New from Pearse'd & Cut: The New Babbage striped swim suit

Currently available via Marketplace

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/PC-Mens-Bathing-Suit-New-Babbage-Boxed/26997209

 

P.S.
I apologise for the lack of activity on this blog. If you want to see what I have been occupying my time with do peruse my Flickr.

Pearse'd & Cut reopens its doors. (Sort of)

 

I haven't had a Marketplace presence for almost 10 years, mainly through procrastination. And I closed my inworld store about three years ago to replace it with the Sphinx Club.

Now I have finally set up my Marketplace shop and am pleased to offer three new items for your enjoyment.

At this stage they're only available on Marketplace but an inworld store is on the list.

Get yours here.
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/107596

What’s your Digits? – Take 5

Strawberry Singh has posted her annual 'Digits Challenge" over on her blog.



1. Do you currently own a mesh body? If so, do you wear it all the time or just once in a while? If not, skip to the fourth question.I've only just begun exploring mesh bodies. For the most part I'm not enthusiastic. There's a couple of reasons for this, but reason number one is that I rarely go around semi naked. Even the photo attached here is half the swimsuit I usually wear when the occasion warrants. I recently bought a pair of SLink feet to go with the my AV. Feet (for men anyway) are like shoes. You put them on and that's it. Mesh hands (that I've seen anyway) are not rigged) so require changing hands depending on the activity involved. I'm still considering.
Reason number two is that there are very few male mesh bodies for sale. The couple I've seen are either GQ models or Himbos. Which is a little ironic since my AV shape and looked is based on Sean Connery - a Mr. Universe finalist.
Lastly, I had a certain look in mind when I was creating my AV way back in 2006. That idea hasn't changed in all the years, though it's picked up some refinements. The skin has changed a couple of times, as has the shape. My hair is so old that Tami McCoy is no longer even in SL.
I did see one recently that meshed from the neck down, thus allowing you to keep your slider head. I like the idea, though another demo I tried allowed for individual arms to be "demeshed", which would allow for things like pirate hooks, or one mechanical arm; that sort of thing.

2. What is your preferred mesh body available on the market right now?
3. Have you changed your shape since you started wearing the body?

4. How do you feel about mesh bodies in general?
A friend recently moved to all mesh body. Obviously it means that old slider clothes are no longer an option. For modern AVs this would be fine but there a limited amount of clothing for steampunk and historical AVs as it is. Or at least a limited amount of quality clothing.


5. What is one thing you would request from designers when it comes to mesh? bodies?Customisation is the key point. Want to have one arm missing for your look? Allow it to happen. Want to allow the individuality of a slider head? Allow it. And let's get some normal shapes out there instead of the gym-rats we have at the moment (ironic no?)

A very busy week

This week had been very full for me.

Saturday was the Doctor Who Podshock party at the Doctor Who Experience sim of Katrina - the oldest Doctor Who sim in SL.


Yours truly playing in front of the burning wreck of the TARDIS - last seen hurtling out of control at the End of Time.


A selection of visitors to the party.
(Thanks to Nat Merrit for the photos)

I had a great time and have discovered Trock as a result of some suggestions given to me beforehand. Some very good stuff out there.


Sunday I was back in New Babbage as the guest speaker for this month's Salon.



(Thanks to Bookworm Hienrichs for the pictures)
Despite having a sim crash that took me and half the attendees with it, it went well. I seemed to answer a few "back of the mind" questions that people had about buttons and things. Sadly my knowledge of Bohemian lifestyles is not up to lengthy discussion.

And today was the Big Brass Balls at SteamSky City.


It's been ages since I played here but it was nice to meet some new people as well as have some of the familiar ones turn up as well.

Servant's Livery Suit

After a great deal of procrastination, Pearse'd & Cut is proud to announce the release of a Servant's Livery Suit to accompany the Maid's Uniform already in stock.

Based on a 1900 pattern of Domestic Servant's Uniform the suit should be the perfect addition for those needing to clothe their male staff in something more formal.



Available from Pearse'd & Cut Victoria City, New Babbage and Edison.

St. George Waistcoat

Since there are some people south of the Scottish border who take pride in not being part of the best country in the world, I have taken pity on them and created a very snazzy waistcoat.



Available from New Babbage, Edison and Caledon Victoria City. I think I may need to reorganise my wall space in Steelhead and Steeltopia to fit these in.

Unlike most of my items the waistcoats are transferable. Buy them as a gift and one for yourself!

Sailing, Sailing, Over the Bounding Waves...

For some time the idea of a Navy Uniform has been on my "to do" list. With the various Steam Nations gearing themselves up for a reinvigorated Navy and a commission from Caledon's Guvnah I have finally put forth some items for use of sailing enthusiasts.


The Gentlemen's Officer uniform


And a version for the Ladies.


For those who are more inclined for action of the guns or the engine room, there is a uniform for Sailors.

These are similar to the ones commissioned for the Imperial Navy of Caledon but with different rank insignia and cap badges.

The hussar uniform - finally!

Waaaaaaay back during the SLRFL events there was a little RP called the Neualtenburg War. As part of the activities, our beloved Guvnah commissioned me to create two uniforms for the Caledon Militia. One was the familiar Red tunic, the other was a blue attila favoured by cavalry units.

Earlier pictures may be found in the description of ranks here and in Ordinal Malaprop's recruitment kinoscope.

At the time I had held off putting it on sale until the war was over. But as with many of these things, the war so much as didn't happen as took too long to co-ordinate and people got sick of it and moved on to other things.

However, recent enquiries have lead me to finally finish the uniform in its glory.



Special thanks to Jaeger Edelweiss, former worthy opponent, for assistance with the pelisse.

Disclaimer: Pearse'd & Cut can not be held responsible for swooning, strutting or bravado that may result from the use of this uniform. Horse and Long Weapon not included.

Pearse'd & Cut Penzance

Pearse'd & Cut are proud to announce the acquisition of a fine location in Caledon Penzance to offer a more convenient shopping spot for residents to the north.

When completed the Penzance location will utilise the OnRez vendor system.



We look forward to seeing you at Pirate Kings Road in Penzance.

New releases from Pearse'd & Cut

After much pestering from various people Pearse'd & Cut is proud to announce the release of eight additional tartans to our existing kilt range, just in time for the St. Andrew's Day celebrations.

A selected sampling of the now eleven tartans


Kerr


The Black Watch


Royal Stewart


Caledon

The full range stand at present as Black Watch, Caledon, Chattan, Ferguson, Gordon, Kerr, MacAlister, MacDonald of the Isles, MacPhearson, Priest and Royal Stewart.

Remember Remember

Sadly the anniversary of Guy Fawkes Day seemed to go unnoticed. The only reference I say myself was the bonfire burning in front of The Odditorium.





If any of these 'orrible little conspirators try to blow up our Benevolent Dictator we'll be ready for 'em.

Double McBurger, large McChips, oh and a diet McDrink

Steelhead's dance this week was the nicely original Fast Food theme.

For some reason I got it into my head that Ronald McDonald was the way to go. This was partially inspired by one of the former denizens of Steelhead, Mr. Keenly Valiant, but also something that I thought would be fairly easy. In hind sight Colonel Sanders may have been the simpler option but there you go. I think I looked at every clown costume on the grid (not that there are many) from the cheap Rodeo Clowns to one that was L$2000, none of which were what I was looking for anyway. I ended up deciding to make my own. Texturing was easy enough and that was all accomplished fairly well, though the hair was proving a problem. Thinking I could simply retexture an afro hairdo I again launched across the grid looking for hair, and again met with dubious little results. Ended up wondering if SLX might have anything. Bought a L$99 afro there that was mod/copy which I thought would be perfect. However the 200 prims it's made of brought me up short when I started looking at retexturing.

I threw together a single prim hair piece and headed over to the dance (time flies when you're building!) It was sparsely attended to start with but then the people started to arrive.


Steelhead's very own musical Sheriff was Frylock, complete with goatee. (I wonder if this means there's a "nice" version of Fuzz in alternate universe?)


Gelatinous wobbly thing, Miss Orr appears to have eaten Carmen Miranda. I don't think we ever established what flavour jelly she was.


Lunar as Meatwad. I believe this is from a comic of some sort.


Tensai as Master Shake. With a memorial portrait to Keenly to the left.


My McClown. He needs work but not bad for a couple of hours work.


Exrex Somme as some sort of Chinese Takeaway I think.


Frequency Picnic as something that you see very occasionally in fast food.


Mr. O'Toole as Fastfood Nation

I dropped in to the Rock Factory, now in the brand new sim of jazzers Paradise, to see Dr. Figaro for about half an hour. She was grooving her way through her favourite Jpop stuff. Managed to scare a few people by still being McClowned. Headed back to Steelhead just before it coughed towards the end throwing everyone out. But there was plenty of party vibes going so that even after Fuzz finished for the night, Tensai found a station on Sky FM broadcasting 80s stuff and a few of us kept on dancing.

Brilliant night and loads of fun as usual.

Gentlemen's boots

New footwear from Pearse'd & Cut








Currently available at the Pearse'd & Cut. 9 Juntarou Street West, Victoria City

Rank insignia recognition

As a helpful reminder for the upcoming Militia wargames I'd like to present a refresher on the rank insignia for the Militia regiments.


Militia light horse uniform (The blue team. Boo Hiss!)


Militia Infantry uniform (The winning er.. Red Team. Huzzah!)


Sergeant


Colour Sergeant


Lieutenant (Note insignia now on uniform collar)


Captain


Major


Lieutenant Colonel


Colonel

There is talk of a lancer regiment and a dragoon regiment being formed. This on top of the Militia regiment, Highland regiment and cuirassier regiments already in existence. Which is exceptional work if you consider for a moment that there is possibly only one trooper among all of them.

A little something for the staff

MANY months ago (back in February I think) I had a young lady coming into my shop looking to buy some clothes for her servant. She paid me a rather odd compliment by saying that all the clothes in Pearse'd & Cut were too nice to be worn by her servant and did I have anything in servant's wear? Not not the faffy "maids" out fit that are anything but designed for house cleaning but an actual Maid's uniform.

I confessed I didn't but the idea has been on the my to do list ever since.

Recently I found some time to cross it off the list.



It comes with both a Parlour Maid cap and a mob cap and is transferable should a gentleman be in the generous position of supplying the staff with uniforms. The male servant's uniform will be available fairly soon, as will a Victorian nurse's uniform.

One more sleep...

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY.



The chapel is decorated. My outfit is done. The music is organised. The reception is organised.

In the time since I have come to know this amazing woman she has slowly found a very special place in my life and in my heart.

It's been a rather hectic week with me being away for the weekend, then trying to get the Cavorite Flying Vehicle finished for the Steampunk Expo (which it's only in display readiness - still some bugs to work on) and then getting my outfit finished for Friday.

But this weekend will be worth it.

New product additions to Pearse'd & Cut

Available at Victoria City, Steelhead and New Babbage.

Friday the 13th Disco, Renn Faires and strange rhythmic rituals

In what might be appropriate to the horror usually inflicted on people at Friday the 13th, Steelhead had a 70's night as its theme for this Friday.


Ah ah ah ah Stayin' Alive, stayin' alive...


Christine and myself as "Finn's Shiney Disco Balls", with the Psychedelic Fuzz underneath.


Psychedelic Fuzz




JeZ's afro had a mind of its own.


Roller Puck


Right On!

Saturday saw the dawning of a complete shift in time and location with the opening of the Renaissance Faire in Carntaigh. Another of the events to help the RFL it was an amusing idea. Mr. Abel and I bantered about if it was a *real* Renn Faire we needed to have Klingons...


Professor Avalanche's Little Sister.


Lavender Beaumont is starting to look like an appetiser to Erasmus Margulis


My beloved Christine sets a fine example by riding side saddle.


Yours truly trying out Professor Avalanche's Catapult Ride


Miss Paris gets a large one...


Oolon Sputnik seems to have been struck down by the tiny virus.

By sheer coincidence Steelhead's theme for their Saturday night formal was "medieval" so we were able to attend without even changing!


Sir Edward and Lady Christine


Tensai and Lunar looking lovely in co-ordinated outfits.

As Christine and I headed back to Davaar we heard a distinctly NON-medieval style of music from across the shore in Carntaigh. What was happening? It seems that Raver Riel was up to her doof again.



Christine gets into the groove.


Dunkin' Duchess. Yes, I'm about to make Her Grace all wet...


Her Grace shakes if for charity.


Giving till it hurts.


The lovely Kate Nicholas, one of the more dressed ladies of the evening.


Their Graces of Carntaigh and Loch Avie and Captain Paris show their remarkable... talents in helping a charitable cause


Last four standing: Miss McElroy, myself, Miss Figaro and Lord Bardhaven