Nobody has the intention to build…yet another character (Germans will understand that pun).
I only wanted to check out the new signup process and the new Senra avatars in Second Life for you. Who would have thought that I was getting right into yet another story?
Oh, YOU did? You know me too well.
Back to the start.
I did read about the new mesh avatars by Linden Lab on the Second Life forums. There was a controversial discussion about the new Senra mesh avatars.
Not only about the quality and possibilities of said avatars but also about the Lab’s developer program.
The fashion designers were unhappy with some conditions and the license agreement one must accept when building cloth for Senra avatars.
There won’t be many designers soon jumping on this new opportunity.
A quick search for Sanra confirmed that nobody currently designs fashion for Senra avatars.
I don’t know about you, but this sounds like a business opportunity with very little competition.
More on that later.
Yet again, I registered an account in Second Life. Yes, the signup process is now totally different. Instead of choosing a prebuilt, ready-to-go avatar, you start customizing your future virtual self based on the new Senra mesh avatar.
And you get the sales pitch for premium straight away. In my opinion, that was about time. Once the Lab finally launches its new affiliate program, this will make a huge difference in revenues for affiliate marketers.
This is potentially the death penalty for “girl next door”, “the radio man,” and all those other starter avatars we learned to hate.
Every noob now gets a customizable Senra avatar. You might not have noticed this yet, but you already have the two Senra avatars, “Blake”(male) and “Jamie,” (female), in your inventory.
Everybody has gotten them. They come with several skins, shapes, hairstyles, and fitted clothes.
Let’s have a closer look at the Senra Avatar Jamie.
The Senra Avatar Jamie:
Jamie and Blake do come with both a mesh head and mesh body. They look a lot better than the previous system avatars.
Of course, they are rather basic compared to their “older brothers and sisters” from Lelutka, Belleza, Maitreya, etc. But they are a good starting point when somebody does not want to invest thousands of Linden-Dollar for a complete mesh avatar.
I tried all the shapes, skin, and hairstyles that come with the new Senra avatars. They have all one thing in common: They are crap.
So is the “animation controller”. The poses are noobish and not something you want to be seen with. Even the free animation override from Vista Animations is much better (I got one for my Senra).
It doesn’t matter.
At least you have complete mesh avatars to start with, and making your virtual self look decent has become a lot easier and less expensive.
At first, I bought a nice-looking teen-inspired skin and shape from Body & Souls (complete avatar). As the avatar supports BOM, applying the skin was as easy as simply wearing it.
A set of short hair from Argrace completed my look.
Total investment: 1000 L$. Not much at all.
The new look:
By the way: Her name is Robin.
Video taken at Sirens Beach (Nude)
I didn’t give her a pussy at that stage, as nobody had the intention…
There is, however, a catch. You can only use the clothes you get with the avatars or clothes made for system avatars (BOM).
Mesh cloth fitted for other mesh avatar do not work on Senra avatars, nor do unrigged mesh clothes.
None of the big fashion brands is offering variations to fit the Senra avatars (yet!). The license agreement is not to their liking, and noobs are not a good market anyway.
Based on the feedback from the thread in the Second Life forum, only insane fashion designers would give it a go to build dedicated cloth for Senra avatars.
And me. You will read about this in a later post.
That’s it for today, dear fans (both of you).
Wait, you wanted to read about what story I went into yet again?
You must wait for part 2, and I will tell you all the (naughty) details.
Promised.
Caroline
