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Published: 2007-02-25 00:10:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 8306; Favourites: 69; Downloads: 2280
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Now I know why nobody does fanart for these things...I couldn't find a nice, clear shot of this tank! In all the episodes, the video quality is either too low to make out the details, or the tank is too far away to see clearly. I had to rely on looking at various closeups on certain parts of the tank to piece this together- the episodes I made reference to were 'The Northern Air Temple', 'The Siege of the North part 2' and 'The Cave of Two Lovers'.
However, I believe I have finally managed to piece together a fairly accurate drawing of this tank. Note the ladder on the side of the rectangular middle portion that rotates
. Also- there's a pressure gauge on one of the large cylindrical bits in front of the tank. I suspect that both the cylindrical parts in the front AND the back contain water, as part of that counterbalancing system that Teo mentioned. When Katara said: "Can you get me close to one?" I think the idea was that she bended the water INSIDE the tank, but due to the difficulty in animating that, they just had her defeat the tank in a more conventional way, which seems kinda silly because she didn't need that information about water being in the counterbalancing system to do what she did.
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I meant, youΒ΄re drawing is so cool! Haha!
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MAD man dont you go inventing stuff for the fire nation too!
seriously I love it you did great you should do all the other stuff like the drill
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Heh - thank you 
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your welcome.Now I hope that you can see all elements have their own strenghs and weaknesses..,BUT FIRE IS THE BEST!
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Thanks! These are fun, but time-consuming to draw
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you're welcome!
and honestly all the time definatly is worth it! it looks SO cool!
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This Fire Nation Tank looks like it's somewhat based off of the Soviet BTR-80 Armored Vehicle
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Hmmm......not sure what that is, but thank you for the favourite!
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Thank you X3
The BTR-80 was a Soviet Armored Personnel Carrier that was made during the 1970s by Russia, that vehicle saw a lot of action in Afghanistan during the 1980s. The fire Nation and the Soviet Union have a lot in common,... there both evil X3
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Venus Wars was a good anime with some good tank designs and animations. Good sketch man!
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Never heard of that anime, but I'll take a gander at it later
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Definately worth watching. It's an older one - from the 80's?
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Well done, once again. Great detail and everything.
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Hehe- I think part of the reason why I made this was just because you said I'm good at drawing mechanical things 
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Excellent detail as always, this one take you awhile i presume?
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Actually, drawing the details isn't the difficult part- it's working out HOW it looks like in the first place! It'd be like:
*draws the front bit* while working from a screenshot.
*finds a BETTER screenshot in another episode*
*re-does the front bit of the tank, and subsequently has to modify the rest as a result*
THAT'S the killer. But now that I've produced this 'master copy', so to speak, I can draw a second one a LOT faster 
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Seems more like creating a blueprint.
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Dude, where's my Fire Nation Tank?
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Most excellent. Your level of detail scares me... in a good way.
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Hehe- thanks! I probably won't draw this level of detail unless absolutely necessary anymore, but I find it's easier to draw a simplified version of something once you 'understand' it's design
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That's bad ass. Fine detailing and line art. Faved.
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[transformersfanboy]Dude, we SO need to turn that into Blitzwing![/transformersfanboy]
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I was actually already going to have this transform into something- that's why I had spent so much time working out the details
But Blitzwing is a triple-changer, and it's gonna be kinda hard transforming THIS into something else
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Avatar Devastator, huh? A feat to behold. :3
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Blargh- a bit too ambitious for me
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I may try it out. If I don't get too distracted by other ideas, that is. ^_~
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I forgot to mention that Bonecrusher's going to be in the upcoming Transformers movie, but he doesn't combine with anyone....he's just a badass robot in his own right
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I like the decal on Bonecrusher's door.
Though, my fav design has gotta go to Barricade. And this is coming from an Autobot guy. ^_^
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Me and my brother were recently talking about favourite transformers, and all I could come up with were Decepticons
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Poor Megatron. He got ate. XD
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You are very good with the detail in mechanics.
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Thankyou!
I think now that I've worked out all the details, it should be easier to draw this beast the second time around
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Cool! You are gonna draw it again...weeee!
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YOU! Must watch Avatar: The Last Airbender, NOW!
Just go out to your local DVD store and buy the 1st season boxed set! Don't ask any questions, just do it, and I assure you, you won't regret it
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The third season is good for close-ups of the tank as well.
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I've heard many good things about it, I'll definitely keep an eye out for it. So the first season is out on DVD already?
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WEll, I rented ther first disc of Book 1. At least, that's how it was represented by Blockbuster. BUt I got home and it was disc 2 of Book 1. So that was a pain. I'll go back and sort it out though.
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