Monday, April 20, 2015

Femboi 2.0


Apparently I did not post this in my blog, but sometime last year Utilizator came out with an updated version of their anime Avatar 2.0 that included three experimental bust sizes -- large, barely there, and flat.

As I've noted previously, very few designers are interested in designing anything for a flat-chested female body (femboi, or young girl).  Bare Rose is just about the only one doing it.  I've played with the Utilizator Avatar 2.0 on my other characters, but when I saw that they had a  flat-chested version of the avatar, I was intrigued.  I bought one for my femboi Kelly Eden.

The downside to this development was that there were very, very few clothing items for sale for said avatar at the time.  Utilizator had a few things, and I found one other inventor called AiTech (Artificial Incarnation Technologies) who had something I liked -- a collection of flat-chested Avatar 2.0 shirts.  I only bought the "It's a Trap!" shirt, but it was worth the money.

Now, the market for Avatar 2.0 clothing is filled with people doing texture mods for the clothing that Utilizator designs, and/or doing some very simple designs of their own.  AiTech seemed no different -- just a few shirts, all the same item with different textures.  So I would never have guessed what was to come.

Fast forward nearly a year, and I decided to check out Utilizator again.  He has more stuff designed for the flat-chested Avatar 2.0 (for all four breast sizes actually).  He also has an updated avatar that makes it much easier to use the flat-chested version or to switch between versions.

(He also has a new avatar out -- the Kenmono avatar, which is an easily-moddable furry avatar which also works with his M3 anime head system.  The body is small-chested and wide-hipped, and a lot of the secondary market modders and developers have seized on this new avatar not only to create a lot of different furry looks, but also as an anime avatar.  You can get a lot of clothing and skin mods and the like for this.  I only mention it because it seems to draw some steam from the Avatar 2.0 project -- if you want an anime avatar, you have two different ways to go now and they're not really compatible with each other.)

Anyway, after extensive searching I found more stuff for the flat-chested Avatar 2.0.  Eidelweiss had a new design that was adapted for it, and some of their older stuff is adapted for the Avatar 2.0 but without the breast sizes.  But I found one designer in particular who has been focusing on making mesh clothes for the Avatar 2.0 -- AiTech.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/18339

At first I was a bit put off by the prices -- generally 500 Linden or more per outfit.  But each of these is a complete outfit designed for all four breast sizes (including flat) and with multiple color options -- and the design work is really very good!  After picking up one I wound up buying most of what he had.  He also answered a question I had about getting part of one outfit to work properly with the HUD, so points for customer service too!





First off, the shirred bust dress -- beautiful!  I wound up buying this last because all of the pictures showed a version with breasts, and nothing in the description specifically said it came with all four breast options -- but then I found that one of the reviews from the market place said so.  It's really a lovely dress, one of his best items for the Avatar 2.0.  It comes in several pastel colors and several darker colors, but I love the lavender the best!





Next up is the bunny suit.  This one comes with a "bulge" option, for those femboi's who don't bother to tuck themselves.  Again, this comes with all four breasts options and multiple color choices, and includes the full outfit -- shoes and all.


The schoolgirl dress is another beautiful outfit with multiple colors and all chest options.  I love the high-waist skirt on this -- so unlike what was even possible in SL before mesh.


There's a Next Gen dress for Star Trek fans.  Comes with all bust options and can swap between red, blue, and gold depending on where you work on the ship.  (You can promote yourself by adding to the command buttons on the collar as well).  There's only a dress -- no pants option -- but that's fair, because both boys and girls can wear it, so there's no discrimination!  (Imagine the show where everyone on the ship wears a dress!)


This last outfit is not an AiTech outfit; it's a Utilzator schoolgirl top (which also comes with multiple color options and sizes), paired with a schoolgirl skirt from Eidelweiss (there didn't seem to be a Utilizator skirt to go with the top).  The skirt works well with the Avatar 2.0 body, but you buy each color separately, so I chose black.  The hose and shoes are also Utilizator.

All told, I'm enjoying my flat-chested Avatar 2.0 much more than when it first came out and there were only a couple of options for clothing!

(These pictures are taken in zones:  Timeless Memories, Skye Neist Point, and Eclectica.)

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Latest Adventure -- Done Wiv A Twist


I've kind of ignored this blog for over a year, so I'm surprised to see that one recent day in the last week I had as much as 73 visits.  Not sure if that means anyone is reading it or just passing through, but anyway... I didn't actually even log in to SL between July of last year and the first three months of this year, but in the last two weeks I've been having fun with my femboi Kelly Eden again.  If nothing else, in the last half year or so Bare Rose has massively expanded their line of flat-chested outfits.

I have a kind of love-hate relationship with Bare Rose.  On the one hand, their stuff is fantastically imaginative and extremely well-priced.  If you're looking for anything fantasy-related, I couldn't recommend them highly enough.  It's hard to wander their store and not find something you want to buy, and most of their outfits come with multiple options.  On the other hand, their outfits are usually a one-size-fits-most and a one-concept-fits-most sort of thing.  The Goldline and Black Lady schoolgirl outfits, for example, come in one size that is kind of oversized in order to fit all comers (being a full-body mesh outfit except for the legs, this pretty much works).  The pieces fit together well but aren't designed for any mix and matching with other outfit pieces.  And that's kind of a rule when it comes to mesh anyway, but extremely true of Bare Rose outfits.

But virtually nobody else makes mesh for a flat chest, so I'm really happy with them right now!  And if it's all schoolgirls and magical girls and steampunk and gods and angels, it's still something nobody else has!  I even visited a couple of specialty stores that supposedly catered to fembois... and they also almost entirely adhered to the standard XL/L/M/S/XS sizing with breasts visible in all options.  WTH?  If you're going to specialize, then specialize.

Anyway!  I bought a lot of new outfits and animations over the last few weeks.  Today I visited a place called Done Wiv A Twist.  This is not exactly a secret place -- I'm too out of the loop to find hidden gems, I just go to the Second Life Destination Guide and pick places that look interesting to visit and take pictures.  But this place is especially cool, and apparently they change it seasonally.

So here's some new photos:


This is one of the aforementioned magical girl/schoolgirl Bare Rose outfits (called Flat Pastel Fuyufuku).  They've done a bunch of stuff that is pastel-colored like this, and I can't help but think that these outfits would appeal to any extra-girly femboi.


This is another, less specialized outfit from Bare Rose -- Flat Kanna.  This photo is actually from another location, a sort of post-apocalyptic site called Hazardous.


Mix and match hiking outfit -- the top is Addams Western Shirt for Women, which presents a reasonably flat appearance.  The shorts are from Tokyo Girl.  Socks ShuShu Trend Step Up Stockings, boots are Munique Ugg Boots Grey.




The piano at Done Wiv A Twist is pretty nifty.  ^_^

This is a Tokyo Girl skin and hair by the way -- Hestia skin (this is not a skin with a femboi option btw) and Panpan hair.




Definitely a very photogenic place!