My last Halloween event of the year is the Crypt Crawl held by Second Life Syndicate. It is an event in two parts: Part 1 near the headquarters is a sale event, I have a few things for sale, and the last treat bucket of the season awaits you there! So many buckets this year.
There is also a hunt, where you can look for 4 candles from me. Two candles hold cupcakes:
And there are two other ~mystery~ candles to find!
At SL Syndicate until November 6!
Bird shaped weights for ORIENTILIKA! There are 10 weights in the set, each as an individual object, and 2 groups of all of them as one piece- one set lined up showing off the graduating sizes, one set clustered. Each object is 1LI at realistic weight size (they are small).
These are known to the tourists (at least the English speaking ones) as "opium weights", though they were just...weights. I fell for it (sort of): they were marketing souvenir repro sets of the tiny ones as such when I was in Thailand. I wasn't looking at "real" antiques and they were obviously new tourist sets, but they were cute so I got some elephants, and I love them.
In reality though, animal shaped weights, mostly cast in bronze, were traditionally used in the region known as Burma (currently Myanmar) and some of the surrounds, to weigh everything you needed to weigh. Why use a boring plain weight when you can use something beautiful? They were designed to be highly accurate, so even though they look intricate they were still effective to weigh whatever you were measuring. After the British conquered Burma in 1885 (ahem the East India Trading Company wanted something), they were phased out for boring plain round iron weights, and that's a shame.
This is a traditional set of 10 weights, from 1 viss (~1600 grams) at the largest size, to 1/8 tical at the smallest. 1 viss = 100 tical, so the 1 viss weight is the largest, the second size is 50 tical. Aside from the largest weight, the rest are listed in tical (~16 grams)- the smallest size is 1/8 tical, which is also 1 mu (~2 grams). The units were also known as peithha for viss and kyattha for tical (the currency of Myanmar is the kyat)- as well as assorted other regional names (the kyat was the bhat in Thailand, the originator of the name for their currency as well). The largest three (1 viss, 50 tical, 20 tical) have decorative handles that would have made them easier to use. Each king introduced his own standard set of weights, so the weight did fluctuate at times- for older weights to be continued to be used, they had to be adjusted to the current standard for the time. Myanmar continued using their units of measurement into the 21st century, but they have been gradually switching to the metric system.
The hintha bird system was a popular shape for the weights: you may be more familiar with it under its name as the hamsa bird, of the Buddhist religion.
At ORIENTILIKA until the end of November 7 Japan time (November 7 at 8am SLT).
A top hat with candles on its brim awaits you at Hallow Manor! Candles are texture change (up to three different colours can be mixed at one, at semi random), and all will light up or extinguish on touch (or they won't, if you prefer- there are always lit, only owner can control lights, and anyone can control lights versions included).
Hallow Manor is also holding its yearly hunt! You buy access to the prizes, and then choose what you want (hunting for keys first optional). My prize is a takeaway box full of eyeballs, with and without chopsticks sticking out, that can be held or rezzed. The box comes in red, white, and black, and the eyeballs can be brown, green, or blue- or a mix of any two.
At Hallow Manor until November 1.
Candy Cauldrons for FLF-o-Ween! The mini cauldrons have returned with new things in them, so each cauldron is texture change with 3 embossed designs or no design, all in blacks, metals, and pastels. The candy corn cauldron gives out candy corn fangs, and the mallow pumpkin cauldron gives out a mallow pumpkin to hold in your mouth. Extra candy is included for you, as well.
At FLF-o-Ween until November 1!
Panic of Pumpkin in Okinawa has started! I've been breeding giant snails. 1 LI each at human skull size, static little dudes. You can hold a couple of dwarf snails (a little smaller because they are awkward at full size!) with you as well.
They also have the daily advent again this year- every day (starting at 8am SLT) new doors are holding gifts for you! When my door opens, you will find a wreath, made of skulls. The snails have moved on into new ones, these are the rejects.
At Panic of Pumpkin, until the end of the month!
Collabor88 is all about Halloween Icons this spookiest month of the year, and I'm throwing a Monster Mash for my prom (bucket of blood optional) with disco ball skulls.
The disco ball itself of course- 4 LI is due to the number of bits to make it work: it needs 6 separate pieces in it to make the lights work, which gets you to 3 LI without any choice, and I allowed the one more so they would be easier to make work in your space- there are two types of hanger, and each can be stretched as long as you need for the drop, so your skull ball can be just where you need it! There are also two mirrors included, one with a darker base than the other, so you can use the one you prefer. They rotate with an editable script that you can tweak to get just the right speed for what you need.
You can also wear some tiny disco skulls in your ears- also in the two shades of mirrors. And a mirrored skull for your desk!
At this Collabor88, until November 6!
A mini companion to (one might say child of...yes those are baby skulls, I'm going to hell but this is no surprise) the skull fruit bowls, mini berry skulls at RITUAL! Little skulls filled with berries, each one with 18 texture options to match the fruit bowls (bones, metals, pastels, red), and each berry option also comes with at least 2 texture options. The blackberry and raspberry set comes with the most texture options for pinkish red raspberries and darker blackberries, as well as two mesh options, the blackberry version featuring longer berries.
At RITUAL, October 2 - 22.
p.s. Also find a free treat bucket variant at the event!
Salem is here for Halloween month! The Shelley Heels are, of course, named after Mary, the author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. She developed the idea during the Year without a Summer of 1816, when a major volcanic eruption disrupted the weather and they were bored and coming up with ghost stories.
Single Shelley heels are one colour for the shoe shell, but include HUDs for the bones, stitches, and soles. They can be joined by another single colour, or all on its own with the pack, to allow you to also mix the two outer sides, and change left and right shoes differently if you so choose.
Rigged versions for Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza female high feet, plus an unrigged pair to perhaps fit to other bodies.
At Salem, this October!
p.s. Also find a free treat bucket variant at the event!
A delicate little snake wrapped around your neck at the Fallen Gods 14th Anniversary! There are two versions included, one solid, and one with gemstone eyes. Unrigged and modify to fit pretty much anyone, texture change with metal and plastic options for the snake, and an assortment of gemstone options. You can add more texture options of realistic snakes with the snake HUDs from the Wrapped, Geta, and Ryu Horns.
The event has a gallery of everything available at the anniversary market, for more snake and/or Egyptian goodies!
On the roof garden of Fallen Gods this month of October!
