Final #2 Step 1b

Final 2 Step 1b


Actually building something. After reading the Mermaid Diaries site, I decided to try my hand at building a candle, per the Mermaid's instructions.

Started out fine - selected the cylinder shape and set the dimensions to X=.030, Y=.030, Z=.30

Wow - ok, small but I can handle it. Named the object "candle". Set the texture to blank and left the color white.



















Now, for the wick. In edit mode, I held down the shift key and dragged the blue arrow upwards. This produces a copy of my candle object. I then clicked on the general tab and renamed this to "wick". Dimensions X=.010, Y=.010, Z=.030. Selected a light grey for the color of the wick



















OMG. I can't find my wick!! Oh, there it is.

Now onto linking - well, I was supposed to position the wick so it sinks slightly into the candle. Can't find my wick anymore.

let's try making my candle bigger. Scrapped the first part.

Repeated my steps, only THIS time, candle dimensions are X=.30, Y=.30, Z=3.0 - YEAH!!!!

now I repeated the wick steps, only making my wick dimensions X=.10, Y=.10, Z=.30

nice fat candle & wick and now I can actually see what I am doing. Onto linking the two prims together.




















Right-clicked wick and selected edit. Pressed shift and clicked on the candle object to select it as well. Click on the Tools (top of screen) and selected Link.

The candle is outlined in yellow, the wick blue.



































Now for something fancy. I copied a particle script from "Sirena Hair & Fashion" (The SLURL is West Sunset (160,50,22)) in SecondLife, which will produce a candle flame. I edited my wick, making sure that the "Edit linked parts" box was checked off, and selected the contents tab. Dragged the candle flame particle script into that tab.



































saved. Nothing. Looked at the script and realized it was based on the original measurements of the wick. Edited wick, changed the dimensions back to X=.010, Y=.010, Z=.030, as I already linked my candle & wick together.

Left the candle size alone, as it makes for a better pic. Now I have flame!!



















I didn't like the color of the candle, so I went back to edit my candle. Selected the texture tab and clicked on the color box and changed it to a teal color. Too dark. I added transparency to the candle and now I like it.



















Final Result:


















I NEVER want to do this again. I guess in SL I am NOT a material girl and I can live with my box and not create anything else - ever. Not only that, but I had someone come up to me and ask me if I was REAL....I could have used a snappy comeback at that time, but of course, I can never think of one when I need one.


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