New Hero... TANK

[animateer]

Here is a new hero I am writing about.


After a hellish day fighting in Northern Iraqi, all is silent. Only the bodies of countless insergents litter the embattled graveyard and one lone tank lies on its side in a massive grave. The buring smell of chemicals still pollute the air, as a figure at the bottom struggles to dig its way out.

Blistered and bleeding. Still wearing the protective chemical mask, tank commander Alex Drye surfaces.

Miles away, embeaded reporter, Michelle Clark, goes live with the dreaded details. Reporting that there is no known survivors and that area is quarantined. She rolls a news package of an earlier interview with a young tank commander (Capt. Drye).

Anyway here's some artwork... any thoughts.

 

[animateer]

By the way the chemicals, created the scaring and left his skin very tough and with a web like texture. Like body armor.

His eyes are super sensitive to light...he can see in the dark.

And he must always were the mask. His lungs were damaged... no filtration.

 

[animateer]

Here is a little run down of the story.

Alex is soon rescued. He is the lone survivor. A Blackhawk chopper flies in and airlifts Lt. Drye back to the "green zone".

Camp Prosperity, a team of doctors have placed him in ICU for the next few days. They all marvel at his physical transformation, his skin is hard, needles bend and break on his skin, yet all his vitals are nominal except for the scaring of his lungs, rendering them acceptable to hazardous debris.

Upon awakening, he finds himself in the middle of a media frenzy. Reporters want to interview the lone survivor, but he is kept isolated. Over the next few days, scores of tests are done, the Brass soon realize his capabilities. They classify the tests and him as top secret and label the project as...Tank.

In the briefing room, reporters are given the official story... Lt. Alex Drye is dead. As the clamoring reporters rush off to report the devastating news, one reporter remains skeptical. Michelle Clark feels it in her gut... he is still alive.

Anyway, later in the story Michelle is sent to the front line where she is taken captive by terrorists. She appears on the nightly news bound and surrounded by her captors she reads a statement.

TANK, is sent in at night to extract Michelle...and of course all hell breaks loose. The two end up in the desert together waiting to be extracted and share a moment that will unite them forever in comic book history.

 

[Dismay]

Sounds and looks pretty cool to me. What's his personality like? Loyal to the army? U.S.? Any agendas? Or does he simply take orders without questions?

 

[Colossus24]

wow...I really like that idea and I like the artwork too.

 

[animateer]

Sounds and looks pretty cool to me. What's his personality like? Loyal to the army? U.S.? Any agendas? Or does he simply take orders without questions?

He is war harded, but maintains a sence of humor. He is affected by the personal loss of friends, but he marches on, he realizes his new role in the war...to be truly "An Army of One".

Loyal to the US ARMY. Hooh Rah!

His only agenda is to win the war. For now, he accepts any mission and completes is by any means necessary. He's not a robot... he is still a thinking man.

Thanks Colossus24

 

[Colossus24]

I think that this character could be really interesting, especially if you go into, eventually, his conflicted feelings(I know he doesn't have any now, but if you bring that up later it could add some real depth).

 

[animateer]

Thanks Colossus24,

I do see the character eventually becoming a rouge agent. Going it alone. Most likely he'll discover the real agenda behind the war... Big Business.

 

[Colossus24]

Oooh i like it.