Of course I love updates in Second Life™. How often does it happen in real life that you get a newer version of something you purchased earlier, at no extra cost? Obviously that wouldn’t work in our current economic system, which depends on things breaking down as soon as possible without raising too much suspicion, so the manufacturer can get you to buy a new one over and over again. Of course most of us won’t be returning to a brand if the item pretty much breaks down as soon as we take it out of the packaging, but I have a sneaky suspicion that even the “good” manufacturers, don’t make their products too durable on purpose. But let’s get back to updates in Second Life.
Some months ago Signature launched the new Davis mesh body and mesh head and in a later stage more male mesh heads followed. Their product line-up is looking interesting, though at first sight the heads can’t tear me away from Lelutka. If I do ever decide to purchase a new Signature head and body, it will be because I’m in an experimental mood.
With the launch of these new products, Signature also axed some of their older items. The Gianni body is still there, but he no longer has his own head (I’ve dated guys like that). We’ve also lost the Davis BOM skin, which is a bit confusing because the new body is now named Davis. Did they run out of inspiration for names? It’s also annoying, because I had a shape for the Gianni head (and body), using that skin and it actually still sells. I guess there are some people out there with a Gianni head rolling around in their closet, that they occasionally want to give an airing.
So it was back to the drawing board with my Magnus shape. Rather than trying to reinvent warm running water (a Belgian expression), I decided to keep it simple and use the skin that comes with the head. In the end my shape and the styling choices make the look sufficiently different from Gianni’s standard look, to justify keeping Magnus in my Marketplace store.
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Credits
- Signature Gianni mesh body.
- Signature Gianni mesh head, no longer available.
- Body skin worn is the #4 original skin that comes with the body. You’ll find a subfolder for the old version, which you need to unpack and in that you’ll find yet another subfolder with the old bom skins.
- The head does not come with bom skins, so you need the skin in the head’s hud and wear an alpha layer to hide your system head. You can use a BOM skin for the body and applier for the head, the neck seam won’t be perfect, but not too awful either.
- Billy Beaverhausen Magnus shape
- IDTTY Real Eyebrows
- IDTTY Alpha Beard
- Avi Glam Solstice mesh eyes
- L’etrê Basic Mesh Ears
- Nexus body hair (many options available)
- Noche mesh nipples
- Stealthic Hysteria hair (the hairbase I used comes with the mesh head)
- Volkstone Simon facial hair and mesh beard:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Razors%20Edge/73/139/1070 - Noche Carter underwear (the majority of Noche items are not rigged for Gianni, at time of publishing I found these briefs on the top floor of Noche’s store)
Billy Beaverhausen 
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