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Another update, texture rendering is done, and the mesh parts are imported in SL. I have to admit it might be a little difficult to adjust that thing, mainly because of the lever straps. However it’s nothing like adjusting a full prim object, here you have several meshes:

• The mouth piece.
• The shanks.
• The chin strap.
• The neck strap.
• The lever straps.

And all you have to do is to somewhat make them fit together. All the straps can be stretched in length and width with minimal deformation so that should be easy to work with.

And now, 3 more screenshots so you can see how it looks on me 😀

I worked quite a lot today:

• Mesh finalized.
• Unwrapping.
• Bump maps done.

Here, finally more work done!

I’ve redone the chin strap, made new buckles, removed the holes in the bit and the indents on the shanks.

Also a picture combined with the bridle, just to give an idea of what the final look should be like.

I pushed an update to the Ponyplay Bridle that lightly widen the blinker HUD to get rid of the black borders for 16:9 users.

I’m feeling better than I was monday. I’m not yet completely healed but for now it will do.

There has been a lingering bug in my HUD code that affected the paw mittens and the stuffed ballgag pretty much since day one, but a lack of consistent bug reports made me unable to pinpoint its location.

This is now corrected, after way too long, my apologies.

I will also now include a notecard change log for each future product updates, this way you can have a brief summary of the new features and bug corrections.

Sunday I came back from a little visit to my family and it was really hot. So I took a long cold shower and stood in front of a blowing fan. Today is the result, it’s the middle of the summer and I caught a pretty bad cold.

My time is spent sleeping , sneezing and trying to play a game or two. I hope everyone understand that, in my current state… I cannot work.

After a few morning scares ( my modeling tool would crash upon rendering ) I rebuilt the lever strap (there was a restriction I completely forgot about yesterday) and the chin strap. Added some rivets here and there, buckles and this is where I am.

I’m not entirely sure about this “doubled up” strap style that I used for the chin and lever straps. I think it looks alright but i don’t know…

I think I’m gonna make a more “meaty” buckle for the thin straps, the regular one (scaled down) looks a little flimsy.

I’m going to let this one rest for today and see if I can collect some feedback and comments about it, but otherwise, it’s pretty much ready for texturing.

I might remove the holes in the rubber mouthpiece and the matching indentations in the shanks. As it is now, they are more an annoyance than anything and won’t be visible in the final version anyway.

Today i made the rubber bit (pretty easy excepted I had to curve it just enough so the shanks would stay outside of the blinkers. I also did the neck strap and started on the lever strap, this one will appear and disappear automatically whether you are wearing the bridle or not.

I will also have a chin strap. This is so much work compared to regular prims, but the result makes all the difference!

For those wondering why a lot of my “in progress” mesh shots have a checkerboard texture on them, it is because I adjust the uvw map for a constant pixel density on the object and a checker texture is the most obvious way to test it.

Just a little early screen, for those who are not familiar with it this is one of the shanks that goes around the mouth piece.

I apologise for the lack of updates, I had a small RL job to do and it kinda took most of my focus this week. Sometimes, i do not function well under pressure.

About the hunt

There is a lot of things to win in each stores, and unlike some of the participating stores I’m actually giving something of value: the TouchBound lined chrome collar. That’s your occasion to try the TouchBound system and see if you like it!

Check the fetish love hunt web page

If you are doing all the shop in the right order, my shop is number #48.

HINT: Gaze deeply into the fire, you might just find something.
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