It's Sewer Time Again!

 Om knows I just love the Scoop-N-Score. No, the prizes (which are truly free, not 25L "gifts") are not all to my taste, but it's just so much fun. It's especially fun if you're in a Dinkie av because the running anim is so cute. 

This time they've added some escape hatches, which I think was a great idea. They inhabit the corners of the sim as well as one in the center (which is a veritable Dr. Who set of corridors) and one to the shops (where there are some items on sale). 

My usual MO is to always go left and come back later and always go right. I never get all the prizes, but I do make out with some winners. Anything from Grasshopper St. is my goal and she's made her prizes easy enough to find. Bless her. However, now each of my avs has at least three kinds of peg legs. Well, what I say is, You can't have too many peg legs. 

Cryptid has a fish head. The alpha that comes with it also erases the legs and pelvis, so one had better have a fishy tail of some sort (and all three of my avs are mer'd). Just imagine running three avs through this maze trying to find the same fish head each time. Good thing I'm retired.

More info here: Scoop-N-Score.

 

Cal says, "Not another peg leg!" Too bad.

Peg leg and sailor cap from Grasshopper St.

Not As Easy As It Looks

The Womenstuff Hunt is on and there are 174 stores involved. Hints and slurls are here - but there are no photos of the prizes. Normally, if it's clothing, Annthrasite goes out and finds the prizes, tries them on, takes photos and some notes, and then posts the results on my Flickr page. She did a lousy job this last time. She found the stuff she was looking for, and we pick out the best or what we liked the most of what she found (no one gives us this stuff - we hunt for it and pay for it if necessary) to post photos of as a Public Service to the Second Life community. No, really. Well, also there's that Barbie effect. I don't know about the rest of you, but I was not showered with clothes for my dolls so this is like heaven for me. I enjoy putting outfits together. But Annthrasite was not keeping good notes and we had to keep going back and updating information.

But it's not as easy as it looks. Frustrated with Annthrasite's performance, I sent Lludmila out. Lludmila needs more clothes like a virtual hole in her virtual head. Usually she waits to see what Annthrasite finds and then goes out and gets the outfits she thinks will look good on her. She did the whole Womenstuff Hunt. This doesn't mean she found everything. Oh no. And she uses every trick at her disposal to get them. Although not as evil as the Twisted Hunt people, the Womenstuff shops can be devious. They've been making that little shirt as tiny as possible in some cases. Case in point, Brocade Tiger. Now, the location just happens to be a men's shop in the men's area of the event sim. So both Annthrasite and Lludmila thought they were in the wrong place. The hint was plain as day. Annthrasite never found the little shirt, but Lludmila finally did. And it took ages. She Alt-moused the camera all over. She went wire-frame. She tried Area Search and looked at each item on the list in the 6 meter area. It finally just hit her where it was. And the weirdest thing is, Annthrasite is Lludmila's alt. They share the same typist - me.
Collecting the prizes is the easy part. Next is opening all the boxes (do you "add" or pull it out of your inventory onto the floor?), putting on the outfit (finding Maitreya versions for Lludmila out of what is sometimes a huge list), taking a picture, and making notes. Lludmila had over four pages of notes, going in what she hoped was numerical order, but not all shops indicated their number or even that it was for the Womenstuff Hunt.

Then there was going back and picking out what to wear with which. This was so onerous that we gave up matching nail polish and even changing the pose. And it was still too much. We'd get Lludmila all dolled up, note exactly what she was wearing and what shop it came from ... and then forget to either take the picture or save it before moving on to the next ensemble! There was one outfit she put on three times at least before she remembered to take the picture and save it. And it was an outfit she really liked. Imagine setting up six outfits, taking all the notes, and when you go back to the photos - finding you only saved two of them. And doing this again and again.
So, I hope you people appreciate this. I see that the photos on Flickr (Here) are getting a lot of views and I don't expect a deluge of thank-yous, but it sure is a lot of work, even in this minimalist format. So, if you see Annthrasite or Lludmila out and about, do give them a wave and all of your Linden dollars. Just kidding. Sort of.

More Black Widow

Top row: Deadly Nightshade (falling spider aura)/lurve, eva's secret/lurve/ambient(strappy sandals), Kai design, lurve (leggings need Maitreya or Omega applier), zoom
Bottom row: Kastle Rock(top)/lurve/ambient, L2L, looloo (needs omega applier for bra/panties), Mad Cat Creations (at least I hope so).

Lludmila takes on the rest of the outfits that Annthrasite missed. She's not sure what the skimpy fur thing is for. Prehistoric black widowhood? 

Flying lessons sign by Sage (with spider fascinator by Spyralle), Black Widow hanging chair by Park Place, dark den furnishings by Flowers & Things, Pumpkin deco (one on left jumps) by DH, Murder credenza by Imaginits, side table by Khargo ... I think. I mean, there's So Much Stuff!

The Flying Lessons sign is definitely going up at Lludmila's house - as soon as October rolls around. 

The Black Widow Hunt

Top row: A&A, ambient/luna nails, L2L

Bottom row: Lindy's, necklace and earrings from Arctic Storm (you can't see well in photo of the dress).

 Top row: Arctic Storm, baci/ambient/twistys, beyond persuasion, ema's secret, higs.

Bottom row: JLZ, meander, prism, trashed/baci/ambient, twisty's twistalicious, uni boutique.

After looking at the posters for this for what seems like months, at last The Black Widow Hunt is on! Annthrasite prefers looking for clothing, so here are some of her finds. There are still outfits for Classic Avatars available, but most are geared for the mesh bodies. Annthrasite has Maitraya's Lara.
Little2Large even includes an outfit for Annthrasite's new Dinkie. 
Some of the shorter outfits really need panties. Fortunately, if you have a mesh av, you have panties.
Not pictured are two or three outfits that need the Omega applier. Might get Lludmila to model that later.

Faire Game

TRH: Ara Couture, Coveted, Miss Darcy
Gemstone Hunt prize: Simply Sebastian

Annthrasite definitely wanted to see what Miss Darcy had in the Renaissance Hunt because she almost always has something really nice, but was also pleased to see what Ara Couture and Coveted had in the hunt. Slurls for TRH here and there are some prize pix, so Annthrasite is only modeling what didn't appear on the hunt blog. Hints are at the signs at the shops, in case they want to change them at a moment's notice. Some of the prizes are at the shops at the Faire itself.

As for the Gemstone Hunt at the Ren Faire, be sure to pick up the HUD before collecting gems. The different ones have different values, from 1 to 5 points. And points mean ... Prizes! You can redeem the points at some of the vendors for various items or, apparently, for activities of some sort. Annthrasite specializes in clothing, so that's what you see here. This is a really easy hunt and you can accumulate as few or as many points as you want. I think the highest redemption cost I saw was for 20 points. Stow the HUD for later if you want to go back.

Try that Wheel of Fortune thing!

Skull n Bones Caribbean Adventure Hunt

Lludmila tries out some of the animations.

Again, Annthrasite and Lludmila do the hunt so you don't have to. YUGE amount of photos on the Flickr page here. Hints and slurls for the various paths here.

Pirate Gate from Never Totally Dead

Some of the Tropical Storm items were so large I had to rez them at a sandbox. "Whaddaya mean my items can't be rezzed because my little square of land is too full?!" Some of them might be really worth it, like the Pirate Gate. The palms are optional, as well as the cannon. I don't have anywhere to put this (other than the sandbox), but innit pretty?

If I can get Cal off his bum, he might look for some of the men's wear, like that kilt thing Annthrasite is wearing from Horr. Not much in the clothing line for men this time.

Outfits from the Rum Runners Path.

The Vast Array at the Women Only Hunt

Nails, nails, nails!

At least five kinds of nails! This hunt is huge! Hints and slurls here.

Altamura has a full body mesh for women with HUDs and AOs, very nice although not compatible with Omega or other appliers.

Note how well she slid into a dress made for Maitreya.

More photos from this free hunt here on Flickr. Most of the outfits are in the photos. Annthrasite still has her original head, so no make-ups or other adornments for mesh heads shown. There were plenty of poses in the hunt, but honestly the list of shops is so long I could only do so much.

Cal Does the Men Only Hunt

Sunglasses: Soul Identity, shirt: Birth, necklace: Native

Vital information first: hints and slurls here.

Outfit: Bakaboo, bottle: Renovatio

Cal has been feeling a little left out. Lludmila and Annthrasite both have upgraded to mesh bodies, but does anyone think about Cal, still hobbling about in his system body? Apparently, Altamura does. And they have supplied a full body mesh with HUDs and AOs. The only thing is they aren't compatible with Omega or appliers like that. However, this is what Cal could look like:

More photos from this hunt with free prizes here on Flickr.

We Do The Legwork

... so you don't have to. That is, we find the stuff and try it on. You're on your own finding the prizes.

I know it's been a long time again, but we finally got fiber optic cable and it's made all the difference in our SL experience. Lludmila and Annthrasite finally got mesh bodies and hardly ever crash anymore. 

I've sent Annthrasite out to do the July 2018 hunts and here are the results:

Around the Grid Hunt: Adrenalized, House of Joi, Nuts, Tribal Sauce,

Mishmash Fusion, PP, Sweet E's, Grumble.

Dog Days of Summer Hunt: C!L Boutique, madcatcreations, moonlight cat,

Susie's Shop, the Sissy Bar, OMG.

Taste the Rainbow Hunt: 

Artic Storm, Darling Haute Couture, Top: Holli Pocket, Feli Frame, Bikini: Indie -

Vicarious, Uni Boutique, Sweet E's, Little2Large (that's Mewdlila floating in the pool), The Sissy Bar, Waffles.

Favorites: the bikini from Grumble in the ATG Hunt, the vintage dress from C!L Boutique in the DDS Hunt, and Annthrasite is torn between the dress, necklace and sandals from The Sissy Bar and the romper suit from Waffles in the TTR Hunt. The banner next to the Indie plaid bikini is from the DDS Hunt at Drama. 

Hints and slurls here: https://huntsl.com/

Happy Evil Holidays

Free gift for anyone at [Kusshon]: logs with many anims
to add to your own fireplace or campfire. No flames.
No wonder Lludmila's freezing and sneezing.

Candy Cane Hunt prize at Never Totally Dead.
Boyfriend and girlfriend last Christmas. Imagine my surprise!

Serving elf Candy Cane Hunt prize and helper elf
group gift at Sweet Revolutions - both animated.

Group gift of reindeer trophy - just in time for the hols! -
at Never Totally Dead.

There was just a note from Beolas at [Kusshon] that he had a new freebie out, so Lludmila logged on for some fire logs - haha! See what I did there? There is a whole Christmas Shop inside the store with Advent wreaths and more.

While she was online, she might as well pick up a new group gift from  Never Totally Dead. Take the middle teleport board from the landing place, which is a lovely snow scene. There was also a Candy Cane Hunt sign, so Lludmila decided to take a chance on finding the hunt prize this time. She's not sure she found the prize from the last hunt there. The prizes on the Candy Cane hunt are 1L.

Of course, she also has to pick up the weekly group gift at Sweet Revolutions and look at the 30L specials. Sweet Revolutions is also participating in the Candy Cane Hunt, so she picked up two elves for the price of one ... one Linden that is.

Lludmila's surprised pose from her Marketplace Shop. It's free!

Sweet Winter Love

With winter coming, we must prepare to keep our avs toasty and warm. This snowflake bedecked coat from the Winter Love hunt at FieraOCity is just the ticket. Pair it with boots, and young Annthrasite there is ready to take on the coming shopping days!
The free hunt item is a small heart - in this case it's white and tricky to locate, but shouldn't pose a problem.

Boots: Former Baby Monkey sale item Faith 2 color pack.
Black sheer stockings from ::Nvious::
Hair: A&A Leeanne
Skin: Una from Aeva
Eyes: Pearl - Clear Pond from Poetic Colors.

Happy Heebie Jeebie Scissors

Smoke Gown from Blue Couture for the Scissors Happy Hunt
Animated Spooky Mirror from Living Vintage Southern.

It's the weekend, Kathy was bored, so she went hunting - hoping for something new and Halloweenie, so she chose the Scissors Happy Hunt where prizes are 1 Linden. Here she shows off the feathery goodness of the Smoke Gown from Blue Couture and Kathy indicates for Lludmila (who isn't allowed any more clothes) the Spooky Mirror with the animated image (Charon's Coin hunt). Once at Blue Couture, do not, do not leave without checking out the other hunt gifts because:

Black Queen gift in the crown at Blue Couture.

Hankerchief hem Willow dress with hair bow and leggings,
from the Black and Purple hunt.

And, when you're finally done getting everything from Blue Couture ....

Cute dress from Twinkle and Dazzle Fashion
- love Coco's gift pumpkin wig - but these leggings
don't match the ... Oooo! They're totally tintable!

Lludmila has got to stop eating crackers in the photo block.
Animated Cockroach package (20 kinds!) from the Heebie Jeebies Hunt
at Living Vintage Southern.

Cutest sweater, skinny jeans, and pumpkin accessory evah
from Cupcake Clothing.

I can see we'll never get that outfit off of Kathy.
Boney Lounge from Untamed.

Relax on the Batty Bench from Stitches Creations.

Put on your Halloween Horns
(or are those "antlers"?) from The Madness Within
and stir your brew over the Witch's Cauldron
from Harambee Gwassi Charity Shop.

I gave you the Scissors Happy Hunt link with slurls and hints because we're all adults here and know how to use them. Below the hints/slurls are some gift photos as well. I can't put them all out. It's taken me two days to get this far.
Miscellany: Hair -  Mrs. Mittens (with Stormy the kitten) from Clawtooth, black flats from d.l.s., orange flats from Lindy's Holland Hunt.

It's February Hunt Time!

TCJVH double hunt gifts, Valentine dress and Love Tree.
Sweeeeet!

... at Sweet Revolutions & Independent Objects. Among the gazebos are a couple of cute dresses.

A Gothic Romance Female Hunt Prize.

Now, Annthrasite is all nice and organized, but Not Lludmila. We'll try to remember which hunt these are from. The mesh dress gifts come with the matching boots. The prizes cost 1L.

And for equal time, the I Hate You hunt prize:
The Hate Tree.

Through a Prism

The hunt haul from Prism.

Regular readers of this blog know that I have the memory of a cat with ADHD. I think I've finally found a brilliant way to keep track of hunt prizes ... at least when they come from Prism, who are kind enough to include the name of the hunt on the box that the prize is in. Each outfit is photographed with the box that has the hunt name on it, so you will know what you're getting before clicking on it. All the hunts were free.

Annthrasite had only dropped in for the new group gift, and saw all the posters outside for the hunts. This often leads to a Nervous Breakdown.

The Frozen Flowers Hunt and Yes I Am A Dancer Hunt prizes contained mesh items (the jeans and the skirt, respectively). They were also my favorites.

The shoes are that same pair of Baby Monkey platform pumps, which were color change and came in about 20 colors. This is really handy when taking photos for the blog. 

Newness

Black Mirror hair in Nightingale
Off shoulder peasant top and corset
Persefone skin

Annthrasite recently took in a load of goodies. Several hunts are going on at FashioNatic, little bones is relentlessly sending out group gifts, and YS & YS has a new skin as a group gift.

Again, it's really worthwhile to stick with a shop's group, even if they're free to join. 

Pink Slim Wrap dress
Black Mirror hair in Mousse

YourSkin & YourShape group gift, Persefone skin in earth tone.

little bones group gift, Black Mirror hair in Mousse and in  new color: Nightingale. Two other colors included.

FashioNatic Forbidden Apple Hunt gift, off the shoulder peasant top with corset (1L) and pink wrap dress from the Dark Lady hunt (1L).

Fat strap sandals, not free, from Baby Monkey. I think they were discontinued, but be sure to check out the fat packs upstairs. Bargains galore! Fat packs for 50L! Annthrasite is still standing in the middle of them, having a nervous breakdown!

Frozen Flowers

A fab pair of free boots available at Lindy's Modern and Retro Shoes in the Frozen Flowers Hunt. Hint: Gentlemen like flowers too.
Lovely detail! There's also a cart sale of everything in red out in front, in time for Valentine's Day!

Time For a Change

Great outfit for guys in the 2014 Metamorphosis Hunt at LC Designs. It comes with the scarf and hiking boots (which are really nicely detailed). Football not included. Heh!

If you need more sparkle, there's the New Year's Tux Lamu group gift from the ALB men's department.

Annthrasite insists these
look great on gals, too.

Comes with spangly bowler. Heels from the COCO discontinued clearance.

Trying Not To Mess Up This Time

Men's gift: Bard

We're taking it slow this time so we don't screw things up like Last Time.

The Medieval Fantasy Hunt is green! Hop in your Superthunderstingcar and head over to Blue Moon where two gifts await to please the gentles of both sexes. Hark ye and list while the men's gift looks for his lost lute. The Bard has a mesh shirt and boots. The boots are fair gigunda, but can be modded down for Kathy's size 0 feet (which are apparently no longer in fashion* - tough nuts).

Women's gift: dark gown.

Look elsewhere to find the gift for the distaff side, but don't talk like that to Annthrasite or she will have off of you the testicles, and not in a nice way. She is pictured here in the lovely mesh dark gown. She saw it on Kathy earlier and braved six kinds of lag to get it - relogging at least that many times and rebooting the router. It was fain worth it, forsooth. There's even a necklace in there - but someone's hand is in the way.

There is also a group gift of an enormous watermill. Holy moly! Too bad Llludmila has maxed out her groups!

Blue Moon Enterprizes

*The social media chat reveals to the author the size 0 foot is now obsolete with the advent of mesh feet. Avs are now free to have pedal extremities that are colossal. Now, if only they would also make their mesh hands in proportion to the mesh feet. I look at many fashion blogs and fashion ads and keep seeing these itsy-tiny hands with feeble wrists attached to bulky arms.
And, while I'm at it, I'd like to complain about the "average" av sizes that have huge bottoms and no bellies. In order to fit mesh pants on my avs I have to wear larger and larger sizes, making the back of the pants stick out enough to hide a laptop. Women have bellies. And if they have an ass that big, they also have thighs that rub together. What's with that croquet wicket look? Let's not even get into the cartoon breasts. But at least people know those are just for laughs.
Okay - sorry. Rant over.
Wear the baby hands with the comedy breasts and the wicket legs if you want. It's your virtual life.

Black Is the New ... Well, Black

Aeva Una skin, d.l.s. burlesque fleur corset
and skinny boyfriend jeans, Lindy's bow flats.

Annthrasite is jumping for joy over the Black Event at The Wash. She got a gorgeous skin from Aeva, the impossible cute fleur-de-lis corset and skinny shredded boyfriend jeans from dirty.little.secret, and sweet bow flats from Lindy's.

Check out the back of the corset.
Ignore the huge backside.

All d.l.s. items at the Black Event are 10L (and more being added), the Lindy's flats are 10L, the Aeva skin was 50L.

Black silk dress with sakura pattern from Princess Oddities.

Annthrasite took a chance on this 50L vintage dress from Princess Oddities and loved it! She loved it so much, she went to the shop to see what else they had - and what to her wondering eyes should she see but the same dress in fall colors from Jerky Turkey!

Watch out for those sudden gusts of wind.
Vintage dress from Jerky Turkey hunt
at Princess Oddities.

At the Black Event:
Lindy's cart
d.l.s cart
Aeva cart
Princess Oddities cart
Princess Oddities mainstore
Bottom two poses from the new 40s Pin Up collection at the Unslutty and Undead marketplace shop (see link at right). Poses are free!