Monday 3 January 2011

Convergent Evolution


This artwork by Chris Kulski is a Churchtank Mk8. It is a comment on the AngloAmerican wars in the Middle East.

However, I defy any wargamer to look at it without thinking "Imperial Super-Heavy Battle Tank". It's a sort of cultural litmus test, like 'can you hear the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger?'
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  1. BigLee3 January 2011 at 12:12

    It looks like a new type of camo... for hiding in model villages or something.

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  2. Alan M3 January 2011 at 12:36

    I see what you mean! Although that gun clearly needs to be much, much bigger...

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  3. Porky3 January 2011 at 12:48

    It reminds me most of the intro to On the Record, where the clocktower of the Palace of Westminster becomes a crocodile. That seems to me a comment more on the role of national politics in a large state, especially in the multi-nation UK, and this seems a comment more on the basic nature of such institutions than modern crusades in particular.

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  4. John Lambshead3 January 2011 at 18:21

    Dear lee
    The Trumpton camoflauge scheme :)
    J

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  5. John Lambshead3 January 2011 at 18:22

    Dear Ethics, Yah, I agree. A piddling calibre for the Imerpium.
    J

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  6. John Lambshead3 January 2011 at 18:23

    Dear Porky
    I confess that I am an artistic illiterate.
    I tend to have a literal mind.
    J

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