Birth of a Reaper, 3

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STORYLINE: No one knew exactly how Dr Oliver Conray escaped. It was no surprise they only half-heartedly searched for him, since they were glad his ominous presence was gone. The janitor on the nightshift however claimed to have seen the whole thing, but since she was elderly no one listened to her. She said a ghost lady in fancy clothes came to see the doctor. She could barely hear their conversation, picking up only bits and pieces. The lady was had been a former patient. She apologized for not telling him she was terminally ill. It was the real reason she rejected his marriage proposal. Without another word, she released the doctor from his bonds. Waiting for them outside was a ghostly carriage pulled by a team of spectral horses. A dark hooded driver helped her inside. For a moment the doctor stood there as if he was uncertain what to do, then he climbed in the carriage behind her. He hasn't been seen since.

So many awesome things going on this July, even two events to escape the sun's rays. lol. Genre's Underworld theme, and a Tattered Page's - Good Omens. I loved this book! It's so awesome. I highly recommend you pick it up. Shown above is the dress for prophetess Agnes by Senzafine. It's richly textured in browns and blacks and was perfect for my lady in the Reaper series. From the Underworld theme of this month's Genre, is the awesome Vampire Queen Statue by Entity. Don't walk, run go pick this up! I love it! Adding a spooky charm is the Spirit Flames by Papermoon. They come in several color, 1 li, and hover up and down. Another fun item I picked up is the Eclipse Noir long coat by Vengeful Threads. The hair I am wearing by Tableau Vivant is available at Hair Fair. TV is debuting new hair textures at the Fair, and I love the shine on them. It's so hard to find white hair that doesn't look flat, and the new TV textures definitely do whites well. The hat by Harm's Way can texture change on the hat band, feather, and card. The gacha goodies I used in image are the Luxurious Fur Coat by Curio Obscura, The Tinkerer's Glasses secret prize from Contraption's first music box gacha, the fur stole by Junbug, and the Victorian Gothic rose hat and Crystal cross jewelry set by Devious Minds. If you love DM's jewelry as much as I do, don't miss the badass necklace on sale there at Genre too, it drapes over the back. For both the Ghost Lady and the Doctor, I am using Ikon eyes, and the Fallen Gods Pure Ivory skins from Wayward Carnival. ...It might surprise you guys to know I am playing both characters in this picture. They both really show my aesthetic nicely. I love how this turned out. The Hades and Persephone myth (and it's many forms), is my kind of story.

On Him, Dr. Oliver Conray:
Hair: Tableau Vivant Ten hair male [mesh](Hair Fair - Blond)(250L)
Under coat: Vengeful Threads - Mens - Eclipse Noir [mesh] (Genre)(99L)
Coat: Curio Obscura Luxurious Fur Coat Black, gacha [mesh] (100L)
Glasses: ContraptioN The Tinkerer's Glasses, gacha [mesh](no longer available)
Hat: Harm's Way Top Hat texture change [mesh] (99L)
Eyes: IKON Deadshine Eyes - Quicksilver [mesh](150L)
Nail Polish: By Snow Fashionable Black applier for Slink hands (1L)
Hands: Slink Male Hands [mesh] (450L)
Skin, Slink, TMP Appliers: Fallen Gods Pure [xy] + Ivory (Wayward Carnival)(660L)
Head: TheMeshProject (BETA) Head(m) - Anime (Deluxe) [mesh](5000L)
Pose: Del May DM - Belonging (150L)

On Her, The Ghost Lady:
Dress: Senzafine Agnes Dress - Surprise Brown [mesh](A Tattered Page)(250L)
Necklace, earrings: deviousMind VictorianGothic Crystal Cross Necklace, gacha [mesh](75L)
Hat: deviousMind VictorianGothic RoseHat, gacha [mesh](75L)
Hair: Exile Full Of Grace, naturals [mesh](280L)
Stole: Junbug Fur Stole - Silver, gacha [mesh](30L)
Lip: WoW Skins Arisa LipGloss (99L)
Lashes: FTL Eyelashes - C01 Natural (280L)
Eyes: IKON Charm Eyes - Brown [mesh](150L)
Gloves: Adam n Eve Lace glove applier slink (150L)
Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Casual [mesh](450L)
Hairbase: Amacci Hairbase Tattoo 2 (free)
Skin, Slink: Fallen Gods Pure [xx] + Ivory (Wayward Carnival)(660L)

Setting:
Ghost Lights: Papermoon Spirit Flames,1li [mesh](Genre)(65L)
Statue: Entity Vampire Queen Statue, 6li [mesh](Genre)(100L)

Location: 
Genre - Underworld

Headhunters of Danger Island

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STORYLINE: Every year vacationers flock to the South Pacific to relax among the swaying palm trees and crashing waves on white sand beaches. But not every island relishes tourists. Islands like "Danger" got their name by honest means. The natives of Danger Island would rather stick a head on a pole than a little parasol in a Pineapple Daiquiri. Some places just aren't worth loosing your head over. 

The Arena is back! For those new to The Arena, it's A Male Only Fantasy Event produced by the same folks behind the wonderful Fantasy Gacha. There are lots of cool new original fantasy creations just for the guys, don't miss it!  Shown above is the Headhunter kit by Swagga. It comes with a cool claw necklace and shrunken skulls back staff. The kilt is also by Swagga, The Outworlder Wrap. It comes in sizes for the default avatar and The Mesh Project. It was not problem getting it to fit the Niramyth Aesthetic mesh body. The Bone chair throne is by  Pucca Firecaster. The Awkward hair by Magika is a style that can totally work on a guy. The eye makeup is by Lovely Disarray.

On Him, the Headhunter:
Necklace, Staff: SWaGGa The Head Hunter - Necklace, Spine [mesh](The Arena)(249L)
Kilt: SWaGGa OutWorlder Wrap [mesh](249L)
Hair: Magika Awkward [mesh](250L)
Eye makeup: Lovely Disarray Haunted Souls : Eye Shadow & Left Tear (140L)
Lip: WoW Skins Arisa LipGloss (99L)
Oil: NMJ Group NMJ BodyOil Male Tattoo Ver1 (150L)
Eye: IKON Sovereign Eyes Field [mesh] (150L)
Skin face: Tableau Vivant Alyx Skin - Tone 07 - no brows (990L)
Body: Niramyth AESTHETIC - Foot, Hand, Lower Body, Upper Body, Skin [mesh](2799L)
Prop: Pucca Firecaster Bone Throne - bloody [mesh](350L)
Pose: yzk mens pose2-7 (10L)
Poses: oOo Studio Circus Contortionist poses

Location: The Bay

Oh, by the way, Notice anything new? *flexes muscles*

I got a new toy, the Niramyth Aesthetic Mesh body. It's available as a trial until the full release some time in the future. It's fitted mesh, comes with a matching head, 2 skin tones (for mesh and default avatar), a skin tint hud with alphas for the body, a mocap AO, eyes, several hand pose options, body and face hair options, and clothing layer jeans and tank tops with a bonus developer kit for tattoo and clothing. It will take Omega appliers for clothing but not skin since Niramyth has a different UV map then the default avatar. You can detach the upper or lower parts to fit regular clothing, and there are mesh clothing items coming out that are shaped to fit it's body. There is no demo since it's still under development. Updates will be send to all who buy the trial.  ... Another interesting thing I found is tattoos can be full bright and glow. Nails can be tinted darker. The skin has materials to enhance the veins and texture. It's a beautifully created mesh body with attention to detail and realism. I do have one complaint however, the skin. It's amazingly detailed but has a flaw of excessive contrast, imho. (by that I mean the shadow areas are too dark and it creates a "dirty" look especially sides of the torso and on the lower legs which are much darker then the upper body). I found adding a tint to the body helps tone down the brightness of the highlights. That means best looking skintones start at medium and go darker. Fantasy colors really look great. But sadly, there are no possibilities for vampire or an undead look, its just too dark for that. However, the good news is there will be skin add-ons you can buy in the future, and even new mesh heads. (I hope there will be 3rd party skin appliers too.) To get my Tableau Vivant skin to match the Niramyth body I used a lot of fancy tricks like: tinting the mesh body darker, adding to the face tattoo shadow, a tattoo skin tint, eye makup, and then highlights for the face and lips. ... Also, You can wear the The Mesh Project Head with the Niramyth body, however I found it far more difficult to match the skins between the head and body.

While chatting on plurk, pose maker Olaenka wondered how the different male bodies would pose. So I did a pose test. Shown above are straight no-frills screen caps of my character in: the Default male, The Mesh Project male, and the Niramyth male. The Circus Contortionist poses for the pose test are provided by oOo Studio.

UPDATE: I emailed the designer of Niramyth Aesthetic Mesh body with some questions. Here are his replies:

1) Will there be 3rd party skin appliers? 

    We are trying to finished up the system of the first version body (Enzo and Smith) then we will provide the "complete" devkit for HD-skin (HD-skin is what we call our skin template) for skin designers and modders to work on skin appliers for our bodies. We are going to make normal size body with less muscularity look and they all will share the same skin template as the current version body.

2) Or will there be a pale option for vampire/undead/japanese style? (and how long is the wait?)

    That could be possible. If the body is finished then the extra skins will not take long. I think I can make that in a week or couple weeks (after the devkit is finished) but it will not be only me to be able to make it.

3) Will new mesh heads include expressions? (Men desperately need an expressive male mesh head.)

    That could be possible as well but it will need little more time to develop it and it will not be a free update because it is a completely new story than the mesh body.

For more information about other body shapes in development, mesh heads, and other add-ons, go to: http://www.niramyth.com/#!version-updates/c9mn

Bunny and Stag

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Many great new things to show you today. First up, these two new mesh chairs, Bunny and Stag by Tableau Vivant, are at the 2nd Anniversary of Collabor88. The theme is 1920s. I love this time period!  So many fantastic items. Keep trying to get in, so much coolness going on there. The T.V. chairs can change light wood to dark, and 5 fabric colors are in the event theme color palette. Bunny uses the girl palette, and Stag uses the guy palette. On the right, our elegant, yet powerful Stag girl is wear the new ruffle dress by Ambrosia. It also comes in green, blue, pink, and white pokadot. The dress includes a matching hairbow and bow at the front of dress. We are both wearing the new WTG rings, nails, and bracelets B&C Jewels for girls and guys. They come with a nice hud that will resize to any size hand shape! Fantastic. This huge mane for hair that says, "King of Jungle" is called Leah by Alice Project and it's available at the current round of the Zodiac. The outfit I have on is by the Black Carney. I am still crossing my fingers the entire store will come back online. But until then you can pick some highlighted items at RMK Gothic.

On Him:
Nails, Rings, Bracelet: WTG B & C jeweled nails male (260L)
Hair: Alice Project Leah [mesh] (Zodiac) (187L)
Chair: Tableau Viviant Bunny [mesh] (Collabor88) (88L)
Jacket, Pants: The Black Canary ~*{TBC}*~ Gentry (350L)
Shades: Kumaki K_gs Kasha_R2 [mesh] (400L)
Necklace: Rozoregalia Nornir Necklace 1/c (500L)
Boots: lassitude & ennui Suede mesh boots - black [mesh] (280L)

On Her:

Dress, bows, hairbow: Ambrosia Ruffled Dress - black [mesh] (130L)
Nails, Rings, Bracelet: WTG B & C jeweled nails female (260L)
Chair: Tableau Viviant Stag [mesh] (Collabor88) (88L)
Neacklace, earrings: Frozen Night crystal rose antique (free)
Stockings: Erratic patterned stockings skulls - white (150L)

Shoes: G Field *GF* Strap Shoes Alex patent white (200L)

Hair: Wasabi Pills Jamie - Crystal pink [mesh] (250L)

Femboy Hunt Winter 2013, part 5

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If I had to describe this look in one word, my reply would be "Lestat," a lion of a vampire with a taste for the finer things, and who is not afraid to wear feathers, corsets, or impossible spikey things as long as it looks damn good. This just screams "The Brat Prince" to me. lol This is my last post on the Femboy hunt. I have stuffed it full of goodies, but I have not shown all items in the hunt. Please go, explore, and have fun. The outfit above uses the MV limited edition corset with the feathers, gloves, and spiked boots from Demure Designs' mardi gras outfit.

On Him, 
Corset: {MV} Victoria Torso Corset Femboy LE (female)[mesh](Femboy Hunt #29)(2L)
Feathers, boots, gloves: Demure Designs FemFatal mardi gras (female)[mesh](Femboy Hunt #46)(2L)
Shape: Asaria Gin (edited) (male for female base) (Femboy Hunt #11)(2L)

Shirt: Kyoko Couture KC No.53[OjiBlouse]shirt

Crown: +SC+SugarCoat +SC+White Crown

Hair: Wasabi Pills Orion Mesh Hair - Iceberg [mesh]

Cane: The Black Canary ~*{TBC}*~ The Dandy (Silver/Gold)

Skin: Tableau Vivant Noctis skin - tone 01

Chair: Senzafine .:SF:. "The Gloaming" Armchair

Candelabra: Senzafine .:SF:. "The Gloaming" Floor Candelabra

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Going counter-clockwise: Get batty with Kiss Me Goodbye by Kre-ations. HTxDZ Bifrost outfit is a limited edition for the hunt and works on both male and female. On inset image 53, you supply the avatar, Aaralyn supplies a shapely contour.  On image 42, Peippo Frost eyes come in 6 colors. On the last image 28, the beanbag by Jessis Furniture contains couple poses.

On Him, left 55:
Top, jeans: Kre-ations Kiss me Goodbye (unisex)(Femboy Hunt #55)(2L)
Necklace: Monster Kink Beads - Pearl
Hair: Tableau Vivant Loire hair male - for Sway pink
Skin: Tableau Vivant Femboy Hunt 2012 exclusive
Wings: OldVamp's Creations Bat Pony Wings [mesh]
Shoes: Energie Yeah Slips (free)

On Kitty, left 1:
Outfit: .::[HTxDZ]::.  Bifrost Blue LE (unisex) [mesh] (Femboy Hunt #1)(2L)
Hair: Curious Kitties Nyanotech Hair [Type B] - Frasti V3 (free)
Nommy: Urban Feral Mousey

Inset image 53:
Attachment: Aaralyn's Evil Creations Mesh Bulge By Lyn [mesh] (Femboy Hunt #53)(2L)

Inset image 42:
Eyes: Peippo Eyes Frost (Femboy Hunt #42)(2L)
Skin: Dango Freckled (female for female base) (Femboy hunt #40)(2L)

Inset image, top right 28:
Prop: Jessis Furniture Beanie with adult poses (tint added) (Femboy Hunt #28)(2L)

Thanks for your help Fulli!

Fragile Doll. Lost Soul.

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She was a fragile vampire. He was a lost soul. Will love bloom between these outcasts?

On Her:

Outfit: BeautyCode - XYroom Lingerie Set Angelique Silver (99L)

Gloves: World's End La Nuit Du Chasseur gloves (free)

Shoe: World's End Le Dernier Lamento Shoe (free)
Earrings: Curious Kitties Simple Pearl Earring (free)

Ring: Ginza *GJK*Claddagh Ring {Bloody Valentine} (lucky board)

Necklace: World's End Romance Le Noir Necklace (free)
Hat: World's End Romance Le Noir Hat (free)

Eye: FTL Cabochon Eyes - Sumire (100L)
Lashes: FTL Eyelashes - C01 Natural (280L)

Tattoo: WoW Skins - XYroom Arisa LipGloss (99L)

Hair: DrLife Hair Yi-bang(Silven) (lucky board)
Skin: TuTy's LUCINE Gothic skin - Mascara tears (free)

On Him:
Shirt: Artemis Men GroupGift Vneck Shirt (free)
Pants and Belt: Lapointe & Bastchild S'Wear Biker Leather Pant Set Black/silver (199L)
Shoe: Lapointe & Bastchild Urban Buckle Boot & Shoe Set Crocs (499L)
Necklace: Gabriel black bead necklace mens (free)
Bracelet: Gabriel orion hand belt with chain black (free)

Hair: Little Britain Designs Night Raven/Dirty White (300L)

Location: 

World's End