Lifesigns!

The last post here has been over a year ago, so I guess its time for an update. The rezzing system has been completed since and it works very well and I am going to do a couple more things in the store slash showroom in the next couple of weeks (yes, there has been some inactivity on on my end - how did you guess?). I am also happy to announce a new product: *drumroll*

The Dieselpunk Gyrocogster!

The Dieselpunk Gyrocogster in its standard-version.

The idea for this one came from the the Prof and me discussing possible events on his sim. Like the usual things like dances, film nights and exciting academical pleasures like readings and radio-plays, there was the recurring topic of an air-combat-event he brought up. Since the Steampunk Gyrocogster is quite ideal for this purpose, well, apart from being unarmed, unarmoured and not very fast, I decided to make a more "beefed up" variant. With armour plating, a machine gun, higher speed - and the super low-lag TCS combat system!

And in the popular rezzer-variant.

The new version also got an overhauled guest mode and a colourize script for the metal bands along the hull, for personal/team colours.

Lots of shades. Including grey. Its Drow Science after all!

You can find the new Dieselpunk Gyrocogster at the Drow Science Mainstore & Showroom, and at the SL Marketplace. The rezzer-version of course too!

There is also a little Christmas-surprise in the works for all current owners of the Prometheus. But I won't tell you more right now!

Drow Science at the Sci-Fi Fair

My Steampunk/Dieselpunk Pub at the Sci-Fi Faire

Since the Sci-Fi Convention earlier this year was so successful, the organisers have decided to hold second event this year too. The Sci-Fi Faire:

"To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek TV & film franchise the sci-fi alliance in second life has organised a convention covering 3 sim from September 7-11, with over 80 booths set up by residents to promote their trek and sci-fi groups, content made in world  and services. The event supports  “The American Cancer Society”  with donations and exposure.

The sims called “Vulcan” and “Qonos” are used for housing the booths whilst “Risa” in the centre being used for entertainment."

Sci-Fi Convention Blog

I'm not sure if its going to be a regular thing. But it would be certainly nice for the community to have such a happening twice a year. There is always so much to see and discover!

I am also happy that I finished the interior for my Steampunk Pub right in time. Impeccable timing, isn't it?

See you at the Faire!

Here They Come!

Is there a better way for a title when you write about start of the Sci-Fi Convention than with a quote from our favourite space opera? I don't think so!

The opening of the Convention is now only a few hours away and I am positively quite excited! I made a little stroll around the sims the other day and my first impression is very, very good.
You don't have to believe me though - just take a look at the pictures I received:

Courtesy Lani Global

Courtesy Lani Global

Courtesy Lani Global

Courtesy Lani Global

For my own plot at the exhibition I had a very special idea: Since I have so many large ships to show and since one already would pretty much fill the parcel, I decided to have rezzer-system instead which lets visitors pick what they want to see! Emma did - as always - a fantastic job. Not simply scripting, but scripting it in a way that it is pretty easy to set up the scenes - wonderful!

Always an impressive view: the Cerberus-Class Cruiser,

...something more peaceful: The Daedalus...

...and the mighty Prometheus-Class!

See you at the Convention! Here is your taxi to the Drow Science parcel - enjoy!

P.S. Steam-Gonk loves you all!

Gonk, gonk, goooonk!

Sci-Fi Convention 2016

This years SL Sci-Fi Convention is just a few days away now. Yay!

So far the Sci-Fi convention has grown bigger and better every year and I am looking forward how it will be this time. It is also pretty cool to be part of it, I have to add. It is one of the occasions where the community can show what they are capable of and present their vision of the future.

The convention will start on March 18 and will go till the 27th. Though for me and the other exhibitors it will kind of start already in two days, when the building period on the sims begins.

For more information, please visit their blog. See you there!

The Kraken Wars - Epilogue

Epilogue

Time passed more slowly after the  Cobalt Brotherhood abandoned their underwater base. The few Kraken that had been left behind, showed a listless quality and were easily collected. Without the stimulation by the Marconi Receptive Leaf, they gradually became lass and less a terror threat.

The Cobalt Brotherhood seemed to have abandoned Piracy by Kraken, and if they had undertaken any other form of larceny, it remained unknown.

Air Piracy was still a matter of concern to Consolidated Airship Transport.

New Gadget: Mad Scientist's Backpack

Sometimes inspiration comes from out of the blue. It can be something you have seen or heard the other day, a memory, or it jumps kinda in your face - like in the case of my Mad Scientist's Backpack!

Please meet the Mad Scientist's backpack!

Half of the inspiration for it comes from this fun little trailer here with cute and nerdy (and pretty mad) scientists:

The other half was induced by the theme for last Saturday's Z&A dance: Weird Science!

I guess its no surprise that something in my brain clicked. And it was so much fun to build and dressing up myself for the party - and actually wearing it that night!
I might have went a bit mad with adding more and more fun things to it - including an authentic steampunk license plate!

You can pick up the Mad Scientist's Backpack now at the Marketplace and at the Drow Science Showroom!