I see absolutely no reason why your Second Life should be any less obsessive than your first, and apparently neither do these people.
Second Life is an immersive 3D environment where you create an avatar to represent yourself, and you travel through the worlds interacting with other avatars and reshaping the world to suit yourself. People design their own luxury mansions, their own skyscrapers, their own amusement parks and nightclubs and sex grottos. So, naturally, some virtual Browncoats got together to make the crappy little town where Wash is a hero. And now they have their own Firefly.
Washtown is a pleasant place and one where you can always run across a fellow flan. Above you can see me — just as dashing in SL as in real life — in front of the Wash statue. On the right is one of the weekly Sunday in-character shindigs at the Hoban Saloon. From the left: Anastasia, Dieter, Jadi, me (in the browncoat and Peter Pan stance), Gabriel, Roland, and Sabrina. The saloon also has game tables and a shooting range downstairs.
But their big attraction just showed up last night – a full-size Firefly, designed by SL builder Fenix Eldritch. I don't mind telling you, I completely geeked out walking through this thing. C'mon, I'll show you around.
Made of 700 different shapes ("prims") with individual textures applied for realism, this ship is a beauty. It is unfurnished at the moment — they just got it set up — but walking through still gives you a familiar, "I'm home" feeling.
It's to scale, pretty much, and is remarkably accurate. I had no problem navigating around by memory (although I did have to become several inches shorter to get through the doorways).
It also came complete with an operable mule (movie version). Here's the sickbay and the guest compartments.
The engine turns! How cool is that? It's also oddly hypnotic, although I may have just gotten dizzy trying to find the catalyzer. It's patterned after the movie version, but I have to admit I miss the big hand crank.
The dining room is all ready for lounging, eating with the family, or cleaning your weapons. No storage area to lock up your crazy psychic ninja girls (that I noticed), whch may be just as well.
The crew quarters can be entered (walk over the gap and drop in) and, just like the real ones, are pretty cramped. I'm looking forward to seeing them decorated.
Here you can see me in the pilot's seat on the bridge making vroom vroom noises and checking out the instrumentation (including a few panels that look like Whitefall designs). Nicely done bridge, complete with lockers and big, obvious tubing.
The ship will be used for role-playing or just hanging around, and you're more than welcome to drop by and check it out. Remember, shindigs every Sunday! If you have Second Life installed, you can go straight there.
If you don't have Second Life installed, maybe you should. Where else are you gonna find a Firefly?
the ship detail is cool. u should post more pics once they get more detail for those of us who dont have accounts
Evidently it doesn't like my graphics card – I can't go visit. :{
Oh, AWESOME. I joined the Firefly/Serenity group on SL a while back, and the group leader said they were working on a ship model… looks very, very shiny.
The Sunday RP sessions are a lot of fun! We're just getting started, but they're still a blast. I'm currently playing the Kaylee-substitute mechanic. (That's me on the right.)
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I'm going to boot up second life for the first time in a month just to check this out…
Ooh, awesome. At first, I thought this was a Sims2 Washtown, but Second Life objects seem to be more manipulate-able. I have a sort-of Serenity in one of my Sims2 neighbourhoods, but it's not all that great. My crew is spot on, though.
Thanks for the headsup. Here's my pics: http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2006/08/serenity_lives_.html
Nice pics, rikomatic! And yup, your closeup of the bridge display panels verified that not only did the builder use Whitefall's designs, he downloaded them from an eBay auction : )
Washtown enjoyed their largest turnout ever tonight, thanks to everyone who showed up. Drinks were had, dances were danced, and outrageous tales were told. And everyone checked out the ship.
How shiny is that?! Very cool! Now I need to go get that new computer so that I can actually do the SL thing.
Keep Flyin'
Here's pics of another SL Serenity build done by Abby Larson: http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2006/08/yet_another_sl_.html
Not as true to spec as the Washtown version, but cool nonetheless.
Wow. Just wow. I've never gotten into this type of thing, though I can definitely see the draw from your post here. Hrm. Now a Serenity based universe I could maybe get into. I shall contemplate.
Thank you.
I visited with a few podcasting friends of mine the other day. It was my first time in SL, so I was still getting used to it, but overall, Washtown is a great place to visit. It may be the single reason I return to SL.
I can't even find it. I have looked so many times for Washtown, that I am about ready to give up.
Should be able to do a search for "Washtown" or "Firefly" (that's how I originally found it), but if you have Second Life installed just click on the link at the bottom of the post where it says 'you can go straight there." That will start your Sl (if it isn't already) and open up the map with Washtown pinpointed. Then just teleport there.
You may have to have "Include Mature regions" checked in the search form, if that helps.
New graphics card!!! I'm a goin' visiting!
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This is a good article…..But I think joining the secondlife is more interesting….You could make youself more beautiful in secondlife than
in real life…And could find some sexy girls (boys) friends in there,it is so funny……
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Nice word and idea…That's a good community in your blog,but i like the best and most famous virtual community — Secondlife —
I meet some new friends in it all over the world. And even earn some real money in it…. Would you like it? There are some free money and more friends in Secondlife:
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I can't find it. I clicked the link, searched for "washtown", and searched for "firefly." Is it gone?
i have such a headache, why can the address just be writen instead of some link that doesnt work and when you search in SL washtown or firefly nothing is there.. someone please fix this.
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Not interested in joining Second Life. I'd be interested in downloading this model for personal use, though. Any idea what the file type would be? I need a .obj and a rigged .cr2 for use in Daz Studio.