So, it’s a very lazy springtime Sunday morning, and naturally, I’ve my foremost Second Life avatar, Self-importance Honest, gradual dancing with my foremost male SL alt, Heath Homewood, at the LOVE romantic dance membership, dressed up as a medieval queen and her knight—, as one does. 😜 It positive beats simply turning on the radio whilst you’re doing laundry! (Hey, don’t choose me; all of us have our obsessive little hobbies to assist maintain us sane in these making an attempt occasions.)
That is my slightly roundabout approach of claiming that it’s Fantasy Faire season as soon as once more in Second Life, and this yr there are a minimum of 20 areas, every with its personal distinctive fantasy theme. Roleplay alternatives abound, in addition to hunts and quests, auctions and purchasing, arts and leisure, a literary pageant, a movie pageant, and a grand masked ball. One thing for everybody! There’s even a particular radio station!
Fantasy Faire (working from April 18th to Could seventh, 2024) is Second Life’s annual fantasy roleplay pageant and purchasing occasion, and a fundraiser for the American Most cancers Society:
Celebrating its sixteenth yr, Fantasy Faire 2024 is the most important gathering of fantasy designers, fans, roleplayers and performers within the digital world, bringing their very own visions collectively to help the American Most cancers Society’s imaginative and prescient of a world with out most cancers.
Fantasy Faire is among the megaevents of Relay For Lifetime of Second Life. RFL of SL is part of American Most cancers Society’s Relay For Life fundraising. You possibly can go to their web page of the Second Life Groups to see how a lot numerous SL occasions have earned for Relay For Life through the yr.
In 2023 Fantasy Faire ranked twelfth out of 40,000 Relay For Life Groups worldwide by way of money-raised. As well as, Relay For Lifetime of Second Life was the eighth highest RFL fundraising neighborhood occasion worldwide.
Taking part shops often have a number of particular presents on merchandise, with the proceeds going in direction of the American Most cancers Society. For instance, Heath’s fantastic Caelan armour (with its Tree of Life motif) and chain mail swimsuit can be found at the Poet’s Coronary heart retailer at Fantasy Faire. The Caelan armour is L$300 for a fatpack of 13 totally different colors, together with the inexperienced proven beneath, and the chainmail is just L$100 for a fatpack of 19 totally different colors. A hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of these things throughout Fantasy Faire goes to the American Most cancers Society. I don’t know when you’ve ever been searching for armour in SL, however I’ve, and I can let you know that L$400 for a full fatpack of armour and chain mail, is an distinctive deal! You possibly can simply spend as much as ten occasions that quantity, on simply one color of armour!
The armour and chain mail comes within the following female and male sizes, and consists of every little thing besides the helmet and no matter weapons you select to hold:
Sizes for Male Mesh Our bodies:
- Belleza Jake
- Inithium Kario
- Meshbody Legacy male physique
Sizes for Feminine Mesh Our bodies:
- Belleza GenX Basic
- Belleza GenX Curvy
- Maitreya LaraX (however since you’re most likely going to alpha out your total physique beneath the full-body chain mail anyway, this could doubtless match Maitreya Lara 5.3 or earlier variations as effectively; please get a demo and examine first, although!)
- Maitreya Lara PetiteX (and possibly older Petite our bodies, for a similar motive)
- Meshbody Legacy feminine physique
- Meshbody Legacy Perky
- eBody Reborn
Right here’s a better take a look at Self-importance Honest’s magnificent (and, I have to confess, slightly intimidating!) outfit:
Madame Noir has a retailer at Fantasy Faire (SLURL), however you’ll must go to their mainstore location to select up this gloriously over-the-top Queen ballgown (please notice that the primary retailer location is rated Grownup, because it additionally shares festishwear, as you may need guessed from this tightly-corseted robe!). I imagine the Madame Noir retailer is at present present process a renovation in the intervening time, however belief me, it’s price a go to! The proprietor appears to have gone of her method to rig for the brand new Maitreya LaraX mesh physique, and I see so many wonderful issues that I need to purchase there!
Madame Noir has a free group be a part of, that provides you a little bit of a reduction in your in-store purchases, in addition to a beautiful collection of free group items:
The Imperium head chainmail and the matching Regium crown are from Unholy (SLURL). They can be utilized collectively or individually, Each the crown (unrigged; resizable) and the chain mail (rigged) are available sizes to suit female and male avatars, and every has a HUD with many choices, together with ten totally different steel textures for numerous elements of every merchandise. I made a decision to decide on a silver steel tone to match the metallic sheen of the outrageous sleeves and collar of the Madame Noir Queen ballgown!
Full Styling Notes
Self-importance Honest is carrying:
- Head and Make-up: the brand new LAQ Era2 feminine mesh head (UltimateHD model)
- Physique: the brand new Maitreya LaraX mesh physique
- Pores and skin: LAQ Susanna UltimateHD head pores and skin and matching Subsequent Stage Maitreya physique pores and skin (the Susanna head pores and skin fatpack is at present one of many items on the Bellisseria fifth Anniversary Present Plaza)
- Crown: Regium crown by Unholy
- Head Chainmail: Imperium by Unholy
- Robe: the Queen robe by Madame Noir
- Footwear (not proven): silver Heidi pumps by Garbaggio
Heath Homewood is carrying:
- Head: Catwa Daniel mesh head
- Hair: Boy Subsequent Door by Exile
- Physique: Belleza Jake mesh physique
- Pores and skin: Blaze head pores and skin and matching physique pores and skin by Beginning
- Helmet: Faraam helmet (a part of a whole knight’s outfit) by Eleran’s Crafts
- Remainder of Armour: Caelan armour and chain mail by Poet’s Coronary heart
PRO TIP: In search of free weapons? Jomo has a small stone constructing subsequent to its foremost retailer (precise SLURL), the place you’ll be able to choose up dozens of free swords, shields, spears, staves, axes, and different weapons. No group be a part of is required, and every little thing is free!
Please notice that these are not scripted weapons, however they are often resized and modified as you want. I exploit them with a really helpful HUD I bought from Antaya, referred to as the Unisex Roleplay HUD, which presents quite a lot of static Bento hand and arm poses to be used with unscripted equipment such because the sword I picked up from Jomo. Right here’s the precise SLURL to search out the roleplay HUD on the Antaya retailer.
In fact, most roleplayers would most likely use some form of scripted weapon attachment, a part of a system which lets you draw and sheath a sword utilizing particular keystrokes, and so forth. (there are a lot of such techniques already well-established in Second Life). The Antaya HUD is used extra for static gadgets, or for pictures in SL.
Make sure to discover the numerous totally different areas of Fantasy Faire; among the finest panorama designers in Second Life work their hardest annually to wow guests, and every area has a special fantasy theme. Even when you don’t purchase a single factor, it’s nice enjoyable!
UPDATE April twenty ninth, 2024: Ava Bloodrose Delaney has knowledgeable me, “[Fantasy Faire] obtained prolonged to [May] seventh by the Lindens on the Jail & Bail occasion on the nineteenth.” Thanks, Ava! I’ve up to date my blogpost accordingly.
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