The VaNiTy ThReAd

[Chase01]

Marianne, you inspire me to wanna make some alts lmao. I have always wanted to make an alt to take pictures with.

[Marianne Little]

2 hours ago, Devyn Chant said:

First post in SL forum. Starting with my avatar selfie.   Greetings to all nice people. 
Avatar's rez day is 12 November 2010, the looks recently upgraded with mesh. The head is still system head.

 

Welcome

[Marianne Little]

59 minutes ago, Chase01 said:

Marianne, you inspire me to wanna make some alts lmao. I have always wanted to make an alt to take pictures with.

It's an expensive habit. I kit out all my alts in mesh....

[Hunter Stern]

Selfies with all my guys

Edited March 22, 2017 by Hunter Stern

[Chase01]

1 hour ago, Marianne Little said:

It's an expensive habit. I kit out all my alts in mesh....

That's what's has held me back lol. I know once I do it, I will go all out.

[Cinnamon Mistwood]

@Talligurl You make a beautiful bride!

@Devyn Chant I haven't given up my system head either, but I love my mesh body!  Welcome to the forums

@Hunter Stern You have a lot of guys.  I'm a little jealous

Edited March 23, 2017 by Cinnamon Mistwood

[Talligurl]

OH thank you Cinnamon, and I to have a mesh body with a system head, 

[Talligurl]

4 hours ago, Chase01 said:

Marianne, you inspire me to wanna make some alts lmao. I have always wanted to make an alt to take pictures with.

I did that, and then hardly ever use her, not even sure if I remember the password anymore, and I also made some other avis just to use as models, I don't really use them either.

[Chase01]

That's my second reason Talli lol. Not sure I'd use them enough to warrant the time and expense of creating them. Maybe one day!

[Marianne Little]

On 22.3.2017 at 11:34 PM, Hunter Stern said:

Selfies with all my guys

Hunter, I could not find words..... Loving the guys, and the pose. The picture in the middle is my fav!

Are any of those rawr beards bentorigged?

[Marianne Little]

Testing out some bento hand poses. And I was so super happy when someone told me that I could attach my old rings to the ring finger (new Bento bone) and so the ring moves with the hand poses!

 

[Hunter Stern]

@Marianne Little I love challenging my system for such projects of load impact after getting a new computer last year. Logging myself in to ultra settings and then setting the other guys down on another monitor to minimum graphics load in 4-5 windows. It's funny because even though they are actually very similar to myself and have that 'looks related' appeal, they each have their own personality  in some way. Forester is the smallest guy having to climb up on his big brother Xavier's shoulders, and Phencer (next to me) always has an excited look while Max and Lex tend to have a mature bemused approach to such things.

Yeah I was wondering if there are any Bento rigged beards out there too come to think of it. The beard will follow the jaw when the mouth opens when attached to the mouth but the stache seems to stay static in position causing issues with the upper teeth if expressions get too wild.

I need to invest in some bento hands and see how they look. So far from what I have found the hands are very frame based still but they still look great in static poses for finger position. My concern is though, are they going to look chalky and smooth whereas men's hands are a bit more lined. I will have to test and see and see if there are any Bento rigged facial hair out there yet that has slipped by me.

[Marianne Little]

2 hours ago, Hunter Stern said:

@Marianne Little I love challenging my system for such projects of load impact after getting a new computer last year. Logging myself in to ultra settings and then setting the other guys down on another monitor to minimum graphics load in 4-5 windows. It's funny because even though they are actually very similar to myself and have that 'looks related' appeal, they each have their own personality  in some way. Forester is the smallest guy having to climb up on his big brother Xavier's shoulders, and Phencer (next to me) always has an excited look while Max and Lex tend to have a mature bemused approach to such things.

Yeah I was wondering if there are any Bento rigged beards out there too come to think of it. The beard will follow the jaw when the mouth opens when attached to the mouth but the stache seems to stay static in position causing issues with the upper teeth if expressions get too wild.

I need to invest in some bento hands and see how they look. So far from what I have found the hands are very frame based still but they still look great in static poses for finger position. My concern is though, are they going to look chalky and smooth whereas men's hands are a bit more lined. I will have to test and see and see if there are any Bento rigged facial hair out there yet that has slipped by me.

There are facial rigged beards for the Adam avatar, but you don't use that head, do you?

And you use Niramyth bodies, but not the heads? I was so exited when Niramyth updated the heads to Bento, but ended up dropping that whole Smith avatar back in my #2 alts inventory and use Catwa Daniel Bento head. I am also so fed up with Niramyth body, because there is almost no other skins made for it.

So I wear that new NX Nardcotix body, and they promise to update it with Bento hands soon. Signature Gianni released their updated body with Bento hands just a few days ago. I would be surprised if not Niramyth came with Bento hands soon.

I could buy those Vista hands, but why should I spend money on that, when the body systems I use either have updated to Bento hands, or promise to do it soon. It is just not worth it,  get appliers and Omega relays for a short time.

I was tempted to buy that pose you use, I have 6 avatars too! Where did you get it, may I ask?

Edited March 24, 2017 by Marianne Little

[Marianne Little]

I am going to share a nice freebie with you who want to try Bento hands.

OK, to be honest, the hands are not all that good, but the HUD is doing an exellent job, posing more expensive hand systems. It has a page of static finger poses, and also a page of moving poses, finger motions. The speed may be a little too fast, but the "human beat" and the "human girl" is quite nice.

So I got this pack and discard the hands, trying this HUD on Slink Bento hands and Signature Gianni hands, and I like it. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/BENTO-Enhanced-Hand/10310996

 

[Hunter Stern]

@Marianne Little I'm using the Aesthetic body with and without a mesh head. I agree that there are some of the limitations and wish there were more applier options to Aesthetic, but there are two Skin Installers to each pack iirc. It would also be wonderful if they came out with appliers for details to bento hands ( and mesh feet) could be added. mind you, many creators already provide a vast array for female hands and feet and they didn't forget the nail polishes,but for men I would love to see something like bruises or scuffing or dry worked hands infact to mix things up a bit. A photo with me as a mechanic with pristine clean hands is not going to make the shoot and add to more post process later to add in heh.

I have been trying out various heads though from Niramyth to Nivaro to labyrinth and now Catwa (which I'm really impressed with as far as all the Omega choices go and how well it does work with the Aesthetic body (I use Modulus hair bases for a fade blend to the neck lines in conjunction with the New Blender from Aesthetic on bald.

The pose I used is at https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Reel-Poses-Friends-Selfie/7421964

This is my latest venture in heads though after I got the Justin head to go along with my Paul head from Catwa.

From Letre with Deadwool and Doux Hair and Facial hair mix.

Edited March 25, 2017 by Hunter Stern

[Rhonda Huntress]

6 hours ago, Hunter Stern said:

<wahh, waaah, wa wahwah wahh>

[Marianne Little]

This picture is not edited at all, only resized. I like the combination of head/shape/skin and eyes.

 

[Ariel Vuissent]

6 hours ago, Marianne Little said:

This picture is not edited at all, only resized. I like the combination of head/shape/skin and eyes.

 

LOVING that skin, Marianne! I'm a nut for freckles. May I ask where it's from?

[Aislin Ceawlin]

On 3/25/2017 at 4:45 AM, Hunter Stern said:

@Marianne Little I'm using the Aesthetic body with and without a mesh head. I agree that there are some of the limitations and wish there were more applier options to Aesthetic, but there are two Skin Installers to each pack iirc. It would also be wonderful if they came out with appliers for details to bento hands ( and mesh feet) could be added. mind you, many creators already provide a vast array for female hands and feet and they didn't forget the nail polishes,but for men I would love to see something like bruises or scuffing or dry worked hands infact to mix things up a bit. A photo with me as a mechanic with pristine clean hands is not going to make the shoot and add to more post process later to add in heh.

I have been trying out various heads though from Niramyth to Nivaro to labyrinth and now Catwa (which I'm really impressed with as far as all the Omega choices go and how well it does work with the Aesthetic body (I use Modulus hair bases for a fade blend to the neck lines in conjunction with the New Blender from Aesthetic on bald.

The pose I used is at https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Reel-Poses-Friends-Selfie/7421964

This is my latest venture in heads though after I got the Justin head to go along with my Paul head from Catwa.

From Letre with Deadwool and Doux Hair and Facial hair mix.

Oh my! He's purrrrdy!!

[Aislin Ceawlin]

On 5/22/2015 at 2:05 PM, ZoeTick said:

It's not dead, it's sleeping.

[Cue either a parrot sketch  or a fairytale reference.]

It's an EX thread! (couldn't resist) lol

[Marianne Little]

4 hours ago, Ariel Vuissent said:

LOVING that skin, Marianne! I'm a nut for freckles. May I ask where it's from?

It is Silke from The Skinnery, but last I was in the store, I could not find it. It is rather old for an head applier, from 2015. You can always IM the creator and ask? The Skinnery has other freckled skins too! https://theskinnery.blogspot.no/2015/05/theskinnery-at-chapter-four-anniversary.html

[Marianne Little]

Shopping til I'm dropping. I like new male stuff. And the shirt is fitted for Slink male body, that's awesome!

Body Slink Male

Head Catwa Daniel Bento

Eyes IKON

Hair Mina

Tattoo Prodigy Ink

Skin head applier ::LV:: Denjiro

Skin body Applier L'Etre Buttermilk

Eyebrow applier VYC

Ears Mandala

Shirt with straps :GB: Gabriel

Gladiator sandals :GB: Gabriel, gatcha item, but there are lots of pairs resold on the Marketplace. Not so many black sandals, but some.

Smuggler pants, belt and leg straps :E: Enigma

The pants and belt is not Slink size. There are a bit of clipping in the waist, so I have cheated a bit and made an brown applier like a pair of boxers applier that goes on behind the belt. This way a tiny clipping is almost invisible, you have to know it is there to see it.

Necklace [kunst] Light My Fire prev. gatcha item.

Piercing **RE** Revox

Cirklet The Forge prev gatcha item

 

Edited March 26, 2017 by Marianne Little

[Talligurl]

I was out today and I took this and now I have to post it.

[Rhonda Huntress]

I have been playing with a new look.  Not quite there yet but ... anyway.

Edited March 30, 2017 by Rhonda Huntress

[Talligurl]

Today a friend of mine who posts a lot of pictures to his feed, found me in a sim I discovered from pictures he had posted earlier, and he took my picture, I thought it came out pretty good, even though I had not put on any makeup, or bothered with my contacts.