MENstuff Hunt

11/11/11 sees the start of another fantastic MENstuff Hunt. With over 150 stores taking part, it's a great way to pick up a huge range of items for your avatar, discover new stores and make friends with your fellow hunters.

The hunt runs until Christmas Day, 2011.

Steamship Pilot

I took the summer off from Secondlife, but now as the nights draw in and the weather turns autumnal I have decided to return.

I picked up a new outfit for my avatar, including a pair of boots, which are prizes in the Sinister Steampunk Hunt.

The Steamship Pilot outfit is the prize offered by Destiny's Designs (use the teleport pad to reach the store, which is above where you land), and consists of a sleveless vest, sculpted jacket, trousers and gloves. There is also an alpha layer provided to make your arms invisible, otherwise they can be seen through the jacket.

The boots can be found at Ziva's Underground Shoes, and are the companion piece to the Steamship Pilot costume. The boots also come with an alpha layer to hide you feet, however I found that when I put the boots on with the alpha layer, it removed the alpha layer from the jacket, making my arms show through the jacket material.

There is a solution though. Both the boots and the jacket come with resizing scripts. I chose to wear the alpha layer that came with the jacket, and resize the boots. This way the jacket remained the correct size for my shape.

The outfit even inspired me to try my hand at piloting a flying ship!