ArielScheele

Yes it's CZ Slim & Lel heads. Glad it's not just me - it definitely looks better in some lights than others (to the point it's not noticable) so I was starting to wonder if I'd managed to mess something up. Thanks.

Quick question for anyone using this body cause I can't work out if I'm being dense or if I've just been spoiled by the lack of visible neck seams on other body/head combos now they mostly use the standardised normals or whatever (yeah I totally know what I'm talking about) but... the demo shows a visible seam whether I'm using a male or female head. Is this a me thing or is there a seam?

Possible curtain tip... You can use 'select face' to alpha out the string, change the rod texture to a blank one, stick the AO map on the fabric and recolour it and use edit linked parts to resize the whole shebang to fit - which gives a decent floor length 'curtain' for 3li. It sort of floats very slightly in front of the wall but no one is going to notice that unless they're really looking!

I'm also in the camp of not keeping my HUDs attached - I use CTS Wardrobe but appreciate not everyone wants to use an external programme to add and detach things. You could try something like the FASTer HUD?

There are a few boots around that are rigged for male bodies, but I fear these may veer too much towards the 'stripper' end of the spectrum. You can also try: Unrigged boots or shoes, so you can size them up to man size. RIOT's Trixie socks if you don't mind wearing socks with heels - these are rigged for male legs but the foot is shaped to fit Slink shoes. I live in hope these will be updated, especially now that Maitreya's (and Legacy's) feet are resizable so you could have more appropriately sized feet. Old school shoes that include a mesh foot - I've also found one new version that has a BOM foot - I'm not sure if more of these type exist. I also found these - but they're more of a developer item for anyone who would want to make us some heels (also they're not super high). Ultimately though, I ended up going the Maitreya plus flat chest, and fiddling with shapes until my Jake and Legacy M bodies and my Maitreya+chest addons were sorta kinda roughly equal-ish. If you squint. Going to be following this though, as a fellow ignorer of gender norms who wants some high heels goshdarnit!

Regarding the head: If your head has a niramyth fit option (I don't think any Lelutka do, but I own Catwa heads with this option) you can use the Apricot Paws neck fix already linked here to bridge the gap, as these head fits are essentially 'neckless'. I think this neck fit is falling out of favour though, so may only be available on older heads, and bear in mind that there will be a reasonably obvious seam around the side and back of the head as the neck mesh joins with the head mesh. Otherwise it is, as already stated, down to finding a female head with stronger features, or using the non binary River head. If you search the marketplace you can find a variety of shapes that might provide a good starting point for you. Regarding the skin: Some male body skins will work using BOM - if they have a 'no nipple' version you can use that and either use a BOM nipple tattoo or mesh nipples. Bear in mind that v-tech flat chest skins won't necessarily work with the Lara flat chest - but worth a demo. Flat chest skins for Lara/V-tech tend to be addons for female skins, so you're probably going to want to get yourself a coverup for the pubic region too. Clothes options: Going to add FAKEICON, Boys to the Bone and CLBlue as potential options. Also Valentine has a suit currently available at otacon. There's a monthly event for small and flat chest clothes, which is worth checking out. The adapted Lara Flat will fit some V-tech clothes but not perfectly. If they're full coverage it won't matter too much if you alpha, but you may find that you eventually want to get V-tech too (although this hasn't updated to the 'seamless' neck, so you'll probably still see a line there in some windlight settings).

Been out of SL for a while but now back and looking to pick this back up...

Still looking.

I'm looking for someone who has the dev kits and can mesh and rig to the bento hands of: Maitreya Lara Belleza female bodies & Jake Legacy F & M Happy to discuss rates and terms of payment; happy to pay a flat fee or by the hour. I can be contacted here, or in world (ArielScheele Resident), or by email to arielscheele@gmail.com

Chrysanthemum's has a few facial AOs, optimised for various heads (so same 'flavour' of AO, but tweaked to fit the rigging of a certain head better). Even if your head isn't one of the ones listed on the ad, you might still find one version works better than another.

Mudskin has a lot of Asian style appliers. A fair few of them are gacha skins, so you might be able to pick one up fairly cheap on the Marketplace.

I'm early, I know - but I'll be out partying* tomorrow. * Cuddling my cat on the sofa and in bed before midnight

You could try RIOT's Trixie socks: The issue here, however, is that your feet will look tiny. Perhaps we'll one day get something like this with a fit for the female TMP Legacy feet, as those feet are resizable - meaning you could jack the size up to mitigate the issue with things looking out of proportion.

Ariel: My mum wanted to call me Ariel, after the spirit from The Tempest. My dad vetoed. She died a few years back, so it's in homage to her. It's also pleasingly gender fluid. Scheele: A vague reference to Scheele's Green, a popular colour for wallpaper and paints and wotnot during the 19th century... which unfortunately was made with arsenic and thus had a tendancy to slowly kill people. I'm kind of a history nerd. Apparently a morbid one.

Still looking for someone to take this on - I can supply further details in world or via mail, but to reiterate, you will need the bento dev kits for the bodies please.

I'm looking for a mesh creator who can also rig to the (bento hands, specifically) of the Maitreya Lara, Slink female, and Belleza Jake bodies. Belleza female and Signature Gianni would be a plus. The mesh themselves are (I hope) pretty simple avatar accessories rather than clothing items. I'm more than happy to pay hourly freelancer rates, payment methods and details to be discussed. Please contact me via PM, or email arielscheele@gmail.com

I may have to experiment with this... I suck at making slender andro shapes with the male bodies, so I currently use V-tech. Which is difficult to actually clothe if you just want to be andro and not a femboy. /woeisme