I am still alive ;-)

At least most of the time...

...recently i dug a little more into the art of swordfighting. So it happens from time to time during sparring or a tournament that i "die".

After buying several swords, testing diverse combat meters and reading a lot pages in the i-net i decided to start to create my own weapons.

The reason for that: most swords that i found were either good looking or good working. Many works for some systems only (e.g. many Spellfire weapons).

Currently i am developing a multi-system compatible swordfighting script. Safezone, DCS2, BCS/GCS and Battlezone are already working, for Spellfire i need to buy either licenses for each single sword (300L each) or, if i get enough requests, a developer kit per weapon type (3000L each).

I will try to get my swords certified by several roleplay sims so they can be used in there as well as in tournaments.

My goal wont be to produce the ultimate deadliest "uberkill" weapons, but to make good looking weapons that obey exactly the specs of the different systems, thus creating a fair, level field for all.

More about that when i have some products to display...

Tribal: satanic?

This fine leather necklace holds a tribal pendant ornamented with sharp horns.
Is it "satanic"?

I created it on request for my friend Heckbert as a gift for the lovely Aita.

Workshops and stores

Creating new jewelry is something i cant just do at home in my livingroom (due to prim limits). Instead of having to go to a public sandbox i can work at my workshop in Faerun due to Christi Maeterlinck's generous offer to let me work on the isle whenever i like.



At the moment you can buy my products inworld at:

Isle of Faerun
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Faerun/144/184/26

Outside SL you can find my stuff at

Xstreet SL
https://xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=52287

Samarkand crown jewels

My biggest task so far:

I met Lanalii Nishi October, 13th at the opening of the beautyful Freyas Desire on the island of asgard. She seemed to like my jewelry and asked me if i could develop the crown jewels for her and Creyes Beresford, the soon to be queen and king of Samarkand.

I had a picture of the symbol of the city of Samarkand:



and the titel "golden rose" for Lanalii to start with.

I choose to trace the outlines of the symbols with tiny prims to create the crests and then merge them for the final Samarkand royal crest.

The coronation was held on November, 3rd at the palace of Samarkand.
It was a wonderful ceremony and a great party afterwards!
I took a lot of pictures, you can look at them at my flickr place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ca_sands/

These are the crown jewels i made for the coronation of Creyes Beresford and Lanalii Nishi as Khagan (king) and Khanum (queen) of Samarkand:

Lanalii's jewels:



Creyes' crown jewels:




Each got a crown, a royal necklace and a handpiece with the crests on them.
Additionally they got a special necklace to give to their loyal followers...


And as a little extra... the Coat of Arms Shield of the new Royal family:




As a reward i was promoted to the Royal Tala Saaz (goldsmith) of Samarkand, a title that i wear with honour and pride!

Cat's heart

Around October, 10th Salamander Maroon asked me if i could create a necklace with a heart as a special gift to Cat Gisel. After some days of fiddling with tiny pearls "Cat's heart" was born:



It is made out of 119 prims, the heart itself being 83 ;-)
I learned a lot about positioning 2mm and 1.6mm pearls onto 3 dimensional surfaces while creating this...

Balance of Power

The Balance of Power came to life after i created some crosses with pentagrams on them. It seemed neccessary to create a "light" as well as a "dark" version to keep the balance...

(below is the text of the group notice i sent out for this)

Greetings, you Fighters and Warriors out there!

This time i made necklaces for men. Real MEN, that is!

To keep the Balance of Powers intact we need fighters for the good as well as the evil forces in the multiverse!

(If the need arises i will create corresponding jewelry for the Ladies too...)

best regards,
ChrisAlex, creator of powerful artifacts ;-)

Trapped! earrings

One evening while showing some friends how to play with tiny prims i put together these tiny earrings:



A small red pearl cought in the middle of a silver cage, surrounded by darkness...
That poor little pearl is:

Trapped!

These tiny earrings bring that extra sparkle into your life. You can be sure that only those you look really close can see the mystery that lies within them!

The earrings come in a nice gift box.