Marianne Little
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I picked up some amazing front hair wisps. Well, amazing to me. It's a freebie. It could be better if it was modify, but it is 13 HUDs with 25 or 16 shades in each, so it should be possible to match the most hairs in SL. It is 4 differnt ones, I wear #3.
They are resize with script and can be moved in place since it's unrigged. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sintiklia/127/46/22
I think it's a freebie, I am in the group and had group tag on, but it's not sorted under group gifts, just gifts. You can see the difference from my picture 4 posts up.
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Pondering how to decorate this skybox.
I bought the clothes in the Erratic sale yesterday. I am not sure if it's still on, sometimes storeowners let it go on a bit over the time they set.
Erratic is too expensive for me, but with 50% it's acceptable.
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And I was deleting a few thousand demos from my inventory, and found these Avi-Glam eyes. I have no idea when I bought them, but I put them in a folder with favorite appliers, so I don't forget them again.
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1 hour ago, Whirly Fizzle said:
You can't drop anything into the contents of a no modify object if the object container is no modify.
Remember that the permissions shown in inventory are the folded permissions, which takes into account the object container permissions plus the permissions of object contents.
An object that is modify but contains a no modify script will show as no modify in your inventory, but you will be able to modify that object.I edit stuff all the time, and know about no mod scripts. I should get up the colored or white boxes no matter. I am sure they didn't show up yesterday. But today they do? Could be many reasons. Maybe I had selected something alpha from another piece. Or I was tired from rezzing so much. Shows that mishaps happens, not matter how old and experienced I think I am. I still select and delete houses, ground elements and everything I should not delete... because I unlocked them to tint or texture, forget to lock it again and then oops. I never seem to foolproof myself there. ?
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17 minutes ago, Nalates Urriah said:
It isn't all no-mod things this trick works with... only some.
I unpacked a very nice console table yesterday, after I read that. From a pay to join group.... I paid it because the gifts looked so pretty. And it wasn't mod, so I could not shrink it. But it let me put in a resizer script, problem solved. One piece of furniture saved because of this, so it was very useful to know.
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9 hours ago, Ceka Cianci said:
Yea,I love The Skinnery..
They have Tummy version,Slim version and Fit version..I use the Fit version myself and love it..
Their skins for the heads are really nice as well..
This was about the only picture I could find where I have my Skinnery tummy showing..This is the Fit version..
Ooh, where are your clothes from?
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It was an Apple Fall sale last year, and I had not unpacked this Mercantile bookshelf set.
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I think I will replace the walled garden with a frozen pond/ice skate rink and a snowy pergola for the winter. It will be much lower in LI, but I still have a lot of LI to use.
I have developed a blind eye for things outside my parcel, so I am toying with the idea of going full winter on my parcel. The neighbor on the other sim has started with snowdrifts - full bright, nothing less.
It is early to talk about winter, I know. But I will not have time for SL around Christmas, so what's not decorated 1-2 weeks before Christmas eve will not be decorated.
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On 11/3/2018 at 9:23 PM, Nalates Urriah said:
You'll see the problem in this video...
The video and article are about lowering ACI. But, the blending feature used is what needs to change to correct what you are seeing.
For more on ACI TAG: ACI
I had no idea that you could put scripts in No Modify objects. That the system allows it.
This goes against all I learned in SL. Good to know, but... as you say yourself, the hair appearance is then coarse when you look at it close. That is the reason creators use alpha blending instead of alpha masking, of course. Fine strands and wisps of hair loose the delicate look in alpha masking.
I have experimented on changing alpha in modify hairs, and tried various levels of cutoff. It is tricky. A few hairs can look almost as good with alpha masking. But it takes time and patience to go through hairs and edit them, to find some hairs that look acceptable in alpha masking.
For now, it is easier to change to another hairstyle that don't hang over the clothes. I can't wait until we get BoM. At least we can wear skin tight clothes on the torso with BoM, and avoid the alpha sorting issues. Lingerie with lace is a typical example.
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7 hours ago, Coby Foden said:
My patio starts to be ready; doing final checks there. Besides plenty of plants I added lots of environmental sounds too, which give a really nice overall tropical feeling to the place.
My friend found really nice looking big palm tree. I made a hole on the glass roofing so that the tree ? can happily grow through it up to the open air. Most plants and groups of plants each are just 1 LI. Which is great with limited land LI capacity.
Have you seen Reid Parkin's free tropical plants? Most of these stretch a bit before the LI increase. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Tropical-Plants-Mega-Pack-Full-Perm-FREE/5237378
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Speaking of my own experience, It is so seldom that cheap is better than expensive. I see you came too the same conclusion.
Myself, I don't have enough time to make a head as Normie do the things Lelutka, Catwa or other heads in the middle/upper price range do. Especially if you want the cheap head do it.
Some do it because they want to work with it instead of doing other things like shopping, dancing or working on the SL home. And they do a good job on it, but I prefer the "buy and wear".
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I tossed flowers in the walled garden, and it's not looking bad. I like the whimsical things like the dutch windmill, sundial, and I also have a bird bath there. I pointed a light projector at the angel bench, since it's a bit dark.
EDIT: I was asked about what I used, it is too much to write the list, but details here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27764102@N02/44897931695/in/dateposted-public/
And here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27764102@N02/43993703140/in/dateposted-public/
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2 pictures of a better quality. The stone walls look much better here. I like the garage, even if it's using so much LI. I tectured the driveway from another house, it's 1 Linden. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/JU-Tile-With-Grass-3D-Textures-Full-Perm/9215972
Should I build the picket fence to the garage? I will need an opening, or else it looks stupid to cut off walking around the builds. And then I must move the tree and expand the walkway.
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I don't know, never been tempted to buy Normie. I see there is very little written about it in the Utilizator blog, it is no FAQ or walk through.
It is clearly a head for those who are well versed in customizing, more than for those who buy a product and wear it.
How about joining the Utilizator update group and ask for advice? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/byron-york-as-world-moves-on-the-brett-kavanaugh-fight-continues
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10 hours ago, AyelaNewLife said:
I thought of the question while doing a sort-through of my appliers folder earlier, but was based on some incorrect assumptions as to how BoM functioned. I've now highlighted the appliers with system tattoo versions, to make things easier when this goes live.
I'm not exactly confident in Maitreya providing a BoM-compatible version of the body, given that they still don't provide a tattoo onion layer for the hands or feet, just a single glove/sock layer with all the wonderful alpha overlap glitches that comes with it; but there's no point in speculating. I'll just keep everything I need to in order to be future-proof, and wait until the dust settles
The best thing about BoM, is that the alpha sorting issue is gone for all that you wear directly on the body. When you wear an applier with alpha now, let us say a tattoo, and you have long hair hanging down? The alpha sorting issue makes the tattoo disappear under the hair and a big portion around. The only way to fix this now is to edit the hair, but that makes it look more coarse and fine wisps of hair suffer badly.
I have to use a skin now that has freckles directly on the skin, because there is no way I can use freckles and tattoos together. And I can not use lingerie with alpha, like lace, over tattoos (or freckles).
When we get BoM (Please LL, NOW, kthxbai) I can customize myself totally, pick a skin, any skin, add freckles. Not enough freckles? Add more from a different creator. Want my body hair to match my head hair? Wear a layer for red pubes. Want to add lines, like the ones Izzies has made, veins and cellulite? Go ahead. And tattoos. And lingerie on top of that. All on BoM. No alpha issue whatever. I can wear stockings under my dress with lace, as long as I have stockings as BoM.
Makes me drool in happiness, I tell you.
And the face. Have your eyemakeup disappeared under the lashes? No more. Not enough makeup slots? Only Catwa has enough makeup slots, not my LeLutka head, and now, I don't have to buy a head just to indulge in makeup
No need to click, click in a HUD, top eyebrows, no, the lower hairbase is not there, the bottom eyebrows? Maybe the blush layers. Having turned off the old hairbase that was on a different layer set than the new, I wear the new eyebrows... shoot, I forgot that I had the slot closed. Push the slider... wrong slot. It was the other brow slot. Wearing eyemakeup, oh no, the top of it took off the brows. Using the first brow layer and apply again.... Applying the tattoo that goes up behind the ears. It is an Omega applier and the designer took the shortcut and it applies to all slots. Starting with the makeup again, clearing slots and applying once more.
My everyday makeup is utilitarian since mesh heads, eyebrows, lipstick and sometimes eyemakeup. Sometimes only eyebrows, because I wear the same even when I change skin. I can go back to wearing layers and forget slots. Well, I will wear lipstick on an applier, because of the glossiness. And applier masks and special makeup that use materials.
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Well, pictures coming up, but it's not finished. The walled garden will have flowers all around the inside walls, and the jury is still out on the green ground texture. I want it different from the other land, but it's not perfect. I didn't do much with the pictures, I took them on a windlight without shadows. Edit: And I had the graphics on middle, no wonder the pictures look bland. I forgot to set them up after I had several avatars logged on the same machine.
The house is totally empty. I spent all the time putting together the ground.
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5 hours ago, norajulian said:
I own an obscene amount of poses (particularly wedding and/or family focused) and landscaping/furniture items (seriously - currently sitting at 80k)
But I could easily design a venue, a honeymoon, and a first house for you and take all the photos from beginning to end ?
I have lots of stuff too. I collected poses back when the LAP store was active. But I have no idea what I have anymore. I buy a new pose when I need one....
And don't tell me I should organize them in posestands labeled: "sitting, standing, lounging" . It is too much. I will never sort them. I tried to start a few times, and got frustrated. But thrashing them all? Noooo.
I buy almost every house/garden thing when it is a sale. You should think it's easy to set up a walled garden because I have at least 4-5 garden wall systems. But they don't look "right" so now I buy a new set. Same with walkways. I have lots, Wood, stone, concrete, cobblestones.
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On 11/5/2018 at 1:20 PM, Talligurl said:
I own no land, I rent, I currently only pay rent for an art gallery, I have three other locations with art, which I get out of the generosity of the land owners, plus I have my home in a motel room, again provided to me rent free by Zennessa, I have in the past owned buildings and spent a lot of work making them personal,but situations changed and I ended up giving them up. there is no real time frame for when I make a change, usually it is due to external forces outside of my control.
Sometimes I think I spend too much on SL, but I see it as my hobby. It does cost RL money to have many prims to play with, and I am not sure how well I will deal with downsizing now that I'm used to all that land.
I like to have my mainland much more than renting or "buying" a spot on an private sim. It was so easy in the past, to let those parcels go, and live as a hobo again.
But that was before.
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I was looking for land between protected water and protected road just so I could put down a garage and driveway. Plus that I dislike the default Mainland texture and will cover it totally. Not just grass fields and flowers, but with prims or mesh under, so it's absolutely nothing visible. Makes change a bit harder. I must try to get smooth edges and fit it together.
I started this Sunday and think I have a good start, but I am not exited yet. Maybe if I can have the Victorian walled garden I have an idea about in my head. I think I have enough room for it, since I took away the pool I had. We shall see. Will post some in the Home and Garden thread, but must do a bit more.
I does not feel like my dream house yet, but I really try to make it my dream house.
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http://meshbodyaddicts.com/mesh-body-reviews/
http://meshbodyaddicts.com/mesh-head-reviews/bento-mesh-heads/
But in my opinion, get Maitreya mesh body and one of the Catwa heads that you like. Does not matter what, just make sure it is "Bento". It is other heads in that store, not all are Bento.
And try demos first. Teleport to Maitreya mainstore, buy the free demo, teleport home and try it on. Get mesh heads demos from the marketplace, that is often more easy.
Maitreya mainstore: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maitreya isle/178/175/23/
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1 hour ago, TimeofSnow said:
where can I buy them at?
Male or female?
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13 minutes ago, Ethan Paslong said:
what you say about textures...you know most are mod, so thats not a problem. It's just sometimes a little trick with your cam to be sure you select the right parts.
I love the redgraves.. in special the San Rosa beach house, you can change all textures to your own likings and it has a nice livingspace.
For my skyhome i currently use the Flutter skybox by Dust Bunny, small..but spacy and homy feeling but also love the White Loft skybox by studio Skye this one is modern but also can change alot by using dividers or drag some walls around ... but there are so many more with quite low Li and mod.
Some buildings has a very nice baked shading in the corners/edges. So changing the texture makes it a flat one, but that is not so easy to see because I use a lot of furniture.
Some mesh builds gives really wonky results when trying to texture them! It is the price to pay for low LI, I suppose. The walls in one room takes the texture as the other room, because it's the same face.
Yes, I like the Flutter a lot! Small rooms is so easy to decorate to give the finished look, not just furniture spread around in a gym hall.
For the bathrooms, I just put down a flat mesh prim and texture it with tiles.
Maybe I'll just set up a lot of skyboxes and teleport between them, and landscape the ground to a park. No builds, no furniture on the ground will free a lot of LI.
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I was just walking through Redgrave Homes. Been there before. Even picked up footprints. I like them, but why don't I love them?
Maybe the Luton Manor, but that has a "summer" feeling. Or the Lakeview. It's the tight entry there that's not just what I want... and the floors aren't all that.
And the Roost houses. I have the Palm View up, and the Lake Side or New Port would work so well for the winter season. But the mesh... I can see they are from 2013/2014 and it's much more refined doors and windows in the new builds.
And the Onsu Cucumber house, it's the one I love the first floor but not the second floor.
The last house I bought was the Magick from Scarlet creative and I have the prims for it. It's the house where I love the kitchen area, but not the rest.
I don't complain! I bought so many things in SL on a impulse. It's not the creators fault. I just can't find something that inspire me.
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59 minutes ago, Resi Pfeffer said:
Not satisfied, not at all. First there was the boring plain sea surrounding my island, then i was setting up some waves. Because i didnt like the tsunami feeling, i had to dump some heavy rocks into the water, as a wave breaker. Now i miss the unobstructed view while sunset. Next plan is to lift the whole island a few meters, without messing it up completely.
That can be hard to do, but what you can do with shorelines is amazing. Like the sandshores and sandslides from Las Islas. Hm. Maybe that's an idea for me.
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I am so unsure and that's why I shouldn't rebuild?
I have 2318 LI, but only 740 available and that's not enough for a build with surroundings in the sky. A skybox, yes. I took down a halloween build that was 600 something LI.
I have houses, but no one begs me to set it up. The latest one.... I fell in love with the kitchen area, but the more I look at the other rooms, the more I dislike them. I have a house where I adore the exterior and first floor, but it has a second floor that I don't like. I have a house I like everything with, but it is too small, and the larger builds in the store is not "me".
I have some houses that was totally a miss, I bought the houses as an impulse buy, but never tried to set them up.
I look at new houses but it is something wrong with every one. One has only a big open room. Others have too many walls and a small entry. Some does not have so nice textures as I want. Some have too big doorknobs ... but to be fair, the houses with the doorknobs also have a crude mesh over all. They are often older, before the builder refined their mesh work. But the interior layout can be just as I want it, not too open, not to locked in.
Me = picky. ?
And then the house I have up now. I like it. I like the terrain around. I just want change.
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