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Blueprint Event
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At Home With...
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The Art Perspective
Teaming up with the Blogger & Vlogger Network, we showcase Amelia!
We discover one of the newest and hottest events on the grid devoted to Home & Garden.
Through the Lens
The talented blogger and photographer, Autumn Rose, showcases the best of LYBRA, highlighting the versatility of the brand.
Ammos Homes
ECLIPSE Magazine discovers the picturesque Ammos Homes by Moonsoul and Tomisnotaboy.
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Introducing the most realistic and fantastic brand of yachts and their inaugural launch!
Blair Lockhearst gets cozy with autumn and shows us “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
The ECLIPSE stylists put together outfits with the best of autumn fashion trends.
Oema reviews the art perspective “Might of Soul” by Maddy Schmidtzau and Solkide Auer.
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ECLIPSE Magazine is dedicated to not only offering an aesthetically pleasing publication, but to also be considered a platform that offers rich and relevant content. Each month, we showcase residents and groups that have taken the concept of “your world, your imagination� to such great heights that they have impacted the culture and lifestyle of the Second Life community.
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Cover Story LYBRA Cover Photographer Lessthen Zero
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Voices from the Grid
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Artist Highlight
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The Wayfarer
Writer: Cajsa Lilliehook
Each issue ECLIPSE Magazine asks residents a question, see what they have to say.
From Whispering Sands Live Promotion, we feature their artist Hogman 64.
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cajsa lilliehook
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Briony Writer Cajsa Lilliehook Grayden Foxe oey Ivy London Flower Novaleigh Freng Oema Synful Aeon Taylor Wassep
Autumn Rose Blair Lockhearst Carley Benazzi June Fallon Kess Crystal Lessthen Zero Moonsoul Taylor Wassep Tempest Rosca Wicca Merlin
stylists Anderson Davenport Autumn Rose Blair Lockhearst Caesar Langer June Fallon Lua Vendetta Ombrebleue Winsmore Silly “Silvester� Avro Trouble Dethly Wicca Merlin
guest stylist & photographer Autumn Rose (Candygunpowder)
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I have honestly lost count of how many issues this is, but it’s okay. I do know that February 2019 will mark the fourth anniversary of ECLIPSE Magazine. This has been one of the most difficult issues to layout simply because I normally like to layout the magazine as I receive the content for it… Between the Bloggies and real life work, my usual was an impossible. In other news, I blog at a casual pace but picked up my first sponsor! I justify it because I wear Modulus hair all the time, anyway. For the cover, I feature Natzuka Miliandrovic and Lybra Rage of LYBRA. I have known them since 2013, and they have come so far, since then and I am incredibly proud of the progress they have made. For “Through the Lens” we actually feature their content, as well and Autumn does an extraordinary job of showcasing the true versatility of LYBRA. This is also one of the largest issues, I have had in a while — I like to stay around 200 pages, but we have so much incredible content. There is a piece on Rattletrap Shipyards, a fantastic and realistic brand of yachts by my good friend Coca Yven. We also have one the incredible Ammos Homes (highly recommended for anyone looking for a beautiful sim and home to live in), and Blueprint, an event dedicated to the best of Home & Garden. We have a total of 12 pieces this month, and I do hope you enjoy them. Happy Readings!
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Styling by AUTUMN ROSE (CANDYGUNPOWDER). photography by AUTUMN ROSE (CANDYGU
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Each issue, ECLIPSE Magazine invites one of the many talented photographers from Second Life to collaborate. With this piece, they style, create and share a glimpse through their lens. Autumn Rose, photographer and blogger extraordinarie, showcases the best of LYBRA with this inspired pictorial spread.
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two heads are better
written by cajsa lilliehook. photography by autumn rose, lessthen zero & wic
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My analyst told me that I was right out of my head The way he described it, he said I’d be better dead than live I didn’t listen to his jive I knew all along he was all wrong And I knew that he thought I was crazy but I’m not Oh no! My analyst told me that I was right out of my head He said I’d need treatment but I’m not that easily led He said I was the type that was most inclined When out of his sight to be out of my mind And he thought I was nuts, no more ifs or ands or buts Oh no!
Natzuka Miliandrovic was having a hard time eight years ago. Ending an abusive relationship, she picked herself up and put herself back together. She felt a need to “escape from my own mind” as she put it and turned to Second Life®. She found relief and much more in our virtual world. No one comes into SL® all-knowing, so confusion was an accompaniment to her journeys in-world. Perhaps that learning curve is a blessing, “If I needed help, I would ask and everybody was always very nice and willing to share their experience.” Thanks to not knowing, she had the chance to meet amazing people from all over the world. Of course, not everyone comes to SL for the right reasons, but when they do... as Natzuka described it, “The greatest thing about Second Life though, is those who stay, do it for the “right reasons” : the people, the feelings, the overall feeling of an inclusive community where we can choose whatever we want to be or even not to be.”
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One thing we all have in common is our noobiness, our confusion while we learn how to walk, talk, and live in this virtual space. For Natzuka, landless and unaware of sandboxes, she used to go to a shopping sim where rezzing rights were open. She would hide herself in a corner to rez and open her finds, style herself, take photos and all the time unaware they store owner knew she was there and never kicked her out or banned her. Natzuka worked for a time as a model–a fashion-centric roleplay many people enjoyed that has gone out of fashion lately. She modeled for two years before tiring of the drama. She felt disconnected from the community. “I was feeling like the Second Life I knew and fell in love with was leaving me.
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After a little bit of soul searching, “modeling” made me curious abo where I started, and I kinda feel th many of us. The fascination of im the grid and making custom pose thirsty of doing more and to beco
The real impetus for change, tho in life and business, Lybra Rage. recognize her real life design ba something meaningful and fulfi “He really had a hard time convin give to the community because m place and at that time, it was still
I realized that my time spent out posing creation. That is hat is the starting point for mporting my own little content to es for my friends had made me ome better.”
ough, was meeting her partner . His encouragement led her to ackground could be a source for filling. It was not an easy task, ncing me that I had something to my real life was not at all a happy an emotional rollercoaster. It
was hard for me to see how I could have been able to contribute to the community in a more consistent way.” They say as a child I appeared a little bit wild With all my crazy ideas But I knew what was happenin’, I knew I was a genius What’s so strange when you know that you’re a wizard at three? I knew that this was meant to be Well I heard little children were supposed to sleep tight That’s why I drank a fifth of vodka one night My parents got frantic, didn’t know what to do But I saw some crazy scenes before I came to Now do you think I was crazy?
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Natzuka named her brand Lybra after her husband Lybra Rage, without whom it would have never existed. “Every time I explain people why I chose it, I get a lot of “awww” and “cute” and while the reality of it is a good 2% cuteness, the 98% is the real no-so-cute struggle and commitment that a healthy online relationship requires.” She credits Lybra for demanding more of her, asking her to work on herself, “to be a stronger, self aware and independent human being.” Although Lybra is a variant of libra, the astrological sign and the Latin word for balance, it has an aural similarity to libre, free and in liberating oneself. For Natzuka, the brand name Lybra “is a sort of positive memento that this is what I want to do with the brand– empowering women.” Imagining the typical Lybra customer, Natzuka believes they are well-rounded women who embrace all facets of being a woman. The Lybra woman wants to be the diva on the red carpet and the playful sex kitten. She loves herself and is not afraid of doing everything she needs to make it in a tough and challenging world. Natzuka claims she is an introvert and Lybra claims he is an extravert, though both of them are people who like people. Of course, there is nothing misanthropic about introversion, it’s just a measure of how energizing or tiring you find other people to be. Natzuka takes pleasure in her work because it LYBRA - Maria Page 54 | ECLIPSE October 2018
gives her an excuse to retire into “my own little word.” In reality, they both enjoy spending time with people but need time to recharge their batteries, or as Lybra put it, to “recollect my thoughts and my quiet.” What initially sounds like difference is actually two ways of describing the same view. Natzuka struggles to describe herself. “I don’t know how I see myself in the world, I am just a very quiet human being. I live by the rule of not judging anybody because when it’s done to me, even if rightly done, it always carries some sort of feeling of injustice that I don’t want to impose on anyone else. The things that matter the most to me are the ones that should come without asking: respect (for myself and others), politeness, and kindness. This is what I am trying to teach to my daughter as well.” Lybra believes in an expansive definition of beauty that goes beyond appearance to something you might call “gracious living” with respect, kindness and gentle manners. He says “I live by the example that I want to give and I tend to avoid being harsh or judgemental of people or circumstances, it’s just not who I am. I have to admit that I like to pride myself with the titles of father and husband more than designer or artist, I can come across like a reserved person at times but it’s only because my heart beats for my family and my all world is enclosed in it.”
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I may have been only three but I was swingin’ They all laughed at Al Graham Bell They all laughed at Edison and also at Einstein So why should I feel sorry if they just couldn’t understand The litany and the logic that went on in my head? I had a brain, it was insane Don’t you let them laugh at me When I refused to ride on all those double decker buses All because there was no driver on the top
For Natzuka and Lybra, Second Life has been a life-changer, not just a game-changer. Natzuka describe is thusly, “Second life changed my life completely, it really turned the cards for me... well, nom it completely changed the cards I was playing. It opened my mind to a future that I never even pondered as possible.” Lybra echoes that feeling, expressing how sometimes it is hard to wrap his head around how much has changed in his life, so much so that it feels as though more time has passed– more than actually passed. Well, we do get 7 days in 24 hours or so. “While at first I had to cope with some challenging cultural changes, I now find myself more self-aware and confident. Second Life brings me the chance to have a meaningful way to express my creative self and while sometimes cultural difference still represent a barrier,
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most times it is just fun and interesting meeting new people and their stories.” Natzuka also talks of people and their stories. “This is something we should all be thankful of, I get to be in touch with so many different stories that enrich my perspective and my soul that is even difficult to really give a spectrum of the way each one of the people I met improved my way of looking at life.” Of course, Second Life itself has changed. Natzuka now spends most of her lin-line time working. Recently, she rediscovered the joy of SL photography, trying to find more time for it. Once it was nearly all she did, not she does it when she can squeeze it in. Of course, the workload is an effect of the grid-wide adoption and lust for mesh. This takes more hours of work, but as she puts it, “I cannot see myself creating anything with prims and flexi.” She’s concerned about the new surcharge for lindens and increasing currency costs, anxious about how that will affect people’s love for the game. She’s hoping for the best, but feels uncertain. Lybra started SL as a photographer before becoming a creator. For him, the working aspect of SL has always been uppermost. He’s more careful who he spends his
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time with, focusing on people who being a positive energy, though he thinks being less open and trusting is a natural evolution as people grow older. At one time, he feared mesh might be his “deal breaker” because he loved the anarchy of creating with prims and textures. Natzuka’s enthusiasm for mesh has made him a convert. So much so, he can’t imagine going back to the old ways either. When Lybra and Natzuka reveal what frustrates them, it’s never about creation. It’s the intrusive demands to make-this-now and the unnecessary I-don’t-like-what-you-made or the unsolicited, and often uninformed advice that rains down on their heads from the haplessly unhelpful. But they both also bring up the people who make it all worthwhile. As Lybra reminds us, he met the love of his life and his best friend. They both happen to be Natzuka, his wife, but he also is grateful for other friends. Natzuka believes she is a difficult person to befriend, so feels grateful for not only her husband, Lybra, but the others who “put up with me on a daily basis even in real life and I am really thankful for their existence and friendship.” In perhaps an excess of honesty, she adds with a grin, “I don’t know how that happened because I wouldn’t want to be friends with myself, I am too complicated and kind of random to keep up with...so much work for just one person.” ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 59
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My analyst told me that I was right out of my head The way he described it, he said I’d be better dead than live I didn’t listen to his jive I knew all along he was all wrong And I knew that he thought I was crazy but I’m not Oh no! My analyst told me that I was right out of my head But I said “Dear doctor, I think that it’s you instead ‘Cause I have got a thing that’s unique and new It proves that I’ll have the last laugh on you ‘Cause instead of one head... I got two And you know two heads are better than one” Annie Ross
2018 has been a big year at Lybra. They began with a rebranding process they plant to carry into 2019. They completely reimagined their sim into a picture-friendly place. The person responsible for the sim transition is Elvi Hartley who came on as Lybra’s brand manager. Natzuka describes her as “a big game changer for us because of her expertise in handling all the brand endeavours, giving us more time to take care of the creative process and refine the focus of Lybra.” In the near future, Lybra is planning on some exciting collaborations and love the idea of cultivating a more collaborative community of creators. Working with different people is more stimulating and exciting, inspiring them to follow new directions. They plan to stay customer-focused, offering more discounts and special occasions to gather together and re-discover shopping as a social activity like it was “back in the day”. Natzuka misses the pageantry of “back in the day.” The big mainstore releases and the hidden treasures to be discovered. The runway shows with the models pulling together looks and customers sharing their pictures. There’s a tired, “been there, done that” feeling to events. While Natzuka appreciates the capacity of events to introduce new brands and maintain and deepen ties to enduring ones, she wishes commercial fashion marketing were more diversified with a bit of everything shopping events and the big show-stopping fashion weeks. She misses the exploration of SL, discovering new stores while wandering with friends, mixing mainstore shopping with event shopping with the big extravaganzas. In her opinion, “that could feed the curiosity of the people instead of exhausting it.” ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 61
ECLIPSE Magazine Looks at The Creative Process at Lybra. Natzuka and Lybra collaborate on the Lybra designs. Natzuka looks at fashion editorials for hours, soaking up the feeling and the zeitgeist of fashion in the moment. This feeling is what feeds her creative energy, the flow of images and the emotions they evoke are integral to her design process. Sometimes, customers will share pictures and fashion spreads that excite their fancy. Natzuka also has a secret muse who shares ideas with her. And of course, a muse is always a source of inspiration.
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Then we come to rigging. For some, rigging is easy, but Natzuka spends a good eight to fifteen hours on one size because she wants t rigging to work not just standing, but dancing and sitting. “I want my customers to be able to dance and have fun with my clothing… so yeah making something that people can wear and ha fun with is quite a time consuming task and wha is funny about it, is that the more the piece work Describing the process is tedious for Natzuka. technically well the more people forget about it, She explains, “creating clothing for Second Life has creating their own fantasy that something could more to do with engineering, always trying to find made overnight because well what’s the hassle? a good balance between the imagination and the reality of the platform.” Creating one good item Of course, after this comes the whole boxing, in a limited array of body sizes requires a week making vendors, uploading to Marketplace, a of full-time work. For her, making an outfit that is of course, marketing on Flickr, Facebook, and both pretty and functional requires more than a events. Also, answering dozens of questions fr 9 to 5 job would. Making the original mesh is one magazine interviewers. thing. That can take up to three days, but then the challenge of making it functional, making Years of working together made then sharpen sure there is no heavy geometry that makes its their own skills. They also learned not to step land impact too heavy. Then there is the fact on each other’s toes, so to speak, in the creativ that some pieces simply do not translate well process. Lybra makes sure the concept is because of the limitation of the platform and the congruent with the brand style and aesthetic. textures. It must be engineered and layers in a Natzuka is the realist, popping the baloons of way that makes it enjoyable and look good not fantastical ideas with the technical limitations just in the rendering, but on the grid. Second Life. In Natzuka’s words, “We got a goo dynamic about it and while sometimes it is a ne The challenge in texturing is the low image ending creative discussion (many dinners were resolution in SL. Creators must always sacrificed for Second Life) other times we can ea compromise between the details they want and blend our perception and ideas to come up with the chance they will be lost when uploaded. what is better for the brand.”
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WRITTEN BY SYNFUL AEON. pHOTOGRAPHY BY
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In April 2017 Tomisnotaboy and Moonsoul decided to create and decorate unique styled landscaped homes. They started off with one seasonal sim slowly working on how to create the detailed images they wanted. After a while, their passion and dedication for creating unique and inviting environments grew. Then the concept for Ammos Homes came to them. During the year and half that Ammos Homes has been open to the public they added three more sims. Terraforming and decorating the sims was a close collaboration that took them many hours and sometimes even days for Tomisnotaboy and Moonsoul to work out the details as they imagined it. Inspired by the different places they liked to travel to in real life, the different seasons, and locations they love Tomisnotaboy and Moonsoul, created the different scenic sims for Ammos Homes. “Ammos Homes is a constant work in progress because we like to change the homes and themes of the homes. We like to stay updated with the current buildings and decor on the market,� said Moonsoul. Many of the carefully chosen mesh decor items are pg-rated but there are some added adult-oriented items throughout the homes. They don’t have a favorite designer to use for creating the island homes but items are used from different designers that fit the image they wanted.
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Every Ammos Homes’ sim has a different season or terrain influencing the designing of the island homes. Moonsoul and Tomisnotaboy experimented mixing many design styles such as Greek, Japanese, Italian coastal, and modern decor themes, so that every home is unique and individualized. Ever heard the saying what is in a name? Well, the uniquely curated items for the differently styled homes give each home a different scenic story and name. September started from the beginning of the leaves changing at many homes and fall becoming present. Jardin d’Orient, also known as Salomon Beach is a desert sim landscaped with rocks, desert foliage and palm trees. One of the many unique homes that is located on the sim sits on a hill and was styled in a Moroccan theme with hints of Bohemian textures. Looking more at the homes on Jardin d’Orient, rustic and shabby chic influences can be found in different homes. Montabaum River a grassy spring sim, known also as Ammos River, was brought to life by using different garden designers such as: KIDD GRASS Garden, Hayabusa Design, and HappyMood. Each home on the sim could be described as an island prairie. Especially the home with hay bales sitting on the lawn. Inside and outside the homes they are adorned with items showing a rustic, coastal, prairie, or Greek influences.
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Ammos Tropics also known as Saint Pierre is one of the two summer tropic sims. The different small islands of the sim were decorated in beach flora. Many of the houses showed coastal, modern and rustic influences from designers like Charlotte Bartlett of Scarlet Creative and Kendra Zaurak of Fanatik. Ammos Homes sim also known as Iona Shores is another tropical summer sim with more grass and trees than Ammos Tropics. The different homes have strategically placed trees around them to provide some privacy. Any of the home around the sim are designs from Madras, Trompe Loeil, and Scarlet Creative. Individual decor items may be removed from the home or added to the home at the request of the tenant. Tomisnotaboy and Moonsoul enjoy offering individualized services to their tenants. �We take care of their personal decor and landscape wishes to create our tenants’ dream home,� explained Moonsoul. Casperlet rental meters may be found on each island home, and they show the time remaining for the rental. The homes are priced for the details that are put into them, the assistance Tomisnotaboy and Moonsoul offer in decorating and terraforming the homes, the price for purchasing the latest and best quality items from designers, and renters are given one hundred and fifty prims, so they may pull items out into their homes when needed. A CasperSafe Security Orb is provided for by the rental meters. Page 74 | ECLIPSE October 2018
Tenants of Ammos Homes enjoy the privacy of a unique island home and may manage it with a land group created by Tomisnotaboy or Moonsoul. The homes are considered family friendly so child avatars are welcomed. Rental meters for the homes can be found behind each home. The rental meters can be clicked for prim usage details. The four sims for Ammos Homes, Ammos Tropics, Jardin d’Orient, and Ammos River have an info center listing the properties that are rented and unrented with teleport signs for each sim. A notecard with info for Ammos Homes is also presented at the info center in a drop down message. Online message boards are located in the info center. The message boards may be used to send Tomisnotaboy and Moonsoul offline messages when they aren’t online. Tenants may also find their rental meters there. Tomisnotaboy and Moonsoul hope their uniquely styled homes garner the attention of more people because they would love would for Ammos Homes to grow. Information about the rentals and photos showcasing Ammos Homes may be found on the Second Life Marketplace®, the CasperPanel website, on the Ammos Homes’ Facebook® or on Flickr® on Moonsoul’s photostream. Teleport to: Ammos Tropics Sim Ammos Homes Ammos River Jardin d’Orient ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 75
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The Proust Spotlight is our monthly feature where we highlight one of the many creative residents of Second Life®. Utilizing the Proust Questionnaire, whose namesake comes from the late 19th century French writer, we will offer a glimpse into what makes them tick. ECLIPSE Magazine has teamed up with the Blogger & Vlogger Network, so each month the blogger we showcase on the Proust Spotlight is a group member. The group member we feature this month is the talented Amelia. When asked to share something about herself, she tells us, “I have been a blogger now for over three years. I have over the 12 months reinvented myself and what I feature. I enjoy the balance of blogging both decor and fashion, often in the same photo. Blogging is my outlet, to create, to explore, and to learn new things. And on the way I have met some amazing people, now considered friends. For me, SL has just gotten better.”
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What is your ideal of perfect happiness? Having a relaxing day at home, love and laughter with my family. The dogs and cats sleeping wherever we are. Preferably on the couch while we watch movies/ netflix, enjoying good bottle of wine, and delicious food! Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Does FFS count?? What do you consider your greatest achievement? My greatest personal achievement was last year, when I realised that my depression, which I was diagnosed over 25 years ago, needed to be medicated. From that moment I started to stand up, to be confident, and really take a positive hold on my life. Everything from that moment has been an amazing ride, I have made friends, taken chances, pulled myself out a space that was safe, but unhealthy. Life is not always easy, but it is much healthier. What do you most value in your friends? My friends are amazing! I value their support, love, loyalty, their inspiration, their humour, they make me laugh all the time! What is your greatest regret? I could easily regret a relationship (or 2), not realising I needed help sooner, how much I drank on Saturday night. But honestly, life is for moving forward, you can’t change anything so why waste time on regrets when you can use that time to be positive, to change from experiences, grow. Life isn’t for looking back, to focus on what could have been. What is your motto? Always me, nothing less, but always more. Connect with Amelia on her Flickr, Blog and Facebook.
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rattletrap shipy written by taylor wassep. Photographs provided by rattletrap
Photograph by Amelia.
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Rattletrap shipyards brings a product to Second Life’s residents that is on the front line of design and quality. –NatG 2.0 (Hippo Ihnen)
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Have this relaxing experience in the comfort of your own home. It’s simple and at the tips of your fingers. All you have to do is venture over to Rattletrap Shipyard, owned by COCA Yven. For those unfamiliar with this lux brand, Rattletrap Shipyard is the premier store to find some of the realistic yachts in Second Life; trust me on that. Like many of us, COCA got her start from a place close to her heart, visual CG. COCA is a real-life Architecture Vitalization CG Artist. I needed to ask him what exactly that meant. In layman’s terms, it’s someone who is able to create homes and landscaping with an indistinguishable photorealistic style.
“Originally, I was working [in] my uncle’s software [company], which is dedicated to engineering,” Yven told me. Later on, a very good friend of hers in Second Life told her, Katelyn Barom, owner of 3d Republic, about Maya, and got her starting using that program. Barom would later become a partner with COCA for Rattletrap Shipyard. Anyway, back in the day, before COCA started to working for her uncle, she use to create works in progress that dealt mainly with yacht designs. So obviously, she started playing around with stuff, really trying to make it her own. Though nothing she did was actually manufactured in real life, the idea and concepts were perfect for a medium like Second Life. Thus the idea of Rattletrap Shipyard was born, all the way back in 2013. ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 97
After Linden Lab™ had support for materials and bento was incorporated into the grids; the Second Life economy started to grow more and more. With these new tools at their disposal, COCA was able to start her store. The only thing missing was a team. Nobody could create a store solely on their own, with no support or help for others. If you have, bravo, but COCA wanted to share her dream with people she trusted and cared deeply for who helped bring their collective envision of what Rattletrap Shipyard will be.
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skills when she got to the grid. And like any good student of her craft, she is always learning new techniques and ways of creating. Some of these new techniques or software include Havok Dynamic and Second Life Physics engines. With all this crafting abilities set, she would need to find a team to help her bring to her virtual life “You need to code, have good scripts to work with if you doing more than just a simple 3D mesh,” COCA explained. She didn’t exactly have those tools yet at her disposal. Luckily for her, Bryndyn Burton was just the person for the job, adept at coding. With that all set, Rattletrap Shipyard was set to start creating their products.
It makes sense if you are really excelling at something to make content using these platforms. -Coca Yven
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Rattletrap Shipyard will be finally the inworld emulation of what it feels [like] to own a yacht that can cost hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. -Coca Yven
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It took many months for Rattletrap Shipyard to hone their products into what they have available for the masses today. For the last year or so, COCA has a small number of her yachts out in public. Really testing them out and helping in the development of the build. They put a lot of love and work into these yachts, making them as realistic as they can even going as far as to scale everything to fit a tenth of a millimeter to real-life yacht specs. Everything that comes from Rattletrap Shipyard is created to be as realistic as possible. This would also include the sizing of their yachts. With their smaller yacht around 5.90m in length and others as large as ~60m in length they come in with a price ratio of $1,000L per meter. They already have decor that is set in and around each yacht; some of the yacht have around 300 animations on them. But that varies among the range of yachts they have out in their store currently. Rattletrap Shipyard wants to be as immersive and realistic as possible with their yachts. This would include their reselling system in place, a unique innovation which is a first in Second Life. What is unique to them is their two-key system of resale. Let’s say for example that you purchased a $10,000L boat. With that purchase of the boat, you will get two keys. The keys are the only way that you can control and drive a specific boat. So no two keys are alike at Rattletrap Shipyard. With that second key though, you can just keep it if you do not wish to resell it. Or, you can put the boat up for sale, and if a transaction Page 100 | ECLIPSE October 2018
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STYLING BY blair lockhearst. photography by blair lo
Alternating each issue between the talents of Blair Lockhearst and June Fallon, ECLIPSE Magazine explores the long underappreciated and overlooked world of home and garden design. The flourishing diversity and abundance of choice since the mesh revolution has led to a bold new world of world creation. For this month’s feature, prepare to be inspired as Blair showcases “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
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blueprint event
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A blueprint is a technical drawing that represents everything needed to build a plan or design. Spunknbrains and Julieuk2012 devised Blueprint, a new home and garden event aimed at inspiring people to create their own blueprints for their Second Life®. “The idea was you use a blueprint to build homes and also in some cases even elaborate landscape designs.It’s a drawing, rendering, it’s the document that carries out your vision.You hear it commonly used as a blueprint of your life, so it just seemed fitting to apply it to a home and garden event,” said Julieuk2012. Many home and garden designers who were once involved with the recently closed Illuminate spoke oft wanting a new event specifically for home and garden. That inspired Julieuk2012 and Spunkbrains to start Blueprint. At the time they were both home and garden bloggers and blogger managers. They thought opening an event would expand their Second Life experiences. The inaugural round of Blueprint started September 18th on the Aspen Springs sim close to Little Branch; with a lot of room for the event to grow. The event ends October 12th and as of this moment it is the only known exclusively home and garden event to run monthly.
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While learning to establish a smoothly running event Julieukk2012 and Spunknbrains received guidance from different people who had lots of experience with events. They gained knowledge and wisdom from a designer’s perspective and experience in events from Jaime Cross, the creator of unKindness.They brought in Kess Crystal, who has a wealth of knowledge from working on many events in the past ranging from marketing, management, PR and social media experience to help with the Blueprint team. Cari McKeenan, the creator and owner of Little Branch was brought on the team as well, and she brought a new perspective to the team. ”We’re both bloggers, and so we took our shared experiences and figured what we don’t know we will learn. Neither of us are afraid of hard work, or asking questions and as any business we adjust where needed,” explained Juliekk2012. Initially many of the designers from the previous home and garden event were invited to participate in Blueprint because they were the ones pushing for a new exclusive home and garden event. Applications were opened for more designers to be invited whose items were one hundred percent mesh. The event will feature many seasoned designers as well as new ones. “It’s been exciting to see some designers apply that we ourselves weren’t even aware of. Eventually we hope to have an event featuring fifty permanent designers with guest spots,” said Juliekk2012. It was put in the rules for designers that when the event grows more they will be rotated every six months. Since this was the first round for the event it is a bit far from that happening.
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For the inaugural event Spunknbrains and Julieuk2012 gave any designer who they knew or came forth in good faith a free month this first round to help recover any previously paid fees from Illuminate. It wasn’t something they had to do but it was a way for them to give back and help the designers. Some of the known seasonal designers that were in the first round were: Convair, Goose and Hayubusa Design. Designers brought to the event new exclusive mesh items. Coloring of a previous released item and previously released items were not allowed. Designers may bring other releases based on whether they select to be a regular or sponsor member each month. Gacha home and garden items are also allowed. Walking towards the back of Blueprint towards the water fountain, there are two brick fence walls. The one on the left has links to Blueprint’s social media accounts, and a link to join the group. In front of the wall sits an art easel with a special gift for Blueprint group
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members. In the middle of the pathway walking towards the fountain is another blue art easel that leads to the demo area high up in the sky so that a better representation of the buildings can be seen. Before the event opened a survey was given to the designers asking them if they wished to have a theme for each round of Blueprint. The designers decided against monthly themes for now. When more designers come on board in the future, the event might have seasons or themes. Home and garden bloggers whom Julieuk2012 and Spunkbrains were acquainted with were recruited for Blueprint’s blogging team based on their showcasing of items. ”We look for bloggers who can feature the home and garden products in the best possible light. Bloggers are also required to post pictures that are avatar free, as we want the home and garden products to take center stage,” explained Julieuk2012. There is a Flickr® group to follow for the Blueprint bloggers unique and beautiful photos showing the event items.
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At this point, Julieuk2012 and Spunkbrains are focusing on growing the event. They hope that Blueprint will be a constant event that people look forward to so that they can find the latest in home and garden items from their participating designers. Though Blueprint has just opened, the event owners are determined to get the word out about so that it may grow and be enjoyed by many. They designed a website and opened many social media accounts so that curious home and garden enthusiasts can learn about what is going on presently at Blueprint and what exciting things will happen in the future. Check out the Blueprint website. Follow them on Flickr, their Flickr Group, Facebook and Plurk. Join their in-world group.
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Trending Now is a monthly piece dedicated to showcasing some of the best ready-to-wear fashion found on Second LifeÂŽ. For this issue, ECLIPSE Magazine stylists immerse themselves in their favorite autumn fashions!
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Anderson Davenport in Caps Hair/Hat: Modulus - Morgan Top: Gabriel - One Shoulder Double JK Pants: Deadwool - Broberry Jeans Necklace: MEVA - Roy Rings: PKC - Simple Male Bento Ring
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Caesar Langer in Layer-up in Leather Top: Gabriel - Side Zip Leather Jacket Pants: Gabriel - Zip Leather Pants Scarf: RealEvil Industries - Legand Shoes: Versov - Lopov Sneakers Bag: David Heather - Cameo Bag Ring: Kunst - Stapled Ring ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 149
Lua Vendetta in Sequinned Dresses Top: [LIZ] Crop Sequin Sweater [Mauve] Skirt: Asteria - Taylor Skirt - Blush 1 Boots: GizzA - London [Brown] Tights: Izzie’s - Basics Hair: Ade - Loren
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Ombrebleue Winsmore in Pleats Please Hair: Tram - H0913 Jacket: Mimikri - Alba Skirt: Ison - Pleated Tights: Nanika - Parisienne Top: Gizza - Aubrey Boots: Empire - Ixora
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Silvester Avro in Fire-Department Jackets Hair: Ink - Vacances Jacket: The Crypt of Darkness - Fireman Shorts: Vale Koer - Essential Socks: Hiemal - Vol 1 Sneakers: Semller - Cosmic
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Wicca Merlin in Shoulder-Grazing Silver Earrings Earings: Shanghai - Alexandria Makeup: Zibska - Adria Lipstick: Zibska - Arie Facetatoo: Zibska - Aelfhare Hair: Tableau Vivant - LeeJae Nails: Slackgirl - Zarah
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Autumn Rose in Western Outfit: ISON - Off Shoulder Dress Headpiece: LODE - Head Accessory Thorns and Grace Hair: Stealthic - Fleeting Boots: ANE - Rustic Boots Trouble Dethly in Western Outfit: RKKN - Remi’s Shirt, Waist Shirt, Belt, Pants & Suspenders Hat: CEWERK - Cowboy Hat
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the art perspect written by oema. photograph
Oema curates the ECLIPSE Magazine art column. Each piece, she discovers, reviews and highlights the work of some of the most creative and talented artists on the grid. She offers a fresh perspective in the vibrant and vast world of the arts. For this month’s feature, Oema showcases the art exhibition “Might of Soul” by Maddy Schmidtzau and Solkide Auer.
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Among the various artistic exhibitions this month, I particularly appreciated the installation by Maddy Schmidtzau and Solkide Auer, hosted by the Gallery La Maison D’Aneli and entitled “Might of Soul.” I chose to feature “Might of Soul” not only because it is such an original and well-defined installation, there is a feature that sets it apart. I will describe this peculiarity during the article, developing my thoughts as I experienced them while at La Maison D’Aneli. To experience the installation fully, you need to adjust some settings according to the directions on the panel located to the left of the teleports that lead quickly to the various art exhibitions, They are hosted this October by Aneli Abeyante, owner and art curator of La Maison D’Aneli. In particular, there are two simple tricks, that is to set active Advanced Lighting Model and on Atmos 18:00 in the Windlight™ presets. These easy settings allow the visitor to appreciate the play of light, the projections on the floor and the reflections on the geometry of Solkide Auer, essential to immersing themselves in the atmosphere that the artists wanted to create and share.
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Once the lighting has been arranged, Maddy’s images and Solkide’s geometries present a very interesting feature that I mentioned at the beginning: an intriguing harmony. The images and geometries are structured and designed to coexist in a harmonious way, transmitting a unique atmosphere to the viewer. Images and geometries coexist so synchronously that the viewer almost does not realize where they end and begin. This aspect is, in my opinion, even more, significant if we consider that the two artists are also partners in Second Life®: the harmony of the emotional relationship becomes a union in the artistic sense, giving rise to a very interesting expressive synchronicity. This is precisely where the “strength of mind” that gives the installation its title lies.
I’ve known and appreciated these two artists for years now: both have a great background in terms of exhibitions in art galleries. Upon arrival, the visitor receives the biographies of both and by reading them it is possible to understand their experience and history in the galleries of the metaverse. Maddy, with her images, has achieved a remarkable expressive ability, ranging from color to black and white. In this particular exhibition, she chose to prefer black and white with some detail enhanced by color. This is a technique that I’m passionate about and that I’ve rarely had the pleasure of seeing done in the best possible way.
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Solkide adapts the geometric abstractionism of his meshes to Maddy’s images, using shapes and colors that breathe in tune with his partner’s images. As for the subjects depicted by Maddy, they range greatly, from portraits to landscapes to more complex compositions of conceptual photography. As she herself states in the notecard at the entrance, Maddy loves to fantasize and explore new styles and different modes of expression in order to convey an emotion. This aspect is common to Solkide, who manipulates geometries with the same purpose in mind, the communication of a thought and an emotion. Unlike the image, however, communicating a thought and an emotion through geometric abstractionism is no mean feat. But if you reflect on it, the mathematical harmony of shapes and colors is also a way to communicate your moods. I must also say that the desire to communicate emotions through geometries is not common at all, as demonstrated by the fact that it is precisely geometric abstractionism, as a current of thought, that has always snubbed the communication of emotions, preferring to eschew emotional expression. In addition, Solkide also prefers to explore new techniques: his works are the result of many attempts, study and deepening of his building techniques. It is a path that he has been following for several years, having behind him a remarkable exhibition curriculum. I suggest to visit “Might of Soul” and to appreciate its nuances, the exhibition will be open until the end of October. Visit “Might of Soul” @ La Maison D’Aneli.
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Voices From the Grid is a monthly survey of opinions and ideas of Second LifeÂŽ residents on the salient issues of the day. For this issue, ECLIPSE Magazine asked residents to share a scary story.
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mi Malso arrived in SL in November 2010! He dragged a lot, from sim to sim, discovered the quirks, had many strange encounters. So he decided to stay alone on his platform. People were too weird for him, then he fell for a nice, sweet and lovely blogger! Since that day, he blogs on the side! This is my horror story!
One day, I went to the cemetery to put a candle on my grandmother’s grave. There was sun and a little fresh wind. It was autumn. As I leaned over, I saw a woman in the distance. She was wearing a beautiful blue dress, a summer hat and a blue scarf. She was blonde, her hair fell on her shoulders. I put down my candle and stood up and greeted her with a “hello!” But no one was there, I was alone. I looked around me, I was perplexed, because I was certain I had seen this lady. Then I leaned down again to clean the grave and saw the same silhouette. This time, I felt a shiver run through me. I stood up but felt paralyzed by the situation. I walked over to the grave where this lady was standing and read her name. I thought about it a little and then went home. A little later in the day, I told this story to my mother. I described the person, her hair, and her clothes. It turned out that the lady in question was an aunt whom I had not known. Since that day, I regularly put a candle on her grave, and I continue to see her watching me. Check out his Flickr, Blog and Marketplace.
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anaOR chose to use her real name in Second Life when she joined about four years ago at the urging of a friend. She quickly realize that she was most interested in styling and photography. She had real-life knowledge to help her with styling. It was not her job, but she had good instincts and was often asked by friends and family to help them with their looks. She was slower to learn photography and is still learning hoping to someday believe she has mastered it. Luckily, she had a mentor who taughter her most of what she knows. He’s dear to her heart and she cannot thank him enough.
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Now Dana blogs for several stores and events. She loves it and was steered toward blogging by the first store she blogged for, Entice. Entice’s owner saw one of her photos and suggested she blog for them. In time, more store owners asked her to blog for them. She still can’t believe creators love her work. In real life she is a student of psychology in her fourth year at Tel Aviv University. She loves to learn, it’s an interesting and challenging field.I really love to learn, it’s a very interesting and challenging field. However, since she fell in love with photography, she is no longer sure she wants to work as a psychologist in the future. I do not know if this story is truth or fiction. I do know that my friends and I heard this when we were little children, and it scared us. A young man lived with his mother, she was very ill and rich. He was reckless, irresponsible, and lacking values. He grew up in wealth, did not work one day in his life. Before his mother’s death, she wrote a will, and there she wrote that she was leaving her son all her money, except for two precious rings, which she wanted to bury with her. When his mother died, the son inherited all her money, and continued his life as always - he wasted the fortune without thought, without boundaries. After several years he was left without money so he decided to go to his mother’s grave and take the two rings that had been buried with her, on her fingers. They were very valuable. On a dark, rainy night, he went to the cemetery, dug the earth, cut both fingers, took the rings and covered the grave. He got into his car and started driving home. After a short drive, he saw a woman standing by the side of the road, looking like she wanted to hitch a ride. He stopped, let her into the car and drove on. She was very quiet, did not say a word, he looked at her .... and ...... to his astonishment he saw ..... her two fingers were missing ..... He was so scared , he asked her.... “Miss, what happened to your fingers?” She looked into his eyes and said “You took them!” That’s is my story. Check out her Blog and Flickr. ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 181
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enus Germanotta (STEPHMANE Resident joined Second Life in 2015, and since then he’s been exploring the fashion and artistic side of Second Life. He enjoys blogging as a hobby and he’s personally drawn to avant-garde & haute couture styles. Overtime, he has come to find his own unique style known as, Alien Couture. When I was asked to describe the scariest thing I’ve ever experience thus far in my life, it wasn’t too hard to figure out what that would be. This particular night started off like any other night, I was online browsing YouTube, listening to music and editing pictures like I would normally do. This happened to be a Friday night, and when I looked at the time it was 2:40 am. I decided to call it a night there, especially because that day I had been experiencing some neck pains. When I went to go lay down on my bed, I did something differently, I usually always sleep on my side, but that night I decided to sleep on my back, and with my head hanging down the bed halfway, to give my neck some relief and stretch it out some. I was only going to stay that way for a couple of minutes and then sleep normally, but before I knew it, I was in deep sleep. After this happened, a strange feeling then had awakened me, but that feeling wasn’t so strange when I realized what it was. I was under sleep paralysis. For those of you who’ve never experienced sleep paralysis, trust me when I say, you don’t want to. You’re aware of the fact that you’re awake, however your entire body is unable to move, you can’t speak, scream, nothing and you’re overcome with this overwhelming sense of dread, like something horrible is about to happen, but for no reason at all and with no explanation for it. The only thing that has mobility is your eyes. Now here’s the thing, this was the 3rd time I’ve had sleep paralysis, so by now I wasn’t so scared of it, it would normally last a few seconds and I’d be back asleep. This time was different… Because I had fallen asleep on my back, with my head leaning off the bed, it must have triggered something bizarre, because the next thing I feel, is a force pushing me up from my back, and forcing me in a sitting position. Mind you, I’m completely paralyzed but am wide-awake and aware of what’s going on, and I couldn’t see anything because it was completely dark in my room. It felt as though I was being levitated at one point and it even crossed my mind “Am I being abducted”? I know it sounds silly now, but in that moment, believe me, you would have thought the very same. This luckily only lasted for what felt like 40 seconds, and then I was asleep again. In the morning, I awoke just fine but I was a bit disturbed because the memory remained. I haven’t had anything quite like that happen in my sleep since that night, over a year ago. Check out his Flickr and Instagram. ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 183
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avannah Jane [Sweetsavannahjane Resident] has been in SL for just over 6 years. She has been a model and has won and placed in pageants. She then switched gears and was a racecar driver for a while. Her partner Ashton introduced her to Amaretto horses, and she stayed very involved in that community for three years, breeding horses and calling auctions. When she became single again, she needed a change of scenery and eventually left breeding altogether. She turned to photography and started a Flickr account. She met her best friend Deija there, and they have since created an in-world group called Connect-SL. They also own a gallery called The Panoramic View that features different artists at least monthly. Savannah DJs at Connect-SL events, Gallery events and at The Artist’s Retreat. She surrounds herself with positive people and is blessed to have many good friends in SL. In addition to her Bestie, she also has an SL mother and little sister who she treasures. Several years ago, I decided to rent a cabin in the Smoky mountains after Christmas. Just a quiet few days for myself. The cabin was on the side of a mountain with no close neighbors. On the first night, while I was soaking in the huge tub, I heard a scratching noise. Must be the wind blowing branches against the window. No need to get scared of a little wind. In a few minutes, I heard rain on the tin roof. Nice time to be inside, warm and relaxed, I thought to myself as I grabbed my glass of wine. Over the music I had playing, I heard a squeaking sound. I thought the wind was really whipping the trees. Eventually I had to drag myself out of the tub. I dried off, put on my robe and slippers, and opened the bathroom door. The steam filled the bedroom. As it cleared, I could see that the bedroom window was opened, and there were muddy shoeprints on the floor leading right up to the bathroom door, and then another set that led back to the window. Why my visitor stopped outside the bathroom door, I will never know. My first night was my last night at the cabin that year. I have gone back to the Smokies, but never to the same cabin. Check out her Flickr, The Panoramic View and Connect SL.
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yan Tailor joined SL on January 18th, 2013. He has tried a lot of things before finding what he really wants to do in the virtual world. His primary goal in SL is to relax from his first life and have fun. Even though deadlines can be stressful, he focuses on the fun. Ryan started as a DJ and continues to spin today. You can hear him at clubs and events such as “Alfa Future People SL”, “Les Dunes Electroniques SL” and many more. Many DJs make a playlist and hit play, Ryan is mixing live with his Pioneer DDJ RX Controller–and his virtual live mixing experience has let to him performing in RL events, fulfilling one of his biggest dreams.. Ryan spends most of his time blogging fashion and home and garden. He shares his block with his wife Ria who helped him get his start taking photos. YouTube tutorials are important to constantly improving his skills. He is always his harshest critic His biggest role model is LouLou Teichmann who is in his eyes an absolutely fantastic photographer and artist in SL photography. His passion for decor has let to him working for The Makeover Agency, a new agency on the grid that offers a services for anyone who wants a fabulous home or avatar styling. He also worked as a print model for an SL magazine. He is also the CBO of the brand EXMACHINA which offers a male mesh body. EXMACHINA offers currently an add-on system with the options to “ex-tan to tan” your body in the sun like in real life. In the near future you can have a fully new experience with this body. Ryan gives the impression of being reserved and distant, but that changes as one gets to know him. He is a quiet, sensitive and creative man, who chooses his friends carefully, but for those he holds dear, he would do and give nearly everything. Last year, smol-bean-dean went to a friend’s house for a party. Around one in the morning, the group decided to use a Ouija board. The Reddit user was the only one who believed in accounts of the paranormal so she was hesitant when her friends brought out the board. But instead of giving her friends more reasons to tease her when it came to the paranormal, she acted as if she didn’t believe in such activity. They began asking the board questions. They started with a few normal questions, and nothing really exciting happened. Then someone asked if the spirit wanted to hurt them, and it responded with “only one.” The group started to get creeped out at this point - and rightfully so. When one friend asked the natural follow-up question, who, the board spelled out Natasha: the Reddit user’s full name. It should be noted that she doesn’t care for their full name and has everyone call her Tasha instead. Tasha then left the room while her friends continued playing but found out later that night that the group forgot to say goodbye to the board. Anyone familiar with a Ouija board knows that closing the interaction with the spirit is crucial before stopping use of the board. Needless to say, she was nervous. After this, Tasha has no memory of the night. She only remembers getting a migraine and nosebleeds. Her friends took videos of her acting strangely, speaking with a changed voice, and a few instances of her talking in other languages. However, that night wasn’t the only time this happened. In the days following, Tasha’s parents reported the same things happening. Once again, she remembered nothing but migraines and nosebleeds. About two weeks later, she was back to normal. Or so she thought. Tasha was suddenly hospitalized for an excruciating pain in her kidney - so bad that it almost shut down. The doctors tried everything but couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Then, on the day she were scheduled for surgery, the pain suddenly stopped. One day later, Tasha was released. Since that incident, she has never felt like she was truly alone. Sometimes, she feels someone grabbing her hands or neck, making it difficult to breathe. Tasha has always believed in the paranormal, but this experience made it far more real for her. Check out his Flickr, Blog and EXMACHINA. ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 187
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tacy Mosely joined SL in 2008 after a year of being a different avatar. Due to some weird circumstances Stacy Mosely was born and has been wandering the grid ever since. She did some role play for a while and then connected with her ex-partner who was a singer and she got involved heavily with live music, live music performer management and became the owner of Virtual Music Services which was a publication and promoter of live performers doing interviews, show critiques and helping new live performers on their way to fame within SL. After a few years of doing this, RL got a bit hectic and Stacy went back to just wandering the grid, enjoying the friends and family she’d made over the years. Now she mainly focuses on building on her sim, exploring the arts within SL and photography – both portrait and landscapes of the amazing people and places she finds on her travels. You can view her work on Flickr, but keep in mind, some of it is adult rated! Fall and Halloween have always been my favorite time of the year. I take a lot of pride in creating a spooky environment on my sim and each year building on what I learned from the previous year and adding to my collection of spooky objects, creatures and landscape materials. I spend, sometimes a couple months, working on the sim and it’s open for whoever wants to come and enjoy but I mainly build it for myself simply because I love it that much. My favorite recollection and favorite build was from a few Halloweens ago. My partner at the time was an amazing builder and the two of us together would come up with some of the scariest and craziest things to incorporate into the build. We had decided that year to build an asylum and fill it with tons of creepy sounds, howls, breathing walls, screams out of nowhere that were triggered as people walked through the build. We based the entire build around a story line of a ghost hunting crew that had gone into the building to do research and then disappeared. Lots of clues around the build of what could have happened to them. The windlight was very dark and you had to use flashlights or some even wore hats with headlamps on them to navigate through the 3 floors and basement. Each floor had patient rooms, medical bays, etc. One day, while my partner wasn’t online and I was working on the build, I hid a very wickedly creepy clown figure in one of the walls and built a trigger for it so that it would fly laterally out of the wall at you screaming as you walked past, with the trigger placed so it was right in front of your face when it came out. I conveniently “forgot” to tell him about what I’d added while he was gone. A few days later we were online together in SL walking through the build just admiring what we’d done and deciding if we needed to add anything else. With the build being so large, he’d not walked down this particular hall in a while and still had no idea the clown was there and I’d pretty much forgotten as well. So we’re strolling through the dark hallways, already a little creeped out being in the dark, and we’re also on a Skype call so we can see each other as we’re wandering, discussing how creepy everything is and how good the build is when suddenly he hits the trigger! This creepy crazy ass clown comes flying out of the wall into his face with a bloody axe or something in its hand and is screaming. What I see is him on Skype scream like a girl and go shooting backwards in his chair practically flipping it over backwards as he tries to get away from the computer screen. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much in my entire life! While this isn’t a scary story exactly, it’s one of my favorite recollections of this time of year in SL and why I love building my Halloween themed sim builds. Still, writing this, I am laughing again, as I can clearly see his terror-stricken face and how badly that scared him! I call that a definite “hit” in the scary department. Check out her Flickr. ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 189
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ing Xiao Clementine Twist [MingXiaoClementine] enjoys roleplay as a vampire with her husband Lisim Twist in Second Life. She also enjoys writing short stories and poems mostly about vampires, demons and unconventional twisted fairy tales. She lives with her husband in their cottage in the woods just like a modern day vampire fairy tale. She enjoys playing many different vampire hud-based games in Second Life. She also enjoys photography. She is an officer of an incredibly designed gothic sim called SL Saints & Sinners where she takes most of her photos and gets the inspiration for most of her short stories. If you visit the sim you just might run into her sitting in her favorite spot at her favorite tombstone! Ming and her husband also enjoy breeding and selling mostly vampire Kitty Cats, but also other rares as well. There is an in-world group and Facebook page for The Cat Barn CatsRus. They do have a market store, but it is not quite finished so look for it up and coming soon! Ming also can be found putting around in her virtual garden. She enjoys breeding mostly orchids and roses, mostly rares in her all black greenhouse. “Clementine was here”
Now this story is not for the weak of heart. It is a holiday tale that goes back centuries–a tale of true and tragic love of the unnatural kind. This is not a tale for weak of heart and you may regret reading it. “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate” is most frequently translated as “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” If you’re still reading, remember, you were warned. Even tragic, grim tales of death, love, and eternal damnation begin with “Once upon a time.” So let us start there. Once upon a time, long, long ago, there lived a woman named Clementine. She was beautiful with pale skin and ice-blue eyes. Her hair fell in jet black ringlets and her full lips were cherry red. She wore the flounces and ruffles in silk and organza as was the fashion. With her parasols and veiled hats, she flirted delightfully. All the eligible men sought her hand, but while she enjoyed their devotion, she was not interested in marrying. Holding them in her thrall appealed to the menace hidden by her well-mannered charm. One day a new man came to town, exciting the interest of all the local women. As Clementine strolled through the square she could hear them whispering about how handsome, charming, and enchanting he was. Her curiosity piqued, she dressed up in her finest and strolled through the square hoping for a glimpse of this man that excited all the women. Through the hot afternoon sun, she continued to stalk the square and saw nothing but disappointment. At sunset, a carriage arrived drawn by two black horses. The coachman opened the door and man stepped out in the shadows of nightfall. His skin was pale, illuminated by the moonlight. He wore blood red breeches and coat with an elegant black cravat. He turned toward her and walked up to her. Biting her lips in anticipation, she thrilled when he took her hand and brought it to her lips for a cool, gentle kiss before releasing it. ECLIPSE October 2018 | Page 191
“Good evening to you my Lady”, he spoke in a whisper-soft voice, soothing and compelling. His dark eyes inspected her, but she took no offense because his gaze warmed her. Their eyes met and locked and she struggled to say her name. Her knees trembled and felt lightheaded. He glanced away and she suddenly felt more in control. Everything the townsfolk had said about him was true. He was the most beautiful man she had ever seen. He took his hand and brushed the dark curly hair away from her eyes then took her by the hand beckoning her to walk with him. They conversed for hours until the sun started to rise and he abruptly had to take his leave, but promised to return to her the next night for a visit. What was his name you ask? Good question! She never knew his name. He never spoke it to her. All that day she could think of nothing else but him. She saw his dark eyes still, his gaze embedded into her memory. She watched the clock as though she could force the the night to hasten and will the sun to go down. She cared about nothing else at this point. Everything seemed to be a blur. This resolutely free woman was madly in love with a stranger she had only known for one night, but now she wanted to be with him forever. Did this out-of-character obsession cause her to pity the men who have sought her love? Not a bit. She bathed and put on another glorious gown as though she were attending the finest ball. She could not look better. Then she waited and waited some more. She eventually nodded off having not have slept the night before. Suddenly, she was jolted out of slumber by a loud banging at her front door. She saw out the window, night had fallen. She ran down the stairs to open the door and there he was, resplendent in black suit with a red cravat. She admired his style, his panache, his devilish goatee, and his dark eyes contrasting with his pale skin. “May I come in?” he asked, his voice a sibilant serpentlike hiss. No matter how unwise it was to invite a near stranger into her home, she felt compelled to welcome him. He took her hand Page 192 | ECLIPSE October 2018
and kissed it gently, but never stepped across the threshold. “Yes, please do come in.” Five short words–her first and last mistake. He sat down next to her and leaned in close, breathing in her scent as he ran his black claw up and down her neck pushing her hair out of the way. Her heart started to race as she felt him touch her. That same feeling overcame her, the weak, lightheaded feeling, a loss of time and space. He came in closer to her neck revealing to her some fang-like teeth glistening in the candlelight. He gently ran his fangs up and down her neck now, kissing her neck softly and grabbing hold of her hand. “Do you know what I am my Lady? I can see into your soul. I am going to bite you and you have no choice in the matter. I am going to curse you with eternal damnation, to walk with the undead for all of eternity. Why will I do this to you, for you,? You dare to ask? I can read your thoughts. You are an open book to me. I know exactly how many beats per minute your heart beats and exactly how many times you inhale and exhale. I know everything and there is no escape for you my dear.”She was paralyzed, torn between yearning and fearful at the same time. The next thing she knew she felt his very sharp claws deep into her flesh pinning her down and his fangs deep in her flesh. Blood ran down her neck staining her gown, dripping down to the ground forming a large crimson puddle. She felt her life flow out with her blood. She lost all control of her body, of her thoughts. She belonged to him now. She felt her heartbeat slow way down in unison to his. She felt the blood rushing through her body, she heard all of his thoughts inside of her head. He took his claw and slashed into his wrist deep enough to allow the blood to flow freely and put his wrist up to her mouth and force fed her his blood to complete her transformation, her lifeline, her ticket to damnation. At first he force fed her, but then as the blood started to flow in her veins she began to want more and more taking his wrist and going deeper and drinking faster now in a wild frenzy. She felt better now, she felt whole. She began to feel strong.
“Stop, you must stop now!” he belted out. She could hear his heartbeat speeding up, echoing in her head vibrating the room it seemed. She could not stop herself. She wanted more. He had created a monster. He knew it instantly. He could not allow her to survive. “Stop this Clementine! I command you to stop drinking from me this instant!” She just could not stop. She was like a wild animal feasting. He took his hands and wrapped them around her thin perfect neck and violently snapped it. Her pretty little head falling limp beside him and her grip of his wrist releasing. He looked down at her as if almost in pain. “Shame. Such a pretty little thing, and I so wanted a forever companion. She just was not the right one.” He knew she would have been untamed and insatiable, he would have never have been able to control her. Some monsters we make just are not meant to survive. He stood up and walked out into the night wiping the blood from his lips on his black suit sleeve, putting his top hat back on and getting back into his carriage as he rode off into the night never to be seen again. Shortly after he left something odd occurred. Clementine awakened! Her eyes opened and they were now a blood-red color. Her hair was a disheveled knotty mess of jet black ringlets. her face makeup all smeared and blood everywhere. She took her finger and ran it over her newly grown fangs and smiled snapping her neck back into place, standing up and walking out into the night straightening out her bloody mess of a gown. She was like a wild unbridled monster. She was cursed. She caught his scent and ran off into the night to look for her master. She would be with him eternally whether he wanted or not. She would find him and now she was stronger than him. She belonged to him now, forever bonded to him with his blood running through her veins. Well as the tale goes Clementine tracked him for forty nights until she found him in a town called Hell. She awoke that evening at dusk and had a lock on his scent. She found him sleeping in a Tudor style house just outside of the town
limits, sleeping in a red satin lined coffin. She crawled on top of the coffin and carefully pried open the lid to find him still in a silent slumber. She took her razor sharp claws and dug them deep into his chest after she staked him right through his heart, blood spewing everywhere, all over her and all over the coffin. His eyes opened up wide jolted out of his deep sleep and saw her right in his face with her claws inside of his now open chest. She waited for the moment that he awakened so that he could look into her eyes as she violently ripped out his beating heart and took a bite out of it all the while looking into his eyes. He had a wild confused look in his eyes that she had never seen before. It looked like he was almost pleading with her to allow him to live. She had his blood all over her face and chest as she continued to eat his heart like a wild animal as he was now dying, bleeding out all over the hardwood floor. She laughed insanely as she forced his eyelids closed and slammed the coffin lid down on him after checking to make sure he was truly now finally dead. On the wood floor in his blood she took her finger and painted the words “Clementine was here”. She ate the last remnants of his heart and wiped the blood off her face and ran off into the night never to be seen again. The next day the town folk found his body all mangled and ripped apart, his limbs strewed all around him and his gaping open chest wound minus his heart. They were shocked and horrified, then they read the words Clementine had written in his blood and this became the urban legend of Clementine. Many tell her tale and say their prayers each night hoping she will not appear in their nightmares. It is said she roams the English countryside now searching for her prey looking for a forever companion to replace the one she lost. We hope you never run into her! The End...or is it! Check out her Flickr, LM, Facebook and Facebook Store.
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artist highlight
photography by taylo
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Hogman 64 is one of the many talented artists represented by Whispering Sands Live Promotions and has been with them for about two years. When asked about his musical inspiration, he shares, “My musical inspiration is wide ranging from Classic rock to some modern country to timeless ballads and also spirituality.” The most meaningful song he has sung during a performance is “A Wonderful World” because to him it simplifies the hope of a word in turmoil. As for anyone thinking of starting out in the SL music scene, he suggests, “Go to other performers shows, spend time at open mic clubs and become comfortable with performing. Also using a promotional company can be a great way to get your name out and also to land shows.” While he came to Second Life for the social aspect, he also enjoy seeing people in chat having fun while he performs. “To see there spirits come alive is a huge lift for me and gives me energy that in return I give back. My shows are are generally energetic and fun but I also try to move people emotionally through song. SL has been a wonderful way to express myself through music.” Listen to him on SoundCloud. Check out his schedule.
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THE wayfarer...
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“The Wayfarer” is a monthly feature by Taylor Wassep showcasing some of the most aesthetic places in Second Life®. For this issue, the Wayfarer ventured to the end of the world. Silent Rant is a picturesque apocalyptic sim that melds perfectly creepy and spectacular artistry. Ideal for photographers and bloggers, or even just an evening exploring with friends.
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Discover Silent Rane, if you dare.
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