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There’s Magic Afoot – BakesOnMesh Magic

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So yesterday I saw Sydd Sinister on FB talking about BakesOnMesh. She’s linked some info from Sasy and as I read long in the commentary something became incredibly clear.

MAGIC IS COMING.

If you’re old enough you remember when you could wear your jacket on the pants layer and it was a good idea because you needed the jacket layer for your tank top because your underwear layer was for you tattoo of a dying shark saying something in Japanese.

It was just a different kind of confusing, I promise you, we understood it. Then Mesh came along and saved us all and we saw the light and got rid of our clumpy cave man hands and feet and then our heads and finally our bodies and ALL THE THINGS and life was smooth and beautiful.

Apparently someone said “What if we could find a way to slap all those old system layers onto your mesh and make them look nice?” And someone else said “Yes let’s do that.”

I present to you GIDGE – Wearing her mesh with “System Layers” slapped on top. I’m wearing an old Pink Fuel Skin (Alyx), Izzie’s Lipgloss, and a shirt & jeans from Sn@tch. I’m also wearing some cute mesh shoes from ANE (Shoetopia) and some hair from Tableau Vivant.

Mesh meets History.

How does it work? Well you gotta have OMEGA appliers for the stuff you want to apply, and a special hud that makes it all work.

It’s THIS BAD BOY RIGHT HERE.

You also need the right project viewer. 

Get the one that is called BAKESONMESH Channel. That’s the right onw.

I struggled a bit because it’s my preference to just click around. 🙂 THAT’S HOW I ROLL. It tells you to do things like “remove your alpha” that your old body is now cloaked in. If you don’t – your mesh turns red.  THAT IS A BIT DISCONCERTING.

This is all still BETA. Sometimes my eyes are in the wrong place and kind of bug out. I suspect that’s to do with animations. My mouth looks kinda wrong like the system layer doesn’t sit on it right. AGAIN – BETA.  Last night I had some issues with my Mesh layers not going away properly.

However, all that being said – this is demonstrative that something huge is coming. What people will be able to do with this in  terms of creating is pretty interesting.

I hate my old eyelashes. They were THE BOMB back in the day though. Super cool.

Now. I’m gonna eat and put myself back into regular land.

Testing BakesOnMesh 1

Cajsa gifted me the BakesOnMesh Hud and I’m gonna enjoy playing with it some more. It will be fun to see what has stood the test of time!

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Gidge is Wearing:
Bakes On Mesh HUD
Shirt: :::Sn@tch Easy Shirt (Purple-S):::
Pants: :::Sn@tch Easy Jeans (Blue):::
LipglossIzzie’s – Valentine’s Lipgloss
Lashes” [[Mozz]] Lashes – 04
Beauty Marks[PXL] Beauty Mark POS10 Light DX
Ring: (Yummy) Diamond Solitaire Ring – Gold – Slink
.Eyes: Banana Banshee
Head: .LeLutka.Head.Chloe 3.0
Shoes: A N E Shoes – Moccasins – PLUM – (slink) SHOETOPIA
MAGIC BUTTON: Bake On Mesh skin applier (Omega) 1.0
Boot fixer
More Magic: Omega System Installer – Lelutka
More Magic Tooo: Omega System Installer – Slink
Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet Deluxe V1.2.5
Hands and Feet: Slink
Body: SLINK Hourglass V1.1 (ADD ME)
Hair: Tableau Vivant \ May hair [Review]
Shape: Juicy – Meghan Shape GIDGE Edit
Skin: [PF] Alyx – Blue/LidA (aubbrow)

I Can Read Your Mind

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When I unpacked the new minidress from Baiastice my first reaction was legitimately HOT DAMN. There is a line between sexy and slutty and while many folks jump right over it and leave your whatnot and your tits hanging out here and there, I personally do not care for that.

I like my bits covered.  I was so excited to see this elegant but sexy minidress that I had to try it on and find some new heels and then….

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I Awoke In A Magical Land

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I don’t know how I got there, but I awoke in a magical land filled with beautiful shoes. Whether it was sneakers or the most painful heels – I found something for every style and taste. Waking up in such a wonderland was the perfect way to start my week.

I traveled down it’s hallways to discover that everything was huge or perhaps I was terribly small. Was I in some giant’s lair? Or perhaps just in the grips of an event builder who knew how to make things big enough for people to see even with lag? Amazing how that works… Continue reading →

31/03/2018

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In the world of Second Life, people tend to buy clothes at events, wear them once, then change into their next purchase and never look at that first outfit again, even though they were drooling over it when it first came out. For some reason I don’t really like to do that. Of course, I do buy things at events, when they’re brand new and everyone is raving over them too. But I like to shop in stores, and dig out old things in my inventory. When they are good, they don’t get out of style, and it’s the case with that top from Cold Logic. It predates mesh bodies and I’m wearing a size S on my Maitreya Lara. I had to alpha my elbows and part of my back, but honestly, autohide today would do the same.

Credits : 

  • Body : Maitreya – Lara
  • Head : LeLutka – Chloe Bento Mesh Head
  • Shape : Banana Banshee – Faelynn shape for Chloe (coming soon)
  • Skin : Lara Hurley – Amy – Rose Pale
  • Hair : Truth – Char
  • Eyes : Banana Banshee – Faelynn eyes (coming soon)
  • Ears : Mandala – Steking Season 5
  • Necklace : Maxi Gossamer – Chloe Necklace with Antique Heart
  • Sweater : Cold Logic – Yapple – Scarlet
  • Jeans : Blueberry – Tali – Fall Pants
  • Shoes : Dilly Dolls – Kharma Heels – Red
  • Decor pictures taken in Backdrop City
  • Poses by Paper Rabbit

The Arcade Closes at Midnight Saturday

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This was when the aging smokestacks atop the monumental factories began to shut off one by one

“This was when the aging smokestacks atop the monumental factories began to shut off one by one. There were still plenty left running to keep the air over Detroit filled with that choking industrial aptitude, but you were never far from a hollowed-out factory, massive steel tubes on the roofs pointing up toward the sky with nothing left inside but dust and cobwebs. These giant pillars of concrete and metal now jutted high like extended index fingers from broken and casted hands, pointing toward something they would never touch.”
― Michael A. Ferro, TITLE 13: A Novel

This was when the aging smokestacks atop the monumental factories began to shut off one by one
The Arcade closes at midnight Saturday and if you let that happen without picking up the fabulous industrial pieces from NOMAD, you will miss out. The gacha has the delicious name of My Cozy Little Industrial Facility that cracks me up in the best possible way.
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26/03/2018

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I wear glasses IRL. I don’t mind them, but I wish I could change their colour like I can do in SL, to match my clothes, or my shoes. Cae has a bunch of very pretty pairs out at this month’s round of Uber, it’s just too bad she doesn’t offer a fatpack option, but I did buy 3 out of the 5 or 6 pairs available, I may go back later for the rest…

My friend Isla who owns Cheeky Pea is putting together a small fundraising event to help her sister Stephanie pay for some medical bills her husband left when he passed away unexpectedly, at only 37, a few weeks ago. I made a special recolour, the Stephanie eyes, available in the Cheeky Pea mainstore for only 100l$ for 6 colours, proceeds go to Isla. Other designers will have some lovely things out in a few, I’ll try and show you.

Credits : 

  • Body : Maitreya – Lara
  • Head : LeLutka – Simone
  • Shape : Banana Banshee – Rosie shape
  • Ears :  Mandala – Steking season 5
  • Skin : Glam Affair – Debby – America
  • Eye make-up : Glam Affair – Rita (@Uber)
  • Eyes : Banana Banshee – Stephanie (appliers for Catwa, LeLutka, Genesis Lab and Omega, + mesh eyes)
  • Hair : Truth – Makena and bangs add-ons (Side Whispy)
  • Glasses : Cae – Zora
  • Shirt : Neve – Sawyer Plaid
  • Jeans : Blueberry – Tali – Fall Pants
  • Shoes : Reign – Maxi Heels
  • Poses : Paper Rabbit
  • Location : Backdrop City

Midori

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Pink isn't just a color, it's an attitude

When I saw the Tentacio kimono outfit for The Arcade was named Midory, I had to try it. When I was in college, one of my friends was a student from Japan named Midori. Midori and Midory are the same, when languages written in other alphabets are written in our alphabet, the transliteration may vary. She came home with me for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I remember we put on quite the feast with steamed cucumbers stuffed with pork, gyoza, tempura, and other tasty foods. She had a few kimonos and insisted on dressing me up in one of hers. It was very fancy and after she wrapped that obi around my waist again and again and again, I thought I would never need a jacket. So here’s to Midori, who, to be honest, I cannot imagine ever wearing anything so short as this dress that bears her name.

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19/03/2018

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Credits : 

  • Body : Maitreya – Lara
  • Head : LeLutka – Simone Bento Mesh head
  • Shape : Banana Banshee – Rosie Shape
  • Skin : League – Amaia – Pale
  • Eyes : Banana Banshee – Mystique – Galilahi
  • Glasses : Sleepy Eddy – Square – Tortoiseshell
  • Hair : Truth – Arden
  • Eye-liner : Adored – Precision Liners
  • Eyeshadow : YS&YS – Push Eyeshadow Applier
  • Lipstick : YS&YS – Powder Lips Appliers
  • Nails : A:S:S – Nail Appliers – Browns
  • Dress : Neve – Fireside Neutral
  • Tights : Izzie’s – High Waisted Tights Basics
  • Shoes : Maitreya Mesh Jazz Boots – Faded Maroon
  • Bracelets : Maxi Gossamer – Savannah
  • Picture taken at Backdrop City

I Might Have An Addiction

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One of the things I love about The Arcade is it’s ever continuing magic when it comes to providing us with more things for the narrative of our individual SLs.

For me, that narrative is chocked full of…..pets.

My friend and fellow blogger visited the other day and said if it was a RL house it would smell, it was so full of pets. Alas it’s true. I’ve got this dog and that cat and the other thing, not to mention my Kittycats themselves. Give me your pets, your fishtanks, your sweet little loves to run around my house and make it less empty.

I’m not alone when they are here. I love them all. Continue reading →