlenz Thanks a lot man C:
It's been har finding the balance between gigs and personal work, and my own indecision doesn't help haha, but im working on it a bit at a time, and after September I should be fully free to make videos often once again.
if the joint moving each leg independently is inside the tank we dont have to see it. I really adore this design love your content Simon much love and encouragement from Denmark.
I think you'd need a clutch for each leg, that you activate and deactivate to steer and maneuver, but there's still one central shaft powering them all. That could be why there's a spot for crew above each tank- so they can manually work the clutches on each leg pair if the linkages break.
I can’t wait until this finished, your ideas are so creative and so cool to see drawn out!
I got jumpscared by the golden head scuplture of one of our kings. Not something I ever expected from any video tbh
This is supremely badass! Legitimately fucking slick. So envious of how your designs ooze with ornament and yet undulate with utility and look believable. You are and forever will be the patron saint of us lowly TH-cam world building mofuckas.
Damn really aprechiate that. Love your stuff as well btw. Have been peeking my head into your channel from time to time. Keep up the good work!
theres a period-possible way to actuate those legs i can suggest.
early diesel style engine powers a large air compressor. that compressed air is then fed to a series of pneumatic actuators, essentially inflatable balloons inside a woven outer sleeve. when inflated, the balloon cannot escape the sleeve, snd so expands it while shortening it, like a muscle. through clockwork and linkages, valves are turned to expand and contract each "muscle" within various parts of the leg, moving it against its own armored exoskeleton.
it would give it an eerie, organic cadence to its movement. probably contribute to the demon rumors.
Could magic power a machine? I imagine something like Warhammer 40K tech priest combined with a dreadnought pilot.
A Mage that has been injured too severely to still be of use entombed in the tank as its engine.
Love this so much!
Oh thank god, I was worried it was going to be a Spider-Headed Man Tank.
Using Strandbeasts and WWI tanks as inspiration was a cool idea!
Awesome is appropriate for saints and the church, part of their goals is to instil awe and reverence, awesome fits.
WE MAKING IT OUT OF VERUS WITH THIS ONE
… Finna crawl straight outta da trench and climb that pillar! >)X^D
The giant enemy tank
on the edge of my seat for the small enemy tank
*beatboxing*
The walking holy tank is such a wicked cool concept. The relics being built into it is a very neat idea, reminds me of how catholic churches all have a relic in the altar. Its a neat blending of warfare and religion. Intriguing stuff. I love the art style. You making an art book or graphic novel some day would be awesome. Can’t wait to see more!
The idea of tank crews proudly naming their tanks after the saints entombed within it's chassis and styling themselves after the particular characteristics of the saints is awesome.
The tank design is really cool, and I've always found these armoured vehicles with legs very interesting. Maybe there's some kind of mechanism that allows the legs to move like that, but it's always nice to give free rein to the fantastic haha.
3:00 some might be sticklers but it should be fine. "awesome" is an apt term. "To inspire a state of awe" absolutely fits for the enshrining of a saint.
Love the 40k vibe with saint bits. Mabye you could work in a parallel to landships being called tanks bc of a attempt at deception and have tanks actually being called deamons in your world.
I've clicked on a lot of videos, but I've never clicked on a video with a title as cool as "Man-Headed Spider Tank"
… What about “Breach loading rail gun claw lobster”? >)X^D
@@toryumau6798 It appears I have more clicking to do...
The rule of cool is king. As long as the artist and fans are happy realism can suck it up.
I love this design!
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… “Even in death, I still FINGER.” >)X^D
*scrolling* Oh, Monstergarden, I wonder what he's-
"Man Headed Spider Tank"
Well, now you have my attention
Hey, just found out about the twelve legged “Carpentopod” table by Gilliam de Carpentier and immediately thought of this! I highly recommend checking it out for art reference!
Very warhammer-like idea- great design!
1:54 this was first thing I thought of when you showed the tank
Really cool they could help make this
Hell yeah these rule! I love the Strandbeest inspiration, and the religious relic references too!
Also, loved the voiceover :D
I see the side machine guns have an odd crew placement in your internal sketch, but in the final drawing the side emplacements jut away from the legs a bit, so Maybe try this: those machine gun emplacements on the sides are actually separate compartments from the rest of the tank, and are only accessible by external hatches (No access from within the tank) this odd design feature could be a quirk of its early and rudimentary design. The emplacements are there because the cannon can’t see enemy infantry if they are at the sides of the tank, so in order to close the blind spot the machine gunners were placed there. The machine gunners would complain incessantly about the poor placement, lots of rocking and vibrating making it almost impossible to shoot anything besides point blank, and they have high mortality rates due to their large gun ports being close enough to the ground for enemy infantry to throw a bomb in. Overall a clunky design feature that barely serves its purpose well enough to be kept on the tank, like many, many early tank examples we have irl.
(You are completely free to use this idea if you fancy it, full permission)
I love that idea actualy and I'd adds to the idea that over time the tanks design will improve. I want this first rank to be flawed.
@@monlenz imo one of the best ways to make something like this believable is underline the flaws and have ‘crew testimonies’ that complain About them, because that’s pretty much what we saw with early tanks in our world lol.
I want to fight this thing in a video game. It would be like a slower, but tougher version of the flame chariots from Elden Ring.
This reminds me of the spider-tank in the mandalorian
It’s wild that the first time I watched one of your videos and, it had like 40 views and you had like 12 subscribers. What a ride man.
Yea it's certainly been a crazy journey. And I can't wait to keep it going. Nice that you were a part of it so early
I absolutely adore these designs. Have you ever considered turning this whole world building exercise into a tabletop wargame, similar to how Mike Franchina did with his art and Trench Crusade? I think it would be amazing to be able to realise the art as 3d models
I'd love to make miniatures for the world. I'm planing to already but I'm not sure about a war game. My world mainly has 2 sides and I feel that's quite limiting for a war game where you want people to have lots of choice.
@@monlenz not limiting at all if you know what you're doing! You have two main factions fighting against each other, but I'm sure within them you have many sub-factions. It's these sub-factions that could allow for lots of variety of gameplay. And you could easily have a bit of infighting or training be a reason why two sub-factions might do battle against each other.
Either way, I'm excited to see models! Your art is fantastic and inspiring
Babe, wake up! New Monstergarden video!
The tank legs could be organic, like those science experiments that eletrocute dead frogs to activate their muscles but with a larger animal and mass produced to fot the demands of war.
Or maybe it could simply mimic muscles like in battletech, where the mechs work by using an artificial 'muscle' made of metal alloys.
Either of these could work and it wouldnt be a big strech. After all mages and pillar men already use a lot of body modification so it wouldnt be a big strech to see people use that knowledge and apply it to their warmachines
Maybe some magical biomechanical explanation could be used for how the tanks legs move independently?
… [ Legally Distinct Not-Evangelion With Too Many Fingers Intensifies ] >)X^D
straight up jorking it
Jorking the jableenis
To the Pin-up?
and by "it," haha, well. let's just say. My verus
I like that you changed the cannon to a flamethrower. Makes more sense in the cramped turret and with muzzle-loaded guns being used everywhere else. Also I can totally see this thing in warhammer, Fantasy or 40k. The spider-demon illustration was an excellent bit of worldbuilding
Ok that is just bonkers. I really love the drwaings you made with the crew inside to figure out how it works and all. I love the design it’s amazing. I would play a wargame in this universe without a second thought. I am not asking anything lol it’s just praise ^.^ but if you want to make a tank figurine I mean…
This tank is fire!
Voiceover was great!
this goes diabolically hard
The Strandbeest guy is most often simply referred to as Theo Jansen, that's probably a lot easier to pronounce ;)
Human-headed spider tank,
Lover of the Russian Queen,
Terrifying death machine...
Incorporating intricate, ornate cathedral style walls is never not intimidating and cool. Awesome design.
"legs are cool" as someone with legs, i can sy i agree
If you can justify it in universe it doesn't need to make sense irl
As a Catholic I can confirm that our religion is metal af and your choice to include holy relics as your inspiration is awesome!
Amazing video!! I was wondering if you have a site where you archive/compile all your drawings and lore? Looking forward to more!
sadly no, though im thinking about a way to do that
Aah the strandbeest, the gold-mine for fantasy authors for when they want a unique and fantastical feeling machine. Glad to see the chunky ones being chosen for the tank, its fitting offcourse, the thick and angular shapes make it look strong and "elephantine" that tank design is wounderful.
The sages tell us thus about the tanks our fathers crafted:
Nails filed, and from bronze minted
Clawing earth they gleamed and glinted
Holds entombed the shapen dust
Safeguarding souls like that it lost
A cannon from its mustached mouth
Observes the kingdom in the south
If any out of line had stepped
Their friends and neighbors promptly wept
Looks like a mix if the Finger Creepers and Flame Chariots from Elden Ring.
Yes, very much inspired by both of those designers.
Maybe the legs themselves are golems, and their ‘ifs’ are directions to move when stimulated perhaps by a lever or wheel by the driver
the internal anatomy doesn't have to make sense, as long as all the limbs look attached, you're good to go! lol
The tanks are possibly functional by use of either magic grid lined pistons or steam engine pistons.
very 40K design and lore, love it. absolutely wild and gothic with no respect for the squeamish
There is this crazy comic (I'm not sure if it's still being written/published) where the armies of hell were fighting the armies of heaven and the angels used bombs and other weapons with pieces of dead saints inside them because they caused more damage the armies of hell (who were vampires and zombies). I don't remember the name of the comic, I think it was french.
New monster garden video finally🙏
2:38 so you are saying that Ram thinks they have machine spirits like this is 40k? That is so baller bro
Edit: 2:48 ohhh nooooo…
You could make the legs (just blocks really) in blender, bend them as you wish, move Tha camera to fit your drawing idea and export it. then draw the rest of it on top. It will save you so much time.