“Alone in the room, she impatiently waited
No aphrodisiac could have kept her sedated
Quietly, he entered, his scent filled the room
He knew her lust for him, would be her doom…”
[Dorinda Duclos]
Today I was in a little bit of a fetish mood and wanted to play a little bit *grins*
The “Aida” head from LeLutka, had such cute, but as well smart touch for me, that I came across the idea of a girl waiting for her Master coming home. I read many novels and books about BDSM and submission. Many of them had the situation in them, about a girl being at home waiting for her Master’s return (from work or what ever). Even in the Fifty Shades of Grey fairytale, he wants her to wait kneeling at the door of the playroom when he enters. That kind of situation I had in mind when I was taking todays pictures.
I did not want to do a mainstream nude or lingerie picture and when I found the “Leonie” dress from amias, I could not resist to use that one and pimp it a little bit with the “Collar of O” And the “Dandy Harness” from Salt & Pepper.
Today I would love to talk a little bit about shapes. I had a talk with a dear friend lately and she creates shapes. During my modeling times, I have to admit I never was wearing pre-made shapes. I learned in several model schools, that the shape/face is the models trademark and somehow that is true. I come from a time in SL where we not even yet dreamed of sculpts or mesh or other body parts than the system body Second Life gave us. So we had to learn how to make our own unique shape and be able to change and twist it if needed for clothing, skins or accessories. When the first generation of sculpted body parts came out or even more when the first generation of bento heads came out – the static ones – it was quite a problem as all of a sudden we could not anymore work on our faces more than having different skins to make them look at least a bit different from others that bought the same head. When the next generation of the bento heads came out we all were kinda relieved as we now had at least a little bot of our freedom back to customize our facial shape again a little more due new bones.
While I always made my shapes myself as a model, I learned how handy pre-made shapes can be when I have to to vendors and teasers for the store or if I am showcasing different heads. If you go out and ask people about their shapes, most will snort and tell you, they won’t be up for sale as they made them their own. If you ask others where they bought their shapes they will tell you what kind of a loss of money it would be, as you can make your own shape. But maybe sometimes you do not feel to sit down and make your own shape? Or you tried and they end up looking always the same and you want to look different? Or they do not feel comfortable with what they did because they do have trouble with finding the right proportions? There is various reasons why people try ready made shapes and there is nothing wrong with it. Most of the shapes I know are even modifiable and you can use them as a base to create your own, having a rough idea for the basic numbers of a direction you like.
So, today I am wearing one of WrenNoir Cerise’s shapes. The “Alba” shape from {wren”s nest} was made for the “Aida” head from LeLutka. Most of the shapes nowadays are based on one specific heads, as you can really get funny looks if you do the wrong thing to a shape for a certain head. I sometimes tried for fun to wear shapes made for LeLutka on LAQ heads what really looks incredible funny. Wren usually has more than one shape in her packs – she provides for example a ‘proportional’ one, a ‘slightly curvy’ and a ‘tall & slender’ and if you get lucky sometimes even a ‘BONUS Candy Size’ which is a little smaller and I do love exactly those 🙂 With the “Alba” shape I was lucky, there was a ‘candy size’ one in there. As well you will find different eyebrow shapes in the pack and as well a style-card. The style card might be useful, if you would like to copy the exact look of the vendor picture, because even skins do matter and not every skin will make the shape and/or the head look the same. For this post I did not work on the shape at all, so what you see is exact the one I pulled from the pack, but as I mentioned before, you can modify them!
Next time you get asked, where you have your shape from or if you would know a place where good shapes are sold… don’t drag them down by only saying they should make their own… give them a chance to learn from ready made shapes or just being lazy and still look good 😉
Clothing
Outfit: amias – “Leonie” (Maitreya)
Shoes: Blueberry – “Cupcake Boots – Sharp Heels” (Maitreya)
Accessories
Collar: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “Collar of O” (Maitreya)
Harness: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “Dandy Harness” (Miitreya, Gacha, Rare)
Nails: FORMANAILS – “Wedding” (Maitreya, Bento)
Hair & Makeup
Hair: no.match – “No.Click”
Makeup: Zibska – “Noir Pack 06” (LeLutka Applier)
Lipstick: alaskametro<3 – London” (LeLutka Applier)
Body & Tattoos
Head: LeLutka – “Aida 3.3”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Shape: {wren’s nest} – “Alba Proportional – LeLutka Aida Bento Head”
Skin: alaskametro<3 – “Sunny” (LeLutka/Omega Applier)
Eyes: LeLutka – “Eyes.Korina 3.3”
Poses & Props
Poses: Foxcity
Couch: 22769 – “Chesterfield Couch Black”
Table: DRD – “Bondage Sidetable Dark”
Glass: 22769 – “Martini” (Gacha, Common)
Sculpture 1: 22769 – “The Hidden”
Sculpture 2: 22769 – “Bronze Flamingo Figurines” (Gacha, Common)
Toys: BackBone – “Toy Rack”
Whip: 22769 – “Leather Whip”
Wallart: 22769 – “Metal Wallart” (Gacha, Common)
