The Second One

I took a moment to make a few shots of Har.

What do we know about Har so far?

Har is a mystery. His real name is Haru, while Har and Harald are, of course, adaptations.

He’s somehow connected to Dietrich - not as his son (that’s impossible) or his 'brother', but as if they came from the same source. While Dietrich isn’t human, Har most likely is. No superpowers or extra lives included.

Btw, Dietrich’s real name was Ra’Satu. I don’t think I ever mentioned that here, only somewhere on Insta.

There’s a lot yet to be revealed.

Why did I even come up with this idea? Because when I took a closer look, it was hard to ignore how similar Har and Dietrich’s faces are. So I decided to have some fun with the opportunity.

*The old Dollshe body has an enormously long neck, and I’m on the fence about it. Sometimes I find it elegant, other times I want to modify it. But maybe the best choice is to just upgrade Har’s body in the future.

On the other hand, for me, a doll’s body is almost as important as a face, as it reveals a lot about who the character is. That’s why I tend to upgrade bodies - not for poseability, but for the sake of character vision. For example, Dietrich has this super-strange DSAM35s Dollshe body that reminds me of an exoskeleton and the works of H.R. Giger.

Promo photos: Left - DSAM32 body, right - DSAM35s body

I chose it deliberately to reflect the character’s non-human nature; to me, its anatomy screams “alien.” It looks like something meant to resemble a human but fails in the details. Lines too straight, spine bending in the wrong places, too tall. (That was years ago; now 75 cm is the new normal! =D)

DSAM famous 'shrimp' spine.

This “old hound” body that Har currently possesses, while entirely human, still carries a bit of sculptural similarity to DSAM: long neck, straight lines, strange ribs. I like the idea that Har’s body also shows some connection to the “same source.” While Dietrich appears mostly cyborg or non-human, Har in this body looks more like a hybrid.