Faded Sky

I hate hot weather so basically as soon as it gets over 80 I feel like I’m going to spontaneously combust.  Thus I’ve unofficially deemed it summer in my part of the world. Which means it’s only going to get hotter from here on out which makes Fricka a sad horned demon thing.

With my lamentations about weather aside I’ll get on with the blog. Ruina Kessel of the newly rebranded Devae. has released some awesome mesh camis that would be perfectly at home in my present climate. I wish I had one irl right now. The cami comes in about a billion delicious color combos and I was colorstruck trying to pick a favorite but a quick trip to the Arcade landed me this pretty teal hair from Exile and it matched great with the Faded Sky color combo and boom, a look was born. I also modded up a pair of Khor feets from [europa] to match. I’ve mentioned it before but I absolutely adore that [europa] includes a blank texture to make for easy modding.

Now I’m going to go crank the A/C and sip a cool beverage.

FadedSky

*Cami by Devae. (Ruina Kessel)
Horns by Plastik (Aikea Reiko) [@ We<3RP]
Exile (Kavar Cleanslate) [@ The Arcade]
Piercing by :ellabella:. (ellantha Larsson)
Eyes by Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Tattoos by ~silentsparrow~ (hyasynth Tiramisu)
Skirt by Tres Blah (Julliette Westerburg)
Hands by SLink (Siddean Munro)
Nail Polish Applier by Hello Dave (Maia Gasparini)
Bracelets by League (Nena Janus)
Feet by [europa] (Kazuhiro Aridian) [modded]
Pose by Marukin (valencia.southard)
Skin by me (in the works)

(*) denotes items received as promotional review copies or gifts

Catching Flies

I’m slowly trying to gather all the mesh body parts out there to make appliers to go with new skins I’ve been working on.  Here’s my take on the mesh mouth from Loud Mouth.

Loud Mouth

*Horns & Eyes by .{Rue}. (Ruina Kessel)
Hair by Ploom (Helyanwe Vindaloo)
Mesh Mouth/Teeth by Loud Mouth (Brias Stardust )
Lashes by Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle)
Jacket by Blueberry (Blueberryxx)
skin by me

(*) denotes items received as promotional review copies or gifts

Ears

I’m in love with these awesome ears from [europa] and loving even more that the amazing creator included a texture to mod.  I’m able to get an almost perfect match to my skins!! <333

You can find the ears for a crazy low L$ 50 at the We Love Roleplay event. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fot/75/100/21

Screenshot is unedited except for cropping.

[europa] ears

Ears by [europa] (Kazuhiro Aridian)
Hair by Lelutka (Thora Charron)
*Eyes by Ruina Kessel
skin by me

(*) denotes items received as promotional review copies or gifts

Who Am I in Other Worlds?

It’s no surprise to anyone who has perused my blog that I love video games. I spend an obscene amount of time playing video games, more than is probably considered “normal” but I make no apologies for my habit because it’s my extracurricular entertainment of choice. So when I saw Gidge’s post on Its Only Fashion asking the question “Who Are You in Other Worlds?” I figured I’d share some of my army of video game characters. I’m going to limit this post to games I’m currently playing just to keep the length down.

My main MMO is World of Warcraft.  WoW was my first MMO way, way back in 2006, and is the game that really got me back into PC gaming after being a console junkie for many years. I play with friends and family and WoW has really been an amazing way to keep in touch with people I’ve long since moved away from. My main at the moment is my human warlock but, as you can see, I have a ton of characters. These aren’t even all of them, just my current level 90s.
My WoW toons

I’ve been subbed to Rift since it came out but sadly don’t play it nearly as often as I’d like.  But whenever I do, I love it to pieces.   I find it to be a better overall game than WoW as they do so many things right. Unfortunately not a lot of people I know play the game making it a smidge lonely at times. Still, I sing it’s praises whenever I can. And, best of all, it’s F2P now.  My main here is a mathosian rogue.
My Rift toons

Ah, SWTOR. I played the ever loving crap out of this game. I’ll admit up front that I’m not a rabid Star Wars fan, but, I am a HUGE fan of anything and everything Bioware so I had to give it a spin. I leveled up character after character just to play through the various class storylines.  Honestly I’d like the game better if it was a single player or coop game rather than an MMO but the stories are good enough to slog through the MMO part.
My SWTOR toons

Defiance is a newer game that I’m feeling out. The game has a different enough play style, look and story to keep it interesting and it’s fun playing a game that isn’t your typical fantasy based setting. I liked the show too.
Defiance

Finally, I’m playing Mass Effect 3 again. I can never really stay away for very long, Mass Effect is my favorite game of all time… and awesome mods like this amazing hair and head morph by Elemods make everything feel fresh and new again.
FemShep

So there are the various incarnations of Fricka floating around at the moment. Go ahead, say it, I have too much time on my hands. :P

Wallflower

It’s no secret that I’ve not been active in SL for quite some time. I seldom log in and I distanced myself from SL related things like blogs and Plurk.  My enthusiasm has ebbed away for a couple of years now and there’s a slew of reasons for it but basically at some point SL just began to feel unfriendly. I’ve rarely been the recipient of a direct attack but even a wallflower like myself can become weary of the way people treat one another. I know I’m a wimp.

In spite of all that, I still find myself craving SL as a way to do something a bit creative.  Even if my idea of creative is modifying templates.  Yes, I’m still and will probably always be sore over how down people are on such things.  With limited free time and a brain that acts like a sullen 7 year old in a bank whenever I try to make it learn 3D stuff, I’ve found that templates just fit with the things I like to do.  And I’m rather tired of apologizing for it.  Sorry, got off on a tangent there that probably illuminated some of why I dropped out of SL.

I had a point to all of this, I think.  Hey look, a newish spin on an old skin.

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Horns by The Plastik (Aikea Reiko)
Hair by Truth (Truth Hawks)
Eyes by Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Lashes by Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle)

Little Yellow Riding Hood

If you’ve managed to keep up with my sporadic postings over time, you know I’m a huge fan of Ruina Kessel.  I love her creations to pieces!  Ruina recently released a set of boots that are awesome!  She has several color sets available from basic to wild.  The boots use a HUD to allow you change the colors of the main boot and heel/sole/toe separately to create tons of different color combos!  I went with a summery combo of sun/grapefruit to match the cute yellow hooded cape from :) BCC’s gacha at The Arcade.

Little Yellow Riding Hood

*Boots by .{Rue}. (Ruina Kessel)
Hood by :) BCC (vitamingirl)
Hair by Elikatira (Elikapeka Tiramisu)
Piercings & Eyes by [ni.Ju] (Vitani Jun)
Bunny & Stockings by ~silentsparrow~ (hyasynth Tiramisu)
Dress by Sn@tch (Ivey Deschanel)
Nails by Pixel Mode (Tya Fallingbridge)
Skin by Curio (Gala Phoenix)
Parted Mouth Tattoo by Tuli (Tuli Asturias)
Lashes by Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle)
Pose by Sakuradawn Lei (no longer avail)

 

(*) denotes items received as promotional review copies or gifts

Urban Drow

RL or SL, I’m a sucker for a sale so I took full advantage of the winter sale at Sn@tch this weekend.  Sn@tch is a steal on a normal day with crazy low prices for fat packs of everything but throw in a sale and you can’t beat the bargains to be had.  If you hurry, you might still be able to catch it before it’s over tonight 2/4.

I felt like this punkish look was just begging to be worn by a Drow, so there you have it.

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Top, Arm Warmers & Pants by Sn@tch (Ivey Deschanel)
Horns by lassitude & ennui (Jackal Ennui)
Hair by /Wasabi Pills/ (MissAllSunday Lemon)
Ears/Earrings by Schadenfreude (Allegory Malaprop)
Eyes by [ni.Ju] (Vitani Jun)
Posture Collar by Kyoot (Saeya Nyanda)
Necklace by Illusions (Siyu Suen)
Arm Cuff by Yabusaka (Yabusaka Loon)
Bracers & Tattoo by ~silentsparrow~ (hyasynth Tiramisu)
Mesh Nails by Pixel Mode (Tya Fallingbridge)
Shoes by *G Field* (Cerberus Noel)

Volition

Holy what, two posts in the same week?!  Unheard of.

So anyway, this outfit from The Plastik is awesome and only L$ 50 for the whole thing, from eyes to boots, out for Fifty Linden Friday… the epitome of bang for your buck.

Man, I have got to stop making these stupid backdrops for my pictures.. they are unbelievably lame.

Volition

Horns, Eyes and Entire Outfit  by The Plastik (Aikea Reiko)
Hair by Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Piercing by .:ellabella:. (ellantha Larsson)
Hands by SLink (Siddean Munro)
Tattoo by Garden of Ku (danel Kurosawa)
Necklaces by League (Nena Janus)
Chemise by Love Lace (Nephilaine Protagonist)
Lashes by Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle)
Pose by ImpEle (Sai Pennell)

Silver Quick

I’m super sorry I didn’t manage to get to get this post done up when these glorious boots from Schadenfreude were still out for Collabor88.  They were from December’s cycle so don’t appear to be available right now but maybe they’ll pop up in Allegory’s shop eventually… I hope so, these boots are just made of lust.

So I’ve been listening to an unseemly amount of Moonface lately and well, Spencer Krug’s voice just does it for me… he could sing the phone book and I would melt, I just, that voice… unf.  Yeah, that little random morsel of information had very little to do with this particular look but I happened to be listening to Heartbreaking Bravery while I was piddling about in SL and yeah, there you have it.

I’m swimming in cold meds at the moment.  Not gonna lie, the fuzzy headed-ness is kinda nice and adds this interesting dimension to just sitting and listening to music.  That visceral reaction to music I’ve always had is so seriously amped up right now and wow.  Just wow.

There, I’m done sharing.  I really should have put that on a personal blog.
/hits publish anyways

Silver Quick

*Eyes & Horns by .{Rue}. (Ruina Kessel)
Hair by Lamb (Lamb Bellic)
Ears by Illusions (Siyu Suen)
*Necklace by Lasaki (Lola79 Hienrichs)
Lingerie by Somnia (Sanura Snowpaw)
Bracers by ~silentsparrow~ (hyasynth Tiramisu)
Boots by Schadenfreude (Allegory Malaprop) – from last December’s Collabor88, so may not be available any longer
Lashes by Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle)
Pose by ANA-Mations (Surrealia Anatine)

(*) denotes items received as promotional review copies or gifts

Something Different?

I played a little bit for these snapshots.  I haven’t really used in game shadows before because my video card hates them but I thought I’d give it another go and used a modified version of Status’ Dual Projector Box for the lighting.  I also added a tattoo layer for that slightly vapid looking open mouth look.  Honestly, I’m not sure what compelled me to use it but there you have it.  After fighting with my snapshots I finally got two halfway decent ones and called it a day.  And because I take forever to actually post stuff it just so happens that I can log this particular post as part of Acha’s Lassitude & Ennui Blogger Challenge!  The amazing boots I’m wearing are my newest pair of L&E boots and happen to be one of the several colors available as a special edition release for the Unhinged Festival until 12/15/2012 when they’ll be retired.  The awesome ring from [SAKIDE] is also available at the Unhinged Festival.  So get out there an try your luck on the gacha machine for only L$ 60 a pop!

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Shadowbox 2

Horns by The Plastik (Aikea Reiko)
Hair by Magika (Sabina Gully)
Eyes & Piercing by [ni.Ju] (Vitani Jun)
Lashes by Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle)
Parted Mouth Tattoo by Tuli (Tuli Asturias)
Boots & Necklace by lassitude & ennui (Jackal Ennui)
Ring by [ SAKIDE ] (Kinu Mayako)
Jacket by Blueberry (Blueberryxx)
Skirt by Miel (Mika Nieuport)
Leggings by [Kyoot] (Saeya Nyanda)
Dual Projecter Box by Status (Gidge Uriza)
Poses by (pda) (Izzy Bereznyak) – closing at the end of December
skin by me