Idea: Virtual Mer-Meet (Secondlife)

[malinghi]

I made an account a couple years ago, got kinda into it for a bit, then got tired of it and haven't been on in a while. If you guys are going to be hanging out on there I can maybe give it another try. Its kinda funny that its been so long that I didn't really remember anything, so when I logged on I was surprised to find that I have a pretty nice avatar.

[SeaGlass Siren]

I think it may be a browser issue Ae... Because I still can't log on. Stupid old computer. Ive been using this since 2003..

[Merman Dan]

This lovely golden merlady had an incredibly detailed avatar and was the host and DJ of the event.

That golden merlady was MerNetwork's own CynthiaMermaid.

[Mermaid Oshun]

thanks to Caltuna for helping me to put my real life (rl) fluke onto my second life (sl) avatar

It waves in the water like a flag when my avatar moves. That's exactly how it moves in rl

I tinted it to match with my scale color

[Mermaid Oshun]

I think I know how to make this tail. Just find a palm tree on sl, attach it to your foot and tint it blue. So your avatar is swimming around standing up on a palm tree or dragging a palm tree behind itself.

I think I will try to make one in gold

[Mermaid Oshun]

Regarding the other gold lady's tail

looks like the tail maker covered almost every square inch in wing like fins and feather like things. Looks like a cabaret or ball gown.

[Azurin Luna]

I might join in too when I'm home

[Echidna]

Oh, nice ava, malinghi!
Your tail looks almost like the modern mesh ones already?

@seaglass siren; there are certain graphic cards which do not work with SL.
check out the pc requirements on their website www.secondlife.com, they have all the hardware listed.

Regarding the other gold lady's tail

looks like the tail maker covered almost every square inch in wing like fins and feather like things. Looks like a cabaret or ball gown.

It's just the perspective. From the side you can see it's not a gown, I just took the shot from the front to show her avatar better.

I think I know how to make this tail. Just find a palm tree on sl, attach it to your foot and tint it blue.

Lol!

That golden merlady was MerNetwork's own CynthiaMermaid.

Oh, I didn't even realize she was from Mernetwork too!

[Echidna]

Today, I had some fun trying to re-create my SL look irl



I used:
a tiara/crown from my carnival/performance props;
my white snaketail, which I made look longer than it really is by wrapping a white qipao around my feet;
a white bellydancing veil, which I fastened above and behind me;
and a white bathing suit with a scale pattern.

Now, making a tail outfit like this and actually swimming in it would be fantastic (and better for photoshoots),
but I made my snaketails a bit shorter for a reason
I need the feeling I'm getting somewhere while swimming, or I get frustrated lol.

+100 interwebs if you recognize what the background is.

[Mermaid Oshun]

Weeee! I bought that gold tail the MC had on last night

[Azurin Luna]

Still figuring out how to do stuff in there, but my name is Draecin, Azurin was already taken

It's a back view of my avatar, as I don't know how to move the camera around it yet

[Mermaid Oshun]

I LOVE your mer hair!

[Echidna]

^^Shiny!
I had no idea that goldfishtail could be bought.
But then, probably not everyone can make such pro outfits themselves, thus I guess most of the stuff we've seen is vendored somewhere.

I finally sorted my full snake- and dragon avatars, and had another look at my old mermaid outfits.
They aren't half bad, but I still prefer stuff I made on my own and is thus unique in all of SL.

[Mermaid Oshun]

Here's my new sl tail

and my next suit

[Echidna]

Great looking!
Those are mesh tails, right?
I like the white one!

btw, I found some fluke texture in my inventory and couldn't apply it to a tailprim, the exact problem you had Pearl,
the flexi path was upside down.
I found absolutely no way to rotate that around, save for building an entire new fin lol.

Could you by any chance explain how you turned your texture around on the prim?

[Mermaid Oshun]

1)Put the fluke on by R clicking it in inventory and click attach to l o r foot
2)R click on the fluke and click EDIT
3)click on Texture tab
4)look down at Rotation Degrees and change the number to about 180 degrees if it is on 0
you will see the fluke turning around
5)realign the fluke back onto your feet.
6)click on the Features tab and make sure Flexible Path box is checked.
come out of it and the fluke should wave the right way.
HTH

PS To get a "mesh" texture go to the Texture tab and increase the transparency to about 40%

[Merman Dan]

How many folks have Sims in SL? I had one, long ago, a private island with a sand castle for a home. Granted, they are not cheap, so I let it go. These days I rent a mer-house in the Haven of Mermaids.

[Ariel-Starfish]

I tried to use SecondLife in the past, but I suck at editing the character etc. Maybe if someone would make me a avatar? :')

[Mermaid Oshun]

I used to have a 1/4 of an island under my old avatar elsa chauveau. But I havent been on in years.

[Echidna]

@Pearl, thanks!!!
It worked! woo! lol.

(Actually it was so easy I wonder why I couldn't do it myself, I feel dumb now.)

I made an album with SL Mers, so for those halfway interested, but not sure whether they would really like to try SL out, have a look at it to see some example looks

And if you'd rather be something entirely else, check out my SL aquatics album
(I haven't put up cetaceans, squid, snails, rays, sharks, plesiosaurs yet though, I will when I find someone who has those avas).