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Casual summer

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Here’s a nice FREE group gift for members of the teleporthub.com group.  The group costs a one time fee of L$10 to join.

There are sizes to fit Lara, Lara X, GenX Classic and Curvy, Reborn, Kupra, and Legacy.

The dress comes with an extensive HUD with fifty texture choices, tinting, materials, and other controls, so you’ll certainly be able to find a look that you’re happy with!

This soft salmon color puts me in mind of lovely summer sunsets (one of which I could do with at the moment, as it’s the middle of winter where I live!)

  • Dress: Teleport Hub Group Gift Halter Dress in 50 Textures by VOOH
  • Body and hands: Lara X by Maitreya
  • Face: Jennifer by GA.EG
  • Hair: Ruda2 by Monso

Little Grey Dress

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This little dress is another FREE gift available at SL21B.  The Shop & Hop closes on the 21st of July, so there’s still plenty of time to go and find some nice gifts!

There are sizes for Lara X, Lara Petite X, Legacy, Legacy Perky, Reborn, and Waifu in the package.  There are very minor clipping issues near the hem in extreme poses.

Leilani

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Here’s another FREE gift from SL21B!

I always find visiting The Forge at events dangerous, and I usually end up buying whatever their latest release is 🙂  This time I resisted though, and will just show off their gift bodysuit and matching garter belt.

The bodysuit and belt are separate items.  Both are sizes for Lara X, Ebody, Ebody Waifu, Legacy, and Legacy Perky.

The detailing on this is amazing, all the lace is actually done with mesh instead of a texture.  While this looks fantastic, and an outfit like this deserves to be looked at close up, the distance where the server decides to show a lower level of detail (causing the lace to basically collapse) is only a few meters, which is a shame.   If I wear this to a lingerie event, at least my dance partner will appreciate it 🙂

Tropica

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Hi sweets!  Here’s another FREE gift from the SL21B Shop & Hop.

The tops and bottoms of this bikini are separates.  The bottoms come sized for Lara, Lara X, Legacy, and Reborn, with additional sizes of Legacy Perky, Reborn Waifu, and Reborn Juicy for the tops.

There’s also a HUD with three versions of the pattern available: silk, metallic, and wet.  You can also choose from three lace styles and an opaque verses sheer setting.

Lore

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In case you’ve missed it, it was Second Life’s 21st birthday the other day, and there’s a month of celebrations and events happening.

Of course, one of the big events is the Shop & Hop, which unbelievably covers twenty four regions with over 480 creators this year!  Just as well for the girls at FabFree (more on this in a sec) or you’d be wandering around for weeks!

This is the first giftie I want to show you.

This short sleeved dress is sized for Lara, Lara Petite, Legacy, Legacy Perky, Reborn, Peach, Kupra, Khara, Belleza Gen X, and Gen X Curvy.

It has a HUD with a very nice selection of abstract floral patterns, some subtle like the one I’m wearing, some much more bright, for a total of twelve in all, so you’re sure to find something you like.

The chain belt is a separate object, and is sized for the major bodies mentioned above.  It also has a twelve color selection.

Now, a big thank you! must go out to the girls at FabFree for getting early access to the Shop & Hop and putting together a comprehensive spreadsheet of all the gifts on offer, including photos of most of them!  For all 450+ stores.  What a fantastic effort!  You can find the spreadsheet via the FabFree SL21B post on their website.  I highly recommend it!

Mirrors!

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Back in 2016, I faked a mirror in SL with photographic post processing trickery.  It didn’t look that great, but at the time, there were no real mirrors in any virtual world (or any video game) as far as I knew.  Now SL has real time, dynamic mirrors!

Currently, mirrors are only supported in the official SL viewer, however, as I compile Firestorm for myself, and the “Materials Featurette” release was just merged into Firestorm’s source code repository, here’s a first look from the upcoming Firestorm!

As you can see, while impressive (it’s even more impressive when you see it update in real time!), it’s still not perfect.  There are obvious “bevel” effects around the edges.  Before I blame FS/SL for this too much, I must note that this is the first mirror I’ve created and I understand that there might be some level of fiddling with the reflection probe to get it to look just right.

But never mind the imperfections, it’s here, and it’s amazing 🙂

Update: Resizing the reflection probe eliminated the bevel effect.

So yes, play around with these to get the hang of them.  Also do realize that mirrors are expensive in terms of performance.  I run frame limited at 75 FPS (which I hit all the time in the upcoming FS) and switching Mirror Resolution to 2048 in graphics preferences dropped my framerate to 17 FPS.

Exothic

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For those of you still building up your Lara X wardrobe like me, a FREE gift that fits is most appreciated!

This bikini is a FREE group gift from Blonde Queen, and their group is FREE to join.

The top and bottoms are separates and there are size for Lara, Lara X, Reborn, and Legacy, with additional top sizes for Lara Petite, Lara X Petite, Legacy Perky, and Reborn Waifu.

There are two other color combinations in the pack as well, a red/orange and a teal/yellow.  These come as separate objects instead of a HUD.

Deya

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This outfit is a FREE group gift for members of FabFree, which is of course free to join.

The bra and skirt are separates.  The skirt comes in sizes for Lara, LaraX, Legacy, Reborn, Erika, GenX Classic and Curvy, and Kupra, and there are additional bra sizes for Lara Petite, LaraX Petite, Legacy Perky, and Waifu.

Hair Fair 2024

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Hair Fair, one of my favorite yearly events, is open!  The event covers six regions, and is chock full of the very best hairstylists in SL.  There are event exclusives, discounted items, and even some gifts for you to find.

Rush over and have a look!  The event runs until the 16th of June, and benefits Wigs For Kids, with a percentage of most items being donated (or you can donate at a kiosk, and don’t forget to buy a bandana).

No Match is offering this wonderful gift that I picked up to show you.  I’ll have to return tomorrow to browse all the booths!

This inverted bob is certainly my style!  It’s unrigged and also comes with a resize script.  The base HUD has thirty six colors and there are two other HUDS – ombré and unicorn – with twenty four more colors!

And, if that’s not enough, the hair is modify, so you can tint it to get the color just as you like.  I do this for hairs that let me so I can get close to my RL color.

The creator has also been thoughtful enough to include matching hairbases for all the base colors in both classic BoM and EvoX, which are also mod.  This is a very nice gift!  Don’t miss out!

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