Sci Fi Con

BF Telescope Dome

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This year at the Sci Fi Con, I’ve finally released the clam shell telescope dome I’ve promised for so long.  I originally modeled this over four years ago, and while the model worked and I have it in SL, I was never happy with its look, the pivot plates for the shells were far too clunky.

So, about two years ago, I remodeled it and I was much happier with its look, so I went to upload it on the beta grid… and I couldn’t log in!  A little research found that the beta grid had not worked since the AWS uplift project.  So, I shelved the project waiting for the beta grid be fixed…

Only a couple of weeks ago, I remembered that I still hadn’t uploaded this, and I wanted it for this Con… and couldn’t find the Blender model!  A mad search ensued, including searching my backup archives and after about an hour, I realized that it might be on an old USB stick I’d replaced.  After another 10 minutes of searching drawers (I never throw out USBs, they end up in the bit bucket drawer) I found the file!

Here’s the closed dome in my garden at home.

The dome is 100% mesh and weighs in at 8 land impact, sized to hold either of the BF telescopes.  It has a hatch, purely for decorative purposes (although I might make it avatar-usable at some stage) which will open on touch, and the shells will open on the second touch.

The shells will also open and close on telescope start and stop, which is appropriate for the carbon truss scope.  However, if you open the dome manually, the dome will ignore telescope start and stop, which makes sense for the Newtonian.  Like other components of the telescope systems, it contains a modifiable notecard to set a channel if you wish to group a number of telescopes and domes together.  Just make sure the channel notecards in each group agrees.

You can see and test the dome at my in-world store, at my booth at the 14th Sci Fi Con, or on the marketplace.

Now for the sugar 🙂  If you purchased either the BF Telescope of the BF Carbon Truss Telescope before the start of the Sci Fi Con (before midnight the 17th of May 2022) and you decide to purchase a dome, send me a notecard with your login name and the transaction detail of your dome purchase, and I’ll give send you a 50% refund!

As with all my products, there’s a lifetime FREE update promise, and be certain to contact me via any of the support methods if you have an issue.

Sci Fi Con sneak peek

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Being an exhibitor, I get early access to the Sci Fi Con to set up, which gives me an opportunity to run around and do some photos (seeing today is press day)!

Here are a few vistas that caught my eye from walking around the nine sims.  Hopefully these will perk your interest to pay a visit to the event, and support SL Relay For Life while you’re at it!

The 14th SL Sci Fi Con

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Mark your diaries!  The Con is on in May and Blue’s Fantasy is attending for the fourth year in a row, showcasing our line of working telescopes!  Come and meet me at the Convention, where I’ll be demoing the scopes at various times during the day (or you can just try them out for yourselves!) And just like last year, 30% of all sales from the Blue’s Fantasy vendor at the Con will be donated to Relay For Life!

Sci Fi Con the 13th

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It’s that time of year again!  Right after Fantasy Faire which Aeon has been covering with some wonderful photos, it’s time for the Second Life Sci-Fi Con!

This year is the 13th Con, so the organizers have thrown in a little bit of horror as well lol

Blue’s Fantasy will be there for the third year in a row, demonstrating our working telescope systems.  Come and have a look, there’s nothing else like them in SL!

Note that this post will be updated with a SLurl as soon as the Con opens.

12th SL SciFi Con

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Aeon has been busy photographing and blogging for the Fantasy Faire, and she’s turned in some wonderful pics.  Meanwhile, I’ve been getting ready for the 12th Second Life Science Fiction Convention!  Put it in your diary now, as the Con opens in less than a week!

Blue’s Fantasy is attending for the second year in a row, showcasing our line of working telescopes.  Come and meet me at the Convention, where I’ll be demoing the scopes at various times during the day (or you can just try them out for yourselves!)  And just like last year, 30% of all sales from the Blue’s Fantasy vendor at the Con will be donated to Relay For Life!

Last day of the Con!

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Wow, I’ve had a great time at the Science Fiction Convention!  I’ve met and talked to some really interesting people, and had the pleasure of demonstrating the new BF Carbon Truss Telescope to some of them, while sharing my enthusiasm for astronomy too.

I’ve also managed to raise a little bit of money for Relay For Life with the generous purchase of the scope by a number of people.  As I write this, the Con has raised over L$1.1 million for RFL!  That’s a fantastic result, and we still have today to push it higher!

A big thank you to Merky (rickmerk), Beth Delaunay (isilmeriel), Starwolff (starwolff2000), and Benjamin Brougham for the sim builds, and all the other organizers, event managers, exhibitors, and helpers that made such a wonderful event possible.  This was my first time as an exhibitor at a major event, but it certainly won’t be my last!

I hope you’ve had time to visit, and if not, this is your last chance as the Convention closes today!  So, run and have a look before it’s all gone for another year!

I’ll leave you with this photo on the bridge of a starship.  Of course, Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup is standard fare between the stars 😉

TP to the Con!