Valentines for Vladislav

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STORYLINE: Vladislav Dracul was 540 years old. It's true he was a bit of perv and had old fashioned ideas. Instead of cleaning up after himself, he didn't understand why he couldn't have slaves do it. When he was angry he worked out his frustrations in the torture chamber, poking his victims with various sharp objects. (It's how he earned the nicname Vladislav The Poker.) Despite that, he made an honest effort to learn the ways of modern culture. In fact, he quickly learned how to use a smart phone to take nude pictures of himself and send them to his next conquest, err, ... I mean Valentine.

Now is the time to run get gifts for your sweetheart. If you're tired of flowers and want something more spicy, then run to ROMP's first gacha, Objets D'Amour. This is an amazing event where you can walk away with fun, sexy, and even humorous creations for Valentines. You won't believe your eyes at some of the goodies there too! lol Don't miss it! All gacha is transferrable, perfect for gift giving. Objets D'Amour runs until February 15th.   From the event shown above on the floor are pillows and floor stocks by Roawenwood's Sleek Bindings gacha. The pillows contain 8 poses for men, and stocks contain 1 pose for women and cuffs. From Artisan Fantasy are the Ropes, Pinwheel set, Dripping Candles, Cock Toys, and Feather Ticklers from the Capturado gacha. From oOo Studio is are naughty Selfservice poses for girls and guys, shown above is #6 for men. From Swagga is the fun Dirty Phone gacha. Each phone comes with a hud to trigger animations for talking, and even one of them will snap a naughty picture for you to send. lol   Also by Swagga are the robe and underwear for TMP on sale at Sir Monthly. The Robe comes in black, red, and pink. You can get matching underwear in the fun valentines theme too. And one thing for sure the guys will want for Valentines are the naughty Morning Wood briefs. It comes with 2 underwear, normal and adult and includes a hud for matching all 36 skintones of TheMeshProject male body.

The Fantasy Gacha Carnival has returned with the theme of Game of Thrones vs Star Wars. (Love it!) For Vlad, I used the horns, eyes, and 2 shawls from Aii's Dragon gacha. The Aura shawl will animate like purple flames around you when you touch it. From Zyn is the Iron Dragon amulet, and from Bubble I took the Drakonae eye chocker and converted to a headband. The sweet looking Dragon Wing chair is by Entity. (I added a tint of red and purple) The wavy Champagne hair is by Tableau Vivant.  The face and body piercings are by Haus of Darcy. They also include body paint for the default figure. I added a new latex stocking to TMP, this one is by F'n'Hawt and has laces on the back.  This post's story was inspired by the hysterical mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows. I love that movie!

On Him, Vladislav Dracul:
Robe: SWaGGa Robe TMP - Red [mesh](Sir Monthly)(249L)
Underwear: SWaGGa Brief TMP v3 - Red/Blk, morning wood [mesh](Sir Monthly)(250L)
Horns: Aii Dark Dragon Horns, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Gacha)(75L)
Shawl: Aii Dark Dragon Shawl, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Gacha)(75L)
Shawl Aura: Aii Dark Fire Aura Shawl, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Gacha)(75L)
Eyes: Aii Dragon Eye Violet, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Gacha)(75L)
Headband: bubble Drakonae Eye Choker -Purple, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Gacha)(50L)
Necklace: Zyn Iron Dragon Wing Amulet, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Gacha)(75L)
Hair: Tableau Vivant Champagne - svelte guy - browns [mesh](250L)
Piercings: Haus of Darcy Breandan Face & Torso Paints & Piercings [mesh](245L)
Stockings: F'n'Hawt Stockings Latex TMP (120L)
Claws: CerberusXing [CX] M Ring Claws Black, gacha [mesh](50L)
Gloves applier: Muse Savage! Sexy Bodysuit with Gloves (189L)
Face Applier: Clef de Peau Robin T1 (500L)
Brow Applier: Clef de Peau Robin Black brow (150L)
Skin Applier: Clef de Peau Body Soft:T1 TMP Appliers (500L)
Lip gloss: alaskametro<3 Liquid Shine lipgloss - 6 colors total(25L)
Head: TheMeshProject (BETA) Head(m) - Anime (Deluxe) [mesh](5000L)
Body, hands: TheMeshProject (BETA) Deluxe Body [mesh](5000L)
Pose: oOo Studio oOo selfservice_sixm (Objets D'Amour)(50L)

Setting:
Phone: SWaGGa dirty phone - red, gacha [mesh] (Objets D'Amour)(50L)
Pillow: Roawenwood Male Sub Pillow, Sleek Bindings gacha, 1li [mesh] (Objets D'Amour)(50L)
Stocks: Roawenwood {RW} Floor Stocks, Sleek Bindings gacha, 1li [mesh] (Objets D'Amour)(50L)
Stand: Artisan Fantasy Cock Toys, Capturado Cabinet gacha 1li  (Objets D'Amour)(75L)
Pinwheels: Artisan Fantasy Pinwheel set, Capturado Cabinet gacha 1li  (Objets D'Amour)(75L)
Candles: Artisan Fantasy Dripping Candles, Capturado Cabinet gacha 1li  (Objets D'Amour)(75L)
Ticklers: Artisan Fantasy Feather Ticklers, Capturado Cabinet gacha 2li  (Objets D'Amour)(75L)
Ropes: Artisan Fantasy Rope Set, Capturado Cabinet gacha 1li  (Objets D'Amour)(75L)
Chair: Entity E-mesh: Dragon Age Chair 7li [mesh](180L)
Skybox: Pandemonium Dungeon 74 prim (950L)

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