Harsh - Teasing Tube

Deirdre:

Another great bondage toy from Dari, the Teasing Tube is a metal and glass cage with access ports and tons of fun features.

The menu is fast and fairly easy to navigate, with the bulk of settings under Options.

This is a trapping RLV toy in particular, so it’ll be well suited for public areas and dungeons - a “public” mode allows anyone to use the settings, not just the owner.

A neat, and I think unique, feature of the Tube is a secret escape word - set it and here’s what your victim will see: “teasingTUBE: A secret escape word is configured. You can make guesses on channel 33. You may want to discuss hints with Deirdre Young”

Heh, heh, heh ;)

Dari showed me pictures of the teasingTUBE with and without materials processing, and it looks amazing with, really good without. Pity our brand spanking new Firestorm doesn't do materials, but it'll come, it'll come.

Dari's blog has the release info and the updates (yes, already!)

And do have a look at Aria Warden’s post : http://restrainedreviews.blogspot.ca/2013/07/harsh-teasing-tube.html

Big shout out to Aria who just recently passed her hundredth post - what she does is hard and she has a lot less choice of subjects than we do. Congratulations, babe!

lelo:
We wanted to show you this one last week already but the tickle bench beat Darien to the punch.

So here is Darien’s latest creation, well it’s a cooperation between Darien and Mija Perfferle.

The Teasing Tube can be adjusted to fit most interiors and utilizes the advanced materials option, Darien showed us the comparisons, as firestorm doesn’t support AM yet and the difference is amazing as you can see.

The concept of the Teasing Tube is simple, but that goes for most toys, you get your capture options, the RLV options with access to the RLV folders and timer functions.

The pose position and holes can be adjusted to fit most avatars in SL, i love the name tag on the cage, a very nice feature of the cage.

As you might expect this cage is a work of art and the scripting is bullet proof and very lean, all that you need is a partner and you can RP your ass off, have fun.. *winks*

Name : [H]arsh
Owner : Darien Caldwell
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borgbeef/59/177/58

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	9	9
Price	9	9
Service	9	8
Store	9	8

[H]arsh - Cryptic Mask

Deirdre:

There’s a new Dynamic Duo in town, thanks to the amazing Cryptic mask by [H]arsh.

Dari performed her trademark combo of incredibly detailed mesh, stunning textures and brilliant scripting on this little mask.

With my usual tact, I poked a bit of fun at her, screaming “Nightwing!” when I saw it for the first time, but she knows a) I love masks and b) I love her work.

She quite correctly pointed out that everything looks like something else, and we moved on. I want to suggest eye hole shapes and all sorts of cool mask shape ideas to her so we’ll see how much of my input she’ll tolerate ;)

It took me bare moments to adjust the mask to my face. It’s resizeable and reshapeable, so take a safe copy and experiment. I made a really thin wide version, just for fun... first of many, I believe :)

Dari’s selling this awesome little gem for 150L$ - ridiculously low for the quality.

If you were wondering, I dusted off my old Lady Zora outfit to match the mask.. I definitely need more capes.

See good close-up pictures of the mask on Dari’s blog :
http://darisl.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/harsh-cryptic-mask-released/

lelo:
Tonight we have a quick project by Darien from [H]arsh, i’m sure it must have pained her to rush it to market. *winks*

Still if you know Darien, you know you’ll get a well modeled, well scripted bit of kit and she manages that even with a “simple” mask.

When you click the mask a menu springs to life which gives you all kinds of options to personalize the mask to your own taste and outfit.

First there is the option to set the transparency of your lenses, next you can set the glow of the lenses, 1.0 gives you a heat ray that will put Superman's to shame.

There are also options for textures, color and shine for the lenses, you can make them shine like the sunglasses of a Californian highway patrol officer.

For the mask itself you’ll get 10 quick color textures, or you can make your own color by playing with the RGB settings of the mask, that is if you can’t find a fitting color in the 141 presets.

Fitting the mask is easy, being mesh it stays nicely on the bridge of your nose, though i didn’t have to touch it at all.

So planning a life in Gotham, need a mask for a fun ball or just want to rub a bank, [H]arsh has the mask you’ll need. *smiles*

Name : [H]arsh
Owner : Darien Caldwell
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borgbeef/59/177/58

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	9	9
Price	9	9
Service	9	8
Store	9	8

Harsh - Straitjacket

Deirdre:
Dari fans, your patience has been rewarded. After long months of long days, Dari released her awesome straitjacket.

I was lucky enough to get a personal demonstration and I’m just mind-blown. The most important thing to understand is we can’t even scratch the surface of all the features, poses, color options and so on.

The straitjacket is an incredibly detailed piece of mesh art. The straps covering it add authenticity to the look and make every pose instantly clear to the eye.

The poses are carefully thought out, introducing struggles as typing anim and not interfering un-necessarily with AO’s. Want more poses? You can easily add your own.

There’s an Anim-Bot included with the straitjacket, a floating bit of cool s-f goodness that you’d buy separately from anyone else but which Dari just included. It’s a post, a following toy, and it’ll put the poses you drop in it into the SJ for you. (It plays a little tune when rezzed that I won't spoil!)

At the store, pick up demos to find the size that suits you best and buy that one; there's a fat-pack of all the sizes, but I'd say it's mostly useful if you have different shapes.

Phoenix viewer, that dear old clunky thing, doesn't support layering alphas; so here's a PNG you can save then upload to SL, and use to hide your upper body and hands.

Dari has a good bit of support and fitting requests on her hands right now; only natural on a big release like this. I'll suggest giving her a bit of time to breathe if you don't have urgent questions.

So pick one up for yourself and see what five months of hard creative work looks like ;)

lelo:
Woohoo, Darien finally managed to convince herself that her straitjacket is good enough to sell, and believe me that’s not an easy thing for a perfectionist like her.

So what do we get after 5 months of hard work by Darien, an amazing looking piece of gear that will be a standard piece of every bondage bunnies wardrobe in no time.

As we both still use Phoenix we couldn’t use her new flex HUD and had to resort to the old blue window of options aka the menu.

This gives you access to no less than 14 arm poses, all with their own animations and the option to show or hide the hands in the jacket.

She also added 8 of the most common used BDSM poses for ease of use.

As you might expect you get all the usual locking, owner and leashing options you would expect from a toy like this.

You also get a HUD to change the texture, colors, shine, glow.. well mostly everything on the jacket so it matches your favorite outfit or the uniform colors of the hospital you are staying at.

For now there are 4 textures, from canvas to latex, but Darien has more planned.

So run and get yours today, i kid you not, this is a must have for every bondage bunny out there. Ohh and do try the latex texture with a low shine, it’s yummy. *winks*

See Aria’s review for another opinion : http://restrainedreviews.blogspot.ca/2012/09/harsh-straitjacket.html

Name : [H]arsh
Owner : Darien Caldwell
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borgbeef/59/177/58

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	9	9
Price	8	8
Service	9	8
Store	9	8

Dari's new Haus and Ponybound Challenge

Yes, yes, Dari’s new shop is [H]arsh, but a lot of us will remember the Haus name for a long time.

Darien is working hard on new and more awesome toys. It’s what makers do, they make. They can’t help it, it’s in the bone.

So while she’s working hard at making cool toys, she doesn’t have any time to devote to making a cool new store. Well, one of my good friends, Mel Melville, was kind enough to accept the commission.

The result is pretty darn awesome, fits all of Dari’s parameters, and warm and fuzzies were had by all. Drop by the shop and have a look for yourself :)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borgbeef/59/177/58

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We received this note from Ponybound, and we’re passing it on to all the ponies in Second Life :

Are you up for a challenge?

For four weeks, Ponybound's store owners will be hosting a series of events that utilize the sim's training grounds.

First place winners will receive prizes that are early-release or limited-edition. Each Monday, the timers are reset and the event ends Saturday at noon (SL time).

Please give the builders a day or two to hand out prizes as they might not be online right away. Also, don't procrastinate...last-minute placings may not result in a prize. You do not have to be on the sim when prizes are handed out.

Events included in the challenge:

Walking Slalom:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Surrender/99/155/28

Beginner Steeples:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Surrender/48/123/28

Show Jump:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Surrender/60/196/2001

Carting Track:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Surrender/169/123/1001

Sky Jump:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Surrender/81/215/3379

Prizes include:
An RLV stable with animations and poses. ~ Donated by R&B Creations
A sexy latex outfit with collar, cuffs, and shoes. ~ Donated by [Claimed]
A custom equine art piece and photography pack. ~ Donated by Angel’s Touch
A non-rigged pair of mesh hooves. ~ Donated by Ponybound

Event starts April 9th. We hope to see you there!
~ Marius Caultard and Canary Twine

((We reserve the right to disqualify ponies suspected of cheating.))

So visit Ponybound and have fun!

Deirdre & lelo

Harsh - Female Harness

Deirdre:
Lelo’s Internet service provider chose this inconvenient time to do maintenance, so my sweetie is sleeping early (not a bad thing) and will return very soon. Don’t panic!

We got tipped off to Dari’s new female harness even before she had time to call us. She has loyal friends and we have loyal fans :)

This beautiful creation is mesh, and it’s just a joy to watch it move with your body when you walk.

The first cool thing you’ll find at the store are demos. Dari made six sizes : medium (which I’m wearing here), two larger and three smaller - probably for furries ;)

If you find that none of the demos give you the fit you want, Dari will custom-fit a harness for you. She charges 650L$ for the service and to cover the surprisingly high upload charges on mesh. Turnaround is about 48 hours.

Included in the box are two HUDs that let you manage the harness : an “aspect” one, for controlling in great detail the colors of the main part, straps, rings and edges, and the FLEX HUD, a new product Dari created.

This will be the controller for all upcoming [H]arsh restraints.

As Dari herself is excellent at keeping us posted on new developments, I’ll link directly to her post following the harness’s release : http://darisl.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/post-release-epilogue-and-vote/

She invites everyone to submit ideas for new products, and a poll will determine which she makes next - fun stuff!

Send a notecard in-world to Darien Caldwell, or leave a comment on the blog post.

Name : [H]arsh
Owner : Darien Caldwell
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borgbeef/59/177/58

	Deirdre	lelo
Quality	9	9
Price	8	8
Service	9	8
tore	9	8

Dari Returns to Second Life

Jaydana (yes, she’s still around) tipped us to a very cool bit of news : Darien Caldwell has returned to SL, after a long absence.

http://slfetishfashion.blogspot.com/2009/05/daris-haus-closes.html

We caught Dari in world and we were lucky enough to have a nice long chat with her. It vaguely started with the intent of being an interview, but it’s a lot longer than you probably want to read ;)

My first question (I’m of the W5 school of journalism!) was why. Why did she really leave, and what brought her back in the world?

While she was indeed concerned with the Lindens’ adult content policy in 2009, the fact is that she was overwhelmed between first and second life and was heading towards a burnout.

She’s determined to avoid that mistake in her new endeavour, a store called [H]arsh.

Dari’s Haus is no more, as she feels the brand has been diluted by the occasional misuse (ie, sale of her free items). Her loyal fans did follow her to the new VIP group, however.

She already has a few items : one for sale, one in the works. And she will take the time to do things right, so don’t expect a ton of new items at once.

Even the existing ones required months learning Blender and perfecting some cool techniques : Dari will be able to offer custom fitting of mesh items (until parametric deform gets here) relatively easily.

So if you’ve missed Dari’s Haus, visit her cool little store, become a group member, buy the new items and join us in welcoming Darien back to Second Life :)

Name : [H]arsh
Owner : Darien Caldwell
The blog: http://darisl.wordpress.com/
The SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Borgbeef/59/177/58