Skin: Gauze - Illuminati Female - Gray - Asura - Cyan (Sunkissed skin faire at Harajukubox) 

Eyes: House of Ruin - Tonic XXX: Hypnotist (free) 

Hair: The Stringer Mausoleum - Summon Winter Black tipped (Currently not available) 

Horns: House of Ruin - The Chirurgeon Horns: Starshine ridged (Elemental set) 

Collar: Kinky Designs - CD Heavy spiked Collar steel posture 2 

Tattoo: Virtual Insanity - Perv dead boi tattoo 

Silks: Solange - Sahara flex silk skirt (black/sliver) 

Gloves: Sinistyle - Finger tape & black nails 

(and anyone else who wants freebies :D)

So, Gogo over at Juicy Bomb issued a challenge: Put together a good looking avatar for less than 20L (find the challenge post here). I suspect many will be going fairly conventional and human-ish, so instead I decided to use this opportunity to show off Grendel's Children, since I love them so much. And let me tell you, they have a *pile* of awesome avatars for zero linden. Though there is a 'freebie' section, 0L items are spread all over the store, so it's worth it to let the store rez and wander around. There's a lot of really inexpensive *fantastic* stuff, too, but I decided to *just* do the no cost ones for this post.

There's Warhammer avatars ...

"Tyranid Zoanthrope"

"Techpriest"

... elemental demons ...

"Magma Succubi"

"Frost Incubi"

... realistic animals ...

"Hippo"

... and just plain silliness!

"Pkunk"

There's *TONS* more, I've just picked a few to highlight some of what can be found. The place is a treasure trove. And one of the best parts about Grendel's? Nearly every avatar piece is completely mod, so you can customize to your hearts content! As you can see, you can have an awesome avatar for absolutely nothing, even if you don't want to be 'normal'. ;)

I've taken several more pictures of free or very cheap Grendel's avatars and posted them in my flickr stream - have a look!


<3 Rue

I was lucky enough to stumble on an eye store I hadn't heard of yet while at the fantasy fair last month.

Ibanez offers a wide selection of styles for their instore eye collection. There is bound to be something for everyone, and there are many colours to choose from for each set.

Baset in Fire

Shadow in Aurora

Instore Gift eyes in Blue

Instore Gift eyes in Brown

Instore Gift eyes in Green

Most of the sets come with prim eyes aswell, so you have the option to mix and match your eyes for a more unique personalized look.

You can purchase Eyes as singles or as a full pack.

Visit Ibanez

Other Things Worn:

Skin-Lionskins-Forbidden in makeup 6
Hair-The Stringer Mausoleum-Tenta in Moonlight

I'm not one to wear jewelry often. It tends to get in the way when I'm making hair, and often times I'm making hair!

I got this awesome crown from a hunt, never used it for anything, then low and behold, saw the matching necklace and bracelets!

Way more girly then what I would typically wear in SL, this is something I so would grab in RL, or even make. I like odd organic shapes things.

PRETURB/ation happens to be one of my favorite stores, if I am going to buy anything that is a jewelry piece. The quality is some of the best on the grid.

You can get the Tommelise set for L$100 inworld at PRETURB/ation

*Added Note*

Totally forgot to add in that the background texture was made by MiaSnow. She has a bunch on her stream for free use, as long as you give credit back to her. They aren't for commercial use, but are perfectly sized for blogging.

www.flickr.com/photos/miasnow/sets/72157623000103562/

"Yes yes, what is it?"



Jezret stepped from the astral portal, clearly very grumpy at having been disturbed. Walking past the nervous attendant, she flung open the door leading to the main walkway and paused, her stance radiating everything one would need to know about her level of anger.



"Well I don't see anything out of the ordinary. What were you talking about?"



What did the attendant see? Perhaps we will never really be quite sure, for the rest of the information was lost in a violent energy blast.



All you need to know from here on out though is the following: You NEED the hair, skin, horns, and eyes that you see the lovely Jezret in. I'm serious. Just look in your inventory right now. Those items are not there. Thats bad. That needs to be remedied. <3



~Credits~

Hair - Junglejammer in Lustberry Tipped - The Stringer Mausoleum
Skin - Cabal: Wisp in Dusk - House of Ruin
Eyes - Painted Tonic XXX in Gypsy - House of Ruin
Horns - Sentinel Demonkin in Iridium - House of Ruin
Eyelashes - Glitter Lashes - Deviant Kitties
Outfit - Misha Kan in Black - created by Angel Winkler

All poses in use are from my AO which was created by Vista Animations.

"Yes...?"



I was feeling rather flashy and so I decided to pull out all the stops for this one. First, the sim where all of these pictures are from: The Nubian Empire (link will be in credits). Its owned and operated by my dear friend Kat, and the sim strives to be as historically accurate in its roleplay as possible. Sadly, however, the sim is mostly empty nowadays. If you do want to visit, try to wear an OOC tag.



The sim itself is a gorgeous build and a testament of the long hours of hard work the owner and admins put into it.

So... why am I all flashy-demon'ed out over there?

Well... because I felt like it!

I just had to find a look to complete the new skin I bought from Ruina, and I thought "Yanno... this might just work" so I set the hamster in the wheel in my head to overdrive and BINGO... what you see is the result.



Just a lil personal word from me on this outfit before I get to the credits: Its not authentic Ancient Egyptian, no matter what it says on the poster/box. Its authentic Hollywood Ancient Egyptian. :)

Credits

Hair - Ruina V1 - TSM
Skin - Naif - House of Ruin
Horns - Sugar Skull Shaman - House of Ruin (no longer available)
Eyes - Swimming Horses: Water Birth - House of Ruin (no longer available)
Eyelashes - Glitter Lashes - Deviant Kitties
Demon Claws - Dragon Feet - Sinfull Creations
Tail - Angrumax Queen Jewelled Demon Tail - Sinful Needs
Outfit - Black Silver Web Gown - Wish Isle
Location of photos - The Nubian Empire (rp sim)

All poses used in this photo shoot are either from a chair, or from my AO.

Found a really cool Roleplay sim, that allows visitors. There are so many places to take unique pictures here. I photo'd it in the day, to better show you detail, but it's super spooky if you put fog on and have it at just after sunset.

Welcome to Mayday Island!














Pictures taken at Mayday Island

Suck my lolly...pop!

Candy Mistress awaits your arrival

Want one?

I have these flavours left, toxic slime, bleeding heart, Absinthe, love bite.

Sweet, dark and sexy, what more could want from a vamp on V'day!?!

Forgive me for I have sinned, it has been a hundred and forty five years since my last confession. I took something which was not rightfully mine, the life an innocent but I enjoyed it immensely. I stalked my victim, a pretty young thing in her early twenties, as she left the cupids fair mini hearts hunt over at Glam Affair. Hearing her constantly whine about how much of her own time she had to waste to find free gifts, enraged my inner damned soul. Little did she know that she had now become the prize in my own hunt. When the moon was at it's highest, I pulled her into the shadows. The pounding of her beating heart was deafening yet so alluring as it quickened. Having her pinned against the wall, I leaned in close, and with a soft voice I whispered "fear not my child, for I shall rid you of your burden of time". I felt the warmth of life as I pressed my lips against her neck. My fangs pierced her delicate skin with such easy. I drank the warm, crimson fluid as it flowed freely, revitalising my cold body from the inside out. I continued to feed upon her mortal essence till just before the last beat of her heart. It was a clean kill, not a drop was spilt. I took the heart shaped parcel that the girl had in her possession then fled the scene. Upon arriving home, I covered my blood stained lips with a mask then opened the parcel revealing a cute pink and black lingerie set, which of corse I tried on. Who says a Vamp can't wear pink!?!

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Hair: The Stringer Mausoleum - Candy Mistress in Platinum

Lingerie: Glam Affair - Ramonna Valentine gift from Cupids fair mini heart hunt

Skin: Tuli - Hope goth natural (past group gift)

Eyes: Little Prick - Spooky eyes

Tatt: iN After Earth - Champions trophy

Stockings: Sn@tch - Fishnet stockings widetop

Boots: Bobbysocks Shoppe - Studded strappy boots

Knife garter & Armbands: Little Britain Designs

Guns: Breach UPS

Gas Mask: BC322 (F#@k'n Xmas Fair)

Vibrant 'Fire Salamander' skin, a gift from Fallen God Inc. in the WILD.Released hunt goes extremely well with...

these Mortis eyes from the House of Ruin which are killer. They reveal the true essence of a damned soul. Beautifully detailed, deadly and gorgeous. 

Topped with the stunning Ruina V1 hairstyle in Moonlight tipped from The Stringer Mausoleum.

Finished off with something small and sexy, Sahara silk in black and silver from Solange! Fashions.

Not forgetting a little accessorising with some spikey goodness from Glam Affair and Little Britain Designs.

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Hair: The Stringer Mausoleum - Ruina V1 - Moonlight Tipped  (Monochrome pack)

Eyes: House of Ruin - Mortis Eyes Coal (dead)

Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. - Fire Salamander xx

Outfit: Solange! Fashions - Sahara silk (Black/silver)

Bracelet: Glam Affair - Studded bangle in black

Armbands: Little Britain Designs - Spiked armbands

Piercings: Made by me!

Location: Minute papillon as blogged by Helena Stringer on Fringe Society

Tribal Island Skin-Goth Edition

Winter did this lovely post a bit ago on this fabulous skin designer. Well after seeing all the screen shots and slobbering for a bit, I went out to see what was there at Terra's Bodyart for a demon like me.

Full Frontal View

Well, I got there, and wanted the whole darn store, but to start my collection, I got this beauty to show you all. It's called Tribal Island, and it's in the goth tone.

Back View

The tattoos on this thing are beyond anything I have yet to see in sl, and I'm super happy about the full head tat. As you all should know I'm a mohawk freak, and well Viewer 2.0 *just* came out, so I still love all my tatted skins.

Leg View

Close Up

I'm even going to be a bit horrid, and give you some armpitty. Just want to show you the seams. You may not know anything about making skins, but the Body template for our avatars is horrid, and there is only like 8 spaces in that area to play with, so it tends to be hard to get anything to not smear and line up right. All in all this is near perfect, and I'd kiss my furless digital armpits if I could. Just not in a french way. XP

Visit Terra's Bodyart

Other things worn:

Eyes-House of Ruin-Felid in Burgundy
Eyelashes-Store no longer exists
Hair-The Stringer Mausoleum-Pencil in Snow
Horns-House of Ruin-Reaper Horns-Not yet Released
Dress-Store no longer exists
Nipple Tape-Snatch-In various outfits
Undies-Snatch-In discount area

Pose: "Tymps", Hair: "Theater"

So ... I went to Pose Fair last week and had the pleasure of discovering a new-to-me pose maker: Olive Juice. Her poses where so energetic and full of personality that I fell in love almost immediately and bought up a whole bunch. And also determined that I *must* show them off to you, dear readers.

Pose: "Dangerous Curves Ahead", Hair: "Sunrise Gamma"

Then, last night, as I was running through the Crazy Arse Hair Hunt, I stopped dead at a shop called "griddie". This is a place of truly creative hair. I'm kind of crazy for non-normal hair, so this stuff totally made me squee and then I had to buy a bunch. And then put a lock on my wallet.

Pose: "Monster", Hair: "Rainy Day"

In order to bring these delightful things to your attention, I had to dress for the occasion. Cue Bare Rose and their "Bone Rider Lady". I've had this outfit for quite a while, but Bare Rose has a knack for never getting old. It was perfect for this too - rather strange, but not so gaudy as to take away from the things I wanted to show.

Pose: "Red Red Red", Hair: "Pipe"

The other trick up my sleeve are these neat shoes that can be found inside the (antiHero) sets from Pixel Dolls. The system shoe part has a texture, but they're copy and mod, so it was an easy thing to make a copy and throw on a clear texture, making it essentially a foot-shaper for the prim soles. Why is this so cool? When you have outfits like this from Bare Rose, with kickass socks that you really don't want to cover up, you can throw these little suckers on and voila! You've made your neato socks into shoes! The best part? The (antiHero) sets are in Pixel Dolls' sale room for very very cheap. I'd suggest picking one or both up before the designer decides to be done with them and retires them forever.

Pose: "Rock Band", Hair: "Curtain Tau"

The skin, face-horns, and eyes are mine, soonish to be released at House of Ruin. I guess that means I should get busy, no?

Pose: "Sea Hag", Hair: "Butterfly Omega"

<3 Rue

I wanted to learn all the secrets on the edge of a knife
from the point of a needle
from a diamond
from a bullet in flight...

~ Suzanne Vega, "Undertow"

Well, the real reason for this post is boots.

These Sasha boots, specifically. You see, the trick to living on the fringe, is being able to utilize and transform the ordinary. These boots, undressed, are innocuous. But I tell you, when I laid eyes on them I knew they would be perfect for *most things*. And that made me very very happy. Because, honestly, I can't live without boots, but finding a good boot that will blend with just about anything you put it with is tough. And I can be very picky to boot (haha). These are great too, because the come with 2 sizes for the calf portion, and they pose extremely well.

Want 'em? Go pick em up at ETD for 200L per color (if I recall correctly). They aren't new, they've been around for a bit, but you can still go pick them up.

~ The Rest of the Credz ~
Hair: "Double Duster" by Stringer Mausoleum
Skin: "Splatter" by Nuuna's Skins
Eyes: "Lupine" by House of Ruin
Horns: "Hunter" (unreleased) by House of Ruin
Jewelry: "Dead Mine" by KOSH
Belt: "Patchouly" by KOSH
Tattoo: "KoiKoi" by Garden of Ku
Top: "very torn nylon" by Sheer
Corset: from "Booty Call" by Solange
Skirt: "69 Micro Mini" by Paradisis
Leggings: "Zetti" by KOSH
Sword: "Cursed Spirit" by Ashes

Poses: [LAP] (Bolly 10), 5ifth Order (Fashion Stand 4),
Windlight: AnaLu neutral