remember when I asked if people wanted to see my desslok/dessler redesign like forever ago. well I finally finished it. closeups under cut
#about the choice of outfit: it was mostly a combination of me going 'wouldn't it be funny' and 'okay how do i give them swagger.'#+a 5 minutre doodle of me drawing desslok in remake starsha's outfit to try and show a friend it was weird.#then us both realizing they were kinda serving.#my starblazers redesign is the writing equivalent of leaving a container of food in the back of the fridge for so long#that it becomes its own microbiome.#theres in universe reasons too tho. first. it's not a genderbend.#very simplified tldr is that gamilon bodies work VERY differently from ours and we only look alike due to convergent evolution basically#so a gamilon's vitals work a little different. dead-center chest + hands are the big ones. leaving any of them exposed is like#a hermit crab walking around without a shell on a beach full of seagulls.#due to the political landscape of when desslok came to power#doing this as a head of state. is a really bad idea since its very likely you will have someone try to assassinate you#so desslok's outfit is a giant challenge to all who see them.#essentially saying 'look at me. I have my biggest weak spot completely exposed and no one has done shit. And no one is willing to even try.#and they're correct.#my art#art stuff#space battleship yamato#star blazers#leader desslok#lord dessler#abelt dessler#my gamilons are a good example. because. um.#oh also they're very radioactive so RIP to anyone who gets close.
