Concert in Steelhead

See these two guys here


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TONIGHT at 9 pm SLT they will be doing a concert in Steelhead port harbor!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Port%20Harbor/119/121/3500

Come jam with the Steampunks, while they jam to Cyberpunk with Daftpunk! All are welcome, no matter age or avatar type! Just don't come naked!


Come early if you want starting at 7 pm SLT is our weekly dance tonight with DJ Willow Leafstorm of Krypton radio!

Disneybound Challenge Week Twenty Five:Belle

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Outfit	*Goddess* Krissy Blouse in Sapphire	SLURL
Outfit	*Goddess* Krissy Mesh Skirt in Sapphire	SLURL
Outfit	Fashionz! - Evelyn Cut Square Blouse - White	Marketplace
Hair	[Shag] - Hearts Flutter	Marketplace
Pose	*CC* Book poses	SLURL
Sim	Steelhead Nevermore	SLURL

SQUEE!! I was SO happy to see Belle for this week! She is my FAVORITE, which is why I am posting now and not waiting a bit to post.!! I thought we would not get to her as there is only ONE week left for this! *flails* unless they keep it going which I know a lot of people, me included, would love.

52 Crayola Crayons Week Thirty Five - Salmon

Week Thirty Five   Salmon #FF9BAA 255, 155, 170

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Outfit	ELaval Steelhead Sunrise dress (boxed)	Store no longer around
Hair	lollipopz hair Coconut	Marketplace
Pose	!Musa! Orb Pose 001&002 set WLRP	SLURL
Pose	available at the We <3 Role-Play event	SLURL
Sim	Steelhead City	SLURL

Next Week's Crayon!!

#f5f5f5
245, 245, 245

Cultured Pearl

The salmon crayon comes in the Standard 48 and up packs and is one of the older crayons having been added in 1949 !

When this color came up, I HAD to use it to show off my beloved Steelhead, as our mascot is the Steelhead Salmon! I asked Lunar for a short list of places on each sim that he feels shows off Steelhead to its best. He provided me with a list of builds that are based on Real world Buildings or places. I will happily pass out that note card to anyone that wants it! I am going to show off one photo from each location and if you want to see all the photos I took of the builds go to this handy link here

Steelhead is wanting new blood! So if you want to come live in a fantastic set of sims with one of the most amazing groups of people you will ever met, Come give us a visit! You will be welcomed with Open arms! we take all types no matter your fancy. We are an active group and work both to have fun in world but also have a presence at Relay for Life of Secondlife. Steelhead holds a weekly town meeting on Tuesdays and a weekly themed dance on Fridays. As well as many other events throughout the week.

Now onto the builds!

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DESTINATION # 1
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Steelhead Station & Steelhead Welcome Center
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse & Tensai Hilra

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead/80/231/25

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About the RL Build
RL: Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal at Liberty State Park, NJ
Built: 1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey_Terminal

This is one of the newer builds in town. Lunar is rebuilding many older builds to take advantage of newer build tools that have been developed over the years.

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DESTINATION # 2
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Steelhead City hall
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse & Tensai Hilra
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead/120/33/34

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About the RL Build
RL: Maximilaneum of Munich Germany
Built 1857
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilianeum

Lunar built this for this years Relay for Life Steelhead Camp . He's currently redoing it to take down the prims some and fit it to the sim.

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DESTINATION # 3
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Steelhead Public Library
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse & Tensai Hilra
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead/31/30/31

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About the RL Build
RL: Library of Congress
Built: 1800
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress

The Library in Steelhead holds events readings and yes even has books you can read!

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DESTINATION # 4
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge (under reconstruction)
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Harborside/158/109/25

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About the RL Build
RL: Tacoma Narrows Bridge (not the one that fell into the narrows)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge

It's on Lunar's list of to be rebuilt, so when he gets it done it will be even better looking then it is now!


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DESTINATION # 5
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Doc's Men's Wear
Builder: Doc Wrangler
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Harborside/94/22/26

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About the RL Build
RL: Union League
http://www.unionleague.org/history-foundations.php

Yes the sign lights up! I think this may have been one of the first places I went in Steelhead years ago.


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Vista House in Steelhead Boomtown
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Boomtown/247/171/55

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About the RL Build
RL: Vista House on Crown Point
http://vistahouse.com/

Inside is a huge clock that yes, really works!

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Benson Bridge & Multnomah Falls
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse & Tensai Hilra
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Boomtown/229/120/30

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About the RL Build
RL: Benson Bridge & Multnomah Falls
Built: 1914
http://www.columbiariverhighway.com/history/HABS_HAER/benson_footbridge.htm

I rather love the sim building trick they used to get the falls and water to work with only using prim water for the water that actually falls down!

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DESTINATION # 8
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Montlake Bridge (Under construction)
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Boomtown/44/89/28

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About the RL Build
RL: Montlake Bridge
Built: 1914 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montlake_Bridge

It will look better when its done, not that it doesn't look amazing right now.


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Hydro Teslatron
Builder: Tensai Hilra
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Port%20Harbor/205/165/22

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About the RL Build
RL: Hydro Teslatron in Niagra Fallsview Casino
Built: 2010
http://www.lestercreative.com/falls_view.htm

Neat lil gizmo in the harbor!


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The Casbah Oriental Dance Hall & Boarding House
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Port%20Harbor/200/221/22

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About the RL Build
RL: Casbah
Built 1895
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casbah

Inside is a stage and outside is a small market. I love the ceiling inside.

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Justice League Unlimited in Steelhead Port Harbor
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse & Tensai Hilra
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Port%20Harbor/212/50/26

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About the RL Build
RL: Cincinnati Union Terminal
Built: 1928
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Museum_Center_at_Union_Terminal

Yes, Comic geeks, you are looking at exactly what you think you are. The Hall of Justice in DC comics was inspired by the building at the link above. In Steelhead it serves as an adventure club for the Justice League Untied group.


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Sun Pagoda in Steelhead Shanghai (Undergoing reconstruction)
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Shanghai/134/128/29

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About the RL Build
RL Sun Pagoda in Banyan Lake
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk_wpg/2985002051/

Under rebuild, and possibly not able to be finished due to the sad fact that we are loosing the Shanghai sim as Steelhead doesn't have enough renters. But a stunning build, it used to be in the middle of the water and was moved to the side.

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Yuyan Gardens
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse, Tensai Hilra
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Shanghai/134/128/29

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About the RL Build
RL: Yu Garden in Shanghai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Garden

A lovely peaceful place to just sit and enjoy the beauty of Secondlife in.


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Mount St Helens in Steelhead St Helens
Builder: Tensai Hilra
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20St%20Helens/128/129/38

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About the RL location:
RL: Mount St Helens (pre eruption)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens

Tensai used topographical maps of Mount St Helens before it blew its top to create this.
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Hedge Maze of Nevermoor
Builder: TotalLunar Eclipse & Tensai Hilra
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Nevermoor/42/18/27

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About the RL build:
RL: Based on RL hedge maze plans with the fantasy world of Alice in Wonderland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_maze

It's being reworked, but I have been to it before hand and you can see those photos at this link. It's lots of fun with some tricks tossed in, Looking forwards to the new one!


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And that is the builds, there are other fantastic places to visit in Steelhead, other Real life inspired builds and just fun spots, so please come visit!

And our official unofficial theme song

Disneybound Challenge Week Twenty Four: Mushu

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Outfit	+Lika Ruby+china outfit Chunjie(red)	SLURL
Hair	Tukinowaguma ReigetuGold	SLURL
Pose	~Virtual Props~ My Ruin Multipose Prop	SLURL
Sim	Steelhead Nevermore	SLURL

I knew EXACTLY who I wanted to wear when I saw it was Mushu. I had just discovered Lika Ruby last week for a Steelhead dance. This is not the outfit I wore to the dance, that ones pink. I went back to the store and found something that fit mushu quite well.

The hair is a bit of fun from Tukinowaguma..not something I'd wear often.


Two more weeks of this left. Wish it was longer! I could do these forever, its so much fun!

Disneybound Challenge Week Twenty Three: Carl & Ellie

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Outfit	DCNY Clothing Co._Hariette Outfit (Pink)_[BOXED]	SLURL
Hair	/Wasabi Pills/ Kamiko	SLURL
	On Adar
Pants	[DRIVEN] - Tan Cargo Shorts	SLURL
Shirt	{Paradise Kiss} Nil-mesh cardigan-brown	Marketplace
Hat	Aviator Cap with goggles and headphone [box]	Marketplace
Pose	*{what next}Balloon Love Pose Set	SLURL
Sim	Steelhead Nevermore	SLURL

I remember watching Up when it first came out.

I remember bawling my EYES out at the first fifteens minutes of the film.

And I remember feeling, after those minutes, that Adar is my Carl.

So I wanted to get this one right.


I looked for the start of the movie online and could not find the whole thing, but I found this!

Disneybound Challenge Week Twenty Two: Cinderella & Gus Gus

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Outfit	[K~*~S] Cyrenia - Gown - Ice	Marketplace
Jewelry	[K~*~S] Rosa - Jewelery (PearlChange) - Silver	Marketplace
Hair	TuTy's - MAIKO	Marketplace
Pose	'NSA' - "A Friend Like Ben"	SLURL
Sim	Steelhead Nevermore	SLURL

It's back! They gave us THREE weeks to catch up on at once as well! Wow! But i managed it. This is the first one, Cinderella. We where also supposed to do one of the mice, Gus Gus, but I did not want to dress one of the guys up as him and knew no one else who would. So I used a pose with a mouse in it, which you can't see in the photo I just noticed..doh.

52 Crayola Crayons Week Thirty Four - Lapis Lazuli

Week Thirty Four   Lapis Lazuli #436CB9 67, 108, 185

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Outfit	{Laughing Academy Theda Bara Gown Egyptian	Store sadly no longer around
Jewelry	[FPI] Goddess Jasper Set	SLURL
Jewelry	KK Jewelry: Egyptian Set GOLD	Marketplace
Hair	~TuTy's~ JAZZ Vintage bob with braid - Red	Marketplace
Pose	Olive Juice- Walk Like an Egyptian	SLURL
Sim	Terra Egypta	SLURL

Next Week's Crayon!!

#FF9BAA
255, 155, 170

Salmon

The Lapis Lazuli crayon was found in the 1994 specialty crayon box Gem Tones. As a stone Lapis is a fantastic shade of blue mottled with bits of calcite and pyrite. It has its most famous usage in Egyptian jewelry and statues so I wanted to go with an Egyptian theme for the shoot. Which meant that most of the shade is in the jewelry I have on and not the outfit itself.

Finding the sim took me FORREEVVERRR, I avoided the one I ended up with for a while as its description in the destination guide made it sound more like a random chat location rather then a beautifully done Rp sim. Then when I got there I found out it is not one but FOUR sims so, it took way longer then I thought to explore it. And I am sure I missed stuff.

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I took a LOT of photos and you can see them all at this link here

52 Crayola Crayons Week Thirty Three - Sunset Pearl

Week Thirty Three   Sunset Pearl #f1cc79 241, 204, 121

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Outfit	{Happy} Tradewinds Blouse (Sunset)	SLURL
Outfit	Lady RainBow Mesh Laced Jeans	SLURL
Outfit	Gotten via the short and sweet Taste the Rainbow Hunt	Info
Jewelry	Donna Flora SUNNY colors set	SLURL
Hair	*C:K* Nyan[Type B] - Andoria V3	SLURL
Pose	{vespertine- papercrane wearable props/boxed}	Marketplace
Pose	Gotten at the Love Donna Flora Event	SLURL
Sim	Ghostville	SLURL

Next Week's Crayon!!

#436CB9
67, 108, 185

Lapis Lazuli

OH LOOK! It's on time..ish. I had to redo my Secondlife settings due to a certain kitten playing on my keyboard and changing things, THEN I screwed up and overwrote my settings file from Firestorm and had to fetch them from Adar's computer. Oopsy.

Sunset Pearl is from the 1997 Pearl Brite set, and has a pearlesent sheen to it in crayon form.

I hate trying to find Yellows in my inventory, and this one was tricky. Not sure how well I matched it, but I did my best. I paired it with a fun pair of pants from the fabulous Taste the rainbow Hunt. You can do this hunt in an hour, Less even! But everything you get is fantastic!

The sim is another lovely temporary build by Cica Ghost. Like the Sketch sim and Rust it has many of her signature line art items. Quite a lovely place to explore for a while.

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You can see all my photos of this sim at this link

52 Crayola Crayons Week Thirty Two - Razzle Dazzle Rose

Week Thirty Two   Razzle Dazzle Rose #FF48D0 255, 72, 208

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Outfit	Bilo- Chandramukhi Choli- Hot Pink	SLURL
Outfit	Apsara - Chandramukhi Dupatta - Purple	SLURL
Outfit	Apsara - Chandramukhi Skirt - Hot Pink	SLURL
Hair	.:EMO-tions:. * MYSTERY *	SLURL
Pose	Bilo Sari Pose: Kathak	SLURL
Sim	Yogyakarta Borobudur	SLURL

Next Week's Crayon!!

#f1cc79
241, 204, 121

Sunset Pearl

This post is so extremely late for the following reasons; I have been sick, the internet has been a brat, stupidly hiding from someone on SL, SL kept crashing as I need a new graphics card, and I have a minor distraction.

I am still not feeling fully well but better then I have been.

We're getting a new DSL modem to replace our 8+ year old one and that should help our internet issues a TON. It should be here on Thursday according to the phone company.

I put on my big girl undies and will deal with the person when/if I see them again.

I have no idea when I will be able to afford a new card and some ram wouldn't hurt either.

The distraction name is Batgirl, she's 2 months old or abut that brown/black kitten. She showed up on our front porch two weeks ago wailing her little head off. Then when I opened the door to give her some food, waltz right inside like it was home and hasn't left yet. She's become buds with my now second youngest cat Isis. And has throughly claimed me as her own. You can see photos of the cutie kitty here. Right now she's passed out asleep on top of my basket I take to ren faires. But one of her favorite spots is sleeping on my chest which make sit hard to do stuff on the computers. She also refuses to play with toys that are not ON my desk.


I really should have just taken a single photo and posted that a LOT earlier, but I wanted to do this sim darn it! So, you get it late. There was no Disney post this week so I am not behind on that.


ANYWAY


This weeks crayon got its name in 1990 as part of the florescent colors, though the color has been around since 1972 as Hot Magenta FLUORESCENT, all the Hot/Ultra ***** FLUORESCENT crayons got new names in 1990.


The sim and the outfit are tied together, even though the outfit is not QUITE the right culture as the sim. The sim is a second life recreation of the temples Borobudur and Prambanan, which are near Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I found the sim via the destination guide.. The build is extremely impressive. Secondlife advance in building prims have allowed a recreation that before would have been out of prim reach to be done beautifully.

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The sim has two levels, one is the ruins and another is a modern town you get to via a teleport in the info booth near the landing point. I ALMOST missed it as I didn't go to the info booth! You can see it and all the rest of my photos at this link