I like rompers, even the word itself is fun to say. This Ebele Romper from Mutresse comes with a HUD to customize the fabric for parts of the romper, and the belt. I am wearing the Aurora Spiked Platform Heels from L. Warwick, while it’s not very practical for walking outdoors, it could double as a weapon! 😀
Are you guys into prints? How about Camo prints? Or Animal prints? Let me know in the comments!
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel Skin
Exile – After the Rain
Mutresse – Ebele Romper (M)
L. Warwick – Aurora (Platform Heels) Spiked Patent Noir
It’s BoyCake, back with another review! Hello, lay-deez. ;D
Are you ready for the new male mesh body from SLink? Well, it’s here! As some of you may know, I’ve been searching high and low for a good mesh body for my boy av, and now it looks like I finally have it. Or have I?
Before I start off, I want to give a shoutout to both my close friends who tried this on with me, as well as the Convergence City roleplay group for discussing this with me in their out-of-character chat area. Their thoughts definitely influenced what I’m writing now! I always like to get other people’s opinions and have discussions about things before I give a final verdict.
What did I compare this to in considering the SLink Male Physique for purchase? Mainly, the TMP male body and the Aesthetic by Niramyth. For reference, I snagged the TMP body to try on after my awful experience with the Jomo male body, which turned out to be a suspected rip. I have two male friends who own the Aesthetic, one who came with me to SLink’s store to examine the demo.
Now, one to the review!
Essentials
The SLink Physique Male comes with a mesh body (no hands or feet) for 1250L. If you don’t have feet and hands already, take about 2400L to the store with you so you can pick up everything at once. The mesh body will include underwear, one pair of jeans, and one tank top. If you don’t like the basic skins you start off with for your mesh body, there are neck blenders provided to help with skin-matching.
Technical/Observations
The Physique Male includes a penis. Yes, really! There’s even a foreskin option and pubic hair. The penis doesn’t seem to be able to get erect; I believe it’s there for completion purposes, sort of like most vaginas on skins and mesh bodies are. At first I was weirded out by an SL peen that doesn’t do anything, but after a while, I got used to it.
Your body will seem a little lean when you try it on, but it can bulk up nicely if you edit your shape. Will it get as muscular as the Aesthetic? I’ll talk about that in a moment.
For script maniacs like me, you’ll be happy to know that with the male body, hands, my AO, and the alpha/clothing hud attached, I was only running 32 scripts. That’s awesome. Everyone in SL should always try to wear low-script items so they end up under a total count of 50 for their avatar. It not only improves your SL experience, but helps to decrease sim lag.
Room For Improvement?
This picture has been brightened because my windlight was super dark when I took the pic. I’m dumb. SRY
I, for one, am not crazy about the clothing/alpha HUD design. I know it’s a lot to include to the clothing hud, and Siddean must have realized this because she created two size versions of the HUD (small and large) for those who have trouble seeing everything. But it took me a moment of wtf’ing to understand just what button did what. Afterwards, I figured things out. I just wish the UI were a bit more friendly.
I don’t know about you, but I like my men with some thigh. When I increased BoyCake’s thighs, I noticed some poses caused the underwear to clip (see pic above). I tried to find the correct button to HIDE his thighs in that area, but that took another ten minutes and then I gave up. My point–if you create underwear or clothing for the mesh body, I would include an auto-hide script for it. Kemono has that and so does Maitreya.
Is This The One?
Is Physique Male for you? That’s what you want to know, right? It’s been a long search for that one mesh body you can finally wear, won’t clip your damn clothing, won’t do this or that or make you unhappy or sorry you ever bought it. When I asked my friends about the Physique versus the Aesthetic, we both admitted we liked Aesthetic’s muscly body more, but only on certain avatars. Not everyone looks good with that much bulk, and not everyone looks good with TMP’s skinnier mesh body either.
Physique Male is that sort of happy medium between TMP and Aesthetic. You don’t spend too much for what you get, and you end up getting a lot. For me, that means it’s a body I’m sticking with! For good, hopefully.
Notice: if you create products geared towards men and want me to review it, please send an NC/pack/etc to Aemeth Resident. I can’t make a promise that I’ll review everything, but I understand the struggle of finding men’s products out there so it’s worth helping out!
I’m convinced the gatcha machines hates me, so I rarely play them, or I limit myself to just a few tries. Most of my Pink gatcha items were given to me by friends with better luck. I loooooove the Rainbow Ohmai Ear Muffs that Stacie Pryor gave me and the Pink version that I’m wearing today, is from Willow Zee. Without Stacie and Willow, my avatar would probably be wearing some less desirable colored Ear Muffs.
I didn’t want to go with a typical Winter look, so I mixed-and-matched some stuff I already had in my inventory, and paired it with a fabulous pair of Survivor Boots from Redgrave (it’s new!).
What I’m Wearing:
Elikatira – Fresh (Blonde 05)
Zaara – Naina distressed shrug (Pink)
Armidi Intimizzio – Amore di Valentino Braziere (Sail)
Mon Tissu – Lou Lou Denim (Original)
Redgrave – Survivor Boots (Leather) Brown
Donna Flora – LIA ring, bracelet
RezIpsa Loc – Honeysuckle Pink, Nails
Ohmai Emporium – Pygmy Puff (Snow)
Ohmai – Ear Muff (Seasons Hunt Gatcha) Pink
Listen, I didn’t get invited to take part of that cool sale on Marketplace with special vendors, and you probably didn’t either. I don’t care. I can make my own sale, you know? Bring the chips and salsa to my own party.
So what do I have? TWELVE DAYS OF MAKEUP.
I put makeup on sale, every single frikkin’ day, for twelve days, and each day that makeup’s 50L. That’s it. BAM isn’t that amazing? Since I started this a little late, these three packs of makeup are on sale for 50L each for both Friday AND Saturday, and plus there’ll be one more makeup pack on sale tomorrow.
I will announce each pack of makeup on Juicybomb until the sale is done. When a makeup goes on sale, grab it then, because there’s only one sale per day! Early bird gets the worm.
All makeup will contain Omega appliers and system tattoos. Good for those of you who just bought those Logo heads, right? Right!
The Engine Room is open! The build for Engine Room is beautiful, and you can tell that this event is truly high quality because it does not occur monthly. I discovered so many items that were absolutely stunning, not just for ladies but for men as well! I couldn’t resist a frilly lace gown, so I chose the Charlotte dress from Web Dew. Sparkle Skye released a very cute Elowen diadem, which comes in three different sizes to fit most hairstyles, but you can also resize it yourself. The HUD allows you to change the color of the roses, leaves, flowers, beads, bands, butterflies, and gems! That’s a lot of ways to customize this diadem to match your outfits.
I am usually blonde, but for this look, I decided to go brunette. Additionally, the hairstyle I am wearing from Doux has a sparse hairline, so I had to wear a hair base; however, this hair base only comes in black. I purchased my very first Doux hair last year, even though this brand has been around for quite some time. I suppose I didn’t think it was very good, or I didn’t like the styles—it’s hard to remember why. Then last year, I began buying some styles because they looked quite cute, but after I started using a PBR viewer, I noticed the hairline and baby hairs were completely off. Other brands are sending out updates to fix PBR hair opacity issues, but I have yet to see anything from Doux. Therefore, I will wear what I have for now, but I won’t purchase any more until the hair textures are fixed.
I logged in today to find two lil’ surprises from Azure. She sent me the Fawn and the Ducky Spring Babes from Birdy/Alchemy, and omg, they’re animated! Second Life animals have come a long way from the prim chicken. These are fantastic, and so well done.
Thank you Azure, I love getting pressies! 🙂
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel Skin
Truth – Perla
Teefy – Aurora NightDress (White) S
Birdy/Alchemy – Fawn, Ducky
MudHoney blows me away with this newly released Winter Livingroom set. This set is so calming on the eyes, the colors warm and inviting. The Winter Livingroom set includes everything you see in the picture above (all the furniture, accessories & light fixtures).
I’ve always really liked that MudHoney items are sold as 1 softlinked item you can drag from your Inventory -> to your home (or you can unbox the package if you prefer to arrange yourself). I love furniture but I really don’t like having to place them sometimes, especially if they have a lot of accessories that needs to be placed just right.
Close-ups
Love this dead tree branch detail! <3
Scale is important. I like furniture that feels a bit ‘over-sized’ because it works better when you want to rez your own pose cushions. I like the scale of the sofas & chairs, they’re just right for my preference. All MudHoney items are Modifiable though, so you can easily re-size or re-texture anything to your liking.
Eeky is fantastic as a designer, so great being able to change textures on every new creation she brings out! Always great quality, too! Personally I’m not huge on camo or animal prints, I do like floral prints, though!
![[ a.e.meth ] - Velvet Lipstick (Brights Pack)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5628/22989504139_b3c9524e4c_z.jpg)
![[ a.e.meth ] - Velvet Lipstick (Dark Pack)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5825/23061639210_533666e3fb_z.jpg)
![[ a.e.meth ] - Velvet Lipstick (Fantasy Pack)](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5745/23357432995_030ba3a8a5_z.jpg)
Eeky is fantastic as a designer, so great being able to change textures on every new creation she brings out! Always great quality, too! Personally I’m not huge on camo or animal prints, I do like floral prints, though!