Mature Male (System) Skins

[Ethan LeSabre]

Hi All, 

Long time lurker, very intermittent poster!

I've been using the Steve Skin by Unique Megastore for a year or so now, but I'm looking to move on to something new. The problem is that it seems skin makers only cater for the beautiful young looks. I prefer my avatar to be a bit closer to myself in RL (you know, ruggedly handsome... ). There's a few older skins around that suit the 50s - 60s age range but I'm really struggling to find any others that would suit late 30s/early 40s (other than the one I have). Does anyone have any suggestions please?

Thanks in advance!

Ethan

[Marianne Little]

One of the Redgrave skins, King, is probably in that age range. The skin was really popular some years ago. But now after the mesh heads and bodies came along, I don't see it around so much. https://menipulation.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/skin-review-redgrave-craigking/

I assume you know about the Aeros skin Maxwell. This is more the 60 y old, and sadly they don't have a browless option, only painted on gray brows.

Belleza had male skins that looked a bit older than 20-30 years old. Maybe you could say mid-thirties. The problem now is that I don't use any system skins, so I don't know if the store has them up for sale. It is possible to go there and take a look.

[Alwin Alcott]

go also have a look at the system skins from Egoism.

He made mesh heads in the past with a bit older look than teens, they also has system skins in the same look, i had those and were pretty nice

[Ethan LeSabre]

Thanks Marianne and Alwin.

I'll have a look at Redgrave, and I hadn't considered Egoisme - I haven't been there in forever! And as for Belleza, I always thought that they were female mesh bodies only. It just goes to show what variation there is in SL. I'll let you know how I get on (as it might be useful for the other 2 people who are still archaic enough to keep their system skins. We're definitely an endangered species! )

You are stars! 

[Ethan LeSabre]

Marianne - You are a genius and a star! 

The King skin does indeed fit the age range, although even the pale skin was a bit more tanned than I was looking for. It's growing on me though! And with the Ashton Shape from -Belleza- (C/M so a bit of tweaking to personalise), as well as Jaryth's Body Hair kit, the Holt beard and some hair from Exile, I think my avatar looks pretty damned fine! Thank you so much for your help! 

(And Alwin, I've grabbed a couple of Egoisme's to try out, they're not the look that I was aiming for, but there were a couple that piqued my interest.)

Thanks again! 

Ethan