Engine Room // September 2024 – Part I

Tunes

I chime in with a
“Haven’t you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?”
No, it’s much better to face these kinds of things
With a sense of poise and rationality

[- Panic! At The Disco, I Write Sins Not Tragedies -]
Clothing

Top: Ash. – “Cirius Top” (Maitreya LaraX) – NEW @ Engine Room // September 2024
Shirt: LeeZu – “Valerie Blouse BARK” (BoM)

Accessories

Hat: [piXit] – “Wind me Up Hat” (unrigged) – NEW @ Engine Room // September 2024
Piercing (Nose): Wicca’s Originals – “Yhesy Piercing”“Tegan Piercing Set” (unrigged)
Piercing Lips 1: LittleFish – “EziliV2”
Earrings 1: Wicca’s Originals – “Finnea Piercing” (LeL.EvoX, human, female)
Earrings 2: CODEX – “Yuki Set” (LeL.EvoX, human, female)
Monocle: Air – “Dyonisos (monocle) gold R_CM” (unrigged)
Fingers: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Xatyn Ring Band” (Maitrya LaraX, Bento)
Nails: FORMANAILS – “Steampunk” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: KMH – “Hair F266” (unrigged) – NEW @ Engine Room // September 2024
FaceArt: Rubedo – “Merlin Eyes 02″ (LeL. EvoX BoM) – NEW @ Engine Room // September 2024

Head, Body & Tattoo
Head: LeLUTKA – “Avalon 3.1″
Tattoo Face: BodyArts – “Faceband Wicca” (LeL.EvoX BoM, custom made – take a look at the “Vere Flores” or one of her various amazing facebands)
Tattoo Face/Neck: BodyArts – “Ornamentum
Teeth: [CX] – “Strigoi’s Fangs – Silver Type.1 ( Size E / Wider )”
Body: Maitreya – “LaraX 1.0”
Tattoo Arms: Nefekalum – “Artisan Sleeves Black (Metal/Gold)” (BoM, Materials) – NEW @ Engine Room // September 2024
Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: STUN – “Haerin 2” (Bento)
Backdrop: Paparazzi – “BACKDROP – Steampunk Hall 3″
Animal: Ardwark – “Hexclaw Feline Deco – Pose 1” – NEW @ Engine Room // September 2024

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

It’s time to move your Body!

Tunes

“I don’t want to rock, DJ
But you’re making me feel so nice
When’s it gonna stop, DJ?
‘Cause you’re keepin’ me up all night”

[- Robbie Williams, Rock DJ -]
Clothing

Top: [TNK] – Torn Cropped – Phobia” (Reborn)
Belts: babyboo – “Grunge Belts” (Reborn)
Pants: AVEC TOI – “The Angelique Shorts” (Reborn)

Accessories

Piercings & Tattoo (Forehead): BodyArts – “Signum” (unrigged)
Glasses: Wicca’s Originals – “Nightshade Glasses”
Earrings: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Earring Mads all linked” (LeLUTKA EvoX female/human)
Ear Lobes: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Inazuma Plug” (LeLUTKA EvoX female/human)
Piercing (Nose): Wicca’s Originals – “Jadeon Piercing” + “Tegan Piercing Set” (unrigged)
Piercing Lips: LittleFish – “EziliV2” (Lel. EvoX, Avalon)
Earphones: Soy. – “HeadPhones [Gray]” (unrigged)
Rings: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Xatyn Ring Bands” (Reborn)
Nails: FORMANAILS  – “Runa” (Reborn, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No_Cult”
Eyemakeup: Hexed – “Starry Eyeshadow – RED” (LeL.EvoX BoM)
Lipstick: [Reverie] – “Archangel Lips – Lip Liner Add-on – C – Black” (LeL.EvoX BoM)

Head, Body & Tattoo
Head: LeLUTKA – “Noel Head 4.0”
Tattoo Face: BodyArts – “Faceband Wicca” (LeL.EvoX BoM, custom made – take a look at the “Vere Flores” or one of her various amazing facebands)
Teeth: [CX] – “Strigoi’s Fangs – Silver Type.1 ( Size E / Wider )”
Body: eBody – “Reborn v1.69.6”
Tattoo Body: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Lacework”
Poses, Props & Tools

Location: Bartertown
Pose: STUN – “Alexa 1″ (Bento)
Car & Equipment: DRD – “Van DJ Booth” (PBR)

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

She goes her Way

Tunes

Birds and butterflies
Rivers and mountains she creates
But you’ll never know the next move she’ll make
You can try, but it is useless to ask why
Cannot control her
She goes her own way

She rules until the end of time
She gives and she takes
She rules until the end of time
She goes her way

[- Within Temptation, Mother Earth -]
Accessories

Earrings: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Earring Mads all linked” (LeLUTKA EvoX female/human)
Ear Lobes: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Inazuma Plug” (LeLUTKA EvoX female/human)
Piercing (Nose): Wicca’s Originals – “Jadeon Piercing” + “Tegan Piercing Set” (unrigged)
Piercing Lips 1: LittleFish – “EziliV2” (Lel. EvoX, Avalon)
Piercing Lips 2: LittleFish – “Blair” (Lel. EvoX, Avalon)
Piercing Lips 3: LittleFish – “Jazmina” (Lel. EvoX, Avalon)
Necklace: Wicca’s Originals – “Orchid Necklace” – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale
Nails: V/. VoluptasVirtualis – “[Esbaa]” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No Sort” – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // April 2024

Head, Body & Tattoo
Head: LeLUTKA – “EvoX Avalon 3.1”
Tattoo Head/Neck/Chest (incl. Eyes): BodyArts – “Pandora” (LeL. EvoX BoM, Materials)
Teeth: [CX] – “Strigoi’s Fangs – Silver Type.1 ( Size E / Wider )”
Body: Maitreya – “LaraX Petite 1.1”
Tattoo Arms: Nefekalum – “Gilded Touch Sleeves (Gold) 60%” (BoM, Materials)
Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: STUN – “Alexa 2” (Bento)

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

“Space Cowboy”

TUNES

This is the return of the space cowboy
Interplanetary, good vibe zone
Say, at the speed of cheeba, you and I go deeper
Maybe I’m gonna have to get high just to get by
Now, you know I got that
I got that cheeba, cheeba kinda space cowboy vibe

[Jamiroquai]

The basic design for todays pictures was the amazing face tattoo from .:E.A.Studio:. called “TaTToo Corvus Make-Up”. It is one of the recent releases at their main store. I loved how the wings hugged the undereyeline. You get the choice between black and white and as well 2 different opacities for each – 40% and 60%. All of them are BoM layers and so they will work wit every head that supports BoM. For my LeLUTKA heads it works just perfectly. *winks*. The layers are modifiable, so you even could turn the white one into every color you like. The head I am using today, is the new boundless update for Erin.For the outfit I chose the amazing “Rocket Captain” from {PSYCHO:Byts}. I love the details on the body as well as on the hat. You get different colored for the body and the metals of the whole outfit. I really had fun decorating my set as soon as the idea of a military space mechanic came to my mind. The “Wreck Hideout” from 22769 was perfect for that scenery! First I thought about a motorbike for my mechanic, but then I found that amazing, futuristic space bike from STUN in my inventory, which even came with those cool poses!

Clothing

Outfit & Hat: {PSYCHO:Byts} – “Rocket Captain” (Maitreya)

Shoes: Wicca’s Originals – “Sinny Boots” (Maitreya)

Tights: .:Avanti:. – “Bette Stockings” (Maitreya Applier)

Socks: -SU!- – “Garter Socks Nylon Black” (BoM)

Accessories

Glasses: /sD/ – “Fiery Silver Wildfire Monocle – Left”

Nails & Rings: [CX] – “Essential Dirty Claws (Original)” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: adoness – “Beanie”

Lipstick (incl. Lip Concealer): CAZIMI – “Tenderness HD Lips” (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Applier)

Face Art: .:E.A.Studio:. – “TaTToo Corvus Make-Up Black 60%” (BoM) – NEW @ Mainstore

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5”

Eyes: Madame Noir – “Sarah Eyes” (LeLUTKA Applier)

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Poses, Props & Tools

Bike & Poses: STUN – “Pose Pack Collection Bento ‘Debora’ #138”

Set:

22769 – “Wreck Hideout”

22769 – “Cube Crate”

22769 – “Transport Crate”

22769 – “Rectangle Crate”

22769 – “Tripod Lamp”

Catacomb – “The Hive – Medium Edition”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

The Approach…

Crazy times… Corona still holds the world in its hand and all of us try to do our best to fight it, even if we cannot see yet any success and things seem to get worse and worse. I know it isn’t the fact, but sometimes it feels like it. We are now in our second week without school in Germany. I am a teacher (usually in the mornings I do teach at a school) and I do have a tiny private afternoon tutoring company. Usually I am surrounded by kids all day and in the past I had days where that was quite exhausting. Always having 10 to 60 kids around you from 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon didn’t feel always easy but now that I see how it is to have none of them around – it doesn’t feel good either. I am lucky to have the possibility to hold online classes and have some one-on-one tutoring as well, but it doesn’t feel the same. Before the difficulties were the noise in bigger groups, or the kids being distracted by looking outside the window and now… the difficulties have changed. I never thought it could be that hard to explain something like mathematics to a child online only online… you talk a lot more trying to describe everything and if they have to draw triangles with certain length or certain degree angles. Most of them do not have the technical equipment to show you what they did, they usually only can take a snap with their cellphone and send it to me.. and if they spend already like 20 min to do that task and then something went wrong you can start all over again.

Certainly it has a positive side as well – I do not have the distance and the time to drive to school and back in the afternoon and I have the advantage of having an open bowser all the time to find answers I might not know out of the blue for certain questions, so I do not wanna whine or rage about it – I just discover everyday the differences and the different difficulties. Between all that I try to keep my Mom inside and safe – she is over 70 and recently had a brain tumor and chemo after it, so she is in the risk group for that damn virus as well. So my Second Life times at the moment are a little bit more limited and not as regular as I used to be, but I do not want to stop blogging and taking pictures completely as it feels like a little bit of resting time and holiday for my brain when I do that.

The pictures for todays post I already did  over a week ago, but I wasn’t able to post work them and write something about yet. So now the Cyber fair by ACCESS sadly is over but I am sure you can find all the goodies in the designers main stores already or soon.

First of all the amazing vinyl ensemble from A&Y called “Phex”, which is a combination of a long sleeved top and short pants with an awesome, realistic looking shine. It is decorated with straps and zippers and with the huge HUD you can change the colors for all different parts including the metals.

All the amazing accessories I as well found at the Cyber Fair, but like I said before I am sure you will find them most likely either already or soon at the designers main stores. The incredible face art done by Nefekalum Tattoos comes in 3 different versions. You can find many different tings in your folder. First of all the 3 different versions of the makeup it self. Black Tears only, Red Smudge only and a full version of both. Furthermore you will find appliers for head and body materials and the belonging erasers. On top of that, since all his tattoos are materials enabled, Sir Skye added a perfect projector (light source) as well, for you to use if you like.

Certainly I did need some cool nails and rings to complete my outfit and it was no question that the “Creature Claws” from CerberusXing were just the perfect choice. They are available in 3 colors (silver, onyx and gold) and rigged for Belleza Jake,  Signature Gianni, Maitreya and the female Slink hands.

The smart looking hair style was made by no.match. I love the wild top hair, the shaved sides and the fact that you still have 2 wisps at your ears. Like always for no.match hair styles you have different color packs and a fatpack available. The purchases will include a shaved hairbase as well, but since I do have my own shaved hair base I did not use it for todays post 😉

It was time again to built my own set – I found so many cool things at the Cyber Fair, I just had to. All you can see, from the backdrop over the drinks, food (weed) vending machine and the incredible animals, I collected at the Cyber Fair.

I would like to draw your attention a little bot towards the animals. The “Caged Biter” is available in 3 different colors. You can separate the animal from the cage as you can see in my pictures. The Biter is an animated mesh design and has adorable movements, which make it possible to have some more interactive looking pictures with the different poses or the animal.

I do have an immense fun at the moment with cyber and sci-fi posts as they open a whole new range for pictures and styles to me. We do not know what the fashion or environment will look like in our future, but for me that gives us a lot of room to experiment and the possibility of unending creativity 🙂

Clothing

Outfit: A&Y  – “Phex” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Eyepatch: RichB. – “Dex Eyepatch F”

Face Straps: unstable – “Code: WYVERN”

Septum: Astara – “Cthulhu Septum”

Mask: SEKA’s – “HVCKED Mask (no effect)”

Back Attachment: .{PSYCHO:Byts}. – “Feel the Connection – Back Implant”

Rings & Nails: [CX] – “Creature Claws – Onyx” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No. Industry”

Faceart 1: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Two Sides of Madness (Black Tears Only)” (BoM)

Faceart2: LuluB! – “Fembot” (BoM, Cyber Fair Gift)

Lipstick: Izzie’s – “LeLutka – Holo Metallic Lipstick 12 (green)” (BoM)

Head, Body & Tattoos

Head: LeLUTKA – “Lake 1.1”

Ears: [Cubic Cherry] – “Altered Ears (glow)”

Skin: Human Glitch – “MNFRM SKIN / MTL GENUS1” (BoM)

Body: Maitreya – “Lara 5.0.2”

Legs: Blah. – “Love.Ai/RoboLegs Black” (Maitreya)

Tattoo: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Organic Decay” (Maitreya, Applier)

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses:

Picture 1: BellePoses: – “NyxV2 2” (Bento, right arm lightly edited)

Picture 2: STUN – “Debora 4” (Bento, lightly edited)

Picture 3: BellePoses: – “NyxV2 7” (Bento)

Picture 4: Foxcity – “Power-1” (Bento)

Set:

Background: The Bearded Guy – “Industrial – The Future” (Gacha, Common)

Machine: # ninety – “Cyber Vending Food [ Weed ]”

Shower: HILTED – “Decontamination Shower – Adult – Silver/Green”

Animals & Cage: HILTED – “Caged Biter – Black/Green/Light”

Chairs: buildworksdecor – “Cyber / Retro Neon Chair White Changeable X”

Food: andika – “cyber sweets Dispenser set”

Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin