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Christmas Shopping Spree
With Christmas looming, the best thing to do is to go shopping, manfully ignore the worst excesses of Santaist trappings, and find nice things to buy for yourself. Assuming you can get gifts of money deposited to your credit card, and thus transformed into Lindens… well, let us consider what Uncle Martien would buy.
A DINOSAUR AVATAR
Dinosaur Park is worth visiting, not only for its remarkable geodesic domes, but its wealth of wonderful anthro and non avatars. Here I model a Gallimimus avatar. These beasties set you back almost L$2000 or so, but if you want to stand out, this is a non-humanoid av that will have everyone talking. Colour changing is a simple affair with an elegant interface for just about all aspects of the avatar.
A TARDIMAL AVATAR
If you think most ‘tinies’ are a little too wholesome, then check out these not-so-cuties at the Tardimal shop in Collins(89, 26, 27). I have this corker tardi-croc, which is great for alt-clicking on people’s heads in order to freak them out — as per the instructions. Cheap and cheery at LS$250.
A FLEXIBLE HOUSE
By “flexible”, I mean a house whose base plan lets you riff on what comes out of the box, instead of hemming you into what somebody decided was a cool design. I mean, what if you decide that wall needs to be moved, and the build’s no modify?
I’ve tried, but I cannot escape from the gravitational pull of Architect Homewood’s (Wonderland Island 189, 184, 22) WAVE house (L$600). Rezzed “out of the box”, that’s all it is: A fancy box with a little bit of porch and a roof putatively supported by cables. However, the design makes sense to the eye, with the front “pulled up” by the curved fins as well as “held up” by those underneath. With cunning, you can modify the beast to look cantilevered from a steep cliffside to good effect. Just ask my ex-neighbour, Larkum Woodget. He thought I created it myself.
LOW PRIM FURNITURE
Sculpted prims have allowed for incredible strides in furnishing technology. Visit Chopsaw Sculpted Furniture (Chopsaw 162, 144, 24) for a really good range. While not cheap (a 1-prim chair sells for L$150), these things are well made and worth considering for those still on a 512sqm section. The lounge suites don’t look too bad from a distance either (you know how sculpties go wierd at a distance.) The Double Awesome group should be knighted for services to Second Life.
CLASSIC BAUHAUS FURNITURE
Maximillian Milos has an island, Maximum Minimum, where he sells houses and a slew of great reproductions of classic Bauhaus furnishings, like these Le Courbusier ‘Petit Confort’ chairs and couch. However, these beasties are high-prim (each chair alone weighs 17 prims!) so small parcel types might want to give these a miss.
Dharma Interiors (DHARMA Isle, 103, 137, 22) Also has nice Bauhaus-inspired furniture, with sculpted primitives not as prim-heavy (the chair is 12, the 3-seater 20.) They also have a killer radio system if you’re so inclined.
FANCY TREES
Baron Grayson of RELIC creates elegant furniture and plant life on his Sanctum Sanctorum (237, 163, 140). This is where I got my 10-prim palm trees.
Posted in Second Life (News,Op-Ed) by Martien Pontecorvo 17/12/07 07:45 PM Tags: christmas, links, second life, shopping, toys
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