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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

To gain the upper hand on the battlefield, the armies of three Great Powers camouflage their tankheads in numerous ways, from painting their units to blend in with the environment to complete ghillie suits.

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In case you missed it, the Type 33 Heikegani Model Kit from my mecha universe TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social is now up for preorder! Available from the following stores: AMIAMI, Hobby Link Japan, CDJapan, Amazon Japan and Hobby Search. (Store Links are also available on our Official Website)

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The model kit is currently ranked no.1 among robot toys on Amiami international right now!

Screenshot of Amiami store front showing tankhead type 33 as number 1 ranking item.

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

After years of trying to make this happen, I can't believe we're here. Preorders for the Type 33 Heikegani from TANKHEAD is finally open!

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's finally here!! Preorders for the first ever TANKHEAD model kit are now open! ✨ The iconic Type 33 Heikegani Crab Tankhead is now available as a highly posable and detailed plastic model kit. At 1/48 scale, it’s about 11 inches wide and almost 3 inches tall, with 50 points of articulation.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Production of the Grant stopped once the Sherman was introduced, but many units still stuck around in the field. During the Kyzerian assault on the Lumpe Line a number of Grants were deployed from ambush locations to make up for the main gun’s limited arc of fire.

M3 Grant Tankhead, a bipedal mech version of the m3 grant tank. from mechanical encyclopedia artbook Tankhead

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Koryu subhead was an absolute terror around rocky coasts. Its legs allowed it to hide in rough waters that no normal vessel could survive. Add to that wickedly barbed harpoons along with the most powerful torpedoes of the Neverwar and you have a nautical nightmare.

Tankhead Type11/D4 Koryu, a lobster shaped submarine robot.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Sketches to Final Art Each tankhead design we feature in our book begins as tiny sketches that are about 1 inch square. It is through these tiny sketches that @emersontung is able to evaluate if the idea & visual design is something worth pursuing to bring to a final detailed mecha illustration.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This Panzerkopf V Panther is clad in Zimmerit coating, a compound designed to ward off magnetic explosives. This was especially effective when combined with the tall shin armor of the Panther, offering better protection to vulnerable leg joints that most tankheads did not have.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later. Art by @emersontung.bsky.social

A meme showing an imperfect circle and sketch with the text "just make it exist first" followed by a perfect circle and completed art with the text "you can make it good later"

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Seeing the Heikegani Crab from my project @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social alongside all the other mecha greats at the Osaka Mecha Festival is making my heart so full rn

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Seeing the Heikegani Crab from my project @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social alongside all the other mecha greats at the Osaka Mecha Festival is making my heart so full rn

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Photos from San Diego Comic-Con, where Bellfine showed off the painted prototype of the Type 33 and unveiled the TK-2A Tank Kong 2 as the next model kit in development! So surreal to see the TANKHEAD model kits on the same shelf as Deckard's blaster and the Spinners from Blade Runner.

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Concept art for the Praetor Suit from DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations DLC All Images © id Software, LLC, a Zenimax Media Company.

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Concept art for the Praetor Suit from DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations DLC All Images © id Software, LLC, a Zenimax Media Company.

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Unconventional Weaponry of New Kyzeria - Carousel Art by @emersontung.bsky.social Lore by @tim-popelier.com

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Concept art I made of the Archvile and Armored Archvile, done for DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations DLC. #doom #doomthedarkages #idsoftware

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The History and Variants of the Type 00 Tankhead Series The 2nd print-run of TANKHEAD Mechanical Encyclopedia is now available on Amazon and select bookstores worldwide. Deluxe Edition is available from the UDON Entertainment Online Store. Pick up a copy now before stocks run out!

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Artist! Quote with your blue art!💙

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The many variants of the M4 Sherman tankhead The Sherman was simple to produce, maintain and modify. This led to it being one of the most produced tankheads of the Neverwar, with many official variants and field modifications.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Earde had a long history of airship warfare before the Neverwar, and equally well established anti air defenses. Jetheads had to be nimble enough to avoid these weapons before they could fulfill their full potential as weapons of war.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Triesburg West Gate, one of the oldest defenses still in use in New Kyzeria. “The young recruits complain that we have too many guns on the West Gate. They do not know it’s for that reason we have no need to fire a single one of them.” - Kyzerian General Gustav Hausen

The triestburg gate from TANKHEAD, a monolithic giant wall and gate in drab grey with red lighting.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

“O what terrible light it was. What dreadful, hideous light that turned that hushed night’s sky into hellish day.” -Rozenian Shepherd Gulnara Wynmûne Find out more about this devastating weapon in TANKHEAD Mechanical Encyclopedia, Deluxe & Standard Edition available in stores.

Tankhead Experimentelle strahlenkanone Fenrir, a giant dual track energy cannon railway gun.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

he King Tiger embodies the Kyzerian mentality at the end of the Neverwar. They expected to enter the 50th year with this cutting edge machine leading the vanguard. In reality they struggled to meet the quality needed for its production before the war came to its sudden end.

TANKHEAD king tiger, a walking mecha inspired by the real world king tiger tank

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Can't believe DOOM: The Dark Ages is a year old now. Here's a thread of (almost) all the Slayer designs I did during the development of the game.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Photos of the painted prototype of the TANKHEAD Type 33 Heikegani model kit, which BellFine showed off at the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2026. We're glad to announce that preorders will be opening the summer of this year! #tankhead #tankheadmecha #modelkits

TANKHEAD crab tank prototype by BellFine

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The Type 00/K7 supplements its heavy machineguns with an unconventional AA weapon. Its 12CM gyrorockets deploy long burning incendiary clouds which wreak havoc on the engines of any Jetheads that fly through it.

type 00/K7 Tankhead. A bipedal robot tank with an anti aircraft role.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Bellfine are displaying the painted sample of the first Tankhead model kit over at the Shizuoka Hobby Show, and they are teasing the second kit for the line as well!

pictures from a model show showing a painted crab robot model on display

a blurry plastic box with a mysterious model kit inside.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Recoil is an issue for all Tankheads, but with artillery types it becomes one of the defining factors. The Wespe stabilizes itself for firing by taking on a peculiar squatting pose, resting on its haunches and the stabilizers in its rear skirt. #tankhead #tankheadmecha

TANKHEAD Wespe, a walking artillery mecha with twin cannons on its shoulders.

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The 2nd print-run of TANKHEAD Mechanical Encyclopedia is now available on Amazon and select bookstores worldwide. Deluxe Edition is available from the UDON Entertainment Online Store. Pick up a copy now before stocks run out! #artbook #mecha #dieselpunk

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blauereiter @halcyonrealms.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

'TANKHEAD – Mechanical Encyclopedia' by Emerson Tung & Tim Popelier is a fantastic combination of giant mecha art complemented by rich world-building & lore. 231 pages, hardcover. Explore more in my review- halcyonrealms.com/books/tankhe...

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Each nation developed their own doctrines for the use of Subheads during the war. The Alliance used them for covert ops raids on moored ships. The Dominion laid in ambush and struck at opportunity targets while the Empire’s subheads went out to sea to actively hunt their prey.

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Pieces from my dieselpunk mecha universe TANKHEAD, now available in narrative artbook form.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The Hen and Rooster tankheads were pinnacles of Neverwar era Alliance engineering. A battery’s worth of artillery and an infantry fighting vehicle capable of deploying four egg tankettes ideal for urban combat. Despite their size both maintained good mobility in the field.

Rooster artillery mecha from Tankhead mechanical encyclopedia. A rooster shaped artillery robot surrounded by 3 tiny egg shaped power armors

Hen transport mecha from Tankhead mechanical encyclopedia. A chicken shaped transport robot deploying 3 tiny egg shaped power armors

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Star Knight Aries Another piece from a personal project about giant robots fighting kaiju in space

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

In WC010 the Kaiser gifted three Stormwalkers to Yamaichi as part of a non-aggression pact. These were quickly reverse engineered allowing the Yamaichi to produce their first tankhead, the Type-S Kiyoyasu. While clearly based on the Stormwalkers, nearly all parts were redesigned.

The type-s kiyoyasu from Tankead. A walking mecha styled like a ww1 tank.

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Most shipheads stand upright in a human-like posture, but when designing an aircraft carrier shiphead this can be a challenge. The Graf Zeppelin used a stooped configuration first developed for the Panzerblitzechse II to increase its launch deck length.

The Graf Zeppelin, A Jethead carrying Shiphead from Tankhead artbook by Emerson Tung and Tim popelier

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

In the year WC010, the A7V Stormwalker became the first tankhead to be deployed into combat. The armored giants striding onto the battlefield caused shock and awe on both sides as the Kyzerians managed to hide their prototypes and experiments from the Alliance up to that point.

TANKHEAD A7V stormwalker. A mix of german ww1 tank and giant robot.

A fictional newspaper front page "the ludencia times" with the headline "mosnters! Empire's terrifying new war machines appear on the front lines" showing an image of a stormwalker in action.

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Thank you so much for the support!!!

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TANKHEAD @tankhead-mecha.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

✨Featured on Adam Savage's @tested.com ! ✨ When we first released TANKHEAD Mechanical Encyclopedia back in 2024 we got featured on Adam Savage's TESTED as one of Norm's favorite things of that year. Link to purchase TANKHEAD in the comments: youtu.be/12uvJkBL7mo?...

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Tested in 2024: Norm's Favorite Things!

YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested

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Tim Popelier, Tankhead Text Typer @tim-popelier.com · 27/01/2026

And yes, tankhead model kits are very much in the works! We've been doing a bunch of refinements and detailing on the design to make sure we'll bring you the best Tankhead model we can.

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