Engine Room: The Alliance

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STORYLINE: The defenders of the natural world gathered their forces. Stepping before the howling troops was General Pa-Hin, Chief and Shamen of the Sioux Nation. His name meant porcupine. "Today is a day that will go down into legend," he began slowly, his booming voice echoing in the warehouse full of heavily armed Lycans. The rowdy beasts calmed down and looked up at their leader, hypnotized by his every word. "It is an honor you accept me as one of your own, and allow me to lead you. Today is the last day of the life-sucking blight upon the Earth. Now is our time!" A young wolf began to howl, and his peers chastised him for loosing his cool. His ears drooped. The general smiled benevolently at the excitable pup, then continued, "While our arrogant enemy is preoccupied with the human's war and petty squabbles for power among themselves, they have forgotten to protect their most precious members." He dramatically pointed his cane towards the Castle of the Elders in the distance, "Kill them and all their blood sucking slaves join them in oblivion." Rolling hoots and howls erupted. The ground shook below their pounding paws. But with one small wave of Pa-Hin's hand, they silenced again. "This task will fall to the hands of our new dear ally, the esteemed Vampire Hunter's Association. Their representative, Mademoiselle Jacqueline, only asks that we get her elite squad of assassins inside. It is our job to SMASH their walls and break their defenses to safely deliver the hunters inside." He hands her a scroll,  "Thanks to this valuable map, her team knows exactly where the Fiends sleep."

This finale post was inspired by the dieselpunk offerings at the Engine Room and Indigenous Peoples Day. The porcupine jacket by Hotdog includes fits for men and women. The Butanik83 Life-support Boiler and matching gift Arm Pressirizer include a hud to change the textures. Seka eyepatch has a textures and matching Rusty nail septum is a gift I repurposed to be an earring. The crow headed walking cane is by The White Crow and includes a version that smackable weapon. For more details on what Aarya is wearing, visit her blog Dark Phantom

You can see the Engine Room’s shopping catalog here: Shopping Guide. Visit here before its gone Oct 20th.

On him, General Pa-Hin:
Jacket: Hotdog Porcupine jacket BJ/S/SG Brown [mesh](Engine Room)(250L)
Backpack: Butanik83 Life-support Boiler Machine [mesh](Engine Room)(250L)
Armband: Butanik83 Upper Arm Pressurizer [mesh](Engine Room)(gift)
Eyepatch: SEKA's Rusti Eye R [mesh](Engine Room)(375L)
Earring: SEKA's Rusti Nail Giftie [mesh](Engine Room)(gift)

Cane: The White Crow TWC Senior Crow, Gold [mesh](Engine Room)(500L)
Hand: REKT_Gentlesteam_HAND L Scorched, gacha [mesh](Engine Room)(50L)

Hat: Silvery K Military Girl PeakedCap Green 2, gacha [mesh](80L)
Collar: Pucca Firecaster PFC~Bones - choker, gacha [mesh](75L)

Hair: Wasabi Pills Cayden Mesh Hair [mesh](250L)
Claws: L'Emporio&PL Oblio Vampire Claws male [mesh](350L)
Pants, boots: Contraption Airship Deck Crew [mesh](400L)
Skin, head:  Genesis Labs Skin_JUNG_05, gacha [mesh](100L)

Tattoo: Ghost'Ink StarBlood Tattoo, gacha (50L)

Body, skin: TheShops [BODY] Athletic Legacy (m) (1.2) [mesh](5500L)
Pose: momomuller / 3M _3M_stick1_2 (40L)

On Her, Jacqueline of the Vampire Hunter's Association:

Guest appearance: Aarya Phantomhive. For more story & style credits, go to the Dark Phantom blog

Outfit: Eliavah Regius Attire [mesh](Engine Room)(119L)

Makeup: TF Machinest [BOM](Engine Room)(275L)

Hat: bonbon martha hair [mesh](Engine Room)(250L)

Boots: A&Y Neo-Victorian Boots [mesh](Engine Room)(450L)

Weapon: Omise A.S.S.BUNKER [mesh](Engine Room)(500L)

Location:
Tulagi Seaport & WWII Central

Aenigma: Post Apocalyptic: Cars vs Dinosaurs

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STORYLINE: 20 years ago, when Lars was a kid watching dinosaur movies and happily munching on popcorn, he never imagined how different the world would become. It wasn't just the climate that returned to the Hothouse Earth, but the giant reptilian rulers of that era were back too. So here he was, all grown up, in Antarctica, sweating his ass off, while barely hanging onto a raging Velociraptor as it attacked an old muscle car. What a time to be alive, right? Humanity was at war with itself over the last remaining land safe to live on. He was on team Harmony, and the others... well, let's just say they and their gas guzzling cars were in denial. There was no way to turn back time.

You just know I had to do Jurassic World, right? This post was inspired by cinphul gascan, Black Cat Velociraptor & poses at Aenigma's current Post Apocalyptic round, and the freebie Prehistorica Animesh Raptors at SL17B. Don't miss either of these great events!

On him, DinoRider Lars:
Helmet: L'Emporio&PL Nux Helmet & Goggles, male[mesh](Aenigma)(400L)
Claws: Tardfish Distressed Claws, male yellow[mesh](Aenigma)(149L)
Tattoo: Nefekalum Tattoos Tracker (Aenigma)(150L)
Backpack: cinphul grit jerrycan [mesh](Aenigma)(249L)
Dinos, Pose: Black Cats poses Velociraptor Friend FATPACK [mesh](Aenigma)(599L)
Jacket: Mossu Calvin.Jacket Black, Legacy M [mesh](SL17B Shop & Hop, Gilded)(210L)
Collar: ContraptioN & CX Katina Collar brass [mesh]
Boots: Gabriel ::GB::Chain Boots Black, Indictment gacha [mesh](75L)
Shorts: Cubura Jade Shorts, Legacy M [mesh](349L-245L)
Head: Genesis Labs 02 Genesis_Head_Edward 3.3 Bento RARE, gacha [mesh](100L)
Skin, head:  Genesis Labs Skin_JUNG_05, gacha [mesh](100L)
Body, skin: TheShops [BODY] Legacy (m) (1.2) [mesh](5500L)

Setting:
Dinosaurs: Prehistorica {ANIMESH} Raptor One, Two [Animesh](SL17B, Incredible)(gift)
Car: Consignment [Con.] Apocalypse Car - Orange, gacha [mesh]
Sky: wolfworx

Engine Room: Revenge of the Machines

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STORYLINE: The Black Baron had spent years developing a wondrous steam powered android. But tragedy struck when he was paralyzed in a Zeppelin crash. He planned to remove the android head and attach his own to the golden mechanical body. However learning of his plan, the "wondrous creation" had other ideas and loped his master's head off first. 

On the last day of the Engine Room, Contraption dropped an awesome new item, the Thibaut Waistcoat for 25% off. I only discovered the sale late night and tried to get this posted to alert you guys. If you missed it, don't worry, it will be at mainstore now. Fortunately, in my rush to get this image is out, actually had a set ready to go. Lucky turn of events! (It was an idea I had while my computer was down.) Here are some badass items from the 2nd round of Engine Room. The next round will be in September.

This amazing robot head is by Wicca Originals, it comes in sizes for men and women and robust texture hud to change out its many textures zones. The Ear gramophone comes with it and is separate from the head. On the table is the Skeletal Globe Lamp by Schadenfreude. It comes in several base texture, and includes light options.

On Him, The Wondrous Creation:
Head: Wicca's Originals Elmstone Head, ear Gold [mesh](Engine Room)(599L)
Top: Contraption Thibaut Waistcoat [mesh](Engine Room)(400L)
Animesh: Contraption Machinist's Assistant, animesh [mesh](Engine Room)
Claws: ContraptioN Vulture Talons [mesh](325L)
Boots: Contraption Airship Deck Crew [mesh](400L)
Pants: Lapointe & Bastchild S'Wear Biker Leather Pant Set Black/silver [BOM](199L)
Skin: Fallen Gods R.U.L.K. full avatar + Fallen Gods Inc. [BOM](1200L)
Body: Signature Gianni - Mesh Body [mesh](3500L)

Setting:
Globe: Schadenfreude Light of the World Skeletal Globe Lamp [mesh](Engine Room)(250L)
Head: Genesis Labs 02 Genesis_Head_Ethan_3.3 Bento RARE, gacha [mesh](100L)
Hair: Argrac NATSUME - Whites [mesh](300L)
Chair, pose: Silvery K Emperor's chair Black [mesh](300L)
Table: DeathRow 28 - DRD Bloodcroft Castle - Side Table, gacha [mesh]
Bell jar: Contraption Decor: Odd Skull Empty Bell Jar [mesh]
Candelabra: NOMAD Gothic Candelabra, Gothic Diva gacha [mesh](75L)
Skybox: Domicile The Parlour, Verne Skybox (10L)

The Barnstormer - Genesis Lab Summer 2017

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STORYLINE: The horrors of the first World War finally came to an end. Life was returning to normal. But for a few daring fighter jocks, the fun was just beginning. In the heartlands of the USA, their biplanes roared past red barns, sending frightened cows fleeing. Above the gently swaying fields of corn, the retired Aces charged at each other in death defying ariel acrobatics. The crowd below Oooed and Ahhhed. They could put on one hell of show. Freedom never tasted so sweet.

The image above was created for the Genesis Summer 2017 contest. The idea for it was inspired by the contest's August color theme palette. It reminded me of midwestern red barns, blue skies, and golden fields..., which then lead me to the idea of a Barnstormer. The focus of the picture is the Ethan Bento 3.0 mesh head Rare from the last Arcade round. The head comes with an insane amount of perks: animations, single poses, ears, eye with multiple color options, bento rigged teeth and tongue and colored braces and tongue piercing with options different colors, eye makeups, bruises, scratches, tattoos, beauty marks, eye bags, camouflage, bloody nose, skin sheen setting, and for vampires there are even fangs, bloody lips, and bloody teeth. AWESOME! The skin appliers are separate drops in the gacha.  For my background I used the infamous SL Cornfield which is now a fun game you can play at Portal Park.

On Him, The Barnstormer:
Head: Genesis Labs 02 Genesis_Head_Ethan_3.3 Bento RARE, gacha [mesh](100L)
Skin applier: Genesis Labs 09 HUD_Genesis_Lab_Skin_ETHAN - SET 1 (5+10), gacha [mesh](100L)
Jacket: Lapointe & Bastchild L&B *Fitted SLINK Jacket* Swear Aviator Vintage [mesh](599L)
Helmet: Remarkable Oblivion Aviator Ace - FlakJacket Green [mesh](299L)
Eyes: Dead Apples Marble - Electric [mesh](89L)
Body applier: Tableau Vivant Slink Physique Male Body Applier - Tone 05 (400L)
Body: Slink Physique MALE Mesh Body V2.9 [mesh](1,250L)

Location:
Portal Park - The Cornfield