The 'Wrath' of Raven

I just had to share this with you!
I am so excited to be involved with the clothing fair run by the Relay Raiders.
This year the Theme is pirates as many know, but along side of that are the 7 sins!
The dresses are being recreated inworld by 7 of SLs most talented designers for an auction in aid of RFL.
They will be 'one of a kinds' never to be remade or resold!
I was lucky yesterday to be on the spot when Raven Pennyfeather of Rfyre finished her interpretation of 'Wrath' and of course I had to show you!!!!

Unfortunately I had been playing with windlight so a lot of the detail is lost in my picture, but I am sure you will be at the silent auctions between the 16th and 22nd during the Clothing fair!

The RFL Beta Mermaid Movement Override

Kamiliah Hauptman of Caledonia has been working on an improved AO for mermaid (and merman) avatars. Upgrades in the SL viewer resulted in some existing mermaid AOs acting quite buggy, she told me, and this one is Havok 4 friendly.
Rather than sell them for a profit, she has instead decided to send all the proceeds to Relay for Life. One can find a RFL vendor near the teleport entry of the Caledon Lionsgate sim, Isle of the Children of Moreau, of (105, 156, 130), at (74, 105, 21).
The AO comes with a small Heads Up Display that is set to appear in the upper left of the screen when worn. Although one can use it to rise or sink, it is most useful for changing the speed your avatar can go. One can set it to a lazy crawl, or super-fast. The fastest speeds will probably be too hard for most to control, though. With the "Freestyle" AO, one can fly anywhere. With the regular, one is confined to the water, though will be able make some great leaps out of the water.

Kamiliah had more to say in the notecard that came with the AO:
'I was planning on more testing of this thing before launch, but this moment just can't be beat and here's a chance to do some Relay For Life good too. Any input welcome. Send notecards to Kamilah Hauptmann.
Over the last month I've been toying with a mermaid animation and control override. The bugs have been mostly swatted, at least the ones I've found so far, and I usually give it a couple weeks of no bugs found with my own use and the input of a few interested parties. (And I was sorta waiting for Mono.)
If it goes over well I can adapt it with relative ease to more mundane use.'

-Swimming like a mermaid.
-Water level control. (Defaults to standard in sim water level.)
Toggle switch, turning it on sets your current vertical position as the new water level.
Toggle the "Set" button.
-Leaping from water and splashing back down.
-Splash particles.
-Turning animations while hovering or on ground.
-Animations for forward/up or forward/down swimming.
-Backwards swim.
-Sideways and diagonal movement. (Use Shift + Arrow.)
-Land movement animations with transition between land and water.
-Speed controls, seven settings. From very slow to very difficult to control at the best of times.
-Vaulting from dry land. (It's a pretty good leap, but do point at water or eat dirt.)
-Four hovers, three ground lays.
-On/off switch.
-Hide/Show HUD.
-Autosurface up to about shoulder height.
-Autosink. (Splat if high up.)
There is a Freestyle HUD and Spray that has no water level checks. It treats the whole world as underwater.

So if you are a swimmer this would be a great advantage - check it out for yourself.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Limited Editions for RFL

I haven't talked much about the fashions at the fair this year preferring people to go along and make up their own minds. But I believe there are a few special people that deserve a mention and that you would like to know about:

The first of these is Rebel Hope who, in her third year at the clothing fair, has brought out special Limited Edition colours of these lovely designs, they will only be available at the clothing fair.

The finely detailed Gents tux can be worn long or short with either black or silver waistcoat and tie perfectly complimenting the divine evening dress in stunning white with black accessories.
I spoke to Rebel about her involvement with the fair and RFL:

Rebel Hope: It's important to me as I lost a very dear friend to inflammatory breast cancer, as well as my grandmother and an aunt.

I asked her how this year compared to previous ones:

Rebel Hope: so much more energy each year, this one started out like gangbusters. It's going to raise a lot of money with this kind of energy.

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The total at the time of writing this is L$5,689,743!

"TO EVERY DESIGNER! THANK YOU !!!!!!
TO EVERY PERSON WHO HAS BOUGHT AN OUTFIT OR SOMETHING FROM A VENDOR: THANK YOU
TO EVERY PERSON WHO DROPPED ONE LINDEN IN THE KIOSK : THANK YOU "

Nevar Lobo

This design is Mara in 'ruby red' only 75 of these dresses are available from Nicky Ree, I grabbed number 41, last I heard there were only 12 left and its possible they have now all been sold.

Last year Nicky released Mara for RFL in Black and Champagne. Mara is not sold in any of Nicky's stores at any other time and all proceeds from Mara go to RFL.

Along with Mara Nicky has also released a special colour for winter flame and proceeds from sales of snowy blue go to RFL.
Nicky said of her involvement with the Relay Raiders' clothing fair:

Nicky Ree: It is a good cause and I have lost many loved ones to cancer, so anything that can help find a better way of dealing with cancer gets support from me.

This year has seen 84 designers come together in huge support for this cause, I encourage everyone to go along and spend to help save lives. The RFL brings people together, sufferers, survivors, relatives and friends. It shows that each and every person can do something to help.

RFL in SL helps people to find others for support and advice:

"Join us in the fight to find a cure - a fight to eliminate cancer for your sake, for my sake, for the sake of the future. "

Dana XxX