Ok,
So my updates have sort of fallen off. There are several reasons for that, but I’m going to try my best to keep up at least one update a month no matter what.
I’ll probably make it to two updates today because I have this one which is general, I’ve got some product information to give out, and then I’ve got a post about being a BANE that I want to get off my chest.
First off…around the start of the month my friend Caitlyn told me about a skin sale at Sin Skins and gave me 200L for my rezday (which was July 4th, I was rezed on the fourth of July :-P ) I bought one new skin of light makeup to replace the freebie skin I had been using since I first came to SL some two years ago. I also bought a geisha style skin and a drow skin. I love skin sales, you get what is normally a 1000$L item for around 200-300$L Overall I’m pretty happy with the quality of the skins, of course new skins needed new hair so I went over to Calla and got myself a black hairstyle to wear as a geisha, (I already had a kimono, but that’s another story) as well as a white hair style to wear as a drow (and a dress too that was semi elfish) I don’t have access to my inventory to find the Landmark for the island and get a SURL for it so people can find the places I’m talking about but I plan on doing that in the future for reviews.
So besides that I also broke down and bought one of t hose KaS corsets that everyone has nowadays, but to tell the truth I only did it because it was on sale. I belong to a group in SL that used the corset (and the neck corset) as part of a uniform and had a deal worked out for a group vendor at a discounted price. Now I like the idea of the corset and it has a very realistic feature, having to wear the prim for a long time in order to tighten the corset, it’s not worth the full price for what it does. I feel the same about the neck corset both of which require drastic changes to my shape in order to fit properly and it’s just not worth the money to make all those changes when I can find clothes and just alter my shape for free that simulate the look.
Ok, so another post later about Banishment, I finally made it back into a helmet/suit, not with the same operator which I’m kind of disappointed about and I’ll get into why about that too.
Bethany Bunneh
Aka
B2950
Showing posts with label SL product Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SL product Reviews. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Update for July, more to come later!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
MB Iso Harness
Iso harness:
Okies, I got this item because on the little addvertisement for it, it listed a "Breathplay" feature which one of my many many "it buttons" and it claims to be RLV compatible but that's where a lot of my complaints about it came into play.
Likes:
I love the breathplay feature, it even has noseplugs. In order to keep from "passing out" the sub has to keep typing in random codes on /5 and they are really random codes, numbers and letters, so it can get tough, you've got about 20 seconds to do each.
I love the price too, at $450L it is cheaper then similar head harnesses.
Dislikes:
The RLV features are problematic at best. The blindfold hud doesn't self destruct and gets stuck on, i was required to re-log each time it got attached so that i could take it off.(or more importantly put other attachments on, because the hud considered itself locked)
Also it was a little hard to fit the plugs into my nose properly, i had to do quite a bit of editing to get the whole thing to look right.
Also the only way to get to the menu for the item is to have it locked on, which can be problematic for those people who just wear them for fashion.
Overall
I'll give it a 3 out of 5 bunneh review, mostly because of the problems with the RLV functionality, and the menu thing.
Okies, I got this item because on the little addvertisement for it, it listed a "Breathplay" feature which one of my many many "it buttons" and it claims to be RLV compatible but that's where a lot of my complaints about it came into play.
Likes:
I love the breathplay feature, it even has noseplugs. In order to keep from "passing out" the sub has to keep typing in random codes on /5 and they are really random codes, numbers and letters, so it can get tough, you've got about 20 seconds to do each.
I love the price too, at $450L it is cheaper then similar head harnesses.
Dislikes:
The RLV features are problematic at best. The blindfold hud doesn't self destruct and gets stuck on, i was required to re-log each time it got attached so that i could take it off.(or more importantly put other attachments on, because the hud considered itself locked)
Also it was a little hard to fit the plugs into my nose properly, i had to do quite a bit of editing to get the whole thing to look right.
Also the only way to get to the menu for the item is to have it locked on, which can be problematic for those people who just wear them for fashion.
Overall
I'll give it a 3 out of 5 bunneh review, mostly because of the problems with the RLV functionality, and the menu thing.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Doll Key problems
Oh So this has been going on with me for a bit but I keep forgeting to mention it.
Oh and before I forget Marine has put together a full update for the RLV which is MUCH more stable and just the .exe file, not requiring the other folders anymore.
I needless to say, am overjoyed.
So A while back I tried to put together a "Doll" look for myself. One of the items i went out to purchase was a wind-up key for my back. A friend of mine (Tess Whitcroft of LSoK and Tesscatraz fame) told me about this neat key that worked as a plug-in for amethyst and dari-haus collars.
So I went looking and went to go purchase myself a key. It is supposed to work like this...You add the scripts to your collar, wear the key, reset both and then the key works like an AO requiring that you be "wound-up" to keep moving and if the key winds down the avatar wearing it is move locked until someone comes to wind them up again (just touch the key)
I never once got the item to work. When i first wore it, the scripts inside worked because they sent me an automatic update of the newest version of the key. Though the updated key and instructions for how to update my collar never once worked.
I sent a detailed notecard to the keys creator a few days after my purchase asking for help (i'm not sure what version of the collar i'm using but i'm pretty sure it's the most up to date one. On a side note I am not pleased with how Ame is handling updates now, the last time i tried to update my collar I had to contact her and send in my old ones to get new versions. )
I gave her as much detailed information as i could the collar I was using, and what i had tried to do to get it to work.
It's been over a month now and i've not heard anything back from the creator yet on my request.
It was only 300$L so no HUGE loss, but I am disapointed that I couldn't get it to work. So she's managed to earn my first review of 1 out of 5 bunneh's. For the sole fact that the item dosen't seem to work as intended and zero feedback from the creator/scriptor of the item. I may try to conctact her again since it's been some time.
I don't have the name of the creator handy but the key itself came from B&P Design I'm sure you can find them in search in SL if you're curious.
Oh wait i had a new format i had forgoten about
Item: Doll Key add-on for Amethyst collars.
Likes: The concept
Dislikes: Didn't work well, no creator support
Score: 1 out of 5 Bunneh's
Overall: Don't purchase.
Oh and before I forget Marine has put together a full update for the RLV which is MUCH more stable and just the .exe file, not requiring the other folders anymore.
I needless to say, am overjoyed.
So A while back I tried to put together a "Doll" look for myself. One of the items i went out to purchase was a wind-up key for my back. A friend of mine (Tess Whitcroft of LSoK and Tesscatraz fame) told me about this neat key that worked as a plug-in for amethyst and dari-haus collars.
So I went looking and went to go purchase myself a key. It is supposed to work like this...You add the scripts to your collar, wear the key, reset both and then the key works like an AO requiring that you be "wound-up" to keep moving and if the key winds down the avatar wearing it is move locked until someone comes to wind them up again (just touch the key)
I never once got the item to work. When i first wore it, the scripts inside worked because they sent me an automatic update of the newest version of the key. Though the updated key and instructions for how to update my collar never once worked.
I sent a detailed notecard to the keys creator a few days after my purchase asking for help (i'm not sure what version of the collar i'm using but i'm pretty sure it's the most up to date one. On a side note I am not pleased with how Ame is handling updates now, the last time i tried to update my collar I had to contact her and send in my old ones to get new versions. )
I gave her as much detailed information as i could the collar I was using, and what i had tried to do to get it to work.
It's been over a month now and i've not heard anything back from the creator yet on my request.
It was only 300$L so no HUGE loss, but I am disapointed that I couldn't get it to work. So she's managed to earn my first review of 1 out of 5 bunneh's. For the sole fact that the item dosen't seem to work as intended and zero feedback from the creator/scriptor of the item. I may try to conctact her again since it's been some time.
I don't have the name of the creator handy but the key itself came from B&P Design I'm sure you can find them in search in SL if you're curious.
Oh wait i had a new format i had forgoten about
Item: Doll Key add-on for Amethyst collars.
Likes: The concept
Dislikes: Didn't work well, no creator support
Score: 1 out of 5 Bunneh's
Overall: Don't purchase.
Monday, March 24, 2008
More Product Reviews!
So I'm not one for reading my own blog, and the time between posts makes it hard for me to remember what I've already written about and what I haven't yet.
I went shopping Friday! (or was it Thursday) and managed to get a bunch of stuff, but not the two things i was originally looking for. So first I wanted a little dress for my "doll" look that I'm still working on, and flipping back and forth between if i want it to be a latex doll look (using the scorpion products BANE hood to achieve a blank mannequin head look) or if i want to try to re-color the hood and just take a flesh colored mannequin look.
So I went out shopping for some dresses that i could wear over black latex and still have them "pop" something bright i guess. Also I had heard that Dark Eden was giving(selling cheaply) bunny ears for Easter so i went there to see if i could find them. So around 900L later i came out of DarkEden with a set of tattoos, a full set of skirts, and a bright pink jacket (I'm not partial to hot pink myself and like more muted tons of pink, but the jacket was in a vendor that was part of a fundraising effort for the American cancer society so I splurged the few extra liden and got it in hot pink, i think of it as a 'biker' jacket, something you'd see someone in the fast and the furious wear) Anyway, besides those items (which i all give a good 4 out of 5 bunnies to, i enjoy dark edens work a lot for clothes)
i also bought the "Restrained Freedom" arm binder, which i learned about through a group announcement when i signed on Friday. The arm binder was 600$L, and I'm rather happy with my purchase. The binder seemed to be sized for small avatars, and required very little altering from me to make it fit (just moving the "belly strap" out of my belly a bit, which turned out to be several indivual parts but if you know how to edit, it should be no problem, 30 seconds of work) which is allways a big plus in my book. Also it's scripted to be RLV compatible (what isn't nowadays?) and it's not only colorable, but you can change the texture of both the arm binder itself and the straps (currenly mine is in "red Velvet" colored green to match the evening dress i often wear for my "high class bondage" look. I really should start taking more pictures of myself to post to help illustrate the looks i'm talking about.)
and for all it's features it was under 1000$L
I think this is a good 4 out of 5 bunneh review for the item. The only reason I'm being hesitant about giving a 5 out of 5 is because I haven't had a great chance to test the AO in the binder yet.
(Also a little thanks to Shard of Shards Sadistic Creations for giving me the idea for that test, while talking about the arm binder she makes and sells [which i plan to purchase soon] she mentioned how strong the AO in it was and that it could even override sinewave dances, so that is a test i plan to incorporate into my future reviews.)
So this blog has turned into mostly product reviews, and I had promised at one point to talk about my RP experiences too. So I promise the next post will be a little more recounting of those.
Also this weekend I met someone i wasn't expecting to see. There is this certain dominate girl/boy who i met a long time ago, who came up with a rather annoying nickname of "Bethy Boobs."
So when I was at the LSoK the other day and someone said /me throws a rock at bethy boobs.
my jaw hit the floor. Apparently for reasons i didn't ask they had switched avatars and now resided under a different name. We spent a little time catching up until the sim we were in crashed and when i logged back on he/she wasn't there anymore.
It's weird how relationships on the Internet fluctuate, some days you'll lose friends for no apparently reason (cait) and then other days they'll pop up out of no where under a new identity being "Hey how have you been?"
Also I found out that Marine Kelly is onto the "testing" stage for her BANE suit, quite by accident. I was reading the blog of someone who left a comment on a friends blog (is that like a friend of a friend of a friend who heard something that one time?) about how she just got out of her test banishment, then in turn went to check on marine's blog (which i hadn't read in several weeks). Oh well, no point in crying over spilt milk but it would have been a fun experience i think.
Guess i'll jsut have to wait like the rest of the public, oh woe is me.
/sarcasm off
Seriously though I truly enjoy marines products and can't wait to see her version of the BANE suit, so far i know of One currently on the market (Scorpion Products) I tested one for a person I met in SL (I'll break my own rule and check to see if I've written about this yet, if not i'll make up a small report of my quarter day as a BANE) who since I've provided a report on my experiences to her, i found out she isn't planning on selling it but just making it for her own, and she's also planing on sending me an updated version based on my suggestions and her own observations in the testing.
Then by accident i found out that the people behind Restrained Freedom are making one as well (i was contacted by a "Custodian" asking if i had seen their bane, and when i TP'ed out to see what was going on, i was met by an old friend Green Geary, who then explained the suit/charging station to me and where she had gotten the test suit from)
so with Marine's BANE suit on the market that should make at least 3 varieties.
Ok I've really got to get offline and get productive with myself, more to come later as I get another burst of writers energy!
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( . _.)
c('')('')
I went shopping Friday! (or was it Thursday) and managed to get a bunch of stuff, but not the two things i was originally looking for. So first I wanted a little dress for my "doll" look that I'm still working on, and flipping back and forth between if i want it to be a latex doll look (using the scorpion products BANE hood to achieve a blank mannequin head look) or if i want to try to re-color the hood and just take a flesh colored mannequin look.
So I went out shopping for some dresses that i could wear over black latex and still have them "pop" something bright i guess. Also I had heard that Dark Eden was giving(selling cheaply) bunny ears for Easter so i went there to see if i could find them. So around 900L later i came out of DarkEden with a set of tattoos, a full set of skirts, and a bright pink jacket (I'm not partial to hot pink myself and like more muted tons of pink, but the jacket was in a vendor that was part of a fundraising effort for the American cancer society so I splurged the few extra liden and got it in hot pink, i think of it as a 'biker' jacket, something you'd see someone in the fast and the furious wear) Anyway, besides those items (which i all give a good 4 out of 5 bunnies to, i enjoy dark edens work a lot for clothes)
i also bought the "Restrained Freedom" arm binder, which i learned about through a group announcement when i signed on Friday. The arm binder was 600$L, and I'm rather happy with my purchase. The binder seemed to be sized for small avatars, and required very little altering from me to make it fit (just moving the "belly strap" out of my belly a bit, which turned out to be several indivual parts but if you know how to edit, it should be no problem, 30 seconds of work) which is allways a big plus in my book. Also it's scripted to be RLV compatible (what isn't nowadays?) and it's not only colorable, but you can change the texture of both the arm binder itself and the straps (currenly mine is in "red Velvet" colored green to match the evening dress i often wear for my "high class bondage" look. I really should start taking more pictures of myself to post to help illustrate the looks i'm talking about.)
and for all it's features it was under 1000$L
I think this is a good 4 out of 5 bunneh review for the item. The only reason I'm being hesitant about giving a 5 out of 5 is because I haven't had a great chance to test the AO in the binder yet.
(Also a little thanks to Shard of Shards Sadistic Creations for giving me the idea for that test, while talking about the arm binder she makes and sells [which i plan to purchase soon] she mentioned how strong the AO in it was and that it could even override sinewave dances, so that is a test i plan to incorporate into my future reviews.)
So this blog has turned into mostly product reviews, and I had promised at one point to talk about my RP experiences too. So I promise the next post will be a little more recounting of those.
Also this weekend I met someone i wasn't expecting to see. There is this certain dominate girl/boy who i met a long time ago, who came up with a rather annoying nickname of "Bethy Boobs."
So when I was at the LSoK the other day and someone said /me throws a rock at bethy boobs.
my jaw hit the floor. Apparently for reasons i didn't ask they had switched avatars and now resided under a different name. We spent a little time catching up until the sim we were in crashed and when i logged back on he/she wasn't there anymore.
It's weird how relationships on the Internet fluctuate, some days you'll lose friends for no apparently reason (cait) and then other days they'll pop up out of no where under a new identity being "Hey how have you been?"
Also I found out that Marine Kelly is onto the "testing" stage for her BANE suit, quite by accident. I was reading the blog of someone who left a comment on a friends blog (is that like a friend of a friend of a friend who heard something that one time?) about how she just got out of her test banishment, then in turn went to check on marine's blog (which i hadn't read in several weeks). Oh well, no point in crying over spilt milk but it would have been a fun experience i think.
Guess i'll jsut have to wait like the rest of the public, oh woe is me.
/sarcasm off
Seriously though I truly enjoy marines products and can't wait to see her version of the BANE suit, so far i know of One currently on the market (Scorpion Products) I tested one for a person I met in SL (I'll break my own rule and check to see if I've written about this yet, if not i'll make up a small report of my quarter day as a BANE) who since I've provided a report on my experiences to her, i found out she isn't planning on selling it but just making it for her own, and she's also planing on sending me an updated version based on my suggestions and her own observations in the testing.
Then by accident i found out that the people behind Restrained Freedom are making one as well (i was contacted by a "Custodian" asking if i had seen their bane, and when i TP'ed out to see what was going on, i was met by an old friend Green Geary, who then explained the suit/charging station to me and where she had gotten the test suit from)
so with Marine's BANE suit on the market that should make at least 3 varieties.
Ok I've really got to get offline and get productive with myself, more to come later as I get another burst of writers energy!
(\ /)
( . _.)
c('')('')
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A word about my reviews
Ok, so I think it needs to be stated, when I review an item for SL I'm doing it from my point of view.
I really enjoy being restrained, in more ways then one. And a lot of my reviews are based on how well an item can restrain me. So while some items may be very nicely made or scripted. If they can't work well to restrain me then I'm going to give it a lower score.
keep in mind the bunnies I'm handing out a bondage bunnies.
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( . _.)
c('')('')
I really enjoy being restrained, in more ways then one. And a lot of my reviews are based on how well an item can restrain me. So while some items may be very nicely made or scripted. If they can't work well to restrain me then I'm going to give it a lower score.
keep in mind the bunnies I'm handing out a bondage bunnies.
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( . _.)
c('')('')
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
VirToys Lovedoll Review
So on my little shopping spree lately I've been obsessed with dolls. Making a doll look for myself with a new dress and using the BANE helmet i had with a latex skin to create a mannequin like look, though I'm trying to figure out how to re-color the BANE helmet to flesh color, then i have some doll joint underwear layer clothes to wear.
Anyway in the process of looking up doll stuff i found this neat little "Lovedoll" outfit, from Virtoys (Black sin lovedoll AV) that's "RL Viewer compatible" (I know there is a TON of stuff is nowadays but it's little things like that, that will convince me i want something. I'm a sucker i know.) plus a "Sexbed" pussy for it as well, that was basically a complicated sex AO.
Included in the base set (just under 1000$L) was, lockable ear covers(guess they're handhold's) lockable opened mouth tunnel, lockable "Dripping Rubber Pussy" (i ended up buying the one with the AO in it for an additional 760$L) and locking expandable breasts.
One problem I had with the items is they were just lock on click by the first person who clicked them, which is fine if you get dressed by yourself or with an owner but can be a little dangerous around other people, or if you go out and forget to lock all the parts yourself.
The ears, pussy and mouth all locked easily.
The breasts were a different mater, These breasts as I understand were scripted and sculpted by another vendor and license to VirToys.While they are really neat little toys, and can expand to humongous size, drip milk, expand to push people away, and bounce, the breasts are a little problematic to lock. The security feature at one point locked both myself (the wearer) and the person who was assisting me (the key holder or owner, who was also allowed on the security list) it took me loggin out, back in on the regular viewer, detaching them, reattaching them, then loggin in on the RL viewer to get them to access properly again.
One other problem I seem to be having is the inability to reset the scripts in the sections, I'm not sure if this is an SL glitch or something built in to keep the wearer from just reseting and removing the owner, if it's the latter then that can be a little problematic if somoene just came up and took the keys(remember when i said earlier all a person needed to do was click on the items when they are unlocked) or if the scripts are malfunctioning.
I would have liked a package deal for the AV itself and the scripted sexbed pussy, and a little better scripting on the breasts to take care of the issues with security (I was told that they offten unlock when a person logs on and off but I never experienced this myself.)
Overall i can only give this little toy a rating of 2 out of 5 bunnies. Though if you're into being a sexdoll the addition of the rubber scripted pussy to you're already existing cat suit or latex skin could be a cheaper alternative.
Anyway in the process of looking up doll stuff i found this neat little "Lovedoll" outfit, from Virtoys (Black sin lovedoll AV) that's "RL Viewer compatible" (I know there is a TON of stuff is nowadays but it's little things like that, that will convince me i want something. I'm a sucker i know.) plus a "Sexbed" pussy for it as well, that was basically a complicated sex AO.
Included in the base set (just under 1000$L) was, lockable ear covers(guess they're handhold's) lockable opened mouth tunnel, lockable "Dripping Rubber Pussy" (i ended up buying the one with the AO in it for an additional 760$L) and locking expandable breasts.
One problem I had with the items is they were just lock on click by the first person who clicked them, which is fine if you get dressed by yourself or with an owner but can be a little dangerous around other people, or if you go out and forget to lock all the parts yourself.
The ears, pussy and mouth all locked easily.
The breasts were a different mater, These breasts as I understand were scripted and sculpted by another vendor and license to VirToys.While they are really neat little toys, and can expand to humongous size, drip milk, expand to push people away, and bounce, the breasts are a little problematic to lock. The security feature at one point locked both myself (the wearer) and the person who was assisting me (the key holder or owner, who was also allowed on the security list) it took me loggin out, back in on the regular viewer, detaching them, reattaching them, then loggin in on the RL viewer to get them to access properly again.
One other problem I seem to be having is the inability to reset the scripts in the sections, I'm not sure if this is an SL glitch or something built in to keep the wearer from just reseting and removing the owner, if it's the latter then that can be a little problematic if somoene just came up and took the keys(remember when i said earlier all a person needed to do was click on the items when they are unlocked) or if the scripts are malfunctioning.
I would have liked a package deal for the AV itself and the scripted sexbed pussy, and a little better scripting on the breasts to take care of the issues with security (I was told that they offten unlock when a person logs on and off but I never experienced this myself.)
Overall i can only give this little toy a rating of 2 out of 5 bunnies. Though if you're into being a sexdoll the addition of the rubber scripted pussy to you're already existing cat suit or latex skin could be a cheaper alternative.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Acidental bane
Ok, so this is a placeholder, in an earlier post i gave a tiny review of this BANE helmet i bought, I've since done more testing on it and want to re-do the review with explications for why i am scoring as i am.
EDIT:
Ok, so here are my "complaints" so far about the Scorpion Products BANE suit/helemt.
The menu is a little unwieldy, it takes a lot of work to pick through it to see what all does what.
I'd like a little better documentation on the notecard for what exactly each feature/button does. Some buttons don't give a reply back when they're clicked.
I'd like a little on screen confirmation when you turn a feature on and off, for the helmet owner at least if not for the wearer.
They have a "Mantra" feature that is a phrase that must be typed at various intervals, that seems a little glitchy. Once i logged in with timer for my mantra running down (it does give you on screen messages for that to let you know how long you have to type it) but it didn't tell me what the phrase to say was, so i was penalized with no way to stop it. Also I've had it give me a nullvalue before for a mantra, which means it didn't give me anything to say but still said i had to say something, needless to say that equaled a violation and penalty too.
So I'm taking my original review of 3 out of 5 bunnies down to 2 out of 5 bunnies.
(EDIT: So after further testing I discovered that the problems i was having with the nullvalue mantra's was because of my own mistake of editing the notecard with the sayings but not updating the mantra control in the menu. Though I'm still standing by my lower score because of how complicated of an item it is, with little documentation on it to tell an inexperienced (or even advanced) user how the item interacts with the RL viewer.)
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( . _.)
c('')('')
EDIT:
Ok, so here are my "complaints" so far about the Scorpion Products BANE suit/helemt.
The menu is a little unwieldy, it takes a lot of work to pick through it to see what all does what.
I'd like a little better documentation on the notecard for what exactly each feature/button does. Some buttons don't give a reply back when they're clicked.
I'd like a little on screen confirmation when you turn a feature on and off, for the helmet owner at least if not for the wearer.
They have a "Mantra" feature that is a phrase that must be typed at various intervals, that seems a little glitchy. Once i logged in with timer for my mantra running down (it does give you on screen messages for that to let you know how long you have to type it) but it didn't tell me what the phrase to say was, so i was penalized with no way to stop it. Also I've had it give me a nullvalue before for a mantra, which means it didn't give me anything to say but still said i had to say something, needless to say that equaled a violation and penalty too.
So I'm taking my original review of 3 out of 5 bunnies down to 2 out of 5 bunnies.
(EDIT: So after further testing I discovered that the problems i was having with the nullvalue mantra's was because of my own mistake of editing the notecard with the sayings but not updating the mantra control in the menu. Though I'm still standing by my lower score because of how complicated of an item it is, with little documentation on it to tell an inexperienced (or even advanced) user how the item interacts with the RL viewer.)
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( . _.)
c('')('')
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Shopaholic?
Ok so my shopping habit reared it's ugly head yesterday.
So with the purchase of a BANE helmet i wanted a nice latex skin to wear with it, something shiny(the one that came with it was rather flat). So i went shopping last night.
Originally i purchased the tintable latex skin from KCreations (who is ran by a good acquittance of mine Kat Festiov[i hope i spelled your name right Kat]who was the first Latex Doll i ever met and the person who sort of inspired me to go and join them myself.[if memory serves me right she is also the other half of the duo with Caitlyn who first accused me of being a ninja])
Which is a rather nice skin, but it doesn't quite work as advertised. Kat's skin is mostly just the shiny latex texture, then by using the built in features of SL to alter the color of your skin you can tint it to the shade of latex that you want. Though because SL doesn't all ways work as advertised, i was unable to shade the skin to a true black color, the closest being a reddish/brownish black.
But in the process of trying to get it as black as i wanted i found some other nice colors for other outfits.
So all in all I'd give the Tintable Latex skin from Kcreations a 4 out of 5 bunneh rating, because it was affordable (500$L for two versions of the skin, plain and "ribbed" latex) and rather easy to adjust. If i could get the exact color i wanted out of it I'd give it a full 5/5 rating.
So after that, I went shopping again and ended up settling on a skin from the vendor who's name i can't remember right now (The vendor i was talking about is Kayliwulf Kingdom, and despite my complaints about pricing they do make some of the very best looking latex outfits.) , i ended up getting a very shiny black latex skin for just under 1000$L, which is more then I wanted to spend. Now I was much happier with the coloring and shininess of this skin, but 1000$L was a little more then I wanted to spend for basically a all black skin with a shine texture added to the top of it. Skins in SL tend to range from 1000$L to 2000$L so it was about average price for a skin, but those skins tend to be more detailed and have makeup designs.
Also it came with a pair of "Latex nipples" which is a nice touch because lets face it if i was in a full body latex catsuit my nipple would be really hard and poking at the rubber. But in order for them to be positioned right you have to use the shape provided with the skin, which made me one of those SL giants i dislike so much (6' tall i checked it with a height meter)
So all in all I only give this skin 3 out of 5 bunneh's. Because added extras require shape altering if you wish to use them, (either using their new shape or moving them to match your own shape) and because it was a little more pricey then I'd like for a latex skin(around 100-200$L decrease in price would put it around what it is worth in my opinion)
So for my BANE suit I've spent just over 2000$L for what was originally a 500$L purchase, i may just have a shopping problem.
Not that it's going to break my bank, that 2000$L is around $7.00 US currency, which just means that I won't stop for a sandwich and soup on the way home tonight and eat out of the fridge, not really a big deal but If i end up doing this type of thing two or three times a week (which I've been known to do sometimes) it can add up pretty quickly.
At least if i become a BANE i won't be able to spend myself into the poorhouse anymore!
Gotta find the bright side in everything!
(\ /)
( . _.)
c('')('')
So with the purchase of a BANE helmet i wanted a nice latex skin to wear with it, something shiny(the one that came with it was rather flat). So i went shopping last night.
Originally i purchased the tintable latex skin from KCreations (who is ran by a good acquittance of mine Kat Festiov[i hope i spelled your name right Kat]who was the first Latex Doll i ever met and the person who sort of inspired me to go and join them myself.[if memory serves me right she is also the other half of the duo with Caitlyn who first accused me of being a ninja])
Which is a rather nice skin, but it doesn't quite work as advertised. Kat's skin is mostly just the shiny latex texture, then by using the built in features of SL to alter the color of your skin you can tint it to the shade of latex that you want. Though because SL doesn't all ways work as advertised, i was unable to shade the skin to a true black color, the closest being a reddish/brownish black.
But in the process of trying to get it as black as i wanted i found some other nice colors for other outfits.
So all in all I'd give the Tintable Latex skin from Kcreations a 4 out of 5 bunneh rating, because it was affordable (500$L for two versions of the skin, plain and "ribbed" latex) and rather easy to adjust. If i could get the exact color i wanted out of it I'd give it a full 5/5 rating.
So after that, I went shopping again and ended up settling on a skin from the vendor who's name i can't remember right now (The vendor i was talking about is Kayliwulf Kingdom, and despite my complaints about pricing they do make some of the very best looking latex outfits.) , i ended up getting a very shiny black latex skin for just under 1000$L, which is more then I wanted to spend. Now I was much happier with the coloring and shininess of this skin, but 1000$L was a little more then I wanted to spend for basically a all black skin with a shine texture added to the top of it. Skins in SL tend to range from 1000$L to 2000$L so it was about average price for a skin, but those skins tend to be more detailed and have makeup designs.
Also it came with a pair of "Latex nipples" which is a nice touch because lets face it if i was in a full body latex catsuit my nipple would be really hard and poking at the rubber. But in order for them to be positioned right you have to use the shape provided with the skin, which made me one of those SL giants i dislike so much (6' tall i checked it with a height meter)
So all in all I only give this skin 3 out of 5 bunneh's. Because added extras require shape altering if you wish to use them, (either using their new shape or moving them to match your own shape) and because it was a little more pricey then I'd like for a latex skin(around 100-200$L decrease in price would put it around what it is worth in my opinion)
So for my BANE suit I've spent just over 2000$L for what was originally a 500$L purchase, i may just have a shopping problem.
Not that it's going to break my bank, that 2000$L is around $7.00 US currency, which just means that I won't stop for a sandwich and soup on the way home tonight and eat out of the fridge, not really a big deal but If i end up doing this type of thing two or three times a week (which I've been known to do sometimes) it can add up pretty quickly.
At least if i become a BANE i won't be able to spend myself into the poorhouse anymore!
Gotta find the bright side in everything!
(\ /)
( . _.)
c('')('')
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Product testing by Bethany
So, as I've mentioned before I'm something of an obsessive shopper. If i see something i like i just HAVE TO get a copy for myself. Clothes, Toys, it doesn't matter if it catches my interest i want one of my own.
This isn't all ways the best thing for me to do though, sometimes it can lead to problems. Financial problems to name just one (something I've had to deal with in RL too sometimes i get the itch and spend just a tiny bit above my means, a habit I've taken into SL with me too.)
So SL is a land of trends, one of the newest trends is the BANE. I've mentioned it before, interaction with a BANE is what urged me to make this blog (i needed an account to leave a message on her blog with my well wishes, and I don't like leaving things empty) , and it's something I'm mildly interested in.
Yesterday i saw a BANE for the first time with a "produced" suit. i.e. one that wasn't pieced together from other products but was a fully functional BANE suit(well really functioning BANE helmet as the "suit" is just a black latex skin, then some blank eyes to mimic the eyes.)
So I asked her where she found it (apparently hers wasn't active yet because she was talking in public chat, explaining the suit to someone else, which is what drew my attention to her in the first place) and got a Landmark from her for the store.
The "Suit" cost 500$L which isn't to bad for a bondage toy. It's not a great price but I've seen some heavily scripted stuff much more expensive.
After getting the new toy and going to the Desperation Isle building area (if you've never been you should really check out Desperation Isle, 1. it's owned by my former Mistress, and current Matriarch of our family. 2. The scenery is really nice if you just fly around to explore) and unpacked it then began going through the menu on the helmet to see what all it can do.
The thing did come with a note card but sometimes playing with the menus is better then reading the instructions, other times it's not.
I accidentally locked myself in the helmet, apparently once it's locked only someone else can unlock it, my attempts just ended up with my HUD going crazy as the helmet reported all my behavior violations..well to myself as i was the key holder.
In short I'd give it a fair review, though the menus were a little hard to navigate and I would have liked a confirmation message when i turned features on and off so i could better keep track of what restrictions were on and off.
3 out of 5 bunnies for my final review i would guess.
The helmet was purchased from "Scorpion Products" I'm sure you can find them in the search feature if you're interested.
I think if I was going to be a "permanent BANE" or at least a long term on I'd rather wait and see what Marine is doing with her suit, i like the RR script design and I'm curious to see what she's doing with the idea.
Plus currently i have no custodian to monitor my banishment and while i do have fun locking myself up a lot of times in SL, voluntary banishment would get boring very quickly i think. The RP around the banishment is half the fun.
I did take a picture of myself in the BANE helmet and skin, I also have on a Corset from Trilo-wear(My FAVORITE corset maker, go give her bussiness!) because i liked the look a little better then just the bare skin itself.
I had to log in using the regular SL viewer thismroning in order to take the helmet and HUD for it off, in the future any product testing I do, I plan to have an "assistant" there so i don't accidently banish myself again, or something worse.
Then again knowing my friends It's just as likely that I'd end up locked in the product anyway instead of them helping me out when i lock myself up.
This isn't all ways the best thing for me to do though, sometimes it can lead to problems. Financial problems to name just one (something I've had to deal with in RL too sometimes i get the itch and spend just a tiny bit above my means, a habit I've taken into SL with me too.)
So SL is a land of trends, one of the newest trends is the BANE. I've mentioned it before, interaction with a BANE is what urged me to make this blog (i needed an account to leave a message on her blog with my well wishes, and I don't like leaving things empty) , and it's something I'm mildly interested in.
Yesterday i saw a BANE for the first time with a "produced" suit. i.e. one that wasn't pieced together from other products but was a fully functional BANE suit(well really functioning BANE helmet as the "suit" is just a black latex skin, then some blank eyes to mimic the eyes.)
So I asked her where she found it (apparently hers wasn't active yet because she was talking in public chat, explaining the suit to someone else, which is what drew my attention to her in the first place) and got a Landmark from her for the store.
The "Suit" cost 500$L which isn't to bad for a bondage toy. It's not a great price but I've seen some heavily scripted stuff much more expensive.
After getting the new toy and going to the Desperation Isle building area (if you've never been you should really check out Desperation Isle, 1. it's owned by my former Mistress, and current Matriarch of our family. 2. The scenery is really nice if you just fly around to explore) and unpacked it then began going through the menu on the helmet to see what all it can do.
The thing did come with a note card but sometimes playing with the menus is better then reading the instructions, other times it's not.
I accidentally locked myself in the helmet, apparently once it's locked only someone else can unlock it, my attempts just ended up with my HUD going crazy as the helmet reported all my behavior violations..well to myself as i was the key holder.
In short I'd give it a fair review, though the menus were a little hard to navigate and I would have liked a confirmation message when i turned features on and off so i could better keep track of what restrictions were on and off.
3 out of 5 bunnies for my final review i would guess.
The helmet was purchased from "Scorpion Products" I'm sure you can find them in the search feature if you're interested.
I think if I was going to be a "permanent BANE" or at least a long term on I'd rather wait and see what Marine is doing with her suit, i like the RR script design and I'm curious to see what she's doing with the idea.
Plus currently i have no custodian to monitor my banishment and while i do have fun locking myself up a lot of times in SL, voluntary banishment would get boring very quickly i think. The RP around the banishment is half the fun.
I did take a picture of myself in the BANE helmet and skin, I also have on a Corset from Trilo-wear(My FAVORITE corset maker, go give her bussiness!) because i liked the look a little better then just the bare skin itself.
I had to log in using the regular SL viewer thismroning in order to take the helmet and HUD for it off, in the future any product testing I do, I plan to have an "assistant" there so i don't accidently banish myself again, or something worse.
Then again knowing my friends It's just as likely that I'd end up locked in the product anyway instead of them helping me out when i lock myself up.
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