One of the more costly items one can purchase in Second Life™ to make the most of one’s avatar’s appearance, is a mesh head. These puzzled me at first, as did mesh bodies for that matter. I didn’t quite know yet why some avatars looked so smooth and polished, while I was seeing unsightly creases and angles in my poor little “system” avatar. Somewhere along the line, after spending some weeks in-world, I discovered mesh bodies. Back then, in 2016, mesh heads were already on the scene as well, but they were far more limited. The chanse of running into your almost identical twin was much higher back then. We had to wait until the arrival of Bento to get fully customisable mesh heads. Lelutka has been my favorite brand for a while now and currently one of their mesh heads will set you back L$3,990. At the time of posting, you’ll pay 17.69 USD (that includes the fees) for that amount of Lindens. Sure, there are more useful things you could do with that money, but will they be as much fun?
So I treated myself to another Lelutka head. It’s named Eon and it’s been around for a while, but I’ve had my eye on it for, well… eehm… a while. That’s so me, just whiling the time away, waiting for who knows what. Anyhoo, Eon is a great canvas for one of Birth’s newer skin creatons, named Vanguard. Birth tend to showcase their skins on Eon, so I knew it was going to be a good fit. Of course I had to create my own shape for it, to make it more “my own”, but any Birth skin will come with the shape they used for their own poster, so in theory this could be your one-stop shop. Well, two stop shop anyway. You get the head from Lelutka and the skin from Birth and use their shape. Okay, maybe a three stop shop if you feel like you need new hair. Sooo, maybe five stops if you haven’t got a mesh body yet? Oh, and a while ago (oh, another “while”!) Birth started aligning their mesh head skins with body skins from Velour, so you may have to hit that place to. What’s that you say? Madness? Bit pricey for “a game”? “How dare you”, we mutter threatningly under our collective breaths, “Second Life isn’t a game, it’s raison d’être!”
Eeehm. Right. Time for the CREDIIIIITS! And exceptionally, I’m mentioning prices, valid at the time of posting. To get a better look at the details, make sure to check out the full sized image on Flickr.
- Lelutka Eon mesh head – L$3,990 (includes the hair base, subtle freckles and ear piercings I’ve used and my more extras)
- Meshbody Legacy – L$5,000
- Birth Vanguard skin – L$675 for a single skintone, made for Lelutka EvoX mesh heads
- Velour Eros Body skin for Legacy – L$299 for a single skintone and I see they’ve got a new body skin named Picasso… a shame he was a huge dick biscuit
- Billy Beaverhausen Kayden shape for Lelutka Eon (includes versions for Legacy and Belleza Jake mesh bodies) – L$199
- Wings EF0305 hair – L$320 for one colour pack (tip: the greys and browns actually has some reddish and blond tones in it too)
- Birth HD EvoX eyebrows Set 3 – L$250, Currently at the monthly TMD event until May 31, check the main store later
- Avi-Glam Solstice eyes – L$350 for a fatpack, applied to the rigged eyes that come with the Lelutka head (and I feel like I haven’t treated myself to a fresh pair of eyes in ages, so let’s make a mental note to return to Avi-Glam soon-ish
- Noche mesh nipples and piercing – L$249
- Noche Fred Tank – L$249 for a single colour (you can ad your own graphics to it)
- Deadwool Kojima Jeans – L$390 for a single texture, the one I’m wearing is only included in the fatpack L$2,590… ah yes, fatpacks: another way to burn through Lindens and when are you going to wear all those different textures, hm? WHEN?!
- Butterscotch Sean necklace – L$299 for a single texture
- Legal Insanity River bracelets – L$500 and you get a truck load of texture options for that money, plus you can wear them on you left or right wrist and they’ve been rigged for various mesh bodies so they’re never going to cut into your skin
- Val’More Specialist Bag – L$350
Billy Beaverhausen 
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