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All the textures are more or less assembled, I also made a lighter metal for the buckles and a few LODs, a big thank you as usual to Linden Labs for not supporting custom bump maps, specular maps or anything else that would let me use textures more efficiently.

Anyway, here is the result, and unlike SOME shoes designers, this is IN second life, not a pretty raytraced render in DAZ3D 🙂

I probably rendered … maybe 4 or 5 failed texture batches between Monday and Tuesday, between having the resolution set too low, various errors in the UV padding and several tests. I’m rendering the (hopefully) final version as I’m typing this post. I kept the eyelets painted on, it turns out they look fine as they are, added a little metal KDC logo on the neck strap for branding. Now I’m waiting for those renders to finish so I can complete the composing in photoshop and make the LODs for SL.

After that, it’s either i start modeling one or more bits or script the bridle first. (They are independent objects)

I also added a couple of scripts in my “Free Stuff” category if anyone is interested.

On a side note I am also slowly replacing the current delivery boxes for KDC products for a model that isn’t as easy to break.

Oh! I also have a Flickr page too.

Stitches, and some texturing done, tested it in SL, even with this amount of detail it’s still about 35 prims.

I’m probably going to do the eyelets in 3D rather than paint them on.

And here is yet another episode of our regular show 🙂

Uvwmapping is done as far as I am concerned, all the UVs are packed in 3 maps, the mesh is merged, I added locking tabs and rollers to the buckles and corrected a few minor issues.

Mesh wise, I need to add eyelets to the straps  where the holes should be (unless I change my mind and draw them into the texture).

Texture wise, I need to start stitching everything.

Enjoy a few material testing and a look at the final UVs.

I think an update every 2-3 days is the right rate… everyday would be a little spamming and i generally do not have enough things done in one day.

I’ve added stitches to the entire bridle, it looked nice and then I deleted it all because if I keep adding details while the model isn’t a little more complete, it’s going to come back to bite me later. Now the goal is to complete the bending/mirroring of all the parts so we have a mesh that is complete and ready for detailing, and before this I need all the texture UVs to be in a reasonable state, simply because as long as everything is flat, it’s easy to make good-looking UVs.

I apologise for today’s pictures, but it’s the same bridle so i see no reason to post more fancy pictures until i get to the point where i will work on the textures.

So that’s what I’ve done most of the day, getting all the little parts UVWmapped, I will .. most likely pack all these on 3 distinct maps: base, accent, and metallic parts.

A friend of mine suggested that I add a support to add a personal logo on the bridle, the outside of the blinkers is a nice, mostly flat surface that would be perfect for that, so that’s probably what I will add once I’m done unwrapping the straps.

I still haven’t made any kind of bit, but considering it will work as an independent part, and that it’s a fairly easy shape, i will keep it for later.

A little update for those who are still following. Straps are more or less done, I added the edge details on them and the face contour of the bridle, smoothed the edge of the leather pieces so it’s more rounded. I also added a plume socket to the forehead strap.

I’m not sure if I’m going to keep all those “inner face” rivet heads as polygons or if I will use the texture for that, they kinda eat a lot of polygons for detail stuffs. The outer ones however will stay as they are.

On the second set of pictures you can see how it looks with the material IDs set (in black and red, my favorite :D) So the inner face + edges will be independent of the outer face, maybe the metal bits too… I’m not sure yet.

Still a lot of work to do:

• Unwrapping everything.
• Adding the buckle prongs.
• Adding eyelets (textures or polygons?)
• Making stitches.
• Figure out where the KDC logo would add an elegant touch without going all “advertisement” like.
• Removing all the hidden surfaces.
• Making LODs.
• Rendering textures.
• Scripting.

As usual, I’m open for suggestions 🙂

A friend bugged me about this for a while so I finally gave in and ported the standard edition of the RevoSuit for “petite” female avatars ( They are custom rigged mesh avatars that are pixie sized ), it’s NOT in the KDC main shop, only at the following locations for now.

Secondlife Marketplace

The Petites Shopping Village

…Back to work on the bridle now.

This is the first post on the creation of the new KDC mesh pony play bridle. I decided i would continue on the “boxing helmet” style because it has many elements that I like.

• It looks very sturdy and non slipping.
• It gives plenty of possible attachment points.
• Lots of room for potential decorative elements.
• The connecting straps can support interesting things like plumes and other stuffs. and doesn’t get too much in the way of the hairs/mane.

I’m thinking about a lot of things now, obviously the blinkers will be removable, most edges need some kind of padding, maybe I will make it in such a way that the inside and outside can be colored differently.

The forehead strap will need some thinking to make it looks pretty and can accommodate a plume.

I’m also thinking about the possibility of an

I know people will want a HUD too (check the included… preliminary “HUD view”) i have to think about the most elegant way to do this later.

I’m not entirely sure that i want to make the bit an integral part, the separate bit of the previous design worked well, and it will allow me to make it a piece that can also stand on its own (bit burrs, tongue depressor maybe?) so it can be work without the bridle.

Feel free to comment on those ideas and on the work done so far, I’m open to suggestions.

Nearly two months of work are coming to completion, i hereby present you the KDC Latex RevoSuit. Featuring a new and improved latex material, detailed seams (like real latex catsuits) creasing at the joints and a bunch of Zip options.

As I said before, it comes in 3 packaging styles:

• Basic – the money saver: This low price pack comes with a fixed setup, front to back discrete zipper, all layers, in a color of your choice.
• Premium – something extra: This pack has all the options, breast zips, discrete or metal, and the 3 entry methods (front to back, back to front and shoulder entry)
• Complete – the whole regalia: This pack is for the collector, it has everything in every colors and you save more than 25% on individual purchases.

To celebrate this release, I priced down several of my latex products:

1. Basic Latex Catsuit: 200L$ off.
2. Basic transparent catsuits: 200L$ off.
3. Kriss Kross suit: 200L$ off.
4. Seamed Catsuit: 300L$ off.

The Basic selection is available from all my satellite vendors and my SL Marketplace shop, if you want to check out the premium and complete editions, you have to go check my in world shop in dead realm, and maybe you will find other goodies that suit your taste.

The KDC face slapper is out, this is KDC’s very own twisted gift for your valentine, if you are into BDSM, or simply enjoy a little spice, this toy is made for you!

It is very simple to use but has a couple of really nice features:

• Independent left and right cheek, simply click the one you want to warm up.
• Custom slapping sounds! Made completely in-house these sound effects are sharp and different from any freebies out there.
• The Script simulates the cheeks reddening, a single slap won’t really leave a mark, but several will make the cheek redden much faster and will remain red for a little while.
• Animations and frown! Each cheek has its own head tilt to simulate the blow and your avatar will make a little face between humiliation, anger and (a little bit of) pain.
• Blacklist! Some joker found your slapper and decided to use and abuse of it? You can edit the included Notecard, add his name to the list and be at peace.
• Low impact scripts!

It uses the special KDC unpacker box, which means you can buy it for someone else, simply pass the box to your significant other, the product itself is no transfer, but as long as the box remain packed, you can pass it around.

Available from the Main KDC shop, right at the entrance, from any of the satellite vendors, and from the Secondlife Marketplace.