Comments on: Becoming Mer http://azaiya.wordpress.com The Chronicles of a Second Life Mermaid Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:19:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sylvan http://azaiya.wordpress.com/becoming-mer/#comment-160 Sylvan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:15:41 +0000 http://azaiya.wordpress.com/?page_id=180#comment-160 I have made a Mer shape to use w/ my tails. I went into appearance & brought my knees in to around 15 (adjust to your body type) and thinned the muscles out a bit. I find this helps w/ the silhouette quite a bit & works with a number of different tails. I have made a Mer shape to use w/ my tails. I went into appearance & brought my knees in to around 15 (adjust to your body type) and thinned the muscles out a bit. I find this helps w/ the silhouette quite a bit & works with a number of different tails.

]]> By: Terry Toland http://azaiya.wordpress.com/becoming-mer/#comment-146 Terry Toland Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:03:10 +0000 http://azaiya.wordpress.com/?page_id=180#comment-146 Yes, it's a building/avatar problem, and designers do the best they can to work with the SL body. Some employ the use of the system skirt to cover up the legs, but this is gangly; others may use the invisi-prim to cover up limbs entirely, but this plays awkwardly with the environment and alpha-prims. Just as there are difficulties when using prim cuffs about the elbow area, prim tails can look awkward in bending at the joints, especially with normally fluid mermaid AOs. Personally, I love my Nixie tail because of the slight two-legs, as it implies an answer to the 'mermaid problem'. But that's my taste. Yes, it’s a building/avatar problem, and designers do the best they can to work with the SL body. Some employ the use of the system skirt to cover up the legs, but this is gangly; others may use the invisi-prim to cover up limbs entirely, but this plays awkwardly with the environment and alpha-prims. Just as there are difficulties when using prim cuffs about the elbow area, prim tails can look awkward in bending at the joints, especially with normally fluid mermaid AOs.

Personally, I love my Nixie tail because of the slight two-legs, as it implies an answer to the ‘mermaid problem’. But that’s my taste.

]]> By: wistful mer http://azaiya.wordpress.com/becoming-mer/#comment-141 wistful mer Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:35:57 +0000 http://azaiya.wordpress.com/?page_id=180#comment-141 I don't want to be a spoilsport, but I have been thinking of becoming mer. and have been deterred by the appearance of the tails I have seen so far. To me a mermaid must have an undivided tail with an oval section, like a fish. Every one I have seen has the leg shape, indeed the TWO leg shape clearly visible. They look like people with their ankles tight together wearing coloured tights and with big fin boot attachments on their feet. This ruins the illusion for me. I want absolutely no groove between the legs. Presumably this is a technical problem? Can we not cover the legs entirely with a set of jointed sculptie prims? Has anyone tried this approach? Can anyone advise me ? I don’t want to be a spoilsport, but I have been thinking of becoming mer. and have been deterred by the appearance of the tails I have seen so far.
To me a mermaid must have an undivided tail with an oval section, like a fish. Every one I have seen has the leg shape, indeed the TWO leg shape clearly visible. They look like people with their ankles tight together wearing coloured tights and with big fin boot attachments on their feet.
This ruins the illusion for me. I want absolutely no groove between the legs.
Presumably this is a technical problem? Can we not cover the legs entirely with a set of jointed sculptie prims? Has anyone tried this approach?
Can anyone advise me ?

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