A Guest Blog by ChianaO, originally blogged on Cheep & ChiChi!
What’s your favourite thing about space?
Mine is space the futuristic fashion 😉
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The inspiration for this post was seeing May Tolsen’s release for the current round of Kustom9 – ‘Space Friends‘ are so adorable that I knew I had to have some for my very own. These detailed original meshes are designed to be worn as attachments but I thought it would be fun to rez them for this post; I resized ‘My Home,’ (taking care to make a note of its original dimensions so I could return it back to its intended state once I was done) and I love the results!
Of course, setting up a space-themed post meant I got to shop for lots more cool stuff (not that I ever really need much of an excuse.) I stumbled across Nylon Popstar‘s leotards a little while ago and I knew they would be the perfect starting point for my outfit – there are 9 colours to choose from, each including 2 transparancy options, multiple layers and Phat Azz and Lolas appliers for only L$50 a pack. Hopefully the pictures speak for the amazing quality of the texture itself – it really is that shiny!
A search for space-y items on Marketplace returned these funky boots by Killer Cerise and I just had to have them: the style and texture is just so cute! I resized them slightly and used the alpha for my Slink feet rather than the one included as my legs are pretty small.. but that is the beauty of modifiable items, with just a little tinkering you can have them fit pretty much any shape you choose to be.
I found Olli Braveheart‘s hair store, LCKY, thanks to a fellow blogger and I’m now a big fan: the styles there are really something special and the colours in the packs are some of the loveliest I’ve seen. The one I’m wearing here is an older style which fitted perfectly under Dolce Blackflag‘s fab helmet – there are currently 15 discounted styles out in store sold in colour packs costing only L$50 each.
I’ve layered quite a lot of eye makeup for an ‘out of this world effect’ but the skin itself is a lovely dollarbie from the ever-fabulous MiaSnow (back in-world again, yay!): its lips were already a perfect match for my chosen outfit.
I hope you enjoy this look at least a little as much as I’ve enjoyed creating it!
Until next time,
❤
Credits
Clothing
Leotard: ‘Plastic Leotard (Orange)‘ – Popstar Industries – L$50 (inc. opaque & transparent versions)
Tights: ‘Pabu Tights (Sky)‘ – Umeboshi – L$50 – 5-colour pack
Boots: ‘Power Boots‘ – Rotten Cherry – L$250 (Marketplace)
Accessories
Helmet: ‘Helmet (Orange)‘ – Gallactic – L$150
Body
Hair: ‘Nazu (Flood)‘ – LCKY – L$50 – 5-colour pack
Skin: ‘Ember Trend (Pale)‘ – MIA14 – L$1 – Dollarbie
Eyes: ‘Anime (Blue)‘ – Cranberry – L$0 – Past Hunt Gift
Lashes: ‘Tableau Lashes‘ – Cheap Makeup – L$0 – Freebie (Marketplace)
Makeup Layer 1: ‘Basic Inner Eyeliner (Black)‘ – made by yours truly/not for sale
Makeup Layer 2: ‘Trindolyn Powder Makeup (Orange)‘ – no.7 (@Skin Fair – Sim 1) – L$200 – 12-colour pack
Makeup Layer 3: ‘Princess Star Blush (Blue)‘ – Adore&Abhor (@Skin Fair – Sim 3) – L$0 – Freebie, 11-colour pack
Makeup Layer 4: ‘Vivacious Eye Makeup (Turquoise)‘ – Glamorize – L$7 – 7-colour pack
Hands: ‘AvEnhance Hands (Gesture)‘ – Slink – L$450
Nailpolish (Slink applier): ‘Galaxy‘ – A:S:S – L$98 – 8-colour pack, toenail applier also included
Shape: ‘Keri‘ – Panda Punx – L$0 – Group Gift [Free to Join] (body slightly modified, more info here)
Decor
Texture: ‘Deep Space (Beyond)‘ [Full Perm] – Clutter for Builders – L$0 – Past VIP Group Gift [L$1000 to Join]
Planet/Spaceship: ‘Space Friends‘ – Tentacio (@Kustom9) – L$70ea – Gatcha*
(*modded and rezzed: ‘Home Alone’, ‘Seaquest Blue’ and ‘Apolo13 Green’ shown, others available)
Photo Tools
Pose (Main Pic): ‘Spread Your Wings and Fly Away (2M)‘ – HopScotch – L$40
Pose (Close-up): ‘Scarlett3‘ – Diesel Works – L$0 – Freebie, 11-pose pack
Pose (Boots): ‘Nana_freebie‘ – oOo Studio – L$0 – Freebie
Eye Position: ‘Expression HUD v1.0‘ – AnyPose – L$0 – Freebie
Facelight: ‘Light Lab v1‘ – Color Lab – L$0 – Freebie (Marketplace) (used in close-up only)
Windlight Setting: ‘Raymond’s Brighter Day‘
Editing: GIMP, PicMonkey & Pixlr-o-matic
