Lord Donkey’s Crawler Tank looks like the kind of little machine that would politely scan your badge, then immediately decide you are the problem. The squat gray body has a great utilitarian shape, with that wide, almost saucer-like top plate sitting over a bundle of angled mechanical legs. It reads as tank, robot, and security drone all at once, which is exactly the sort of tiny sci-fi confusion I enjoy.
The best bit is how much attitude comes from so few colors. Dark gray limbs tuck under the pale armored shell, ribbed slope pieces give the feet a nice industrial bite, and the bright magenta eye/cannon in the front pops like a warning light in a very serious factory. I also love the tiny printed control tile on the side, because even ominous crawling machines need a dashboard.
Build by Lord Donkey on Flickr.
