TheCelestialToymaker
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On 7/2/2018 at 4:33 PM, Skell Dagger said:
That would be 'Max' by Altamura, which is out at both the Ajuda Brasil and Unihispania Crea community gateways. I picked it up to check it out, and believe me it's... underwhelming. Here's a raw shot of the head and torso with the default included shape:
It's fine for a complete freebie Bento head and body if you don't want to alpha out your head to wear any other head (it's not possible on the HUD), don't mind one single very dark skintone that cannot be changed (which won't work for the OP, since he mentioned wanting a pale skin), and don't want to use any other kind of applier such as tattoos. The HUD is also a nightmare, with tiny and unpredictable increments of alphas that are damn near impossible to click on accurately without some squinting and a lot of trial and error.
I really dislike coming down hard on free gifts, especially ones by a store as generous as Altamura is, having already offered other free full Bento avatars as well as gift appliers to the L'Homme Magazine Readers group. Free Bento bodies and heads are difficult enough to come by for those that can't afford to pay for full-priced ones. But compare this to, say the L$1 Ebody mesh bodies for women, which include 12 skin tones and three foot heights compatible with Slink shoes (but, admittedly, a much less generous alpha HUD), and you'll see why - once again - the guys get shafted when it comes to good quality free and cheap mesh stuff (the occasional generous gift such as Akeruka's L$150 group-only heads, and Kauna's stock retirement L$0 clothing sale notwithstanding).
To the OP, I can't recommend a mesh body under L$1500 (there's only one, and that's the L$500 TMP body, which I wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy!) but the full Slink Physique male bundle (body, feet, and Bento hands) is the next cheapest option, at L$2,250, plus L$99 for the additional Omega installer:
Altamura has TWO versions of Max gift. The one is this dark skinned one at the Brasil Gateway, and the other is at Unihispana Gateway. They wanted to include people of light or dark skin to have free bento mesh available to them. They also have Robert available at the London Gateway, and Tommy at their main store as a group gift.
Not to mention the female avis...Valentina at Brasil, Jenny at London, Kim at Unihispana, and Emanuelle as a group gift at their main store
Being bento mesh, the shape is super easy to modify to your own taste, and there are shapes available free or to buy.
I'm not sure why you'd compare a free male bento avi to a female one. Females seem to be the predominant sex in SL, so the market for their avis is much larger IMHO.
On top of that, Altamura runs monthly promotions on different full version bento avis for as little as 300L$
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On 9/25/2018 at 8:41 AM, Vanity Fair said:
As far as I am aware, you can remove the heads on all three Altamura's women's mesh avatar bodies (Jenny, Valentina, and Emanuelle). I probably should double-check that you can do that; I do know that I have done it with the Jenny body.
I know that you *cannot* remove the head on two of the three Altamura men's free bodies (Tommy and Max), but I have found that you can remove the head from the Robert body from the Freebie Megastore in London City.As a general rule the free Altamura avis disable removing the heads, but sometimes that gets missed
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On 9/25/2018 at 12:19 PM, Fionalein said:
Valentina was originally a Valentine's gift at Altamura store, Jenny and Emanuelle were in Women only Hunt, Robert and Tommy in Men only Hunt, Max is a free gift available in two skintones, one at Ajuda Brazil and one at Unihispana. For group members there is also a full bento witch avatar gift body at the Altamura shop.
Early MoH Roberts could remove the head, he switched that later.
Right now there are the following free full body gifts available by Altamura I am aware of:
- Ajuda Brazil: Valentina and Max (one version)
- Unihispana: Max (other version)
- London: Jenny and Robert
Tommy and Emanuelle are Group Gifts at the mainstore. Emanuelle also has mesh lipsticks available as group gift, and her head is removable at this time.
The dark skin version of Max is at the Brasil sim, and the light skin version is at Unihispana.
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On 10/14/2018 at 2:16 PM, Sylvannas Zulaman said:
Do they ever update their reviews? Some of them are years old and no longer reflect the product.
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11 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
Initally I gave them the benefit of doubt and assumed it was simply a mistake since the demo HUD has the buttons visble.
However, per Vanity's conversation with a CSR, she was told that they "hid them because too many people were actually messing their necks up" -- and IMO, that is stupid.
Where have they stated this? I'm a member of their group and have been for months. There have been no group notices saying that the HUD is being updated.
I guess it hasn't been in the notices yet as it hasn't been released? But it's been chatter in the channel for the past month... Perhaps the CSR was just trying to help? I don't imagine he's part of the design team, but if the problem gets solved, hey.. *shrugs*
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I became a fan of Altamura mostly because of the almost 24/7 friendly customer service. Knowing how coding evolves, along with updates to product lines, it's interesting to me why you choose to be so highly critical of what a CSR said about the missing buttons. They have stated their HUD is being updated soon, and to harp so much about something I've seen few people complain about in their channel makes me curious as to why. It doesn't seem that they're hiding anything, or you wouldn't have had something to cut/paste from the conversation, right? They're quickly answering any questions about it, right? They gave you the solution, right? So what part is so "stupid, stupid, stupid"? Maybe I'm missing something...
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In answer to both paragraphs, as a fan of that brand I was simply trying to clear up what I saw as unfair comparisons, or incorrect ones. I'm unsure of why it matters this is an alt or not, I'm just adding my own two cents worth. None of their free avis can change skins, whether male or female. They both come with a body alpha HUD. I'd think female avis should be able to change their foot position for female shoes. Male shoes are all flat.
Again, I'm not sure why anything I have said should be viewed with any cynicism. I'm just clearing up misconceptions, etc. I have and do own other brands, but as I do like this brand most, I prefer not to bash or otherwise denigrate the hard work put into the brands I chose not to use on a daily basis.